Holly Springs gazette., 1843-09-01

...rer he may be, has gwen us evidence
M. ruth Of ono Of TWO things either he Is
r,,JIy ignoran, Of the history of,hat
i.r,.i o9orly qualif d t, enIighten the plb-
4. ii5l7lss. in attempting 70 withhold
,,,.h and j poor preacher Of morality.
Pad the bIIowing article
THE BANhRUPT LAW.
r-.of,eoism is a strange crac5bie, which
.-sr.s into political capital every thing
.--,.ga into il, In1 pursuant to their dou-
..I.,Iing policy the L1cos have raised
.-,rsrfIi crv about the Bankrupt law, aud
..1o,sI 10 use against the Wings
,ro,pglarity with which that measure
hen visited by The people. When il
,h0ught That votes were TO be gained
l-.hs1,sslre oil such law, the great tghts
FOsn9cracv were eager foe is passage,
..i r7,el lor H. but when they find that il
.r,- reIished as was expected, what do they
JI Do they come o1t fairly, and candid
M -.-Laowlslge. as honest politicians, NOV
N ,l1ns by q desire - promote the Inte rest
# 5gr country, would uahesI.atIngiy do,
.5l-r5gv Sad taken a hand in it,and that the
o,.-I,i1l of the lIv was not such rs was
Il -c.edl Ds they have the magnanimlty
.rI candor to tell you shat a t59s 10 party
1srsiry. aud that democrats as well rs wings
-.-.uiag aside ali party inference, met, il
tafs instance. on neutral ground, aud CO. oP-
.-ri,I IN doing what ~ was thought the
rs.lrs eta large aud unfortunate class Of
,a.l- fll5w citizens demanI.dl No. no
iL.s would b contrary 10 the cTUcbbIelzlRS
r-..ci9les Of Locoloco policy. The law
moved % be unpopular, and something was
"a No made out oft. The people dld not
.ks n. and an attempt was 10 be made 70
make them believe th1c /; was exclusively
q gail measure, and thereby make the
uhi1 cause a sharer IN any odlum which
might attach TO IT, So TOR from acEnoWl-
sd-ua any agency in the matter. the Locos
now boldly deuOuuce the Bankrupt lav as
ubl1 measure. lOrgstiul that the Journals OF
Congress- contain a true record Of the pro-
.ef iinps in the case. aud that we have but
1tIfn Go the record 10 expose the double
iralinr and illiberat trickery 20 which 4
.inkinr cause compels them 10 resort IN
501gsit;on 70 the asscrsIon that the Bank
rlDy Law was a Vakg measure, what say the
.1grnals of Confess They Will show
tlat prior to IS40 both parties were in fa-
v8r of a Binkiupt law. They will show
that I'm IS27. Martin Van Bdreu, Thomas
n b .nton, II NJ johnson, William R.
King aud Levi Woodbury. voted for a
Bankrupt law which was retrospective in its
operations. and cancelled all previous deb's.
They viii show that although Col. John
slu was ia nvor Of the section which extern
GaI the benefits Of the law TO all classes of
rrfzsns. Martin Var BurcR. opposed that
section and voted 0r giving relief only to
PRIVILEGED ORDERS Ihey viii show
that Mr.. Van Buren not only voted for a
Bankrupt law, but made Il speech IN favor
one vhOsearistOcra.ic features were Strenu-
01slv condemned by Col Johnson and other
iO.of0co leaders They will show that
tie first move In favor Of a Bankrupt law
was made by L9coioco Senator, that Loco
fJco States and Sta:e Leg islatures were
lluiest and strongest In their petition for re-
hst aud that no small portion ofthe respon-
solay oithC act rests up)n some OF the tai
Test pillars Of Democracy. And yet with
lae kuowlede of these facts. The LocofOco
LADDERS tell the people that the Bankrupt
llw was a whig measure Was there ever
a stronger instance Of bareiaced efIionterv2
Di they suppose that the wings would not
point the people TO the record, and bid them
Indignantly mark the imposition attempted
90 be practiced upon them} or did they sup
pose By brazan iuipudence. and raising the
yell Of democracy! democracy to convert
IBIS mole hill into a mountain with which TO
ogerWhelm the whigsl Ifsuch have been
their slppositions@ @thev will be- wofuly de-
-eivcd, for 10 that record we now point the
people, aud ask them TO compare It with the
present. clamors Of the Locos. denouncng
me Bankrupt law as a whig measure.
" bat tcOnsistency-whatf fairness or plain
iealing can be expected from rhose who can
attempt 10 suppor; a cause oy assertions.
which the Incontrovertible records Of the
-oaatfy fully and clearly Centralized But
'aiS Is locofoco policy. None bu, bad
cause could require such aid Nothing
boz selfish partisan ambition could prompt
Us alyocaiion
Washington Telegraph