Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-31

FROM THE NATcHEz COURIER of July s.
POSITION OF PARTIES.

POSIIlON OF L A IL L les.
As the contest is about commencing thro'-
out the State, it may not be improper to glance
al the field of battle and ascertain the relative
positions of the various forces who are to en-
gage in it. By so doing we shall be the bet
Ter enabled to understand the different move
ments during the campaign. to guard against
the detection OF pretended allies and to coun-
teract the stratagems of our opponents. In
order 10 do this slight retrospect is neceSsa-
ry. At the last session of the legislature res
olutions were passed through both houses de-
claring that the State was legally and morally
bound to pay the bonds issued in her name
for the benefit of the Planters and Union
Banks. These resolutions and the report &C
Icompanying them, were introduced by wing
committee and although the vote was not
strictly party vote yet The mass of the wings
IN each house sustained them while the mass
of the locofocos opposed them, and the loco
tire to them. During the session also, both
parties held conventions at the capitol, COM
| posed of delegates sent from every portion of
the state and supposed to represent the opin-
ions of the two parties in their various coun-
tiles fairly The locofoco convention nomina-
ted candinateS of whom the most important
were favorable to the payment of the bonds
and the rest were opposed to it, and refused
10 debate the question of payment or non
payment or to express any opinion on the sub
Iject very inconsiderable portion of their
number subsequently held meeting of their
own and recommended the formation of a
ticket opposed to the payment of the bonds
J These, however, did not amount to one-tenth
of the whole number of the delegates and
their proceedings were ridiculed and despised
! by their own party no less than by the wings.
The wings subsequently met in convention
and unanimously declared themselves in fa-
vor of UNFOLDING the honor and dignity of the
, state by the payment of its just debts, and
nominated candidates for every office enter.
tanning similar sentiments.
: Thus, then, it appears that at the close o
the session the wings were as body in favor
d of the payment of the bonds while their OPP
ponents were divided on the subject, leaving
by this means the antl-bonders in a minority
a so inconsiderabe as to render them apparent
j ly harmless and placing the result of The con
: test, then about TO ensue, on the old ground O
national politics. Since that time, however
3 great change has taken place in the situation
S of affairs Col. Thomas H. Willamsthe nom
inee Tor Governor and Gen. A. G. Brown on
of the nominees for Congress, decidedly tn
!, most talented men on their ticket and both op
t posed to repudiating the plighted faith of tn
!, z state have declined running and their place
}, have been filled by non-bond payers. TIL
whole locofoco press with one exception ha
It avowed similar sentiments. Col. Woodward
the nominee of the ioco-foco contention 70
Secretary of State has been thrus. aside o
account of his manly expression lie opinion
y and the ticket is now composed exclusively {
g anti-bondmen with but one excelt ion. w
aIlude to Col. Saunders who has no opinio
and does not pretend TO have any. The
have retained him because they we're afraid t
run any one against him.
The silent acquiescence of those of the ID
cofoco party who have agreed with US on tn
j bond question, in this arrangement. is an ev
dence of the course they will pursue in tn
next election. Though shame may proven