The State guard., 1848-05-16


 turn, the movement of the very same bal which they themselves put in motion which course will not be unlike the one o the whig party in Congress, who have hat the consistency of voting the President ; war in full blast, but taking care, since not to vote him the means by which h, can successfully carry it on. So, tho good people of Randolph will perceive that "a burned child dreads the fre." Fol the whig members of Congress have beer the fire in which we have been so severe ly burned, that we fear that we shall never again get back to our usual state of ere. dulity. Do the citizens of Randolph want an additional tax upon the one of wh ch they complain 80 loudly, that the Legisla. turc should be convened, at an enormous expense, to be relieved of small one r. On what article or articles is tax levied to which the people of Randolph take such serious exceptions? We should be glad to learn, that we may take into considera. ton the propriety of raising, by subscrip- tion, that extra tax over which they are raising such hustle. No, no, gentlemen, this will not do. Your course reminds us of the snake biting the file. What did the snake make by this transaction or what will you make by the transaction cmbra- cling the converting of the Legislature ?- Nothing at all. aaa
 But in your third resolve you make bad case much worse, by saying, /" That should the Legislature fail to make such alterations, that you cannot (we arc glad that you did not say shall not) countenance nor will not accept, support nor assign for any of the officers appointed, under the provisions of said act" for either little reflection or philosophy will suggest to your minds the propricty of bearing with lesser evils to prevent the creating of great ones, which would necessarily have to bear. And why the necessity of your third resolution, which appears to us very foolish, to say the least of it, and might be construed as resolution on your part to commit lawless act, of which we would be sorry to see the citizens of Randolph or any part thereof guilty. Do not work off your steam in this way gentlemen. but work it of at labor in some laudable vo cation, which would be far more honorable and would aid materially in the payment ot the high taxes of which you complain besides contributing very much to your mental happiness in future-the reflection of having done right.
 Keep cool, gentlemen, at least until fall, and probably your members can be bene. fitted by the assembling of the Lcgisla- ture, in their old way, as it is well known fact that cattle arc more saleable then than at present, wnen the insects threaten to be so bad. Should the Lecls. lature again convene, we do honestly thinkthe delegation from Randolph might be lett at home, by that means saving $3 per day of the public funds, to be applied to the payment of the State debt. Let the Revolutionary Soldier" ponder well upon this subject, and shape his course so as to be beneficial to the delegation from Ran. dolph, whenever the Legislature should convene.
 The citizens of Randolph, who were convened in this step of rcpudiation, have been diddled into this course by the whigs of Chambers, upon whom the same whigs calculated to make material for capital du- ring the approaching canvass. We do not wonder in the least at a Revolutionary Soldier being concerned in this move, as tho move itsclf is revolt against the laws under which we live and have our sustc- nance. f't
 Aside from all testing, WIG regret to see this hostile feeling being aroused against the Revenue Law. That law is the only means now of raising revenue for the State, and should this course be persisted in, the mean and low stigma of repudia. ton is bound to follow. We do not al prove of every clause in the Revenue Law but We could advise no other course to be pursued than to stand by and execute the laws of the land as far as we are able.- Let the murmuring of the whigs have no heed. Let this thorn and thistle of the ault-finding whigs be nipped in its early growth. Let thc laws of, the land be rig idly enforced, and visit to those who resist the proper penalties. Let the tax law be placed in force, and we think the objec- tions will not be so great as the $ Ran. doiph fellows" seem to imagine. At least let Randolph be in the rear and not in the front of repudiation. Wait until one years tax can be collected from the thousands of