Holly Springs gazette., 1843-09-29

For many reasons, we have 10. entered
into an argument 10 show that the Union
Bink boads We're issHel in strict accord
ance with all the forms of the constitution
First GecIuse we published Judge Smith
address, which was an UHansweraole
and IS an unanswered argument !
upon that subject Second Whether
all the forms of the constitution
were complied with OF not, The people oil
Mississippi, Ia sanctioning the rect ipt of the
money, and permuing il 20 BE- app led 10
enrich our citizens, have bound themselves
10 pay the debt, by the law Of good morals
by the law OF nations, which Is but The law
OF nature applied TO nations; by the law OF
God, which commands US 10 render unto
Cesar the things which are Clesars, and to
deal Justly with all men. The people
knew that certain men, acting in their
name, and under the broad seal ofthe state
were obtaining money from innocent men.
Ifthese pretended agents wercacting v oct
authority, "to deal justly required that they
should SO proclaim out instead Of doing
rhis, they elected u legislature which ap-
proved the issuance and sale Of The bonds
and reelected the very Governor who had
issued aad signed them. Let as illustrate
what Mississippi has done, by an example
between individuals MIR. Robers goes in
to the store Of Mr.. Roe, and presents forg
ed order upon Mr. Brown for $3.50
Brown knows that Roberts has most Gun
ningly devised forgery Of an order upon his
merchant, where be has good credit Rob
erts tells Brown that he is going TO get the
money upon Il. and Brown sees him 90 for
the purpose. L IS notorious in the whole
community, that Roberts says he has got
genuine order from Brown for this money,
and Brown does not contradict it. Roberts
goes to Roe, the merchant, and presents the
order, it is accepted, and $3.50 is agreed to
be paid III six weeks. Brown sees Roberts
have the money thus obtained, and sees him
use it-bOrroWs a portion OF 1t himseI yet
he says nothing to put Zoe, the merchant,
On his guard. Brown permits the six weeks
| to run out, and sees Roberts receive the last
/ nstalment of $3.50, on this forged order,
without saying word; the merchant knows
/ Brown is perfectly aware that Roberts Is
/ obtaining this money in his name, and sup
! poses. as a matter Of course, that if Brown
had not authorized it, he would, as an hon
est man, inform him of the fact But
! Brown says nothing until Roberts has ob-
! tanned all the money, and squandercd It
:
/ meut Now can Brown repudiate, without
acknowledging himself a swindler 2 The
municipal law of every civilized country on
/ he globe says no, and will compel him to
! pay the order. The immutable and para
mount law ofjuslice and morality say, he Is
! bound to Day-the law of God which says
deal Justly with all men," binds him to
pay. These laws -appiy cs well to natiou
as an individual. If the contracting party
be a nation. the law Of nations says pay j;
no one nation has right to engralt into Its
/ fundamental law, any thing which Will con-
| hict with the law of nations, which by com
mon consent Of all is admitted TO be the law
| fiustice and right
Now the people Of Mississippi, in rela-
/ ton to the Union Bank bonds, are in the
same con lition as Brown, ia the case of the
supposed order-nay, in a position where
/ she is even under stronger obligation to
! pay.
j When the people saw their accredited a.
! gents, the legislature and governor, obtain
! INC this money, Ia their name, they not only
said nothing against it, bat loudly approved
their acts. La 1889, the people were called
+ upon to speak in relation to this loan at the
/ ballot box. At that time only the first in
stalment had been paid in the case we
/ have supposed between Roe and Brown.
/ The people, by the election ofthelr legis-
/ lature and governor, favorable 10 the bank
! and the loan, ratified every thing which had
/ been done Net one c0iee in the whols
state was then raised in favor Of repudiating
the acts ofthose who had acted for the peo-
/ pie ia relation TO this matter
/ Like Brown, not until the money had
been obtained and all squandered, and the
bank rendered unable to pay those who had
I loaned the money--n0t until this late
day, did the regulators think of denying
the agency of those who obtained this mon
ev in the name of the state. But most Of
the leading regulators borrowed portion
ofthe money 50 obtained, and invested it in
land ard negroes, at par. Itthey have ever
paid it back at all, they paid It at from II to
20 cents in the dollar. What patriotic
lovers of the constitutional The people
cannot plead that they did not kaol0 what
their agents were doing. Every thing they
did wasspread upon the 5ogrnats Of the teg-
isLaiure, which the people, in their consti-
tuition, have required to be published, that
they might allcays knolo what-their agents
were doing. To assert now that they did
not know" would be -sIuitiiging them
selves.
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