The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-01-21
TUESDAY MORNING, JAN'1 !. 1870
Stn1o Indebtednesl.

IN the aFLClG Ou Jul hiSh p"bO
Debts. 1t is well worthy an attentive Peru'a'
While on the subject we will give the opinions
entertained and expressed by the different Exec
utives of several States that are at this time
..bouelessly involved" In Mississippi, the peo- |
ple have manGulIy aud honorably repudiated the |
..1yD;or -. Dvuus." They have not hesitated |
in telling the "PrivilrEvL sOn"J-' s"a' tn p'~
duot of their toll OF right belonged to those
whose industry acquired its possession. And that
as England has failed by the sword to reap
harvest from us in the shape Of taxation, her en-
beavers, with other European States, to drain our
industry and mpoverish our people by the ''glo'
rious'' blessings of the funding sy9tem, must meet
the same defeat that waited on England at York
town, at the viO"s of the war Of independence,
and at a later day on the pTafnS- Chalmette,
where Jackson prepared and gave to the myr-
nidons of England the "winding sheet" OF Bri-
fish "glory', wreathed in the sulphurous smoke
Of a calamity fought field.
/" But it's dishonest TO repudate." Ger
tainly it is. What scamps our foretathers must
have been to object to "taxation without repre-
sentatiOn." Rebes every mothers son oil
them-not excepting 'Zeke Polk. What right
had they to divorce the Colonies from the mother
country? England had claim on us-"vested
rights''-her nobility, both by precedent and
usage, were entitled to monopoly of what our
industry could produce. Why didn't our forefath-
ers submit to the dictation Of the equity George
Ill? We then, like the inhabitants OF the island
Of malta, might have been taxed to our hearts
content, and like them, been allowed TO go bare
foot, and with little or clothing to protect our
bodies from the chilling blasts of winter or the
sultrV heat Of summer. Oh, Glorious Englan
Mighty England! Why did our forelathers re-
sist thy DEGREES founded on precedent from the
days OF William the Conquerer! Why shond
the American mechanic be in better condition
than the English operative? Outrageous. But
when you found you couldn't floor Napoleon,
you resorted to s'sovereigns" and guineas That
did it; and the same attempt to make US "sow'
for you to reap has through that same channel
been tried by you. IT'S true few Of our ''great-
est'' aud s'best" statesmen have been bought up,
and some presses peDsiOned by you. But all is
of no avail. The General Government will not
assume the payment of the debts Of the States
the States have paid in the way of interest all
they money they had-they have no more. The
Gsindividual' States-some Of them-have their
treasures bankrupt And the people will not
snbsuit TO additional taxation for the purpose Of
feeding Prince Albert's dogs, or Of giving more
money to the Rev. Parson Sidney Smith to bet
off with the horse- jockeys Of "New Market"
What il il to US il their English lordShips are
dogged through the streets of London by the
tailorS' "little apprentices" The tailors should
not make ''men" out of the forked radish per-
sonages Of their lordships-on credit. But to
the language Of the various "Excellennies'' of
some ofthO States Of our happy Union:
Gov. Ford Of Illinois, without the least hesita-
ton boldly plunges in and in his attempts to
breast the torrent, Says:-"The State has con.
tracted the debt and will have to pay it," Ger
tainly she will, Governor! But where IS the mo
ney?
Gov. Whitcombe Of Indiana, says, that the
only way the people can be enabled 10 pay the
interest and principal, is to have the debt trans
Ierred from the present holders TO the State OF
Indiana, and then they might come the "English
grabbing ame,"--''rob Peter TO pay Paul,n-
tax the people for the principal with compound
interest, and then pay them back the three per
cent. on the principal! But we are led to be.
lieve that the foreign bondholders won't make
such a transfer without ''qud pro quo" in the
shape Of barrels pork, -four, 60. The latter
they have a fair chance Of obtaining. The peo-
pls can pay IT, Why, farmland in the State
ofIndiana can earn from SEVEN to NINE dol
lars per month! What do you think Of that,
ehf They have a STATE BANK there too!
Bot let Us turn from this sad and narrowing
picture Of national degradation, shame, bank
ruptcy, 60, which a refusal 10 pay their 'thon.
sstlv ENTERED info Debb - has exhibited a num-
Der Of our States ato the unmitigated seorn'' Of
the bankers and lordlings Of Europe" Misss.
tissippi too, comes in fOT a share Of ''virluOus
oontempt.H But listen to the following Fhap-
sody from The Holly spring' Nil Gazette. Il
it 20 medley ehanted BY syren EoRgstress Of de-
csit. But a noble outburIt Of patriotism. Il
evidences a heart ever alive 10 the holisat Of inn
pulses, eompriiing those Of honor, glory, fame.
STATE INTEGRITY, &c. &c. 'ad lbitum":
We have ever oontsnded, Cor the payment or
The Union Bank Bonds, and believe i q duty
the wings owe their State, their county, and The
civilized world, that they leave no effort untried
% have them paid. The Ladies, in many parts
Of the state, are willing 70 give their ieWslry ioT
The furtherance Or 90 noble a cause, ana snail
Whig fathsu and brothers hesitate 70 Dc their