The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-01-20

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III leading al le 81 The Mislssippian
St III l4th, Is on lhe subject 81 the Union
Bank Bonds Tie editor urges upon the
present Legislature. the duty Of settling this
question forever, By setting forth to the
world Che reasons that inpel The people Of
The State eternally to repudiate their debts.
He says
t'Those who commended that the bonds
were issued ia violation 81 the Constitution
of the State. md, hereford. a. hot consti-
tute 9 just and valid obligation against the
people, pledged themselves to oppose any.
measure having Tor It's object the present or.
prospective payment 81 tie debt But I'M
less We are greatly st fault ia the opinion an
attentive observation Of The progress Of the
canvass enabled US to form. they went furth-
err They declared It to be the imperative
duty Of the Legislature to place upon record
and to publish to The world, astatement Of
the reasons which have impelled the people
to withhold their consent to the recognition
and payment Of the bonds. This duty is
demanded no less BY the calls Of the honor
and integrity Of the State for yindication
from assailment originating both in malice
and in utter ignorance Of the facts. than by
a proper regard for the opinions Of the
world Reposing in the consciousness Of
having assumed in this affair high and hon
orable grounds, the people Of Mississippi do
not desire, by species Of bravado, to bully
mankind into an acknowledgement Of the.
rectitude Of their counsel They prefer an
appeal to their sober judgments, made up
after clear presentation and consideration
Of all the facts Of the case
The editor then goes on to quote the Car
roll county Resolutions which declare that
the right Of taxation is high political and
legislative power, and not Judicial one;
that it is vested by the Constitution in the
representatives Of thcpeople, and not in the
courts; that to deny the right of the people
to examine into the justice Of the decision
Of the Supreme Court on the Union Bank
Bond question would, in effect, clothe the
three men, elected for long period Of years,
and whose deliberations are secret, with the
power to destroy the prosperity Of The State
by heavy and burdensome taxation to pay
a fraudulent debt, notwithstanding the peOr
pie had decided that they were under no
to pay il, etc.
The editor then says that since helelec-
ton, the reasons which impel to prompt ac-
ton on this subject have increased tenfold.
One of these reasons is the Recommendation
of the late Union Governor to take prompt
and efficient measures to restore the credit
Of the State.
The article, which is written as though
the editor was 10 earnest, closes thus:
''Let the motives which have prompted
Mississippi to take her present position be
published to the world LET an appeal be
taken to the enlightened judgments Of man
kiind-and the cloud Of prejudice against
her viii Be dispelled like yapors before the
rising SUM- mississippi Republication" in
stead Of being used as words Of reproach.
will become terms synonymous with deep
devotion to Constitutional rights, and oppo- |
sition to lawless, unjust and oppressive tax
alton in al its FORMS"
This reminds as of the man :'who stole
he livery Of theICourt Of Heaven 10 serve
he devil in