Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-06-29

obedience TO Col. BENroN, in his frequent and |
repeated efforts TO compel the Legislature to lie.
galze his odous and unconstitutional notions in |
relation to the rights OF the people, in the every
day business Of trade and currency, has excited
a very general inquiry, which resulted in positive
proof OF his interference and guilt. This is not
denied by his friends-his guilt is confessed and
fixed lact-and upon this question he is as guilty
os the merest (elon in the land.
During his stay in this county, lest summer.
his friends and himself exchanged letters, which
were afterwards published in which Col. BENTON
"made bis thanks" TO Messrs. HusToN and JACK.
SON, for their "blls" and efforts on the currency
question. He competent judge Of the Eng.
fish language, and never uses words which leave
his meaning in doubt. He intended to thank
Mr.. JACKSON for bis "bill, and at the same time
impale the last Legislature for the miserable
claw" finally adopted, and known on the statute
book as JAoKsoN's currency bill. t.-
Circumstances connected with the above letter
and "thanks" Of Col. Benton, and with the in.
PRODUCTION of the "bl'' and passage Of the claw"
under consideration, render it important for us
to submit statement Of the facts on this subject,
in connexion with the legislative canvass in this
county.
In the latter part OF the winter, Gen. WILSON,
the electoral candidate in this district, publicly
attacked the currency bills Of the last session, in
a speech in the court house in this place. Mr..
c. F. JACKSON replied, and after lodging HUs
ToN's bills, came to the defence of his own, and
defended it by declaring the proprety of all its
provisions, restricting, as it did, only the action
Of corporations and public officers. Since that
time he has frequently addressed the people, and
on all occasions, when the sub ject was mentioned,
has taken the same view. In fact, his hearers
have all supposed the "bill'' and "law'' to be
identical, and we have heard of his partizans ex.
hi5iting the claw when the provisions Of the
"bill"'were complained Of .... ...
All the time, however, it was well known TO
number Of intelligent gentlemen, that the odious
and unconstitutional "bill," for which Col. BEN.
TON made his "thanks," contained the tyrannical
test oath, and provision which included "any
other person. thereby depriving the free people
OF this State Of the privilege OF doing as they
please with their own. The test oath, and the
words "any other person." which were the only
parts OF the 'bill' for which Col. BENTON OF
his friends cared a copper, were stricken out
and the claw as it appears on the statute
book, is comparatively a harmless thing
so puerile, indeed, as to render it necessary for
Col. BENTON to ''make his thanks" for the chill,
without mentioning or abiding to the claw"
This matter, though, is coming to head, ant
Col. BENTON has ''made his thanks" to thu
wrong person, or Mr.. JACKSON has forgotten o.
is lodging the Bentonian features OF the "bill.
On last Saturday, in the eastern end Of tn,
county, in the course Of public discussion, Mr.
JACKSON took his old ground-talked Of corpor
atoms and public officers, and stated, at large
the propriety Of statutory provisions to proven
them from dealing in and using deprecated pa
per. Mr.. LEONARD inquired Of him if the chill
did not include "other PERSONS" Mr.. Jackson
answered in the affirmative, but stated that thos
,oords ,cere inserted By direction of the selec
committee on currency, AGAINST HIS WILL, anc
tCere stricken out in committee Of the ,oholc
AT HIS SUGGESTION.
This is is the most important statement which
has appeared in the history OF this question, an,
being true deprives Mr.. JACKSON Of Col. BEN
TONS 'thanks," and fixes the odium OF tina
measure upon majority OF the currency com
mittee OF the last session, which was compose
; of JACKSON OF Howard, Bay OF franklin, KEN
NET OF St. Louis, SIMMs OF Greene, GRANT @
Marion, FLANAGAN Of Monroe, SNYDER Of Cap
Girardeau, Moss Of Clay, and GRIFFIN OF Grundy
The odous and unconstitutional "bill" wa
reported by the above committee, of which Mr.
JACKSON was chairman. Five is majority Q
nine, and Mr.. JACKSON having repudiated tn
"bIF' and Col. BENroN's thanks, it become
important 10 ascertain which five members OF thu
above committee compelled Mr.. JACKSON to re
port the odious "bill'' against his will.
Messrs. GRANT and Moss were the onl
Wings on the committee, and they were agains
the "bill" and the claw" in all their phases
Mr.. Jackson has cut loose from the "bill, )" AM
the "lhanks," and il is therefore certain that tn
odium and praise must be divided between Messrs
BAY, KENNEL SIMMs, FLANAGAN, SNYDER, an
GRIFFIN Of Grundy. Five Of these six gentleme
must have directed Mr.. JACKSON 10 report tn
chill" against his will, and as an interestin
portion Of the most important part Of our legisla
tive history, we desire 10 know who they ore, S