Holly Springs gazette., 1844-03-23
ARIANA GRAVES.

ARIANA GRAVES.
To the Hon0rabie The Senate md H1use Of
Representatives. Of The State Of Hissis
SlPpi:
We. the undersigned citizens Of --
County, State OF Mississippi, believing that
1t was not the intention of our late Freasur-
er. Richlrd S Graves 10 dpfrau1 the STATE ;
and that the people at ~ times have the right
To be heard through their representatives
wonId respeclfn y petition your honorable
body To comply with said Graves proposi-
unn vIZ:-Thlt be be invited and permitted
bv legislative enactment, To return To this
State unmolrsjed, and BE- freely allowed al
the lmmuhitirs. rights and privileges Of CHI,
ZrnshIp-he making "a nSi settlement with
the State. As we are confIrnt be was in
nocent of any dishonoest intentions. and
OelirvIng that he should in sheer Justice,
be- allowed the privilege Of proving him
self an honest ani upright citiz .n--giving
true account of his official course. re-
funding the deficit in the Treasury. &c =
We sIncerely hope that YOU will give him
The Opportunity of so doing. and your pc
ri'ioners will ever pray, SC.
[Sioned by many ci;izrns of the different
COuut.eS Ol lpe Stdlt.
In answer to the above memorials the
House of Representatives passed a reso'u-
ton ins,ructng Gov Brown 10 inform Mrs
Graves, that her son was at liberty. at any
:ime to return to the State and have fair
rial according to the laws Of the STATE.
We coull get no copy of the resolution. or
it should have been inserted in this place.
The accompanying memorial of Mrs.
Graves, was in answer to the letter Of Gov.
Brown, enclosing the resolution of the II.
oi II presen;a,ives -ED. GAz
10 his Eretiency. the Gorern0r. and the
h0a0rcble Senate and housD If Rep esen-
tatiUes Of the Stale IF Mississippi:
Your humble petitioner would most res
pectfuly return you her most gralefal thanks
for your attention aud consideration To wards
her memorial, praying for your permitting
the saf. return To this state, Of her son Rch-
ard S GravrS and after making il far and
honorable setIement wIIh the state. To enjoy
all the rights and p ivil"ges ot citizenship.
Bu, al infDrme d by the courteous and pa
lite letter of his Excellency, Governor
Brown, she and her tends thlnlI that the
resolution passed one branch of the Legis-
lature alone, would of itself b mere multi
ty and To saw the most of it. is not suffi
cIrntiy equitable. just aud clement in as
much as j. does not embrace en0Mgh To usii-
fy hrr sons return 10 the state tor the pun
pose of making a fair aud honorable settle.
ment with the same. This your humble
,t,b al Hu. a..
b-os your attention TO the following partic-
ulaIs:
>Ftrst. that the resolution is indefinite
and insufficient; as 1t only ptovid' that ne
can return 10 the state, when be thinks
proper to do 50; (this suppose he could
hare doae without the formality of tesolu-
tion) aud leaves him s'Ihl-ct to TrIbunii.
whose verdict must IN great degree be
made up from pre- JUDGED evidence, given IN
by his most inveleiate enemies, whose poll
cv and interest it will be to make him ap
pear guIIiy of some misdem-anor in office
men themselves not on y enlnying the priv
hedges of citznnship. but still high IN of
fee, who. manf' slv TO every unpreIudced
mind, authorised nv uhnappv son To draw
the ? and 3 per cent fund and advised him
tu disburse the same. IN the manner he did
Now making Tree alloNauce tor Niot'-
ers tender affection, and The scsupulous fears
for the child Of her bosom, stiIl Il does Seem
hard TO al ink the III fated rictlm should
voluntarily come back. honorably and hon.
esily pay up :he money To the state which
he himself proposes TO do. aud then be SUBJ
iected 10 be tried as enfP'it, with all the
evidences against him as before stated. that
the malice aud malignant hatred, his enc
mics could procure. Surely then u Is moth
ing more than equitable for both branches
of the Legislature. or in the language OF my
son, "hy Legislative enactmeni, TO pass
law absolvine him from all danger of penal
tv. when he does all that an homes. man can
do
S cond your humble petitioner would
beg to entreal youI honorable body, TO ap
point a ccmmiuee Of unprtjndic,d men 10
settle with my son. and to report IN the res
olution the sum which the state IN Jnstice
has ris hit TO dem,nd of him there being
discrepancy of opinion as to the deficit N
the Treasury; my son claiming credits
which have not been given him. In sheer
Justice, humbly think that oil true credits