The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-05-08
Legislative Relief.


come from different parts of the State,
of the distress Of the people in conse-
Quencef Of the coercive measures Of
creditors, and in so doing we have in
dulged in few comments. The proper
course, we believe to be, to collect
facts and opinions, that the voice OF
the press and Of the people may be
understood. There is much distress
the cries Of the people reach US from
all quarters, but there is much apathy
Our journals scarcely dare to suggest
any plan for relief, and yet they admit
that there is a great grievance. Even
the correspondents Of the press rarely
speak out as to what is wanted. Thus
we find a recent correspondent Of the
Standard saying
Your articles in the ''weekly Stand
ard Of March the 22d, upon the in
debtedness Of the country, and espe-
cially upon the wholesale suing that is
being instituted against our people in
many if not all portions Of the State,
are being read with great interest by
! the mass Of our people, and from them
meet with a hearty Endorsement II Is
| hoped that the Standard, with other
| leading journals Of the State, will fire.
quently speak out fully and freely up
on this subject, and thereby as far as
possible hold things in check, until
some plan can be devised to save the
| people Of Mississippi from utter ruin.
| While we do not question the motives
| of the Supreme Court in its decisions
upon the STAY Lar, the obvious eff
feet Of it is to open the way for every
"shylock, or rather "highland shark y
IN nun rne dnriag no" tF wb AZ. have remained at
speculation, to harrass the poor debtor,
and thereby paraIyze the industrial
,,,,,-.,:., yc the country The great
contest now is, who viii get the first
judgment
One Of the results Of the wholesale
suing, is to drive some Of our best meu
from office, for such is their sympathy
for the present condition of the coun-
try. they are refusing to be used as in
struments by "shvlocks' to break up
and sell ont the poor families Of the
country. Some have already resigned,
and others ! understand intend doing
So
This writer, keenly as he feels the
situation, seems to hesitate on the
very verge of suggesting some rene
| dial measure. a correspondent, how
ever, in a private letter to us, comes
more fully to the point, and we take the
| liberty Of copying part of his letter,
promising that his course in the Legis-
lature. of which he is a member from
one of the northern counties, was
strictly conservative, and that he is
from his natural habits of thought
as well as from principle, about the
last man in the State to favor rash
legislation. He says:
Our Circuit Court has been in SEES
sion one week. About five hundred
suits have been instituted to this term
of the court. Much dissatisfaction
and complaint exists in regard TO such
an amount Of suits and litigation
The people generally are very desir
Gus that some steps should be taken
for the relief Of the country. | have
seen and cOnversed with great many
| persons from different parts of the
country in the last ten days, and the
belief is strongly expressed by almost
every individual, rhat it is the duty OF
the Governor to convene the Legisla-
ture at an early day, for the purpose
of giving relief in some form, to
the citizens Of the State who
are now on the eve Of fnan-
cial ruin, bankruptcy, and distress.
Gov. Humphreys has hitherto, and
does now. stand high in the conf
dence of the people of this, as well
as other portions of the State. | hope
he may at this critical period take such
steps as he may have the power to do,
for the relief of our distressed citi-
zens. If lie does, it will endear him
to those who placed him in the high
position he now occupies. / agree
with you that other important legisla-
| don is needed. 1t Is true, the Legisla
ture at its last session may have erred
in the passage of some laws, and in
omiting to pass others, but no body of
men ever assembled themselves to
| gether under more unfavOrable circum-
| stances. The Representatives and
the people have now had time to con
suit together, and experiment upon
some measures upon which we had
neither precedent nor instruction
The minds of the people have under
gone a great change since last year,
especially in regard to the rights of
the freedmen. l do hope the Gov
ernor will feel it his duty to comply
with what is now the almost unnim-
Gus voice of the people of Missis-
sippi