Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1866-10-20

II, mase. tao many or56ttrs have
sEewna besrtlee ire 10 extort "tho
pound Of aedt est needy, and
nm aeallpe debtb%. ud yet again,
masv creditors seek not % destroy but
u nretccs and rekeye their frilnds, and
tbeaab tbey quay push them to the
Sberifs block mud ia insolvency, you
Vim and hese Same RiQgat debtors
olathed n padple aud 6aa linen, and
arine s~umptaohslY every day at the
boontiiul @bleR Of rieh, bsppy and low,
lne wives or trusted hiands, Instead
u forbearmco aud compromise, a wild
rush Of who s6taud the devil
take thu hndWo Il made into courts.
Bravo soldiers why perilled life and lost
all, are pursued by SOME Shiny skulker
from honor aud paty who has saved his
.notes aud accounts BY hiding them
With himself . ieserter's cave. An
other brave Aldier's widow is pursued
by one v~hassheart, sgainst shame and
dishonQr is bomb proofed, by his
frauds and spenlations upon the wants
aud miseries ~ ,ae war for which be
voted, but toM whose fury his prudent
action In spufiog the battle from afar
/, eeS has saved bis carcass. Yes there
is another class Of crelitors-.a brave
soldier who has lost all but his notes
and accounts, I pursues Que whose back
has grown gray with the moss of dis
honor, and who pleads his vote against
secession as his badge Of wisdom and
patriotism Ind his abSolution from all
ohlipatiousA 10 share the losses the war
hccarunea. A~@Ahothcr brave soldiers
widow purSues an athletic exempt
whose eyes stick out with fatuess," aud
who complains Of the cruel, cyaci hard.
ships Of The war. The.aged and the de-.
crepid, The widows aud the orphans who
have spent and lost all ia the support
of the lost cause pursue the skulker
and the exempt who swear that the
Yankees, Jayawkors, or Secessicnists
have robbed them of their last dollar.
Who is the worthy creditor and who
is the unworthy creditor Who can
devise the rule Of right and justice that
will guide to he fair and equable aver
age and disposition Of the notes md
accounts saved from the common
wreck Aud who is authorized to do
it? Is the Executive ? Is the Legis.
lature F? What authority has either
to do any act ? They are both the
creatures. of the Constitution They
live, move and have their being in the
Constitution, Without the Constitu,
ton they would have no legal existence,
What the Constitution authorized them
to Do they may do and what the Con
.stitution forbids them to do, they have
no more authority to do than any man
or set Of men who usurp power and
abuse privileges, The people Of Mis-
siSsippI claim the possession Of certain
too sacred to be entrusted to any
Government and il their Constitution
established for the guidance of their SER
wants have excepted certain powers out
Of the general powers of Government.
One of these powers is that the Courts
shall always be oPen-another is that
no law shall be passed impairing the
obligations of contracts. The Judge
chat world clGseutbo1 doors Of consul
der Of Executive p : o the or
violation Of theGoB os%lature, in
rnw nv bis e3n. L would be
Sus, 4e3utiye5t tool. Of
q who is the wor.
Il .n.su0v lfiv,A ivy s s5sal'q aaJ
rida, a men in the spring : lded. n,
h, whose hair is as white y in the :
he is a dry goods merchant a5mep' a
but formerly belonged to vs neodr 9
menagerie. Whilst acting hind the
tier capacity, the man who chords
,med to beard the tiger in -, would
struck for higher wages, ;,AF.rce a
our subiect volunteered to y
zoe. Boldly he entered the his !,
but the ferOcious animal, " his N
be Intrusion Of q stranger, = h
! BY the asshy part of the ID
ediately below the small Of pes, N
The fair haired youth that i ata L
) Cage was rescued without
Try, bat he,emerged a white t III Il
nDg man, and
w INCIDENT. We heard ~
!, yesterday. which is decid- cth
oOd to keep from q read. fbs
of cur veteran physicians eoteh W. W.
annoyed for some time past ~ N
fsuee dog which loitered MI 9
ohce, despite every effort /.
/ to drive him Of. Having H Il. u
) Of hydfophobia. and having
MsyOrs ptochnatioD. the n
epaS Do sryohnibe
: it 70 the niseIable eur. there
salpea i down, and the doc lies os ;
"a for The result. Il was Of sai Il
until the dog c~ommednced q M sl'er /
c~OntoftiOns, snd crossed to Il ton, ja8cppse
) oftAsssrees VIII W oD,a IN a
a'aissat lL'o \ s's u 5fei se y, !