Mobile register and journal., 1845-12-25

supposInp thai he could use sa large amount of money profiaby, aud therefore liable 10 ceusure, may not lhe debur reply that the Sats itself made the same blunder in narrowing more money than could be used profIabyl II the Siate say to the debtor, you have got money oni nf the bapk tha you atis t0 pay back! may not ihe debtor reply, so has the State Has nol all 1f the pubic ohcers and the people received this noney Oul of the bank with out paying any back in the way of taxes. How then can the governor truly say trey have had nothing from the banksl
 Have not all that borrowed the money and given notes aud paid them of, pa the interest thereon ! And has not the nteres been of benefit to ihe pub
 c2 How the governor ttniY deny the heneht thus arising to the State from the bank dehoTsi
 Did not the laige amount nf money put m cl'cu- alon increase the value of property! And did not such then sold property derive benehti II they did, the governor is mistaken again m his concin. sions. Dld not those who borrowed the money aad bought the same property above ls price suffer in jury thererom? If they did. they were injured, and | again he governor is incorrect
 So we ind him stumbling along, in accounting Tor both ihe cause effect ia relation to these disasters. He Is equally mistaken in the proposed remedy i; which Is nothing more than recommendation To destroy those debtors of the banks who owe what are called good debs. That class ol citizens "ho have paid the public salaries for years by nslamens and | interesl--who haze sch1oled the cbdren--and Who are now your only dependanee between Ihe bond holders and lax payers-are to he offered up as vIc-
 
 vengeance which has been aroused against us tor our past foles and deusions, and in winch all, jas have shown, have more or less participated
 l It is known sir, said Mr. H., by every ptudent man in inc State who was no borrower, that he is a galner by not having borrowed. IL is equally well known by any sensible borrower who has paid back 0r is workiny to pay of his debt and interest," that he is loser by borrow ing, that the governor has come wrong conclusions m relation to both clas- ses.
 1 Those who have fed themselves and families and intend lo pay, may well be ceDsured; but these are bel ond the governors reacl--lhey are beyond Lei us not take vengeance the just for acts of the gully, even shoud you think yourself invited l by this message do 1 sir, said Mir. H., am a debtor 10 your Bank-1 have paid yon thousands by way of principal, and am not yet thrOugh-Bul l feel that far our foreign debt is concerned, 1 may hold up my head among you, until each of you render back what you have taken out of tlie bank tu pay your taxes and interest thereon. If you do this, and fall, then will feel that deserve the denun- l citations contained in the message
 have felt bound to say thus much now, by way of calling your attention 10 this document. When he message comes up for consideration, shall take further nUIce of iIs contents. If | am mistaken in it's positions, or my objections unsound, there are gentlemen on lhis floor able point out my errors. Mir kire suId-In the main will not be found differing very considerably from the gentleman from Lawrence But with due respect to him, hinkhe was too haSy m rushing into the consideration ol the contents of the message, before the house had had an opportunity of reading it It is true il had l been read at the Clerks desk, but not one tenth par of this honorable body hea'd with sufficient distinctness and attention, to and under stand readily all its bearings and provisions. Let il be | prmed-and then we can all see, read, and under i stand II The gentleman has assaiIed Ihe message assailed what! shadow, a thing of straw, got up and concoced in his own leverish mag ginatiun be- | fore he to the house.
 Mir Rice moved to print 10, 900 copies of the mes sage-et every body have it-lel all read it-in or der that they may know it's contents and understand as well as they can fhe condition of their State.
 [Here some remarks were made by Mr. Rice not distinctly henrd b, the reporler-by which the honorable Mr. Perry, of Morgan was lead to under stand his colleague to eler to theIr country (Mor ghu) in no respectful tenn; whereupon Mir. Perry arose and said, he was proud of bis country
 Yes, certainly said Mir R., and so am w are proud of our county; but whether our county i, proud of us or not, is another qiestOn-( (much laughler)
 After some further remarks, 5y Mir. Rice, in re ference to printing lalge number of the message in which he urged ,he proprely ofcirculating lh, document wIdey-the vote 10 print 10 coo was lhei taken and lost. Mir. Clay moved to prtnt 5000- stating that the House had ordered but 5000 0 the late Guvernor's emssage this would be all Ina courlsey would require. The house ordered 5 GOO