True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1847-08-18


Gov. BrownIwas to have proved the objection
of ineligibilils TO him, nnGounded; he was to
have concentrated Democratic support upon
himself, by showing how mistaken were the
views ofthosC opposed to him, and how lncon'
lrovertible were his claims upon The sufrages
oflhe Democracy ofthe 4th district lnfuenc.
ed by curiosity to hear the new interpreta.
lion Of law and Constution-to witness how
the plastic mind Of his excellency would trans
form constitutional distractions in his pathway
to glory, into constitutional facilities, we await
ed the advent Of the Governor, in anxious ex.
pectancy of food oflight that would obscure
forever the most learned commentators upon
the Constitution of the United States. We
were conscious that the second section OF an
"Acito divide the State Of Mississippi into four
Congressional districts read lhus
"Be it further enacted. That each district
shall be entitled to one Representative, and that
each Representative elected shall be citizen
of The district which he shall be elected to re-
pySssnt"
We knew this to be the plain language Of
the law-toO plain, too poor in superAuOus
words to admit OF misconsruction and many
were our conjeclures as to kOtO The Governor
would overlap an obstacle apparently so insu
perable, and establish his claims upon the voters
of the 4th Congressional district. Well, a
committee announced to A. g. Brown that he
was The nominee of few citizens without su-
hority to norninatea He came ia person to |
return thanks and -" define his position"
spoke feelingly Of his many services-the toll
# mind, the fatigue of camp duty on a hundred
political fields-the terrible conflicts for
oaves" with sometimes loss of the "6shes"
land prodigal expenditure Of genius and Of
urse-aII, oil for the par licuar veal OF the
tate of Mississippi. lie finally alluded to the
bection to himself on the ground Of inelgibili-
:. In the opinion of his excellency, it was
0 objection. He did not deny voting for district
nd county officer. ia Kinds; he had resided
Kinds for four years; and TO speak in Gle.
|
ha, did the Constitution say9 Listen, We
ttifoggers in law--ye mushrooms in wisdom,
pea of eloquence from the lips ofofA. G.
rown, as he explores with his rushlight the
onstitution of the United States See how
ectuaIly it casts bis broad ponoply over him,
d saves his exceliencys transcendant genius q
the fourth Congressional district The con. z
luton of the United States, 2nd clause Of sec. /.
section, reads: u
{ No person shall be a representative who n
II not have attained TO the age Of twenty five n
RS, and been seven years a citizen of the te
tied States, and who shall not, when elect. OF
be an inhabitant OF the Stale in which he
Il be chosen" re
Twenty five years" and an inhabitant Of "
State" were all the required qualifications, /"
he opinion of his excellency. He went
her, and asserted that he could represent any I
riot in the State, If its citizens asked his ser.
es We look to the Congressional dig.
It's Act again and we find it Approved, 90
b., 1916" And BY whoml BY the exec.
We Of the State, Of course; yet A. c. Brown :, :,
Jared the Act unconstitutional, in the Mon. u
clio meeting. Gov. Brown is a lawyer, al. I
ugh bis rank in the profession is not pre-. o
inent. 1t was his duty to see that DO Acl Of
, legislature violated the Constitution and 2
| he notO attacks the consti,utonaity Of :,
v whose cOnstitutiOnalily was approved by 4
nself in February Of last year But argu. e
mt is unnecessary on this point; the law, as v
tands is clearly constitutional and, under v
It Act-whOse authority its approVer should I
the last to reject-A. G. Brown could not, l
elected, reprcsentthis district in Congress. :
And now is it not satisfactorily clear 70 the 7
Jple that the Monticello convention was no h
,yenlicn,-lhat its proceedings were farce '
its nomination a nullyl Is 90, the ineli.
ilits OLA. G. Brown selfevidenll What,
n, is to be donei Why, the remedy must :
,nce suggest itselfto every honest aud indie :
dent mind. Disregard the packed eOnven- d
! and its ineligible nominee s
Let an independent candidate come forth, !
from an executive chamber, but from the q
vacy Of domestic ca man who will 90
,nce to bis seat in Congress and help to a
IL the democratic minority there; and who r
II, in the language Of the law, abe a citizen