The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-02-08
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ing yoI TO bel ong TO that patriot band
OF which have the honor TO be an hum
Bile, faithful member, | take the liberty
to address you in the spirit Of true
WING, speaking to brothers Of The same
maIchless creed.
Prelitnlnarily YOU will me to remark
that | am the correspondent of the Hol-
iy Springs Gazette who objected TO the
plan for the payment OF the bonds pro
posed by your predecessor, and to whom
you had reference in your paper Of the
18Th of January. | believe | was the
first TO propose, (if there is any credit
in proposing an object to which the
principles of every whig tend the pay
ment Of the bonds by the wings Of Mis-
sissippi in the Tri-Weekly Memphis
Enquirer of the roth Of December last.
And it was to the suggestion then made
that your predecessor had reference
when proposing his plan. The conclu-
ding sentance Of that suggestion (Which
wos published il the Gazette Of the 9thl
embodied the substance of what meant
for the sarious consideration of the
wings Of mississippi ''that they or
ganize, and pay their proportion Of the
bonds out OF their own purses" What
preceded this was only intended to pave
the way to ii.
In your article Of he 18th you say,
ale, *lmeaning me) has called upon all
men OF both parties who are bond pay
ers to join. him in payidg the bonds
Is i, not their right though perchance
they should disagree with US about pol
itics? He has invited all regulators 10
repent, and be converted from their
damning sin. Is it not their right to do
the act NEE; for rePentance" Now,
if you will look again al the articles in
the Gazette you will find that have
nowhere SCALED upon all men Of both
parties who are bond payers" TO assist
in the payment of the bonds, nor ct
"invited all regulators 10 repent" As
for the bond payers who are not wings
they never yet voted against repudia
ton; their practice never conceded with
what they profess: therefore did no,
'call upon'' them. As for the repudia-
tors themselves they have had ample
time TO repent; they have had ample
re buke, und unmeasured scorn from the
whole world, 'to convert them from
their damnlhg SIM therefore | did not
invite them. You will perceive, then.
that | have not fallen into that palpable
Inconsistency with which you charge me.
LIST. | oppose their participation, be-
cause they have uniformly acted with
he locoioco party in dragging down the
,redit, and honor of the stale, by voting |
or the repudiatin candidates.
2ond. oppose their participation.
because they should not be permitted
o reap any merit by the retrieveal Of |
hat honor. and that credit which thew
have wiIfully and recklessly thrown a
way
They knew the right, and yet the
wrong pursued
3rd. oppose their participation be-
cause it is measure utterly at war
with the Jacobin spirit of their princi
pies and practice. and am afraid ifl
they are allowed 10 come into the scheme
with US, they will manage in some wav
or other. TO blast It's accomplishment =
the accomplishment ola measure which
they profess TO be partial to, but for
which they never voted.
4'h. oppose their participation he.
cause it is purely wing measure nhe
being only for the who's IN
nav their proportionate part Of the
bonds) and shonid not know the distruc-
tive contamination OF LocoGdoosm.
5'h. | oppose their na,icination be.
cause, hereafter. when Reputation
comes TO be looked unon in it's proper
light in Mississippi. these men who con-
'rihn'ed TO bring the disgrace upon the
state. if we allow them 10 assist, will
rise MP. and saw, "Repudiation can not
be charged u on he Locfoco party, be
cause we who are Locfocos, assisted the
wings TO pay &c." and thus perhaps
save themselves, and their party from
that unmitigated contempt which should
he heaped upon those who committed so
"damning a SIM"
am aware Messrs Editors, that it
may appear officious in me, TO sneak |