Mississippi Democrat., 1846-05-06

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y confidence 10 men should cause US to dis
/. regard The constitution Of the State. SCI
e Here again we will quote from the Ken
lucky Revolutions:
Ia questions Of power, then, let no NOR
1o heard Of confidence in man, but bind hii
down from mischief by the cnAISs Of the cos
ulrUTloH.m
The people Of Mississippi thought tha
those III power were or would be, bount
ty the chains Of the constitution, but if III,
doctrine Of the Kentucky Resolutions i
to be repudidted, aud that of the writer il
question, and Of other boad.payers, is t,
prevail, those chains are ropes Of sand, -
mere ribbons to ornament the sword O
usutpntion.
? Having, as we trust, clearly shown thai
the State OF Mississippi was, aud is, rieh
respecting the bonds issued in her name
IN 1898, we shall notice some positions
which the writer the Southern Quarter.
| " Review assumes, respecting the elec.
ton Of ls4t, Lilo says that the quealpn
OF reputation was not distinctly present.
ed to the people in that election. This is
a mistake. We know that the question
was directly, distinctly, and fary put to
the people. 1t was bond, and anti bond,
reputation, or laxalion. Payment had
been demanded Of the people through the
ExecniiVe,--we mean payment Of interest
on tho bonds, as the principal was not due.
Ia all the political meetings, and in the
canvass OF all the political candidates, OK.
cept Tor Congress, this question absorbed
all others. Ii was the great question of
the season. The Democrats voted for the
Wings because they were anti bonders,-
and the Wings voted for Democrats, be
cause they were bond payers. This was
the case to still greater extent, in the
election of S43,--when this question was
again brought forward, by the common
consent OF all parties.
In the campaign Of 1871, the question
OF being taxed Tor the support of The ex.
traYagant banking institutions of the State,
only came up us collateral, aud nciden.
tai one, to tho great question at issue, -
The anIIbonders agreed, that as the mo. |
ney, obtained for the bonds issued in 1888
had beon used, and appropriated, by the
Union Bank, that tax, for the payment
OF those bonds, would be tax tor the be.
neiit OF those having control of the bank,
but lhIs was only to present the question
IN It's strongest light before the people;-
to show them that, in addition to being ask.
cd, by tho bond-payers, to sanction a yio.
Iallon OF the constitution, they wanted to
tax them for the benefit Of corporation.
In February, Of that year, the democra.
tic party nominated ticket for State off.
cers;--this ticket received no votes, ex.
cept certain persons on il, who were sub.
sequentIy taken up by the ant-bond party
Every person placed on that ticket, we be.
Ileve, was opposed to the banks, and yet
the ant.bond party would not sanction The
nominations, only so far az the nominees
were opposed 10 the recognition of the So
sailed Union Bank bonds
We speak of these things to show be.
'ond a cayil, that the question of repudi. $
lung those bonds, was the controlling one a
Il that year;--oyerything else was subor- E
Innate.
The writer speaks of the large vote gi. b
en TO the bond-paying ticket. This in. Il
Icales nothing; in governmental sense, a
majority OF the people, is the whole peo. $
lie. lie might as well tell us, that Polk n
not elected, because his opponent receiy. n
d more than million votes; or that the Il
act of there being numerous persons, rery C
rery wedlthy, and uery intelH. v
ent, opposed to the Wing cause, in l77G, 4
finishes evidence, that the Wings were i
the wrong, The people cannot do y
rong and The people of Mississippi have y
eclded that those bonds were unconsitu. 81
onal, this settles the question without o
,e necessity OF asking how many rich and "
Paential persons roted in the minority n
The writer tells us that that Legislature s.
January, 1871, in accordance with sug. RI
os'lons OF the Governor, passed sundry A
'solul'ons, declaring that these bonds n
ould be paid. Such resolutions were il
assed at the time mentioned, bat he is s.
'uch mistaken, when he says, they were s.
nssed IN accordance with the suggestions II
ON the Executive. The governor had II
oilied the Legislature that certain bonds, .
allied the bonds of the State of Mississp. b
l. were under protest, and that they could "
OF be paid without n resort to taxation, y
nd that II was not very probable the peo- !,
Ie would bear taxation for that purpose. 81
AS response 10 these remarks of the h
Executive, tho Legislature passed those p
gh sounding, unmeaning resolutions. D
The Executive then told them, that if b
'ey would prove their sincerity, by lay. II
Y a tax for the purpose, he would resign r,
is office, in which case the President of
10 Senate would be the acting Governor,
no was in favor of the payment of the [
onds, aud OF course would sanction any q
Nv Tor that purpose. This the LegisIa. Al
ire tailed to do, so that If tho nass,gs oc -,