Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-08-23

collector OF Taxes; he was In favor oil
having separate officer TO collect the
taxes-that he had been informed that
the Sheriff thought it worth a thousand
dollars TO collect the taxes Of this county,
and that he knew many worthy young
men who would collect the taxes OF the
county for six hundred dollars-and that
liz other counties were satisfied with the
law, a special act could be passed for
the benefit Of this county. Tie object Of
the law as it now stands, was to secure
the collection Of the taxes in all the coun
ties of the State, some Of them having
repeatedly failed to& lect Collector, and
also to reduce the expenses of collection.
The law, as it is, saves some ten or
twelve thousand dollars TO the State, an
nually, by reducing the per cent formerly
allowed for collecting. The Sheriff Of
this county receives, perhaps, the half
Of six hundred dollars for collecting the
taxes. Would Gen. Tabert be in favor
OF having three hundred dollars more
added to the taxes Of the county, for the
purpose of giving an ONCE to some ,Oor-
thy young man2 This is point of some
importance, and one on which we think
he was not sufficiently definite.
He was in favor o: increasing The
number Of regular jurors from thirty
six to forty'eigh,, and in favor Of resto.
ring the compensation Of tails jurors
The laborer is worthy Of his hire, and
those that work for the State should be
paid by the State. This most unjust law,
taking from tails jurors the compensa.
,ion formerly allowed, originated, if we
mistake not, with James E. Matthews,
The present locoloco candidate for Auditor
of Public Accounts, and through his infu-
ence, more than any other, became the
law Of the land.
He said the democratic party were not
responsible for agitating the question of
Repudialion--it was forced upon them;
that he would not urge the question in
this canvass, unless required to do so,
but then he would be found the bold, un.
flinching adv oca,e Of Reputation. Our
r ecollec,ion Of the history Of the rise
and progress Of reputation is somewhat
dlfferen, from that Of Gen. Taibert. In
his me ssage, in l84l, Gov. McNutt first
proclaimed the doc trine Thomas H.
Williams, a bond payer, was nominated
by the regular Democratic Convention
for Governor. He was ruled of the
track by that portion Of the party who
conceded with McNutt, and T. NJ. Tucker
substituted in his place because he was
repudiator: and the canvass Of l84l was
conducted almost exclusively with rcfe-
renee to that single question. So far
from being forced on them by the Wings
ii is the exclusive offspring Of democracy
IA banlling conceived and brought forth
by McNutt for the purpose Of retrievin z
The disasters Of 1910. 1t has been the
leading question in every canvass since
l84l. Why should the democracy of
Amite desire to give it the go by now!--
II is understood that E. NJ. Davis, ESQ.,,
the colleague Of Gen. Talber, on the par
ty ticket, is, and erer has been, bond
payer! Can it be that the democracy Of
this county are disposed to quit their sins
by degrees?-leave off one half Of the
loathsome burthen now, and finally aban-
don it entirely?
Gen. Talbert then took up the Briscoe
Bill He read it, section by section, and
approved each He next read the amend
ment, and gave it his most cordial appro.
val, except that he though: the term of
service in the penitentiary, prescribed for
embezzlement Of the assets Of the banks J.,
was not quite long enough, and concluded
by declaring that he was for the "Bris.
coe Bill" From his comments on the
bill and amendment we were not prepared
to hear such declaration. In the on tset
he remarked that his attention had been
but lately called TO the question, and we
must believe that the absurdity Of his
concluding remark was attributable to
the fact that he had not carefully invest-
gated the controversy about the Briscoe
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