Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-11-11

party have succeeded by moro than their
usual majority in the State. This result
has partly been owing 10 the exceeding in.
discretion of portion Of our own party
en- the subject of the State debt. We
make this remark for the purpose of show
ing that The ill-advised and Incorporate
course of n portion of,our friends will re-.
suit in ,stponement Of the consumma-
ton they have been so fercely pressing
Tho Rg may be said Of the course
of foes. The Wings and
bon nocrots have both, we
shins Ditto. The Wing party
when tSeyz4e!d their convention, for the
purpose ofnominatng candidates, if they
had really at heart the paymen, Of The
Union Bank bonds, should have nominated
bond paying democrats. This would have
shown the respective strength Of The bond
payers and anti-bonders. When they re-
jected this course, they distinctly placed
the election on the ground Of national pol
tics. This mis- had necessarily, and proper
" strong tendcncy't22- "".le all the differ
ent sections, and heal all the divi,ions>Sss
the democracy 1t is true that during the
canvass, their candidates held up the bond
question, as the only subject OF consdera.
ton 10 the voters, but their conduct vir-
tually said otherwise. In vindicaion OF
this course they sometimes said that
great number ofheir party would not vote
for democrats OF any kind. # this were
true, it would show that great number of
their parry careGho,hing about the pay.
ment Of the bonds; bat we may safely say
that they were mistaken in The assumP.
,ion, for the bo-d ,paying democratic can.
dida,es have got about the same vote with
the Wing State ticket. Some objection
nigh, have been made al first, bat it would
have been Ieid aside long before The cleo
sion.
We think, too, as We before observe,
that the course oithc bona.paying demo
Gratis, however hcnosi, was impolitic and
ill-advised. We think Their course should
have been, Immediately upon the nomine-
ton Of Wing candidates by the Wing con.
vention, 10 have proclaimed their adhe-
sion to their old political friends, and, TO
have acted with them throughout tho can
vass. This was time peculiarly unfor-
runate for the bond-payers, to have agta-
led the bond question. On tho eve Of a
presidential election, and engaged in the
discussion Of the merits Of the several
candidates, II was crisis well calculated
TO keep alive and excite old party predi-
lcc,ions. A true expression of public o.
pinion on the subject of the payment of
the bonds can never be obtained, until it
is entirely disconnected from national
politics. There must be, in good faith,
bond party, and ami bond party, and con-
test must be had on this ground alone
Neither of the great political parties Of
the day-thc wing and democratic-musi
seek to increase its political capital by aid
Of the bond question. Each party has
done this; the one by holding up the many
ills Of high taxation the other by harping
on The multifari1us horrors of reputation.
When we say contest of this kind must
be had, we Of course mean 10 say, if it is
properly subject of state policy and to be
decided by majority of the people,
If this question be one properly for the ju.
dietary, its adjus,men, by that department
Cf the government should be regarded as
the law of the land. II it should decide
that the state is not bound 10 pay the debt,
the question should no longer he agitated
IN connection with taxation, or as in any
wise obligatory upon even the honor of
the State; if on the other hand the judici-
airy should decree that the state owes the
debt, the best arrangement and most con-
yenient mode of payment should be i'm
mediately made with the bond.holders.--
If the judiciary in its proper sphere is dis
regarded, we have no government, We
are no longer bound together on the prin-
ciples Of the social compact. we are mere
aggregation Of indiyiduals--our govern.
ment must lose the appellaiion of repub.
lie, and 90 nameless, or take the sobriquet
of mobocracy. Another question would
then certainly arise, VIZ: wheiherii would
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