The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-04-14
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PubIie Meeting
From The Mississippi Conservative, It'll
In nursnance Of a call lately published tol
a Tneet;ner Of the citizens of Carroll comfy
10 take into consideration the present help
less condition of the country in regard Z
H. inabIIitv TO sustain an indiscrIminat'
Collection Of debts By civil process, larg'
crowd assembled at the Court House u
Carrollton, ON Monday End inst The meet
ing was called TO order by Hon }. ". :
Merrill and on his motion DR.. Z. r. Mclean
was called to the chair. The object OF tht
meeting was forcibly stated by the char
man.
Ga motion Col 4. J. Liddei was reques
ted to act as Secretary.
The meeting being organized DR.. LIddeli
moved that he chair appoint a commit tes
Of five to prepare resolutions expressive 81
the sense of the meetlng-wheTeupo kne
chair appointed J. ". s Merrill, Col 9. A
Graves Judge ". Y Collins, ". W Llddell
and William Lott. The COMMITTEES retired
and after delibeTation, retained and re-
ported the following preamble and resoIu'
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 impeulled
through the instrumentaity Of the dom
inant radical and aggressive party, then
and now in power, and,
WHEREAS, The almost universal ruin
which las 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, a.
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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of self by the ruin
Of his own fellow citizens, and,
WHEREAS, The partial relief which we
sought through the action OF the last Legs
Iature having been denied US by the High
Court whether Justly OF not, we viii not
now undertake the useless task Of dIsuuss
ing) our only appeal is to the creditor
Therefore
Isl, lRes0lred That we earnestly request
all persons holding claims against the people
ofthis county not 10 push collections through
the medium Of the courts, TINS completing
the ruin of their friends, which was com
mcnced and but too successfully carried out
by a common enemy.
II Res5lred That there is no iustiGable
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 PEG
pie turn to devouriug 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-
quenccs of defeat
During the war all partook Of one senti'
ment, that come veal OF come woe, come
success or come defeat, We would all share
the same fate.
III Reojred We believe that coercion q
this time for the collection of debts would
be ruiuous not only o the best interests OF
the State, as wei as the great majority OF
the people, but would be suicidal to the best
interests of creditors themselves. 1t is uni
yersally known that ifthe people ever pay
the money has vet 10 be made with which Ia
do it. If they are deprived of the little lett
them. and that little Is TO he sacrificed to
pay interests and costs, they viii become dis
couTaged and their energies paralyzed, and
in thousands of cases, the principal wIllnevcI
find its way into the pockets of the creditor
~. ResOircd 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 if there is 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
tain 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
falling bank the means to satisfy the de-
mands of the creditor This, as all know, is
not the work of day.
Y. Res0Ired, finally, That if any viii not
heed these urgent requests, and III spite OF
the ruined and impoverished condition of
the country, viii persist in forcing collection,
in defiance OF the popular sentiment and the
public welfare, we hereby pledge our sacred
honor 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
ourselves, shall apply to all, from the preach
er down to the pedlar
Dr. w. w. Liddell moved that the resolu-
tions he adopted; upon which motion de
bate arose in which Mr.. Merrill spoke ably
and ioTcIbly in favor of the resolutions; at-
ter which, the motion being seconded, the
resolutions We're unanimously adopted.
DR.. w W. Liddell moved the following
amendment, which was likewise unanimous
ly adopted:
Rcsoired, That while on the one hand we
would earnestly appeal 70 tiIc creditor class
for forbcarance, charity, and mercy, we
would at the same time earnestly eXhOTt the
y
to the application of all available means to
the discharge of their liabilities.
On motion of Judge \. b. Billiard, il was
further
ResoIred, That the GovemLr be memorial
ICED TO convene Che Legislature at an early
day to devise means for the protection of
the country fIom pecuniary ruin which now
threatens it.
On motion of Nj Merrill it was resolved
that committee of three be appointed TO
memouaIze the Governor IN accordance with
the resolution offered tor which purpose the
chair appointed Sudge Billiard, DR. Llddell
and Col. Merrill.
On motion 1t was respectfully requested of
the editors of the Conservative that these
proceedings be published in their paper -
There being no further bueiness, the meet
ing adjourned sine die.
E r. MCLEAN, Pres't,
A j. LIDDELI, Sec'y.
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