The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-01-13

me and eye,y citizen OF the STATE, as wen
~ tho.o who were then el'zens al me
time, as those who have since become o'
sholl hereafter become citizens ~
vslily Governor thou art great man.
and wonderfully versed in CONSTITUTIONS
Law ldrnin.
Should the sinking fund ia the Planters
Bank and The effects Of the Mississippi
Rail ROAD Company, be insufficient to
fur isk sum large enough TO pay the first
instalment and the interest due on the
Planters Binds, he recommends taxation
to make up the deficiency. This is NEE.
ting the question fairly and squarely, for
which Gov. T. deserves credit. Blu. aware
Of the licklish ground upon which he -
treading, he takes care to add 81 am advised
that the question Of taxation is delicate
sut;ec,," especially "increased taxation"
A change in the revenue system is rec'
commended, so that all property shall be
taxed according 10 its value, and slaves
under five years Of age, plate, and every
description ofhousehold furniture, and eve's
other species ofproperty real or ideal, as
new objects Of taxation.
Az amendmen, o. the Constitution .abol
,sn,ng the Superior Court Of Chancery, ano
conferng Chancery jurisdiction on The CIR
cult courts-,he repeal Of the law es'ab-
fishing The Vice Chancery Court The
reduction Of the number Of Circuit Judges to
seven and an increase Of their salaries to
S3NOO-are recommended. So soon as
Judge Chalmers "a good Anti bondes) is
left Out, the Vice Chancery Court is of 10
further use
A change in the present system OF Fen
;ten,iary labor, placing the convicts at some
business equally profitable 10 the state, and
not interfering with the indispensable avo.
cations Of worthy mechanics the appoint
mept Of commissioners on the part of The
state and those interested IN the institution
10 liouidate the affairs of the Planters Bank
form other recommen daions. The an
nexaton Of Texas to the United States Is
alan favored. ---
There is d good deal 10 the Messa g
which might have been left out in commu
nication Of The kind, but the documen. ls
decided improvement upon The prosy vel
bosi,y and legal technically Of Gov. Tucl
er's special message in July last, commun
eating the dafalcation and absconding
"the said" Richard S. Graves.
Liquidation Of the Union Bank In {
f article headed "SrAEE DEBTS -.-RETRFNc
II MnNr AND REFORM" 10 the Pontotoc T
e bune Of Jan. Bird, the editor, after the de
Of Iarasion that the "Legslature must put t
le Union Bank in liquidation" and that
% "party Is pledged to this measure" We
s modestly asks the Wings, since they 9
Of in the minority in the Legislature, to bri
as "pan Of lsuida ton" This is cool indie,
10 coming as it does from print which
all it could to place in power those, VII,
al cardinal doctrine was The Population
a The Uaion Bonds. We never had q
Sc confidence ia The professions Of the A.
e. bondmen respecting their willingness
,r 10 put the Bank in liquidation, also
se have, since the election, heard i. asser
rs by rhe "knowing ones' Of the party be
in that no such measure would be adopted
re The Legislature The "only words" alb
,st this matter, from Gen. Brown down to
p> candidates for the Legislature, were
he forth to "rope ia" Bond Democrats. {
re neishtor Leland, ifhe be a good B,
nd payer (for he labored to secure the csc,
dency Of the repudia,ors( was caught
but his "soft corn" it seems.