Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-03-01
To Tie Editors Of the Times:

| liberation and reflection are forgotten; but no
such extenuang circumstance as that Of mo.
mentary impulse can be offered to excuse the acts
OF the legislature of Missouri in forming new
counties at the present session, The dominant
factions in both houses, did the act, wilfully, de-
liberately, knowing that the constitution, the
permanent law Of the land, was violated thereby.
And this is democracy! What disgracelul use
OF the nome. A word that signifies that form Of
government in which majority of the people
rules. And yet, all men know, that the result Of
forming new counties in Missouri, under the con-
stltutional restrictions, as TO the representation Of
which the lower branch Of the general assembly
shall consist, is directly placing the ruling power
OF the State in the hands OF minority, little
larger, If any, than one third OF all the people
Of the State. Should this statement chance to
meet the eye OF an honest democrat-a man
whose principles honor the nome--he will natu'
rally ask, why is this done? A plain answer
an honest man admires, and would say to him,
Sir, your party now hold all the public Offices
The seats in both houses Of Congress, the judge
ships, attorneys places, Executive chair, and all
offices under those in this State; your friends
also have now decided ma ortes in both
branches of the general assembly; but, sir, your
leaders fear their principles will not arear tcelI
when communities become settled, and composed
Of permanent opuaton--desiring that all
the public Offices however, shall be held by the
leaders Of your party, and knowing that each
new county form ed on the borders and outskirts
Of the State, will be OF the right stripe, and en-.
titled 10 one representative at least, they created
the eighteen new counties for the sole purpose Of
keeping up their majority in the legislature, by
means Of which all the public places are to be
perpetuated in their hands, ard not permitted to
pass into the hands OF others. And 10 secure
these public places continuously and the powers
incident thereto, they have destroyed the only
equal rights, and equal representation; one hun.
dred voters in new county, Oregon or Shan.
non, for instance) hence(orth will have as much
influence in the affairs OF the State as two thou.
sand in the county of Boone or Howard. lie
may then ask, why the Governor does not put
stop to this injustice, and anti.republican course?
The reply is, Sir your Governor is one OF this
faction, who exercise power and forget right
The country promised itself much in the conduct
Of The chief executive magistrate of the State,
from the partialty expressed in his election; and
the promptness with which he vetoed the bill for
the permanent settlement OF the boundary line
between Missouri and Iowa, when he saw, or
pretended to see, threatened inhaction of the
constitution, after his induction into office,
inspired the people with still more confidence
in the prudence Of their choice. But, sir, when
his second veto came, refusing to sign the memo
rial to Congress for an appropriation to improve
the navigation Of the White river; when the pc o.
pie saw him, as their executive officer, overrea.
ching all the defined boundaries OF the Governor
OF Missouri, and thrusting himself, uncaIled, in
10 the duties Of the Courts and the Congress of
the United States, to decide, that for Congress 10
grant the request OF the memoriaists would be
violation OF the constitution OF the United States,
and that therefore he would not suffer his people
TO petition Congress for The requisite funds-and
knowing the precedents established by the late
lamented Governor Of the State, and the uniform
action of Congress touching that subject, they
stood in amazement at the elTnlgence Of light re-
feced from the mind OF their great executive
magistrate. They do not, however, express {
themselves exactly in the language of Mr.. Pope I
towards Mr. Newton, viz: {
"SuPeror beings when OF late they saw {
A mortal man unfold all natures law, I
Amazed such wisdom in an earthly shape, =
They showed Newton as we show an ape." !
In whatsoever language the people may express G
themselves towards the conduct Of his Excelen
cy in the veto of the memorial, they cannot but ,
leel that his veto would have been much more I
appropriately applied TO the bill creating new
counties. There is no excuse for him, as the
tool oil faction, that he did not know and feel q
the injustice and unconstiutonalrty OF The act, q
his accidental, but temporary occupancy of y
seat on the bench of the Supreme Court, pre-. o
cudes the special evasion by such pretence.
These crude thoughts have been thrown ont .
thus hastily, partly because of the day-he ami.
VersaTy OF the birth Of the Father Of his Country, D
"a day upon which there must have been the O
81 eaiest combined commissions of Heaven and v
Earth as the like of him perhaps will never be o
impaired again. JUDAS. -
ANOTHER INVENTION Reed, of
Boston has hit upon an invention, which, if a,