The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-03-29


4 There win be found in our present issue.
the proceedings Of public meeting held
in this place in Monday. to instruct our
delegate In the State Convention 10 vote
for a stop law, and for a repeal Of the or
diuance imposing ffly per cent. addition
Al tax TO raise means for the defence Of
The State.
We have but very few words 10 say in
regard to the resolutions adopted, aud
tho circumstances which attended their
adoption. otherwise than to express our
unqualified disapprobation Of the whole
affair. The meeting was called without
any previous public notice, and though
respectable in numbers. did not embrace
one-dfth Of the voters Of the county-ii
cannot, therefore, be regarded a. an au-
thoritaiive expression ofth countys will
The passage Of a stop law Is recommend.
cd on the ground that other States have
passed such law, and therefore our citi
rsns are placed At disadvantage in not
being able 10 collect debts due them in
other States while they can be made "a
pay what they owe the citizens Of those
S,stos. There would be some plausibiIity
In this II Il we're only true. But it Is not
n the writer Of these resolutions, OF any
body who voted for them. will tell US in
what State such law as thw recommend
has been passed, We shall feel obliged u
them for the information. The truth Is
and Il has been verified BY all argument
aud experiences. that any legislation in
tended n interfere with the regular ope
raiious of the law. to disturb the bushes,
relations Of man to man, or arrest The
natural current Of trade. traffic and com
merce. result only in mischief and disas
ter. The very class intended 10 be bene
fitted are the ones most injured, because
u destroys their credit. which they need
most especially in times Of scarcity and
financial embarrassment. Merchants and
mouied men will be found disposed q
I withhold credit in . community where
the means Of forcing collections Is brought
10 a dead halt. Il Is true that we arr
passing through a difficult season, and suf
feting from hard times. Il might hav,
been advisable to revive the. old forth
c,minS bond law. BY which an extension
could b. obtained upon debts, by Rivinl
proper security but that is quite differ
ent thing from the measure proposed b.
these resolutions. IL Is also regarded a
quite certain by the best fnanciers. that ",
have passed the worst Of the crisis. I'm
less We have war. and there is little pros
peot Of that. money matters will be great
~ easier within sixty days. another erol
will BY that time have been pitched an,
fully under way, and will be rendere'
available a. basis Of credit. We think
therefore. our people should disapprove
resortto ANYTHING like agrarian measures
The proposition 10 repeal the fifty pc
cent. tax Is. to our mind. still more OF
iectionnbls than tho one we have jus
spoken Of. Whether 30 intended or moi
J land we know il was not by al who vote
Cor Il. as there were some thorough secei
sion men who did SOY. yet It amounts !
reality 10 a condemnation Of the seeessio
; movement. This Is too transparently tru
. 70 require an argument. II Il was props
J for the State to secede, II was as a matte
. Of eoursesnot only proper but indispens
bic that she should provide thu NEAR
, Of maintaining her position. This ooul
? only be done BY additional taxation. tn
p idea that because the State has become
4 member Of the Confederate government
Q she Is 10 throw away all preparation 4
. her separate defence. is anovel one. Ii
e author OF these resolutions is entitled
Q the dubious credit Of It's invention.
h has occurred TO nobody else. and we he
, Of no other State even aEtating the que
, ton Of H. propriety.
J. The intelligent and discreet gentlems
b who represents rs in tbe State Conventi'
e viii be At no loss 70 dstermine what ia
+ portance should be attached 10 these n
, olulions. He knows perfectly well the
y Is nothing 70 elothe them with the authC
q ity Of an expression Of the popular sen
z msnt Of the county.