, 1843-05-20
FLOR the Radical.

friends, you were chosen last August, to
represent this county in the last Gene
raj Assembly of this State, and in accor-
dance it'll their wishes you went to
Jefferson city, and there aided that au-
gust body, in celebrating upon ways and
means how to relieve 4 distressed and
oppressed community, the result of which
has been, the passage of a number of
Jaws o~fageneral nature, but whether they
will rebound TO the people for veal or for
voc, remains yet to be seen; and that
your constituents may learn the course
that you pursued in relation to their pas
sage, l propose TO put to You Jointly, Sc
vcral Undergraduates, which you can an
swer individually, through the columns
of the Radical, if you choose. First, did
you or did you not advocate the passage
ofthat law changing the times Of holding
our Circuit Court TO once in every six
months, and the magistrates courts TO
once in every three months, by which
the honest man is prevented from col
lecting his dues and paying his honest
debts. Secondly, did You or did you not
urge the passage of the law abolishing
imprisonment for debt, without making
any provision for the punishment of the
fraudulent debtor, and leaving the swim
der to run at large with his pockets
bloatcd with bank bills, in defiance of his
creditor who has no means ofmaking him
pay the deb that he has fairly contract
cd. In the third place, | propose to PIT
a few questions TO you in rclationto your
course towards some measures that were
presented to the Legislature and failed to
pass that body. First, were you in IA
vor of that bill which proposed TO lay of
this State into Congressional Districts, so
as 10 afford the people an opportunity Of
being represented according TO their
wishes and interests. Secondly, did yoT
vote for the bill that proposed to receive
800, 600 acres Of land, together with
twelve and a half per cent Or the nett
proceeds of the sale of public lands from
the general government, 10 be approp'i-
ated by the Legislature Of this State to
the use of internal improvements and
free schools, by which all the poor chill
dren in this state could be educated
without any charge TO their parents.
Thirdly, did you or did you not vote for
the resolution Offered by Mr.. Allen of
St. Louis, | think, proposing to abolish
that part of our state constitution which
declares that each county shall have at
least Il representative, the result of
which would be, that the people would
then have an opportunity of being rep
resented fairly and honestly, according
TO population, and the old counties would
be relieved of the necessity Of paving the
members of the legislature from those
new counties, their judges, circuit attor-
MES, sc. SC. Fourthly, did you or did
you not urge the passage of the resolu-
ton that proposed TO celebrate the eighth
of january, on Sunday. Filthy, did
YOU or either of you, participate in that
humiliating scene which prominaded the
streets of jefferson, on the sabbath norm
ing, amid the roar Of cannon, the shouts
and huzzas, for the greatest and the best,
to the great annoyance of Il large portion
of the inhabitants Of that city-and if so,
did it not occur to your minds that you
were miserably employed in thus cello
brating, on the sabbath day, a victory
gained Gen. Jackson, when at the same
time you suffered the victories won by
'the Father of his Country" the god
ike Washington, to pass by you with
out probably even n emotion of CRATE
full remembrance. Sixthly, do youthink
it is right to celebrate the victory of
Ncw-Orlcans, at the expense ofthc state,
in preference to the victories of Licking
ton, Bunker's Hill, Brandvwine, Ben
nington, Campden and Yorktown, at
which times and places the earth was
drenched with the very best blood ofthc
Revolution. Scventhly, did you ever
calmly and seriously reflect upon the
deeds, the virtue, and the valor of the
mighty dead, to whom you are indebted
for the liberty that you now enjoy-and
if so, does not one moment of such re-