Holly Springs gazette., 1842-11-18


cate such an event as an etfsetuai damper, to
our hopes of a fair bearing, and impartial
decision. However that may be, we will
proceed to make few remarks, for your
! con sideration and earnest deIiberation.
lst independent sovereignties, re, IN the.
GREAT community Of nations. subject to the
same moral law, and governed by the same
rules Of right, in their intercourse with each
other, as individual persons. So, likewise,
/ wheIeone of the contracting parties, is a
/ State and the ether, the citizens of another
!. State. Nay further, nations are bound by
la hioher sense OF honor and obligation to
/ perfonn their stipulations than private indi-
/ viduals For, while the one is bound only,
f9ro csascientsa, the other Is liable to be
reached bv the compulsory process Oft court
of law. Suppose, then, an individual BY his
aoent borrow cf another a sum of money,
exoends it upon his family, and when pay
ment IS demanded at the day should inform
his creditor that his agent had violated his
| instruction. in some minor detail (Which
perhan tae strIctest scrutiny could not have
| discovered) and that be intended to avail
himself of this technical defence to avoid the
raynent How would such conduct be re-
garded By his neighboFs? Would il not be
far more odious than plea Of the Statute of
Limitations, to a Just debt2 II il would be
indefensble In private citizen, bow much
more SO, in q sovereign State. or soulless cor
poratioa, beyond the reach of civil process,
and onlv assailable through the uncertain
door Of nuiionaL honor We say uncertain,
BECAUSE, of late, it has failed though former
IL regarded as the best security for money
investments Then, upon equitable princi-
pies, the State Of Mississippi would be bound
to pay her creditors the more especially as
they have been induced to advance S5,000
600, in total ignorance of any secret plan she
nigh have, to defeat the claim, but trusting
Ia the purity of her national faith La the
barbarous period Of Irish history, we read of
her Nobility summoning their retainers, and
inirencbing themselves behind the ramparts
Of their castles to resist the sheriff in the ex-
ecutioh of the law. Bat we are liule pre-
pared to see an enlightened nation initiate
their example, and throw herself upon her
strength of resistance to defeat the claims cf
Justice And rest well assured that pos:eri
ty will weigh them in the same balance, and
mete oIt to the latter, that share Of denun-
citation and contempt which has long been
attached to the former
2nd. 1t is Of the last importance to a Gov
ernment TO malataia It's credit abroad A
necessity frequently occurs IN q nations his
tory to call upon her neighbors for pecunia-
Fy aid, for purposes ofinternal improvement. +
and national defence. This necessity is of
no unusual occurrence. 1t has often been |
resoried to by England, France Spain and +
other European countries The United +
States are, IL great measure, indebted to
this, for the independence they now enjoy
But the other day. Texas asaied herself Of
the aid Of foreign loans, to establish her na-
tional existence. 1t was Of universal prac-
lice in ancient, as we'll as modern times
Can Mississippi aattsr- her44ls, el---s
ofpfosperity, will ever be at an ehb2 that she
has nothing to fear for the future? and, con
wholly indifferent to her charac-
ter and standin92 Deeply injured by her,
as we feel ourselves, our christian charity
will not permit us, 20 invoke the fates TO un-
deceive her IN her blind crtdulity. Again.
the credit of her people must assume, in a
great degree, the standard of State credit; and
as her national character sinks so must that
of her citizens; as false step in the head Of
a family, effects the standing OF each ndivl9-
Udl HlGulUei, CItQI. LutII, WHiOB - tIt iiiG f..
and soul of mercantile enterpnze, IS cut oil
from Mississippi merchants and while her
State Bonds in foreign market will not
bring penny buShel, neither will those
of its individual inhabitants
3rd And lastly, if neither arguments
drawn from principles of honor and justice,
nor motives ofinterest, will have any weight
We make final appeal to your sympathies
We, in common with many Others have in
vested the savings of a lifetime in her paper.
in the fond hope of retiring into privacy, and
living upon the interest Upon this We de-
pend for the support of our families and the
education of our children Are our demands
10 be disregarded, and our claims scouted2
Are we to look upon those bonds bearing
the seal Of your State and the signature of
your Governor, as so much blank paper2
In short, are we TO consider ourselves swim
dled2 If so, who are the swindlers2 and
where is the money2 We cannot believe
in this enlightened age, that a sovereign
State will use the funds of an individual re-
duce him to beggary; and laugh at his just
demands ifignorance, and dishonesty NAV.
for a season, have obtained the predominancy
in your councils may we not expect, in char
itY, that their ascendancy will be of short
duration, and that better day will shortly
dawn when national honor. and national