Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-09-30


gnfd 10 The loni question nnd 70 this ~
amendment was offered by q h1ndpnye
that the ppaln nominated "shouId mol
under any circumstance, veto blll loI
the payment NJ The hohds' ionf fen
defq ycfy well know that the above u 4
false version ol what tool, place Ia tina
convention That tho .6rd resolution
was Que offered by d fopujialot that thD
person nominated "ahould agree not 10 ia
yof any proposition Outing his term o
service Cor OF agoins, paying the bonds,
AMI The amendment offered was chat "thI
person nominated hf Governor sholl
during his term of service conform hi
action TO the will of n m1Iority Of the pee
pie, when asccrln,ncd through the lcgis
laluto OF Otherwise This ,ononlmcn
was voted down, aud the Original rcso
luton adopted, lilo protested against be
ing held responsible for tho acts Of hi
party, meaning, suppose, that although
the convention that nominated him hat
imposed uplodgo upon him, that ho woul,
not during his term of service, favor any
proposition "ior or against" the payment
orlhe bonds, no would not hold himsel
bound by the pledge, but would rcpudi
ate H. lie was certainly acting in bad
faith towards his party TO accept the
nomination unless ho intended TO comply
with the pledge contained in the rosolu.
ton above quoted. lilo complained most
plteouSly of his private affairs being
pryed into, his Indebtedness to the Union
Bank, and | suppose, his votes for the
charter Of the Union bank, and for the
issuance of ten and half millions more
bonds. A great deal was said about cleo,
ting men to office, because they were rich,
and such stuff, characteristic only oftheI
low demdgogue, lie made most disin-
genuous effort to misrepresent Judge
Clayton on the subject OF the taritf-saidI
the tariff of the last Congress was worse
than that of Discharged that Judge
Clayton was Nullifer aud rebelied a.
gainst that tariff, repeatedly characteri-I
zlcg the resistance orthe NulltierS to
that tariff as rebellion &c.
lie was opposed to receiving the states
portion of the proceeds Of the public
lands, because, says he, at has got to be
paid back" lie then entered with evident
reluctance on the bond question
lie said he believed the Mississippi In.
ion bank bonds were issued in violation
OF the constitution: differed with Mr..
Clayton as TO the meaning of the term
law,-hodS thatthe charter of the Union {
bank embraces but one law, and that it {
was necessary 10 refer the whole act to c
The next legislature. This definition of {
law, coming from one who, believe, is c
now receiving the salary of a Judge of the |
circuit Court. though he is moi discharg ID
ng the duties Of the office, may be adop- a
ed by tyres in the profession, who can a
lot find n ettor;-contended that the d
18th section ofthe charter did not inform n
he people how the money was to be /
paid back" although it informed them G
low it was TO be iobtalned, and for W lat Il
purpose. He admitted that the mortga. W
res were made to the bank, but that they CO
we're given to indemnify the State; he did C,
ot, however, show how this could affect ia
he Liability, olthe State to the bondhoI- t
ers. His excuse for not proposing, de
then member Of the legislature, to re. OF
Or the whole act of Incorporation in n,
tead of the 9th section only, was, that s.
there were near one hundred members of il
ne House besides himself" His excuse h
Or not warning the people and bondho. tt
ers, in 1899, that the bonds were lille. y
ally issued, was, that sit was too late af. p
n tho money had been borrowed" al p
Rough three millions the money had f
OF been received. The General was L
proving from the bank about this time, e
I'D his opponents ought not to have ex- Il
ected him 10 be particular about const- q
ltlonal questions. He admitted that he n
oted for the law requiring ten and half t
illions more bonds to be issued, but he P
ought some mortgages had then been C
secuted, forgetting, no doubt, that the e
overnor informed him in his veto mes. h
Ige that no mortgages had then been eX- d
;uied; but, says he, they were afterwards b
xecuted. He does not believe the Il
ocAholders are liable, but ifthey are t.
{ the liability be fixed by the CoIrts3 a
i'd fthey are made liable, sand there is O
~ bDldnce left due on the bands, he be. ii
eres the State is bound tori." He read CO
ON the Power ofAttorney to the Com NJ
lissioners, to show that the bonds were pc
'sued under the supplementary act; tn
hich, however, shows no such thing hi
eclaimed against the right of the Courts on
settle the question-said it would be ca
eciding upon the peoples political rights, IL,
,rgetting that this was mere question We
contract. lie said all the departments or
the government decided the alien anl pr
edition laws to be conslitutioal,,and asked tn
is opponents if they believed the people tn
ere bound TO submit to them, because VIC
lie Court sustained theml He said the dc
lpreme Court of the U, States, and the re
lpreme Court Of S. Carolina, decided co
e tariffof 1928 to be constitutional; and lr
g nullitiers of S. G.. tried TO remove re
dyes Johnson g. O'Neill from the bench phi