Holly Springs gazette., 1843-07-28

mentf Is IN tne spdcfouS nOttO OF settle
fair though you never payT Is il in your
unwilIingness to be taxed to pay what you
call an honest. legal and constitutional de
mand 2 Honeslv docs not consist in pro-
fession. or in words merely. Come out
Mr~Falconer and tell us plainly whether
youSnd your candidates are for levying a
tax to paw the interest upon the Union Bank
Bonds now alledged to be due.-Guard.
Il is the manifest policy Of the repudia-
tors TO sir up all the bitter party prejudice
in the minds Of the people. in order to blind
them to the truth, to the facts. to the aIgu-
ments of The oond-payers, and by enlisting
the bitter animosities of party strife, to
maintain their present ascendency and con-
.rol Of the offices and legislation ofthe
State. Every hasty expression used By a
bond paying paper an Mississippi, is treasd-
red up, and told to the anti-bonders in an ex-
aggerated tone. while the unmitigated de-
nunciatons Of reputation abroad. BY their
own party, as we'll as the wings, are suffer
ed to pass unno,iced. If the people could
understand their motives in thus reiterating
every offensive speech, they would dcspise
the trick to play upon their passions at the
expense of their judgment.
Wedo say that ours j. the eau Sc of hon.
esty, We say so because the World says
so. We say so because The flower of the
democratic party in Mississippi, say so.
Because the facts which constitute legal
and moral obligation are not denied by the
repudiators; but they rely upon a techni-
cality which If valid, is more unjust than 10
plead the statute OF limitations to a suit for
loaned money. Because the Supreme
Court of the State have decided that there is
no foundation for even that technical defence
We say so, because the dictates of our iudg
ment and sense of right tell US that it is Just
that the bonds should be paid But at the
same time, that we assert the honesty of our
cause, we say, for once and for all, that we
do not impugn the motives of the large mass
Of repudiators. who we know 10 be as honest
and correct as our own party.
Another trick ofthe repudiators, is to cry
out taxation taxation taxation ! and
lhus tanning another passion of the people,
10 prop their sinking fortunes. Calcula-
lions of the most exaggerated nature have
been made by repudiating stump orators, en-.
to show that each man will have
10 pay from r5o to even 5000 that the poor
man must give up his cow. his bed, and skill
tetl With such miserable demagogueism,
they try to deceive the people. We do not
accuse our neighbor ofmaking such stat E.
ments, but we have heard of others having
made them from the stump. We think it
incumbent upon the informed repud iators to
truth before the people. More particularly
Is it the duty of the press. to disseminate the
truth as it is.
But the Guard asks. why we do not pro-
pose to tax-the people at once, and accuses
us Of hypocricy because we do not resort to
taxation. and thus give his repu liating can
didates hobby to ride upon. We know
that they have mounted this hobby already,
and are telling the people "you will be tax
ed" "your noses will be put to the grind
stone" and such like expressions. But
will he tell the people that we assume the
ground that the bonds are to be paid with
ouran increased tax2 That the State has
resources 20 meet the debt without selling the
poor mans cow or his skillet That the
Planters Union, and Rail Road Banks
should be first put in liquidation, and all that
can be derived from that source first applied
to the payment2 That whatever balance
may then be due, can be provided for by
some other means, which will be for the
Legislature TO determine, when once all par
ties unite with determination to pay them
off if possible 2 The State has lands at her
disposal; she has her share oflhe distribu-
ton fund and the bonds can be purchased
at discount. There are many plans of do
th,nn rba, on~a xya ea, MIL A.,