The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-03

on Wedns sday, al Benton on Ihursday, and
a this place on'Friday. Judge Hughes the
Wing candidate for Attorney General also
addressed the people atthe same time & Benz
Ton and this place.
Never in the history Of eleeIione efing OF
public speaking have We Witnessed such
effects upon The people. Il CANNOT Be des-
cribed and really i would seem TO be almost
incredible. At Salarta, where such boasling
has been made Of anti-bond strength, We are
informed that the effect Of Judge Shattuck's
speech.was well nigh universal. Many of
the strongest and most influential anti-bond
payers came to the Judge and openly re-
nounced the abominable heresy forever.-
They said. to him we did honestly think there
was something wrong about it, but we only
wanted some one to tellus what the ques-
ton really was and explain the matter 10 us.
The lower end of this.county from hence |
orth on the bond question is q. X!
We attended the meeting at Benton. on
Thursday, and found goodly number OF the
sovereigns there TO hear the Judge. Msssrs.
Gwin and Freeman were alsoexpected there,
but the former had returned home and. the
latter had become too hoarse from cold to
speak, and did not attend.
In order to follow up the history Of the day,
it is necessary fOr, US to give some degree Of
importance to a certain sOeatker-cock of Benz
ton, who says hes the candidate Of the ante
bonders Tor the Legislature, bat from whose
opinion the .anti-bonders differ in this res
pect very widely. By noticing this individ-
ual heretofore, we have given him what lit
tie Of importance and notoriety he possesses,
and now we are almost compelled further to
elevate him, by saying that, at Benton he
undertook to make speech on the bond
question previous to the commencement OF
the discussion of that subject.
Judge Hughes commenced the argument
on the bond question, and for about an hour
and half he held the subject under a legal
investigation, and answered all the various
) legal objections which have been started BY
the anti-bond presses and orators. Heshow.
ed most clearly, not only that there were nj
legal difficulties in the issuance and sale o
these bonds, that the constitution was strict
ly complied with to the letter, bur there was
, not the shadow of substance to base 1
' legal objection upon. And he urged to the
) fullest satisfaction of all present. as had beer
: urged in the same place before. that the ques
0 ton of the liability of the State to pay the
. debt did not depend, at aHupon the bonds
that inasmuch as the State receiUed the naoneg
she is bound to pay it back, leaving the
: bonds entirely out of the question. Judg,
d Hughes made an argument that could no
If have been easily answered. He left not
d faulty link in the chain, but wound up tn,
n subject most fully and completely. We much
regretted the absence of his competitor, 70
. we were in hopes it would have been de
= monstIated that an argument could not b
made on the opposite side Of this question
: Judge Hughes was followed by DR.. Viii
,r liams of Kinds county, one of the loco-foct
ID candidates for Secretary of State. He com
e, menced by saying and proving (of course
r. that neither the Legislature nor the people
is either or both, in any way or under any cir
es cumstances have power to borrow money Of
Il the credit of the State for banking purposes
- This is the neUest idea yet. The people az
soUereign, yet have no power to contract
debt upon their united credit. To what ex
). t.emes of folly is this infatuation carrying
as men! Upon the whole the Doctor made
or good speech, decidedly the best we hav
We heard on that side Of the question, and tn
lie only one that has as yet been made in thi
d. county, except the one made here som
weeks ago by Mr.. Graves,
: Next came the CHAMPION OF MIssIssIPPI
the orator Of The tilnes--the HoNEsT CANDI
DATE! There were no persons loiterint
about while Judge Shattuck was speaking
= Expectation was high-all were anxious i
: hear. the Judge, and al were pleased--re
y joiced and gave every possible expression 9
e gladness and appreciation at the perfect
E conclusive USING UP which he gave the bon,
= question. He left neither hair, hide, shadoy
or substance Of il. And he did il SO easy
Y without az etiort-in such plain unsophis
9 tieased ssyle-to the perfect satisfaction Z
az. lie exposed the taxation hambng
most admirably. bestowed that an increas
Ct taxation was mol necessary nor was i con
s tempaied. He slated that he and bis polisi
s eal friends, 50 far as be knew, was oppose
g & and that 40 astempt Of proposition {
increase taxation IL Mississippi had bee
IS made ercsp' 81 Is opponent. Tuck
3. l@ho, q lte las esisla'afs, odues 81