Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-12-31

sauce. II IL singular that the people Of this
State, after having paid SO dearly for what
the wings used 20 call " the better cnrren-
cy," " III now tolerate the Introduction Of
such worthless promises TO nay. Every Boz
DIV YOU find with this tickle representative
of money, will tell you they prefer real mo-
ney--every body takes it on compulsion'
$ could get nothing else" Il is unneces-
nv to say that every dollar ofthis stuff drives
out of circulation a real doar--causlng It
TO be boarded in bank vaults, or sent off
where the paper cannot be used except at
discount. Il is Of aetive circulation, for
who wants a paper dollar, now that the
day of financial heIusion has passed away,
to treasure up. flour planters, merchants,
&c. would resolutely refuse to receive or
pass it, it would soon disappear from among
us and its place be supplied blythe nation
al currency of gold and silver. Or cannot
the Legislature, soon 10 assemble, devise
some means to abate this Nuisance! Let
a law be passed prohibiting, under heavy
penalties, the circulation Of the paper mo-
ney emissions of other States within this
State. Our own citizens are prohibited by
Law from circulating their "promises to
pay" as currency--and why, then, should
low the citizens of other States be allowed
to food US with thpirsl Or if such enact
menis would be thought Intellectual, then
let all laws against cou interfering these
" counterfeit presentiments" OF true mo-
ney be repealed--and thus fight the shin
plaster bankers (who counterfeit the consti-
tutiona currency,) with their own wea-
pons. Will not our more Influential co.
Temperatures Of the press do the public the
service of bringing this matter to the no.
lice Of the Legislature Almost every man
in Mississippi is convinced Of the evils and
inutility Of paper currency. Why, then,
should such currency be tolerated
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fr7- We have no Washington papers la
ter than the lth--up to which time Con-
gress had hardly attained sufficient head.
way 10 render its proceedings interesting.
On the 10Th, The President sent to both
Houses the Constitution of Texas. Bills
for the admission Of the State of Texas had
been introduced, in the Senate by Mr..
Lewis, Of Ala, and III the House, by Mr..
Douglas, of III. J. Q Adams was flooding
the House with circumstances ag ainst the
admission. ..a....
Opinions varied in high quarters as to
the probability of war on the Oregon qnes-
ton, some considering collision inevta-
be--others looking upon such an event as
remote and improbable.
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TIE RAG DEMOCRACY OF TENNESSEE. -
The Vicksburg Sentinel copies the para
graph from late number Of our paper re-
Iativc to the shinplaster democracy OF Ten
ncsse, which it prelaces with The following
approval: . W
$ We have frequently been on the point
of expressing what we thought o. the vile
prostitution of the democratic leaders in
Tennessee with the Banks; we find now
lhat or 'fienu 'o rssssa nv se"ti,nenis 70 70
pe.nuo. A. ~ ~ 3nllowingn
-, ''' a3oss h ooo,nroi,
"a Il NJ paragraph referred 10. nav know
H., ~ are not alone in our estimate OF
he Tennessee democracy, or we should
.a,hars.v ,he CORN ii leaders Of the Ten.
a '1.,,, AZ ds'nocracv
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49, On the 9th instant, the U. S. Senate
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