American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1861-09-07

General. and vacancy ia the Office %
Major General shall be filed by the ap-
poinlment of the Governor. ne oppoiaf
ntent of each 5eiRg subject 70 IKE opFr9rli
II tie St3ts Seagte. -
Ii Is generally understood that some
time before the session OF the Legislature.
new Major General. and three new
Brigadiris were appointed to I'll Eacan-
cies. We are told Jhst 10 official infor
nation Of these appointments vas given
10 the STATE Senate. nor WAS tie zap
proval Of that body asked In any form.
Now i il not clear that these appoint
meuts have all become vacated FIR wsnr
Of that approval. on which their validity
was made 20 depend? Ii this l. uof SEQ.
then does It not follow thar the Gnv-tHer
by Withholding biz nominations from fr-
Senate, may always keep IN these ~
places any body BE chooses. In dehtur.
Of the wishes OF the Senate and IN plain
violation Of law ?
Then, admitting the power Il he
Governor and Major General TO fl these
vacancies when ghey happened suhlvr.
to the approval Of the Senate. when q
would be in session, Is il equally as clear
lhat. a session Of the Senate having inter
vened and those nominations not having
been sent in for approval, the offices are
not only vacant, but that no power nos
exists to I'll them until The Senate shall
a lain be in session Such Is believed Is
be the settled doctrine IN lhjs couutry. IN
such cases.
What must the people Of Mississippi
think Of the author Of This. when inform
them that by special message 70 the sen
ate, which IS now part OF the public
record of the State submitted fer
their approval the appointments made by
myself and General Reuben Davis and
General Clark, TO fill the vacancies in The
Military Boari2 The message was
spread in full on the executive journal ct
the Senate. confirmed and approved al.
the appointments, without hesitation
Further comment on this Is unuecesSarr-
In regard to the Treasury notes which
the Convention authorized me 20 use 'ar
the defense Of the State. % seems e &.
the purpose of Enquirer To deTreeit-e
them by raising doubt a~ 10 tie .r- ..,v
all patriotic citizens they have made
united effort to give them credit, 60 cause
them to pass at par, 20 induce all TO take
them as money, and thry have been SO
taken throughout the State can mag
inc but two motives 10 deprecia,e them.
One is to embarrass the Safe in her
struggle against despotism which
threatens her with subjugation and hand
cuffs. and the other to enable men OF cap
ital to buy them al a discount and make
large profits on their money. But tor he
information Of my fellow citizens who
have sold their horses, provisions arms
&c, for these Treasury notes. l have
this to saw, that there has been no u~nr
patton on my part in the manner ot I~~u-
ing these notes The Convention gave
me the power Of exchanging them Tor
money, but dil not stop here Fore~er-
ing that it might not he possible O. use
them in that manner in sufficient amounts
for the necessities Of the State, they further
provided in the rdiuance that be (fhc
Gov if necessary, may adopt such
means as he may deem eXpedieut % at
ford the people of the several counties an
opportunity to participate in the loan
hereby proposed " and have deemed lt
necessary to afford the people Of the
several counties an opportunity 'a paruc-
jpate in this loan. to offer them these
Treasury notes for horses tor thc artillery
companies for arms. for clothing I'r the
volunteers, for provisions and Whatever
was necessary to put the State IN con-
dtion to defend herself aLain~, her enc
mics. in 50 doing | have only done
what the Convention authorized. 9ui f..
necessities of the State required IEsr.
has been no deviation from the FfJs.~
ions of the Ordinance In the use Of ghe~.
Treasury notes But I viii not wy.rr
the public ear By further comment an
this infamous article L i part and par.
eel Of a seemingly systematic ettur. tn
traduce one who was called by bis coun
trvmen to lead in Tie most perl.ou-
epoch in the history of the State. They
have falsely charged me with intemper
ance They have charged We with being
too fast and too sow--wlth being too
extravaeant and too economical-wlth
bold usurpation Of powers not granted
me by the Convention or given by the
Constitution, and with timIIIy, shrinking
from the responsibilities which the peril
Gus times called on me TO assume
When put together, these charges neu-
tralize each other, and from these unjust
and untrulhful assailants. appeal to that
law Of Justice which God planted in the
hearts OF the people. \ brave and gen
erous people will do justice % an officer
who has been unselfshly faithful 10 the
interest and safety Of the State.
JOHN J. PETTUS.
RE- Prince NAPOLEON, while at De