The State guard., 1848-05-30
Revenue Law

have been made and taken place agains the Revenue Bill, we see the name of one COL. OLIVER w. COX, rank ant poisoned mouthed whig, making himself wonderfully conspicuous. The said Oli- yer w. is in one place the mover of a sci of resolutions-the maker of the chair man and secretary of the meetng-then again we see him chairman with the same old secretary, to write down the wofull doings of the Revenue Bill, and to place the doings of the meeting upon record, so it can go down to posterity as did the De- claration of Independence. Now, it is well known that we do not approve every clause in said Bill-for we believe it could have been bettcred by the insertion oi other clauses-but when we see such men as this Oliver w. Cox figuring in public meetings, and drawing up resolu- tions, and having them passed by the foul crew ol which he is the neucleus, de- nouncing the laws of our State, we think it high time for all good and orderly citi- zens to commence counteraction.
 This man Cox, in these meetings, has his resolutions drawn, requesting all the officers of the county of Randolph, to resign their posts, so as to illustrate the action of the laws of the land, but ex. pressing great horror at repudiaton.- Cannot the most indolent mind perceive this inconsistency? They are opposed to repudiation Oh ]! yes but at the same time request men to pursue course, the inevcitable result of which would be to bring it about
 This man Cox, in all his meetings, de- nounccs the Executive, and doubts the honesty of the members of the Legisla- lure in passing so odious a law. But with the same breath he requests that same body of ''venal Legislature, who instead of speedily enacting wise laws, and closing tLeir session in as short q period as possible, seem only to have been in tent on filling their pockets out of the public purse, disregarding entirely the present financial endorsements of the State, brought about by the swindling op- eratons of their predecessors and access saries, and negecting entirely to enact any beneficial lows, but on the contrary to flood the country with an unparalleled host of expensive officers, to eat up and consume the very vitals of their constitu- ents by an unlimited expenditure" to meet together, perhaps, to again be 'intent on filling their pockets fiom the public purse" " If the last Legislature was composed oi men who were dishonest, can Oliver w. Cox think that they have become honest so soon, for him to want them to assem- ble
 These meetings of Oliver W. Cox, pur- porting to be meetings of 'the citizens of Randolph and Bcnton," are gross libels upon the character of almost every mem- Der of the last Legislature. Oh! no it is not the great quantity of property tha Oliver ". Cox has ito pay an enormous tax upon! Wonder if he isn't fishing for legal seat at the next sitting of that "vc- nal'' body at Montgomery, as Repre- sentative of the enlightened people of Randolph It won't do Mir. Oliver w., you have got the wrong COW by the tail.
 Enough of this. The most foolish and absurd of all their proceedings is the fol- lowing original suggestion to that ":enal'' body of which the "pcople of Randolph and Benton" are so much disposed to dis trust:
 Resolred further, That we consider the present mode of electioneering for seats in the State Legislature highly inlu- rious to the interests of the State and it's citizens, and calculated only to advance the sinister motives of the candidates; to remedy this, we recommend our next Legislature to pass d law, directing that five or six months before the next general election, there be an election by ballot, al each muster ground. in each of the sever al counties of the State, for one or more persons to be considered as candidates for d seat in the next Legislature, that on tbe day of General election the names of the several nominees be advertised at the court house and the several election pre-. cincts, and an election for the stipulated number of Representatives, if the people so prefer, to be made from the above men toned nominees"
 A beautiful and sweet scented rose tt ,l eminate from such thorny bushes.
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