The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-07-30

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70 regulate the Judicial printing 10
the several Circuit Court Districts,
appears 10 me 10 be open 10 ths iol'
loving objcclionsi
The Constitutional suggestion on
which the bill proceeds is one Of those
ahich necessarily became, sfter =
time, obsolutc.
Whom Il speaks OF "loyal' papers
il uses language special TO tempo.
rary condition Of things, At pres.
cnt | am not aware that any Journal
Of Mississippi, however widely ID may
differ from my own views Of WISE pol
ley and patriotic duty can be declar-
ed with propricty by the body whose
uttcrances are law, 10 be disioyai. Iu
view of this matter Of fact the ques-
tion may be put with great cogency;
is not the Constitutional suggestion
on which the bill before mo rests
made, by its very terms, obsolutc.
The Constitutional section on which
the bill proceeds is not mandatory
1t amounts to neither more nor less
than suggestive permission. With
the free option thus given us, as to
the acceptance or rejection Of that
suggestion, VIC are bound to con.
slider the section as presenting an
open question OF principle and ex-
pcdicncy. But instead Of entering
on the examination Of the section
as It stands in the Constitution, the
practical application of the cxami-
nation to the subject in hand, de.
mands that the section be dealt
with rs rendered IN the bin before
me. And il may be observed here
with that view, that the bill, while
purpoting by its titlc to dispose of
tho Judicial printing in the sever
al Circuit Court Districts disposcs,
not only Of the Judicial printing OF
the Chanccry Court Districts, but,
passing beyond Judicial printing
altogether, disposcs Of the Munich
pal printing OF the "Boards Of Sn-
pervisors of the different countics,"
and of the Councils OF incorporated
towns and cities. L
Is the employment Of The Consti.
tutional permission given, ~ In the
bill before me, proper or cxpcdicnt!
Several corporate towns are con-
tanned in a Judicial District, and
several of these have each local pa
per. When tho local paper may
not have received any Of the prin-
ting disposed Of in the bill, the poo
pic Of the town in which that paper
Is published would be compelled by
tho provisions Of tho bill, To 90, for
the advertisements oi the corporate
business Of their own town TO the
columns Of a journal Published IN
some other town. Is this expedi-
cnt or propcrf The bin undertakes
to fix the price for advertising in .
newspaper having a large circula-
ton at the same standard as that
for advertising in a paper OF small
circulation. Is this cxpc,licnt or
proper The bill restricts private
Iitigants and public administrators
in their rights to transact certain
business under the benefit OF free
competition, and excludes them, in
their advertising, from the right to
choose the papers whicl, bring them
into communication with the lar
gcst numbers of the public. h this
proper or cxpedicnt?
Is the employment of the consti-
tutional permission, as enforced IN
the bill before me, iustifiablc as a
question of principle? The system
Of association underlying our ma
tional life rests on the theory that
the rights OF the constituent mem
bcrs shall remain intact. This sys-
tenn is not more sound in policy IN
reference to the constituent cniitics
Of the nation, than II IS in reference
to the constituent cntitic, Of the
State. | object on this ground to
the employment of the Constitu-
tioull provision rendered in the bill
before inc, as TO an unnecessaryin-
vasion Of the rights Of the several
Judicial Districts, counties, towns
and cities Of the Stale, to admins
ter their own affairs.