The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-04-14
RnhIic Meeting.

. From the Mississippi Conservative, It'll.
In pursuance of a call lately published foi
!. a meeting of the citizens of Carroll county
to take into consideration the present help
less condition of the country in regard tC
its inability to sustain an indiscriminatt
collection of debts by civil process, large
crowd assembled at the Court House in
Carrollton, on Monday End inst. The meet
/ ing was called to order by Hon j. w. S
! Merrill, and on his motion DR. f. r. Mclean
was called to the chair The object of the
meeting was forcibly stated by the chair
man.
On motion Col. A. J. Liddell was reques-
ted to act as Secretary.
The meeting being organized Dr. Liddell
moved that the chair appoint committee
of five to prepare resolutions expressive of
the sense of the MISUNDERSTANDING the
chair appointed j. w. S. Merrill Col G. A.
Graves, Judge w. Y Collins, w. w Liddell
and William Lott. The COMMITTEES retired
and after deliberation, returned and re-
ported the following preamble and resolu-
tiOns:
WHEREAS, Through the interposition of
| overwhelming numbers and resources the
people of this county, in common with
every community in the Southern States,
have been ruined by the late contest in
which we all engaged for our independence,
and for the preservation of Constitutional
| liberty, which we believed to be imperilled
through the instrumentality of the DOM
inant radical and aggressive party, then
and now in power, and,
| WHEREAS, The almost universal ruin
which has overspread this county, is the
result of causes over which the debtor
class of our fellow-citizens had no control.
and for which they are not responsible, as
| distinguished from the creditor part of the
| community. All classes engaged in the
struggle, having the same interests at stake
and counting only common destiny, none
| seeking ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of by the ruin
| of his own fellow citizens, and,
WHEREAS, The partial relief which we
| sought through the action of the last Legis-
| lature having been denied us by the High
| Court (whether justly or not we will not
| now undertake the useless task of disuuss-
ing) our only appeal is to the creditor.
| Therefore
ISt IResolred That we earnestly request
all persons holding claims against the people
OF this county not TO push collections through
the medium of the courts, thus completing
the ruin of their friends, which was com
menced and but too successfully carried ont
by common enemy.
ii. Resolred, That there is no iustifablr
reason why the same brOtherly feeling and
the like kindly disposition which we mani |
tested for each other during the late strug-
gle, should now be withdrawn, and the peo-
pie turn to devouring and destroying each |
other. When whole people enter into a
common enterprise which proves disastrous |
there is no good reason why one portion
alone should be made to suffer the conse- |
quences of defeat
During the war all partook of one senti- |
ment that come veal or come woe, come |
success or come defeat, we would all share
the same fate.
Ill. Rcsolrcd, We believe that coercion ut |
this time for the collection of debts would |
be ruinous, not only 30 the best interests of
the state, as well as the great majority of
the people, but would be suicidal to the best
interests of creditors themselves. 1t is uni
Versally known that ifthe people ever paw
the money has yet to be made with which to
do 1t. If they are deprived of the little left
them, and that little is to be sacrificed to
pay Interests and costs, they will become dis
Outraged and their energies paralyzed, and
IN thousands of cases, the principal will never |
Hnd ITS way into the pockets of the creditor.
". ResOired, That it is the duty of every
citizen of the State to encourage and foster
the farming interests of the country that il
Is from the soil all actual wealth must come.
and II there is a distinguishing feature be-
tween the creditor and debtor class of the
community, the farmers comprise the latter
who have no other source from which to OBJ
tam means to pay, than from the earth 1t
Is therefore earnestly asked that time be al
lowed for the people to draw from this I'M
talllng bank the means to satisfy the de-
mands of the creditor. This, as all know. is
not the work of day.
'. ReS0tred finally, That if any will not
need these urgent requests and in spite of
the ruined and impoverished condition of
the country, will persist in forcing collection,
IN defiance Of the popular sentiment and the
public welfare, we hereby pledge our sacred
nohOr never more to have any voluntary
business connection with them, and that We
VIII never patrOnize auy such person in any
ayocation whatever, and this rule of action .
which we have the right to prescribe for
shall apply to all from the preach
er down to the pedlar.
Dr. W. w. Liddell moved that the resoIu-
tons be adopted; upon which motion a de-
bate arose i'll which Mr.. Merrill spoke ably
ana lorclbly i'll favor of the resolutions; af- ;
ter which, the motion being seconded, the
resolutions were unanimously adopted
Dr. w. w Liddell moved the following
amendment, which was likewise unanimous,
y adopted: c
Resotred, That while on the one hand we {
would earnestly appeal 10 the creditor class l
Tor torbcarance, charity, and mercy, we ;
would at the same time earnestly exhort the
ieotor class to trugality and industry; and
20 the application of all available means TO '
he discharge of their liabilities V
On motion of Judge A. B. Billiard, if was I
urTher +
Resoired, That the GovenLr be memorial
zed to convene She Legislature at an early
lay to devise means for the protection of a
he country tIOm peCuniary ruin which now
threatens it, :,
On motion of Mr.. Merrill it was resolved g
hat committee of three be appointed to V
1emOrlallze the Governor in accordance with +,
he resolution offered for which purpose the a
mar appointed Sudge Billiard, DR.. Liddell
nd Col. Merrill
n.
On motion it was respectfully requested of h
he editors OF the Conservative that these
roceedings be published in their paper
here being no further bueiness, the meet u
lg adjourned sine die n
Z. r. MCLEAN, Pres't, y,
A. ). LIDDELL, Sec'y !,