Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-08-09

dictates a reasonable forboaro1os
'nese deiects' sooner than nlclld,a - g, Win
established usages Of the CONT. WIN the
mus many tunes We Lear with a. And
fearing that the remedy NAV - no on cyl;
deleterious results as the eyl'itssIe S1'Ceas
Texas in the formation ofbo.C
ton, brought 10 her aid forty o;oh Onslia'
acquaintance with the CoDslii99"';'.! year
the United States. UrtrameIIeJj p b,,3 &
preludices, political parties. or es,s x .3s
usages, she came free aud igos. .D.I''e'
the work and amended iboso 'ol'y o
which IN ours were deemed dscafp. :.'0a'
One very important item is tb9, ' II.
sldent of Texas cannot serve ,,na 'le RE
succession he is obliged 70 go o ,,'"s y
flee at the end of three ye,-s /. Ou' u Of.
ever eligible for the Presileqey oo ~ ! '.CE-
term has interviewed hut p,5ao -'l aiier
cunsiances can he selse two,er.. - cr-
cesslon. | hope there is no srgr, ~ = sue
cessary to convince YOU If ia 5-|. Ie
advantage gained in the Conslip ;,ael
Texas in this particular for as H. In q
no limit but by example to the ,irns 80. )
vice Of a President in the United S. ~
the time may possibly come when 80 ara
eight years will not satisfy an aubi,io sa
and designing incumbent.
Another thing Of which bath ,op;o.,
parties in the United States have con
plaircd, is, that the President ba, nTaoal
persons in office whose Nominations h.
been rejected by the Sentte, therein Ia
stroving one ofthe checks UPON The E~
ecutve branch which was designed e.,
good. The President of Texas can ne;.
ther put in office nor renominato one who
has been rejected By the Senate, ard IN
confirming his nominalions two thirds arc
necessary.
There are no State Governments IN
Texas and therefore that portion of our
Constitution appl Icable to them is no. nc.
| cessary in its Constitution. These arc
the most important differences, for in the
main they are alike, agreeing in large
portion word for word. thrust Il en- Won
can have no objection to The government,
so IA: as the Constitution goes, as It is se
similar TO that of the United Safes. As
the Constitution IS the ground work q
both these Governments, where is the de-
feet complained ofin The Government Q
Texas unless such defect exists in the gov
crnmcnt Of the tinted States?
But say yon, theiGaaws are not whole
some laws. You are aware that No an
is binding, passed in violation Of the Con
stitation. That is the standard and eve
~ law being forced 70 yield TO its hig
mandate must in some good degree par
take of lis excelencies. The laws i
force TO punish vice and promole virtu
are copied Of the best laws in the Unite
States at least they We're SO Judged
| should not be too tedious before finish
ing my letters, | viii enter more miaulelr
upon this subject and shcw you by cop
Of the acts themselves, that, that Siande.e
country has done herself Justice in at
tempting 10 suppress evil and encourag
morality. That these sanitary laws hav,
in many instances been di'regarded an
violated is Iamentable fact I; but reed "
look beyond tho Unilel States 10 find act
of characterization Has not Our ow
State of Mississippi been a reproach a.
bye word Has not Georgia, KeniUck
md Tennessee, shared the same ia e /
their early settlement? But presume !
every instance, those who lived in thes
new States did not find them quite a
bad as they were reported abroad. TheS
ten thousand bloody SORES are never do
ficient in colosing when carried a lon1
distance from home. They are inlende
for the retail trade ahd must be made !
shew to advantage or else they will EO
sttract attention. More npon these sut
jects hereafter.
Very respectfully,
OLD CANEY.