Holly Springs gazette., 1842-11-18

passage by democrats They were begot-
ter, conceived and born in democray and
sim Even the great bank killer, McNutt,
"went in for them" generally Wherever
vote is found recorded on the passage ola
bank charter we uniformly discover that
more democrats than wings voted fer it, and
yet, with this fact staring them in the face,
men have been found so utterly lost to all
regard for truth as to assert that the wings.
nade the banks But, says one, the demo
Gratis destroyed the banks and therefore. the
wings must have made them The fact is,
these latter-day democrats are mere destruc-
tionists They destroy erery thing. They
DESTROYED the old bank of the u s., and then
destroyed the prosperity ofthe country with
their internal pet-bank shinplasters and then
DESTROYED their own shinplaster machines,
and then attempted to destroy truth by char
ging the consequences of their folly upon
the wings, and finally destroyed their party
in 1870 by the 6erceness oftheir attack up
on an old c0on.
We here show that "most oflhe Mississip-
pi banks were chartered by the democrats"
If The Grenada Herald chooses to dispute the
authority of the journals it is at liberty to
DO So and we shall only laugh if our neigh
Dor of the Guard thinks proper to endorse
for the Herald man.
Upon the passage of the charters OF the
following banks,
The Commercial Bank ofRodney,
Commercial Bank of Natchez
Commercial Bank of Manchester,
Lake Washington & Deer Greek banks
Bank Of Lexington, and
Hernando Bank,
no vote is recorded on the journals of either
House. The democrats, however, had
large majority in the Legislature; and, by
to call for the yeas and nays, they
showed that they were then willing to be
regarded as the creators of the banks
Bank-makiug was popular in those days
Citizens Bank of Madison County. No
House vote recorded. La the Senate. 5 dem
'crats and wings voted for it.
Commercial Bank Of Columbus No
Iouse vote recorded. In the Senate, DEM
- ond ,,0t~J
Aberdeen Bank. No House vote re-
orded. In the Senate. democrats and Z
Wigs voted for it.
Tombigbee Bank No House vote re
orded. In the Senate 6 democrats and
Wigs voted for it,
Bank of Viclssbusg. Ne Senate vote
ecorded. In the House, II democrats and
6 wings voted for it.
Bank of Grenada. No House vote re-
:orded In the Senate, 5 democrats and 2
vhigs voted for it,
Vicksburg Water Works Bank No
Senate vote recorded In the House, Is
democrats and l3 wings voted for it.
Northern Bank of Mississippi. No
vote recorded on the passage of the original
:harter The amended charter passed the
House by :he votes Of 90 democrats and Is
wings
Brandon Bank In the Senate, 10
democrats and wings voted for it. In the
House, 81 democrats and 16 wings voted
gainst a motion to lay the bill on the table.
No House vote recorded on the final passage
Of the bill
Mississippi Union Bank. In 1886, in
the House, 81 democrats and 8 wings yo-
ted for it. In the Senate, 10 democrats and
wings voted against motion to reject the
bill. In 1887, on the final passage the
bill, democrats and A wings voted for it,
No House vote recorded
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''TIs PASSING STRANGE" So it is. though
we know not how the thing befel, that a
small morsel of Government sop, in the
shape Of an advertisement from the Post Of
fee Depart ment, has fallen upon our plate,
Vidc our advertising columns