The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-09-23

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seh.- The Legislature voted Tar 70
tho honor Of Tho state, ana NV
,eopio sustained them. Ito noticed tho pro
,,,s,v with which ,ho,e Who Ind boffo"ed
rom, and enjoyed the benefits Of The bank
monu lLo number Of whom was one % Wv
competitors, Gen. Brown, could now opPo''
The pa ymcnl o. The bond" Had hoy po
The validity Of the act when
gave i, capital and corporate es'''s"e'' u
not, why participate in lis advantages
Wand those who heard him, have dealings
and depo.i'e money with an institution" O''''
40 by fraudulent means, should one " 60
,ahl,.bsd in this towni Coule they as honest
,r.n ,h,s co,,utsnapce and sanction II, ana
dion deooupce III lie complained OF the
;,;us,,ce done The democratic Bond payers
bv the Address of the late An'I-bond Con-
yeu,ion, and exposed its Misrepresentation
He noticed too, 10 the conclusion of his re-
marks. the charge that he was the author OF
tho n,esep, revenue act. This was lncor'
rect. He had aided, as the member OF u
committee, to frame a revenue Bill; but 1t
was afterwards amended, and he voted
against It.
Col. Williams lays no claims to ora'ory;
I'M, he made a clear and forcible speech
and fortified his arguments with facts and
documentary testimony. The manner III
which he handled the Sond-ques''on' eV'h
rod sound sense and thorough acqua'nt
ance with the subject. He met the m'ser
able excuses urged against paying our debts
and we could no, but notice the uneaslnes
IF some Of our anti bond friends during TIT
d,ivery Of his remarks. His views Of stat
nolcy are lust and comprehensive, ant
such as we earnestly hope will yet prevail
in Mississippi.
4 Col. Kendall, of Yallabusha, took tn
stand, when Col. Williams was through, an
addressed the audience in short and so'r
ted speech. He rehearsed the circums!an
ces under which he consented to become
| candidate for Congress, upon the Demo
!, cratic Bond paying ticket. The course
the An,i-bonders in making reputation II
. para mount principle Of party faith, had 'e
a the Bond payers no alternative but TO SUI
. port il, or take open ground against
t They had chosen the latter course. He hi
: ALWAYS been an advocate OF the principle
a of Democracy as taught by Jefferson; az
J. so far from deserving them in the posltle
8. which he now occupied, he was with It
}. leading journals and heads of the Demo
y cratic party throughout the Union. The
3. had condemned reputation. He had d.
"A Tended the administration of Gen. Jackst
e. and supported R. J. Walker in this stat
Is when the present candidate for Govefne
ct Gen. Brown, was found battling agar
" both, His Anti bond brethren, in the
i. tepritv of the motives Of the mass OF wne
). he had not doubt, he conceived, had aba
doned the true democratic fold and 60
: after "strange gods" Who, he would a
- had loaned US the money, which we w
= row refusing to pay' Hollanders-n
y who had befriended US in the darkest par
Of cur history-who had advanced us
40 wards of 80 millions Of dollars when a
na,ien we were but in our infancy, comp
atively without resources. Nor was 1t fr
>. rich capitalists from whom it Came
Barings, The Rhotchilds: or Hope q
:, These were but the agents, in many inst
-, ces, of the widow and the orphan, who I
through them invested their little all
e.. state stocks. In the purchase Of louisa
g., under the administration Of MI. LETTERS
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