Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-05-06

commence In men should cause US 10 dis
regard the constitution Of the State
Here again we will quote from the Ken
lucky Resolutions:
In questions Of power, then, let no more
be heard of confidence in man, but bind him
down from mischief by the CHAINS OF the CON
sTITUTIoN.n
The people of Mississippi thought that
those III power were or would be, bound
ty the chains of the constitution, but if the
doctrine of the Kentucky Resolutions is
to be repudiated, and that of the writer in
question, and of other bond-payers, is to
prevail, those chains are ropes Of sand,-
mere ribbons to ornament the sword of
usurpatlon.
Having, as we trust, clearly shown that
ahe State OF Mississippi was, and is, right
respecting the bonds issued in her name
in 1888, we shall notice some positions,
which the writer in the Southern Quarter
ly Review assumes, respecting the cleo
ton of l84l. He says that the question
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 fairly put to
the people. 1t was bond, and anti bond,
reputation, or taxation. Payment had
been demanded of the people through the
Executve,-we mean payment of interest
on the bonds, as the principal was not due.
In all the political meetings, and in the
canvass of all the political candidates, ex.
cePt for 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 a 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 1911, the question
OF being taxed4or the support of the ex
traYagant banking institutions of the State
only came up as a collateral, and inciden
tai one, to the great question at ISSUE
The ami bonderS agreed, that as the no
ney, obtained for the bonds issued in 1885
had been used, and appropriated, by lhG
Union Bank, that tax, for the paymen
of those bonds, would be a tax for the be
neft Of those having control Of the bank
but this was only 10 present the question
in lis strongest light before the people,
to show them that, in addition to being ask
ed, BY the bond-payers, to sanction a VIC
lation of the constitution, they wanted t,
tax them for the benefit of corporation
In February, Of that year, the democra
tic party nominated ticket for State off
GERS this ticket received no votes, eX
cept certain persons on it, who were sub
Sequently taken up by the anti-bond party
Every person placed on that ticket, we be
Iieve, was opposed to the banks, and ye
the anti.bond party would not sanction tn
nominations, only so far az the nominee
were opposed TO the recognition of the so
called Union Bank bonds.
We speak of these things to show be
yond caviI, that the question of repudi
aling those bonds, was the controlling on
of that year;-everything else was subor
/ dinale.
The writer speaks of the large vote gi
ven 10 the bond-Paying ticket. This in
/ dicates nothing; in 4 governmental sense
a majority OF the people, is the whole pee
/ pie. He might as we'll tell us, that Pol
is not elected, because his opponent receiv
! ed more than a million votes; or that tn
/ fact of there being numerous persons, Ger
respectable, rery 1ceaithy, and rery INTEL
gent, opposed to the Wing cause, in I77(
! furnishes evidence, that the Wings wer
in the wrong. The people cannot d
wrong; and the people of Mississippi hav
decided that those bonds were unconsitu
tloraI,--!his settles the question withou
! the necessity of asking how many rich an
Influential persons rOted in the minority
The writer tells US that that Legislator
in January, 1871, in accordance with sug
gesllons OF the Governor, passed sundr
resolutions, declaring that these bond
would be paid. Such resolutions wer
passed al the time mentioned, bat he
much mistaken, when he says, they weI
passed IN accordance with the suggestion
from the Executive The governor ha
notified the Legislature that certain bond
called the bonds of the State of MlsssslI
pi, were under protest, and that they cOu
not be paid without a resort to taxation
and that it was not very probable the pc
pie would bear taxation for that purpose.
As response TO these remarks of Il
|, Executive, the Legislature passed tho;
high sounding, unmeaning resolutions.
The Executive then told them, that
they would prove their sincerity, by la
ing a tax for the purpose, he would resg
his office, in which case the President
: the Senate would be the acting Governc
who was in favor Of the payment of Il
bonds, and of course would sanction al
law for that purpose. This the Legisl
, ture failed to do, so that If the passage
those resolutions indicated any thing,