The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-07-20
TUE LEGISLATURE AND THE COVER,
NORlS MESSAGE

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NOR's MESSAGE
In obedienec TO the call Of the Govcrnor o.
Legislature convened % lhe 10Th inst Boil
houses ~cfs ready f1r business en- tho first d.
Of The Session, bot upon being informed By ID
Governor, hat he had not completed bis mes
srge, they adjourned 10 the next day. On tb
llih His Exeelleney sent in bis message, an,
such a Haessage,i covering forty pages Of doulll
sized -ioolioaP PaPeFH We have not yet seer
The whole Of "a, for none bot a mammoth shoc
could contain it onlirsi hui We have read enough
Of to perceive It's object. The Governor seem,
to have been determined TO present his vindiea.
ton 10 the publio and compel some at least "a
read or hear L read. And az none ofthe pFesse,
Of biz party are inclined 10 sustain him 10 he
administration, he has eunninRly adopted The
method Of publishing the defence Of his eours,
IN the form Of an executive me ,sago, and thus
force il into the columns Of the newspapers
This plan Oipresenting his vindication has ano.
ther recommendation, which, with his strict re.
gard ior economy, doubtless had no little weigh
with hini il relieves his private purse ofths eS,
ponso ofpayiug printers, and throws tho burden
upon the public.
Accordingly, he has embraced The opportunity
Of furnishing a labored yindoation Of an ihos,
acts his administration, which have attracted
mos, censure; he has presented most unsatis.
FACTORY and clubbing defence Of his conduct in
enabling Graves to procure sl4l000 belonging
to The State from the Secretary oflhe Treasury
and paraded al the subject ofthe controversy
between himself and McNutt. Butlo make some
amends for The divers acts Of incompeienoy and
malieasanco in Office, Of which he has been gull
", aae. having furnished Treasurer Graves
with .hc letter 10 Mr.. Forward, by which he obs
tanned the money Of the State from the United
States Treasury and then having him proseeu-
ted under the laws Of Mississippi cor his leloni-
Gus conduct, he presents a labofcd argument 10
prove that the Sec elary Of the TreasuJ raid
tho money in bis own wrong 10 Graves ard
not TO the State Of Mississippi, and consequently
the claim Of the State against the general gov
eminent is uBimpaired BY thesota To ondolvor
to exoasraie himself from the consequences ol
his own folly, Governor Tucker would impose
upon the general government second time the
payment of sum Of money which he not only
caused 70 be taken from the U. States Treasury
bat by bis official conduct has Acknowledged
has been rcoeivtdM Could a better illustration
Of the demoralizing tendency OF Reputation be
furnished. than is presented in this unrrinciplsd
Recommendation Of our Regulating GOVERNOR
We shall take occasion shortly to present The
whole history If this matter ia the correspond.
eucc. which took place on the subject, and We
are satisfied that not oven Regulators as a party
can sustain Governor Tucker. in bis discredila-
bic posi;ion
The Governor says nothing in his message
10 regard 10 distrieung the State; but a bin han
been introduced into the llouse BY Mr.. Hill o
Marshall, in which he proposes the following
arrangement
Isl Districi-Oe Soto, Marshall, Tippah
T,shamingo, ltawamba. Ponio,oc, Lafayette
Ponola, Tunica and Coahoma.
9d District Bolivar, Tallahaichie, Yallobush.
a,Clickasaw. Monroe. Ocltihhaha, t.as'ia4ss
ChOctaw, Carroll, Yazoo, Holmes and W ash
in tOn.
Sd Distrci-Aualla, Winston, Noxubee
Kempgr, Neshoba. LeaAe, Madison, Warren
Kinds, Rankin, scott, Newton and Lauderdale
All DisHict--C lalbomc Copilh, Jasper
Simpson, SMITH, Clarke, Wayne, Jones, Gov.
ingtnn, Lawrence, franklin, Jefferson, Adams
Wilkinson, Amite, Pike, Marion, PerryGreent
tlanc ok, jackson and Harrison.
When we receive The message Of the Gov
ernor entire, we shall either publish 1t in full O.
present synopsis Of it. In the mean time VI
hope the public will not suffer much uueasines
ia their anxiety 70 pefuse It; for we can ASSURE
them that the reading oft could not be endured
this weather. None but an Editor should IN
dertake TO aspirs through il; he would b
but laSoring in his vocation.
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