The Weekly register. (Ponola [sic] Panola, Miss.) 1843-1844, 1843-10-14
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mus vi the mouse; u ofd not pass thu
Senate at that session. In 1887, at
called session of the same Legislature
the same bill passed the Senate by ;
vote of IL yeas to noes, and they will
the bill, were entered in the journals o
the Senate. Thus far then the forms
required by the 9th section Of the 7th ar
ticle of the constitution were complied
with.
The constitution requires that every
law pledging the faith of the State, shall
be proposed and passed by the Legis
lature next preceding the Legislature
to which it is referred. The reason oil
this we know TO be that the people may
have an opportunity of rejecting on the
measure and tacitly approving or disap.
proving it.
Now it will be seen that the bill in
question was proposed by the LegisIa-
ture of 1885, and passed by a new Lee
gislature in 1886 and '37, and referred
TO third Legislature in 1888; so that
new Legislature, which held two ses-
sons, interviewed between the Legisla-
ture which proposed this bill U835) and
The Legislature to which it was referred
1883 which is plainly contrary to the
strict letter Of the constitution. But
when we take into consideration that the
reason and spirit of this clause of the
constitution was thereby more fully met
and complied with, by affording increas-
ed time and opportunity to the people TO
reflect on, discuss, and decide respecting
the proprietyo of The measure, than if
the strict letter CT the constitution had
been complied with, we do not hesitate
tc declare, and no reasonable man can
hesitate to'admit that SO far from rem
derlng the bill unconstitutional, it makes
it, as we'll as. all obligations growing out
ofit, doubly authoritative and binding.
The Nth section of. the bill thus pass
ed by the Legislature in 1886 and 81,
refers the 9Th section thereof, By which
the faith of the State is pledged fer the
purposes therein declared, to the next
and directs the set under the
Of the Governor, TO be pub
ished in three newspapers previous to
the next regular election. That such
publication was made, cannot now be
controverted, because, 1st, the Legisla-
ture, whose legitimate and exclusive
province it was to ascertain this fact du-
ring their session in 1888, passed the
bill by majority of both houses, there
by raising the presumption that they
had evidence satisfactory to them that
such publication as the constitution re-
quires had been made. In fact it is we'll
remembered by one of the undersigned,
that one Of the members from Rankin
county, moved TO bring the public print
er 10 the bar of the House, in order that
he might be examined as to the fact Of
publication, but that this motion was
lost becaGse las was generally stated by
it's opponents) the House were satisfied
from other sources of the fact, and re-
auired no additional evidence. Whether
such publication was made or not, can
not therefore be now questioned, espe-
cially in regard to third persons, bona
fde purchasing the bonds created by
this law. The Legislatures was the or
~ constitutional agent and Judge respect
ing this fact, and if they were either
faithless or ignorant, the State, who
oughtin the exercise of their elective
| franchise to have chosen wiser and
more honest representatives, is and
ought to be made'responsible.
9ndIy. The report of a committee o.
the House ofRepresentatives of l842
respecting the Union bank bonds, (Which
committee was composed of repudlatlns
democrats) admits that such publication
was made as is required by the 9Th sec
ton ofthe 9Th article ofthe constitution
[See journal Of II. of r. 1842, page I2o
in paren,hesis, of report signed ). L
Matthews, Ch'r.l s
4 Forced reluctantly to.concedethe con
stitutionality of the original cbarter' In
regulators now rest their defence o.
other grounds, posterior ir their orlgi
to the passage ofthe original bill. TO