American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-11-21

We have oerne nntl ferteareRce has ceased to be
virtue we have held peace until to be longer
silent would be cuipahe. On behalf of a rag
money ridden aud shinplaster scourged community,
constrained to speak out against the abvm-
Unable dctestalle. Illegal and rredeemable
cy with which are cursed and literally over
whelmed. There are probably from To five
hundred persons in the State of Mississippi who
issning money. theaven save the Tnaik , OF in
dividusl promises to pay in violation of law and
TO the great detrment to the interests of the com
munity in general; and here enter our solemn
protest against the further federation of this inJol-
erahle nuisance. Before at this moment. lie a
batch of the issue of the Dixie Works = at this
place. of all denominations from Tive Dollar
down to a five cent bill They ail-espeeially
enc bills of larger ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ON very
mean paper-some Of it bnt little thicker than
"sifk paper : in which hats are put np-psper not
at all capable of standing the and tear +" Of
circulation. Every one before as is torn worn and
mutated until It can scarcely he held together
Aud yet according To the conditions set forth on
the face of these bills themselves. the issuers are
under obligation to redeem them until q the sum
of f,eenfy dollars is presented. Any person who
1las the misfortune to have in his possession three
or FIVE, or ten dollars of This mutilated ragged
Illegal issue, cannot go to the utterers of it and
have il redeemed until he has drummed around and
got together ticentg dollars. Thus the issrers of
shnplssters not only speculate upon the commu-
nifty by throwing upon it an Illegal currency. but
they absolutely compel us to take their " promises
TO pay and dictate the conditions upon which
they to be redeemed We have before MS also
shinplasters from various parts of this State and
from other States. of various denominations all
mote or hess " black, ragged aud dirty Here is
tattered and torn 50 cent bill of J. & II. Green,
Jackson Here is Bowman House bin of twenty
i've eents,--barely legbie, with only part of the
name remaining. Here is twenty-five cents signed
10y j. ID. Mann, Aberdeen. Miss. Here Is twenty
tive cts. headed Army Mss. signed by S. X
Smith. dated August. 1se2. bat has nothing what
ever to indicate where it Was issued from or where
Mr.. S. n. Smith is tn be found unless he is travel
ing around with the -Army Of the Mississippi
Here Hazlehurst, 0syka aud Brandon bills
Chat last name is suggestire-we all RENE mber the
g Hush times" of Brandon money. when men car
ried their bank bills in their hats.) But we will
not attempt to particuarize nor describe further
We might go ad iafinifum but it is not neces-
sary-everybody knows the character of the eur
rency we have. and everybody knows and feels it
to be nuisance.
There time when it was absolutely neces-
sary that should have change bills of some kind
and we then advocated the issuing of such by well
known and responsible private parties. But that
time has long since gone by The change bills of
the various railroads authorized by law the small
Confederate and Cotton notes. are sufficient for all
purposes but as long as we consent to take pri-
vate shnplssters. this legal currency will be kept
out of circulation. Indeed it is greatly to the in-
terest Of the issners of shinpasters to gather up
this good and legal currency and keep out of cir
collation.. in order that their own issues may supply
the demand for change
We hope the community viii longer allow
itself TO De specialized upon by those who en-
gagged in issuing these Illegal change bills Let US
resolve one and all TO drive their issues from cir
cuiation. Let us reinse. positively. To take any
private shinpaster whatever. no matter how good
the utterer of the same may be. There il too much
paper money in circulation Let as drive out the
rsgccd, rotten shinriasters