The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-09-09

he has paid itaIl back again, is in itself
nothing But when he comes before the
people Of Mississippi as candidate for OF
fee, dcnouncing this Institution as fraud
upon the Constitution and proc'almng that
he bonds which procured lis capital, ought
not to be redeemed, the thing assumes
new aspect. They have then a right to
know that he himself participated 10 the
fruits of what he now condemns. Ii is their
privilege 10 know the facts. that they may
compare what he now says with what hel
formerly did. These the repudiatog pres
SEES dare not publish themselves, and they
seek to weaken the influence Of them, by
endeavorng to pervert The end for which il
is done, when they are made known from
other sources. But those whose suffrage
Gen Brown asks, are interested in know
ing these things. 1t will enable them to
say to him, "Sir, your newborn zeal for the
Constitution comes at too late an hour.
You ought not TO have waited until after the
sale and application Of the proceeds Of The
bonds after you had voted TO extend
traditional privileges 10 The Union Bank"
by requiring the Governor to issue more
state bonds for its use--untl after yon had
! Aelped yourself and yonr friends literally
from its ccfers-until after the Bank had
gone down and become unpopular, before
you exhibited your especial love Cor our
rights, and proclaimed to us that the whole
thing was illegal. II you stood by and saw
our Constitution invaded, as you say it was,
and were afterwards wiling to become a
partner in The transaction by a,aIllngI
yourself Of its advantages, you may do sol
again, and we have, therefore, no conf
dence in YOU"
Now wherein is the exhibition of Gen,
Browns loans from the Union Bank an I'M
warrantabe interference with private mat
lersg They have long since been incorpo-
! rated into, and now make part Of the
public records Of the State. In lS40 the
Legislature appointed a joint committee to
j examine the condition of the bank and
report its liabilities and resources. Ia ODE
dicnce to the instructions Of that body, Han
son Alsbury, Chairman of the committee,
presented full report Of the condition Of
| the Bank, which was entered upon the
journals of the Legislature ISenate Journal
1910 p. p. 4se--71S. House Jour. p Pa
----l Among olhor things contained ipt
this report, was . detailed statement Of the
debts due tie bank, including Of course the
loans received by Gen. Brown. When his
competitor, OF any body else refers to them,
therefore, in order to show with what con-
sstency and propriety the General can now
advocate reputation, he but appeals to facts
recorded in the Journals of the Legislature,
which are made public at the expense Of
the State and are open to the inspection of
every citizen who chooses to search their
pages. And it is because these facts come
home to those who are now sustaining Gen
Brown, and admit Of no answer, that we
hear so much complaint against the use
that has been made of them from The Anti.
Bond presses.
But who first began this species ofwar,
fare now so much complained Of? This
same Mississippian from mhich ,ce take The
erlract that heads This article. In an article
Of that print The 18Th Of May, in which
the editor speculaias upon the probability of
Judge Mitchell or Col. Bingaman's being
nominated for Governor by the wing Con
vention, we find the following clause:
"Col. Bingaman has not the brass to ;n>
sist that The thousands in this State who
1 never rncpivpd 0r on ioynd Jnilo. r.