The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-05-25

Ia the last "Mlaeis1iPPian" We cbssfpe al
sfsicIs under the he'd of'The Whlg Camp" h I
which sho editor sndeaVOrS 20 raise acnaatiOn
against he Whigsss the advocates Of taxation,
or 10 place them i'm tho ridiculous dilemma Of
apromising fair, but never paying" and to re-.
Iiepe themselves Of this, he asserts that they
will have 10 advocate the doctrine Of AssUMP-
rEOn. The following IL an extract from this
arlicleE t.q.as t.-.
"ro advocate q tax would Be 10 rush upon
eartain destruction; while on the other hand the
acknowledged inability Of the banks 10 redeem
thsir Giro ulation renders the advocacy Of The
"prOmise fair'' doctrines tie very climax Of ali
that IL ridiculous and Insulting to common in
telligence. On either hand a yawminR gulf
threatens them. Should they meet the tax
question and openly advocate the imposition o!
such great injustice upon the public, an iidig-
nant people will rise IN their might and crush
them with their doctrines; or should they 20
forth again, the teachers Of the "pFomise fair
but never pay doctrines, the very boys will
follow them from courthouse to courthouse with
boots and Kisses. There IL now but one possi-
BILE way for them TO escape from the hamper
which now embarrAsses them, and at that they
must come at last They can only escape BY
advocating the doctrine Of ASSUMPTION"
Az this is an interesting subject and we all
admit that il 10 highly important if it be Practi-
cable, to make the burden oftaxation az light as
possible, we should like to have the lucid views
of the Editor of the "MississiPpisn" az TO the
mode by which he cOntemPlates having the
Planters Bank Bonds paid. Il is known that
after veering about with remarkable facility,
first in favor Of the payment Of these bonds then
de cidedly against .hcrn, he at last admitted,
that. although he is opposed to the general prin'
cple of creating public debt, and leaving pose
terity to pay il, the Planters Bank bonds
ought to be discharged by the State. Was this
admission designed AZ "Promise fair but new
or pay" trick to hold together the two scgmen's
Of the Regulating party, or has the Editor Of
the 'Mississippian' some grand financial scheme
not yet divulged, by which large public debt
can be paid without the imposition of taxes upon
the people in any FORM. The views of "The
MissIssippian" are not understood by his own
party. Doctor Hagan considers them too subtle
for even the metaphysics of BishoPiBerkleyI it
would there fore bc but an act Of justice 10 his
parlisans and to his own reputation as brilliant
writer aad profound statesman 10 take some
pains to have his opinions comPrthendcd by
grosser intelligences. Indeed If he knows any
mode by which the Planters Bank bonds can
be paid hhout touching the pockets ofthe Peo-
pie directly or indirectly ,tis the imperative duty
of the Editor, as a patriot q publish it for the
benefit of his State. We can assure him that
the Wings who expect shortly to have the cone
troll of the State, will have no objection TO the
source from which It emanates, and will be
pleased to adopt it as part oftheir policy; for
they are as much uverse 10 unnecessary taxa
ton as any party.