Columbus Democrat., 1850-02-09

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eace ugta our federal grvcrnweu'. Ne was IN
favor q preparing ihc mind, q; or people 'or the
crisis. He regarded It as cf mach greater i'm,
por,ancc than the appropriation ottAe small sum
ot S2500on, When the crisis come, even a
stronger principle than mere patriotism would o.
duce men to come forward and advance their mo.
ncy TO the government. Capitalists would give
thousands q, save their tens Of thousands. tie
expressed, however, his willingness % vote ior
the amendment to the bin,
Mr. B,RR, alluded L, ,ha dgsulop character
of,he debate, and To the variety of opinions that
had trna expressed bY members We bayc
heard what is called the celestial portion, We
have also heard from BE mraeralc& bot the
mountain portion had notlcl spoken. lis was
sorry that gentlemen had remained silent, who
are in ilycr frcpuiialion. IaeJc were mcn 10
this house men in the State, who were irrudil.
tors, not for the isuobIa purpose OF getting rid o
that debit berupun hrolt principles oi Justice aud
constitutional right, There were men who &c,
MED the consuu.oualay OF these bonds. II te'
hooved gentlemen 10 view thj, question in every
aspect it presented ITSELF Ii il can he shown
that there arc constitutional objections % the
payment d thcsc bonds, / becomes members 70
state them, and this house to weigh them. iiv
went on to examine ,hc charge of luacon-tutou.
alityprelerred against the charter of the Planters
Bank, and showed hq ,hc cou>t''u,ion Of l.lf,
that the first act ei unccnsaiujonauy was COM
mitted in chag,eriug the old Mississippi Bank, a.,
the establishment Of exclusive privileges was in
direct ceutraycHtnn ol'the sprllo, that een,lit0>
ton. AnothcrulG objection Was, that the coustitu-
ton, as il now stands, does not give ihr power to
pay tn 5 debt Il SAYS that nothing shall be So
construed as TO prevent The legislature from ne>
gutialirg further loan Of one and a a,imions
Of dollars, aud ycsting the same in stock reserved
to the State, by the charter Of The Planters Bank
Of the State of Mississippi, 'tsuch an acknoW
edgment as this is met obligatory. h. knew not
what was. he cou,d not for himself say how
gentlemen can assert that this clause ha, no
binding force upon the legal action Of the State
He next adyelcd to the principle that one gon.
erat on should not impose their burdens Upon an.
other. tits principle that oaght l0 be every
where Acknowledged. We had no right 10 en-,
Joy the usaruct ofhe earth aud then mortgage
iitere generations to pay tt, This principle Is
gaining ground II has It's advocates here and
everywhere in the State, who use Z as an argl,
meat against paying these hona:, lie was no,
I one of those. tie believed thai the bonds wcrc
morally, legally and cons,jtu,ionalIy binding up.
on us; and he was willing to soos far a be that
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SAID the great Dug pear was thc internal Improve.