The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-07-20
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE CoVFR-
NOR,S MESSAGE

/ AA1 Ac0ASLAIUHEs AND THE COVER
NOR'S MESSAGE.
| In obedience to the call of the Cow rnor IN
Legislature convened on the 10th inst Bo,
Houses we're ready for business On The FIRST d.,
Of The Session, but upon being informed BY tn
Governor, that he had not completed his mes
srge, they adjourned 10 the next day. On II,
llth His ExcelIency sent in his message. am,
such q Taessage!! covering forty pages OF doubl,
sized ,fooscap paper! We have not vet seer
the whole of il, for none but a mammoth sbsc.
could contain it entire; bat we have read enough
of it to percieve its object. The Governor seem.
to have been determined to present his v;nd;..
ton TO the public and compel some at le.st -
read or hear it read. And as none the presses
OF his party are inclined TO sustain him il t,;s
administration. he has cunnineIy adonted The
method of publishing the defence of his co,,so
IN the form of an executive me sage, and Thus
force 1t into the columns of the newspapers
This plan ofpresenting his vindication has .co
ther recommendation, which, with his strict re-
gard for economy, doubtless had no little weigh,
with him; it relieves his private purse ofthe ex>
Pensc CT paying printers and throws the burden
upon the public.
Accordingly, he has embraced the opportunity
of furnishing labored vind:cation of all those
acts ofhis administration, which have attracted
most censure; he has presented most unsatis.
FACTORY and quibblng defence of his conduct in
enabling Graves to procure $ll4,OOO belonginc
to the State from the Secretary ofthe Treasury
and naraded fh e,b;oot
between himself ard McNutt. Rutto make some
amends for the divers acts of incompetency and
malfeasance in Office of which he has been gull
ty, after having furnished Treasurer Graves
with The letter to Mr.. Forward, by which he obs
tanned the money of the State from the United
States Treasury, and then having him prosecu-
ted under the laws of Mississippi Cor his feloni-
Gus conduct, he presents labored argument to
prove that the Sec etary Of the Treasury raid
tho money in his own wrong to Graves ard
not to the State of Mississippi, and consequently
the claim OF the State against the general gov
eminent is unimpared by theact1 To endeavor
TO exonerate himself from the consequences of
his own folly, Governor Tucker would impose
upon the general government second time the
payment of a sum of money which he not only
caused TO be taken from the u. States Treasury
but by his official conduct has acknowledged
has been receive d.! Could a better illustration
Of the demoralizng tendency of Reputation be
furnished. than rs presented in this nnrrincipled
of our Regulating Governor?
We shall take occasion shortly to present the
whole history of this matter in the correspond
ence, which took place the subject, and we
are satisfied that not even Regulators as party
can sustain Governor Tucker, in his discredita- !
bic position.
Z The Governor says nothing in his message
10 regard TO dstricting the State; but bill has
been in Introduced into the House by Mr.. Hill OF
in which he proposes the following
LIST District-De Soto, Marshall, Tlppah,
Tishamineo, Itawamba, Ponsotoc, Lafayette,
Ponola, Tunica and Coahoma
81 District Bolivar, Tallahatchie, YaIlobush
4, T. lickasaw, Monroe. Ocktihheha. .Lowndess
Choctaw, Carroll, Yazoo, Holmes and w asF.
ngton.
Sd District-AttalIa, Winston. Noxubee,
Kemper, Neshoba. Leahe, Madison. Warren,
Kinds, Rankin, >cott, Newton and Lauderdale.
4th District--C iaborne. Coplh, Jasper,
Simpson, Smith, Clarke, Wayne, Jones, Cow |
ngton, Lawrence, Franklin, Jefferson, Adams,
w !kinson, Amite, Pike, Marion, Perry, Greene
Hanc ok. Jackson and Harrison.
When we receive the message Of the Gov
ernor entire we shall either publish it in full or
present a synopsis of it. In the mean time we
hope the public will not suffer much uneasiness
in their anxiety to peruse it; for we can assure
hem that the reading oft could not be endured
his weather. None but an Editor should IN
iertake to pe,spire through il; he would be
,ut la5oring in his vocation.
ANTF-REPUDIATI MEETING.
1t viii be recolIected that the Fourth Sdtur- |
lay in Jug, (instanD was agreed upon as the
lay for the citizens of Lowndes, who are OPP
posed to the doctrine of Reputation, without
regard to party to convene at the Court House
in Columbus at II O'Clock, for the purpose OF
constituting themselves into an Anti-Repudia-
ton Society.
1t is hoped that there will be general at
e ndance of those, who are favorable to the OBJ
ects of this Society.
George r. Clayton Esq, the Wing candi-
date for Governor. is canvassing IN the south