The hornet., 1843-08-01

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ihe tH.1n. ! am 0as Vt ihase usmafMtf
wh1 haya a.wHyi thought lhe State lehf
slo1d be p8d, 4di R.fsoHfb I have never
been COO g.l1sf iU ouf county. but have hIr.
by hed We paitii1H NJ a pufBfs citizen, Yef,
hlfe Thought a4l fs4l mafb oH i.i4 a8hIerit
afd sm lofasI ~ ths spar.uHaH. thai r. feils
sci on oaf ptff ~ d.tehtfts lhe State boniI,
b. dishonest end uaIuff. sod fuugit Win e0u
sequences which e... tend 10 the great inlnfy
0I Uuf State, ind ip fbe dafifDctlpn ~ bee
good nlms and character. I. ~ bs sure, during
the last election, voted with ihe ani.boud
party. The reasons we're thsfe. ! bad not
then fully matufed tIio subject, and tlie old
party associations md ms foHdnoH lof the
Democratic party induced me 10 yell my
opinions on lhs subject I dld so, and the
history 0l he last iow months satisfies nIe
that / was wrong by adhefing 10 my par.
/ " predictions aided in placing men IN pow.
cr who were unworthy Of the public conf.
dencc, and the imbeciity aud inelllclency oi
our Governor. with the dishonesty Of our late
Treasurer, has caused loss to tho people Of
our State ol some 80 thousand dollars.
! do not acknowledge repudiatiou as con-
tanning any thing democratic in its unholy
principles | have always thought that gem
ID uine democracy had for is corner stone jus.
tce, good faith, and truth-and while ] hold
to the divine precept, "to deal justly with all
. ~, 10 utaH t4It
| shall insist that as State or government
this rule is more applicable stl-and while
am bound to act honestly as mdn-t0e are
bound 10 act honestly as men,
A character of quibbling, or believe the
lawyers call it special pleading, is resorIed to
by the anti-bond party, to justify reputation
This look upon as below the dignity of any
State: but even admit for moment, Tor the
sake of argument, that the agents appointed
Ito sell the bonds had transcribed their powers
still it is a fact we'll known that we did get anc
use large amount of money, obtained on the
; faith of the State by means of these bonds
and think that justice, honesty, good faith
and the principles of that holy religion, whlcf
we claim as the foundation OF our tree gov
Iernment, require that we should pay back a.
much as we got, with the interest thereon.
II is said though, that we will have to bt
!, taxed-even if this were true, say |et as pa
. don't let us skulk from the responsibility IL
this way unless we set up and place our de
fence on the ground of inability. When al
individual is indebted, what does he do TO maxi
pavment--if he has not the money, he look
around to see which piece OF property he cal
best spare, and by The sale or disposition Q
, this, he is frequently able to discharge hi
f debts and yet live comfortably. 30 1t shou
f be with the State. say, we should first Sc
if something cannot be made from the asset
: of these banks-if there is any thing, The
: let it be applied to the payment--then tn
d State owns 100000 acres of land-se tn
It either for the bonds or for cash, and pay tn
a proceeds to our creditors-take all the surplt
funds of the State as it accrues, and alter IN
> faithful application of such funds if thereiS d.
y fciencv-then let US, like men, raise the ba
e ance by taxation. The poor man need nj
IS fear this, for it is the wealthy that pay II
'. most taxes-upon them the burden will fall.
ofI feel proud to see, sirs, that the bond-paylr
]. Democrats have on this question separate
+. from majority of their party-they ha'
Is taken a stand which shows them to be II
r true patriots-they show that they love .o
o. State"-they show they love the true prime
q ples of democracy. They have presented
&c with a candidate for Governor, who is as co
= rect in private life as he is pure In his prime
y ples--he is a Democrat, not OF the mode
n, repudiating school, but takes for his text-boG
70 the old creed as laid down by Jefferson
at us support him. for one intend to vote
!. him if he gets not another vote IN the State
X | had rather fall, knowing | am fighting
SO Justice and truth, than triumph contendlng
Nv falsehood and dishonesty. | feel proud, 81
an TO be associated with such men as o. I. Sml
m Cock, Gholson, Quitman, Sanders, William
I Tarply and Others, who are now fighting
,eS good fight of .faith-and the time is not
es- distant, when their names will be endeared
every true Democrat in the State. Permit
let to congratulate the bond-paying Democrats
M the establishment of the paper which has late
made its appearance, called the Statesman
ln- reflects much credit on Its proprietor
INT editor-and while il strikes for the cause
tie, Justice, and preservation OF the public laltf
~ Il r-...I ,.oo1, ond xvillinU IN cuStaln