Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-08-06


day at all Gov. M'Nut's appointments
throughout the State.
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mr. General FooTE, in his speeches at
Carrolton and Middleton, alluded to the
course of this paper, and charged that we
had been guilty Of injustice towards him,
and of giving currency to misreprcsenla-
lions in regard to his past political course,
The Generals alusion 10 us was a strange
admxturc Of fulsome Hattery and sarcastic
severity. The chief cause of complaint,
we believe, was the following sentence at
the conclusion of an editorial paragraph
in our last paper
"Thosc who were in the State in bank.
ing times,' need not be told that M'Nutt
did more than any other man TO break
down the shihplaster sysiem-while his
opponents were it's advocates and apollo
glsls, OF actually engaged in carrying on
lis operations"
Tho assertion, so far as relates 10 Gen'l
Foote, is founded upon the fact that he was
identified with the wing party in 1887, '33,
80. lie deserted the democracy in 81,
soon after the Inauguration Of MIR. Van
Buren,, and did not return until This then
iayorte) Mr.. Clay was thrown aside by
tho Harrisburg wing convention, A por-
ton of this time he represented the wings
of Kinds in the Legislature, and took part
in the wing convention which nominated
Judge Edward Turner for Governor in OPP
position to M'Nutt. We presume no one
will deny that Judge I. was ap advocate
Of the shinplaster system, and engaged in
carrying on lis operations. He was the
author Of tho famous letter TO Gov. M'Nutt,
Informing him that the l5,5oo,o 900 Union
Bank bonds could be readily sold at Match
ez for the shinpasters Of our State banks,
"and the best of them," urging auch a
course, and informing the Governor that
sour friend DR.. GwfN,' who bore the let
ter, would "explain fully" the modus ope-
randi of the contemplated brilliant tinan-
ca exploit Such was Gon'l Foote'S can
didate for Governor in i83e--and yet he
charged us on Friday with gross injustice
for nsinuating that he was an advocate OF
apologist of the shinplaster policy
At the called session of 1880, the bill
ito extend additional privileges to the Mis-
sssippi Union Bank" and the celebrated
+" post-note resolutions" were passed by
the Legislature. The illrequirod the Go
vernon TO issue the remaining $lo,500,ooC
Of bonds, before the stock mortgages were
perfected, and granted other extraordinary
privileges. The resolution authorized the
issue Of $6,00o,ooo in 70 months post
notes. Gen. FoorE voted for the post-noi'
rcsoluton--[ House journal, 1880, p. 366,
Gov. M'Nutt vetoed both these measures
in message, one of his bes, productions
dated February Is, 1880. Tho friends 0
the Bank rallied on the bill, and carried
: over the Governors head. We quote iror
! House journal 1889, p. 465:
.The bill to DO entitled An act TO es
tend additional privileges to tho Missis
sissippi Union Bank" accompanying tn
foregoing message, was taken up and pu
upon its passage BY ayes and noes as pro
4 yided for in the Constitution, and pnsse
by constitutional majority Of twcthlrds
"The vote is as follows:
\" Yeds--Mr. Speaker, Messrs. Alma
Brown, Of Copiah, Brown, of Lauderdal,
Chrke, Cox, Ellis, Of Newton, FOOTi
Garland, Gholson, and others--45.
Mays. Messrs. Anderson, Barior
i Carter" &c.--lS.
(, We might 60 on farther to show that III
G General was the "advocaie and apologisi
: Of tho shinplaster banks, in those try;n
4 times, but wa deem Il unnecessary. |
turning over the pages Of the same jou
!. nal we read that " Mr.. Foote called up 4
: bill to incorporate the Real Estate Bank
9 Kinds county" The last Of its genus v
0 believe, and which he advocated and su
1 ceedcd IN passing through. At the san
n session he voted for John Henderson
U. S. Senator, who misrepresenied 4
4 State for six years. But he was then co
II siderod, by every body bu, himself, VIII
; was representing whigs--and is prob
y bly, blameiess for this.
$ The extract from his speech, embrace
+ in the letter Of our correspondent pulls