The hornet., 1843-08-08

lhf appointment 81 fIa committee bslg
Called t1f. The fH4.f 8FfpHfad Col +. San
df", if, Cen. John A. QHfp4a. Df h. 4
wright, J. A. FaHhga1en. Esf.F. +. CItI
b9fne, II. &. Ballard AMI d. N. \. Llpgd
~ motion of !. A. Yaahpesen. Eu., in.
~ Jobgsop, Esq., aud Col T.. I. Harrison
? we're added to tho committee.
{ IN motion, the meeting adjourned until
"eIoek' 10 receive the report ol the com
.mttleo.
CRY lIslL, goth May, 1891
4 o'clock, T. NJ
The meeting assembled pursuant to adjourn.
ment,
When Gen. Quitman in behalf Of the com.
mittee, submitted the following preamble and
resolutions, which, on motion, were received.
WHEREAS, IT Is manifest that the proceed.
inss OF The late Democratic Convention have
not received the appreciation of majority of
the Democratic party;-and Whereas. not.
withstandlng the implied understanding. in
SAID conventon to the contrary, the question
oil rePudlatlng the bonds of the State. given
lor stock IN the Planters and Union Banks. has
become a test question in the approaching
canvass Tor the election of State officers
! Therefore,
heSoSVea' That while we approve of the
ieadIng objects and purposes of the resolutions
iately passed in Joilerson count,- NJ n hond
paying meeting, we believe that il is not eX
pedient or advisable that a convention should
be held or proposed at said meeting.
ReSotoed, That the doctrine which teaches
that the people will support the government
OF their own choice, pay the debts which their
own agents, acting under their instructions,
may contract in their name, and main
tam the honor and plghted faith of the re-
Puollc lhylolate, is democratic doctrine, and
AhotlaS Jefferson IS It's author, who boldly
maintained the identical doctrine, in the in
1dncy oi democracy, against the sneerS of the
% Dtl'iSn ana their opposition of Hamilton and
tne Federal Junto, whose main argument in |
IaVor OF high tariffs, big banks, monopolies.
exclusive privileges, and such like devices for
taxing labor indirectly, was founded on the
assumption, that the people, in the aggregate,
mad not sufficient virtue and magnanimity to
pay their honest debts and support the gov
as Jefferson contended they had.
ReSolced, That those who would take ad-
vantage OF the misfortuneS of the people of Il
Mississippi, to preach to them the seductive
loc'rlne OF reputation, encouraging them TO
80 10 lne polls to get rid of their State debts,
naycal such procedure of democracy, if they
please; but 1t IS suicidal democracy because
strikes deadly blow at the vitaIs of the :
'ody polite, deSecrates the institution of the I
'aIIot box to the worst of all purposes, and !
would ultimately pull down upon the commu- 7
my an lntolerabe anarchy, the arch enemy I
u democracy-which has swallowed up so /
many republics q
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ReS0tUed, That the ballot-box is democratic
Institution, and was never intended to SUPER T
ede the strong box, or be used in the IL e
uldatlon OF debts, nor was it intended to su- b
ercede judicial investigation in questions of o.
natter OF facts relating to dollars and cents II
oundS, shllllngs and pence, otherwise courts II
'ould be useless, the electioneering would be- in
ome the all-abSorbing business, and swallow m
P law, liberty and every thing else.
ReSol0ed, That borrowed money ought to is
paid, and if the acts pedging the faith of D;
le State to borrow it had been deemed uncon- dc
ltutIonal by the people of Mississippi, they 10
ould have repudiated the said acts of their w
overnor and Legislature, and not touched da
'llar OF the money; but in as much as the co
ca OF unconst1utionality was not set up
ltl long after the money obtained on the We
Ith OF the State was brought into the State tn
ID spent, the plea of unconstitutonality is TO
available, unjust. and anti.democratic: be- co
use, not being timely made, those who lent de
e money on the faith of the State were de- Sc,
lved of the legal privilege of seizing on the sh
ads unconstitutionally obtained, before the So,
d funds were squandered upon the political ne
rtlzans and friends of the Union Bank. ito
heSotOed, That, admitting the truth of the GU
emlSeS OF the repudlators, that the Governor Sat
Legislature betrayed the trust imposed in
I'M, aud violated the constitution, in pledg- ful
the faith of the State for the redemption an
the Union Bank bonds, still nothing will on
MY State reputation on constitutional the