Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-01-23


concentrations whatsoever, But what
has the State Treasurer dDnef Why, sir,
he has written Us n lengthy message, GU
every thing his fertile Ioaginaious sug
Iesled. lie has very CONSIDERABLY recon.
,nended us, "lnat all messages, reports, ana
Ills Of lnon"nt, should only he printed,
and then barely sufficient for the use VI
he Two Houses; aud that no res LUTON
should br prln,ed at all; aud all proclaim
uions on the part Of The State should h.
confined 10 some three or tour newspapers"
Although tins advice is very good, any
'omlng from the proper source would have
cen properly regarded; YET, coming I,
his body ignm the State Treasurer, (who
,as no more rlgh, to make such rec ~
nenda'ions than Queen VicrorIa,l II J.
rrogan'. presamptnous, and gross insuli
to this House.
] HAs II come to thi', cir, that the repre-
Senia'Iyes Of the people, are to hc lecture
by an obscure STATE officer, as il they wrrc
a parcel Of truan, school lOys. II ",
submit t. this, sir, We are prepared to sub.
MT to ANY I'M & and every th,og, whlct
'npVdence or ignorance may lndItc.
calf upon every member of this body t.
assist me in maintaining he dlglity ant
ronor Of his ilonsr,hy sustaining the res
Olulons before the House.
The gentleman, am told, is quite ten
pernte; bit % this orraslon, he must hav.
hrgntlen his usual habits of sohfetv. it
irlnklng an extra quantity Of Cham, agnc,
%hch, no doubt had liz usual exhlIprnrrg
eH CT upon the gentleman, and coaxrd him
INTO the ieIet thai he was Governor e,
Mississippi; and as such, was making HI
,nnHal communication 10 the Lcgislatu
land it is doubtful whether The gentleman
has yet found out his mistake.) aud W. are
pcund 10 arrive nj IhIs CONCLUSION, from III,
numerous recommendations made bv his
EyceIlency, the State Treasurer, ~ hi,
message to this House. Snrh for ins,ance
; The recommendation to tax call sncE
ema as lawy ers, doctors, natural crriosl.
'es, g'Id watches, pianos, &C." and ais
he recommendation TO authorize tho pa.
nee court To appoin, justices. THE gen
'Iemao, perhaps, forgot that there was sucl
IN instrument as the ConsIitulon.1 b.
10 doubt lhIs was all owing to the Cham.
pagne.
] will deain the House no longer !.
vomiting out the beauties of thus rGra ariS.
which, venture 10 say, has not parnIit
IN the aou'ls Of this, OF any other Safe, i
We take into consideration either the eIr
saOce Of dirtou, The beauty of styIe, N
'mpndeocr of the author, or the high source
from which it originated.
Mr. Dickson, Of Kinds, then moved to
reject the resolutions.
Mr. Runnels opposed the resolutions o
Mr. Graves. IN quite drcent terms.
"r Roberts likewise opposed The reao
buttons; he thought that before the resnIu
lions Of censure should be adopted, the
House ought to enquire whelherthe Treas
urer intended to be arrogant and presump-
'ious; he did not believe the State Treas
orer had any intention of insulting the
House. "Suppose, sir" said Mr. Roberts
to the Chair. ''frrgaI nature has not gifted
The very worthy State Treasurer with The
power OF discriminating between his own
functions IA an otlirer, and those of this
House, could any man u1der such circun.
stances presume to censnre hun" NJ r.
I'D no, consider the act Of the Treasurer
his fault, hut hls misfortune. a man
>h uld not be- condemned for hat which he
lid not intend to do. Shond man IN
shooting at n hawk, happen 10 kill man.
vas there a ury 10 Christendom TINT would
convict him Of willnl murder! ~ believe
sad Mr. Roberts. to the Speaker, "your
honor, and all the members OF this House
would be 10th to agree to suth n vlrdict !"
The Treasurer had charged nothing for
his advice to the Legislature, aud Mr. II
lil not think magnsnimnns House would
censnre an officer for rendering the pro-
duct Of his "osciIlatlons # mind" free Of
cost.
Mr. Bradford made few remarks in op.
position to the resolutions.
MI Yrrger hoped tina the House would
not reject the resolutions; he believed the
H,nse should protect lis dignity. lie
thought the advice rfthe Treasurer unnp
"essarv, improper, and uncalIed for. Mr.
7. declared himself as wiling t, cenSure
poIitical advocate az m opponent, pro
vided either transcribed their privileges
Mr. Bell said hr dId no, Intend to make
speech; h" regretted that discussion
had arisen on thu question. - Members are
ever p.atng al ont rGirenchRea and ref rm
we are reirenchiug aud reforming WIN
= vengeance. The House is wasting hun.
dreds and thousands Of the peoples none,