Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-03-13

OuRsELyEs.-In the hurry Of publca-
lion many errors were left in our editorial
columns Of lat week. They were, how
ever, mostly GA typographical nature.
AN ATTEMPT TO FoRRsTALL PURLIC
OplNroN.--Scarcely had the question OF
the linbii ,y ofthe State to pay the deb
created by the illegal and fraudulent sale
OF the bonds sold on account of the Union
Bank, been agitated, when certain class
of orators and journalists in this State,
taxed TO the highest degree, the ir talents
and their ingenuity, to forestall public
opinion, in relation to this grave and i'm.
porlant question ofSlate policy, in which
every permanent citizen Of the state Of
Mississippi has, and should feel, deep
and abiding interest--a question whose
momentous importance demands at The
hands Of every one, thorough and a,ten-
tive consideration; and whose iniricacy
forbids such investigation 10 any, save
those whose minds are comparatively IN
trammeled by the shackles of prejudice
or bias. They passed judgment upon
the question without bestowiug on il that
consideration which would be deemed
essential 10 guide the judgm emit. in the
solution Of problems less intricate both in
an ethical oDd legal point Of view,hey as
serted with all imaginable pansophy that
i, was sheer question, Of honesty or dis
honesty, too plain both in law and ethics,
10 admit Of reasonable doubt, and they
denounced as swindlers and freebooters
all WIN denied the existence Of both
legal apd moral obligation on the part OF
the state to redeem these bonds which
were DOT only negotiated in fraud, but
issued IN violation OF the constitution and
laws Of the State, and 10 contravention Of
the constitution OF the United States
The great political Sachem and con-
clence.keeper Of the bank party in this
State, s. S. Prentlss, whose words consl.
tuie the rule of conduct Of certain clique
OF journalists and would.be politicians, e.
whose very beck and nod, they obey with
the tawning subserviency of we'll dis.
ciPllned spaniel, stated in his vindiciive
school boy effort before the great Wing
Convention, that upon the banner Of the
anli-bond-payers should be Inscribed the
word rillany" and that proposition 50
preposterous and dishonest as that which
declared, that there was no liability on
the part Of the Stale TO pay the bonds,
should be Indignantly "frowned down."
From this, his clique Of plant minions
took their cue, and began TO thunder Sc
cond.handed denuncialions and lhvectiyes
against all who dared TO oppose the mon
strous proposition to saddle the people Of
Mississippi with this enormous debt which
is neither in law nor justice their own, and
which they neither contracted, nor receiv.
ed benefit from. Il is plain to every sen,
sible man, that the object Of this extraor.
binary course persued by these bank
politicians, was to stiAe all investigation
on this subject, forestall public opinion 10
relation thereto, aud frighten and cajole
the people into the assumption Of debt
which would not only Cypress them, but
their Posteriy, and which was contracted
not for their benefit, but for the benefit |
Of few bankers. The freemen Of Mis-
sisissippi, will never be frightened into |
surrender oflheir rights by the frovns and
taunisof few bank politicians; nor will
they be led blind-folded into this halter by
the persuasive eioqusncc Of Mr.. Pren,iss.
Bad -muat be cause Of those who do no, |
address the understanding Of men, but At. \
tempt to I" from d0Tn'' Oil tpPositic4.