The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-09-25

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e without compensation. would discharge a
1 duty much more satisfactory. The office
b superintendent in nine cases ont OF ten,
| conferred on men who are strangers to III
! peaple-men who are unknown IN the pee
pie the schools are kept up but four month
: OF the year. and these idieFs are paid for Oh
whole years SerYice-a service. in the ma
: joritv of cases. rendered for defrauding tn
, people. The franchises of the people hav
been and are continually voted away in til
interest of rings andmonopolstS. In speak
ing with a gentleman but a short time sine
on the subject or line # tel, graph 10 til
town in which live, | found that charte
bad been granted by the legislature 10
company foreign 10 Mis- .issipp, with an eX
elusive privilege for forty or fifty wears
was informed. and believe il To be true, tina
this company are without the purpose O
erecting the line; that their purpose is L
sell the charter, for which they demand the
sum of ten thousand dollars.
! We had a law of the State by which we
of the ''levee district were pay ing off ouI
/ ante-war levee debt in levee bonds. which
We were purchasing AT reduced rates. Al
| honest man held the office of commissioner
! and for one thousand five hundred dollars a
/ wear was satisfactorily diseharging the du-
/ les OF the 0tfcr; but these cormorants saw
/ an opportunity of fleeing the tax-payers
and enriching their gang. The law. by the
/ last Legislature, was ranged; large perqui-
sites were adued to the salary OF The com
/ =
/ eel by paying heavy per cent. To the Office
/ holder; fifteen per cent. Of the whole tax
must be paid in cash; one of this gang OF
adveutIrerS was placed in the office, and
now the people of the district are To be
plundered of thirty thousand dollars year
for his benefit.
But it may be said that General Ames is
not responsible for such viliainpus legsla-
ton as | have nstanced. | hold that lie Is
responsible. He supports the class of men
in office who manipulate these laws. He
supports W. II. Gibbs Oh his ticket for Aud
itor of Public Accounts. Ames said to me
himself that Gibbs was a thief. He has
spoken thus of Gibbs without restraint.
Gibbs is a VIGOROUSLY corrupt man. Gibbs
was a member of the constitutional conven-
ton of 1868. He was one of the never-tO-
be-forgotten committee of five.
Section OF the ordinance creating this
com mittee | will read: ''The committee of
five, appointed by this convention, is hereby
authorized and empowered to adjust all out
standing accounts against the same, and
certify TO their correctness and the Auditor
of Public Accounts shall issue his warrant
in payment thereof"
The convention ordered twenty five thou
sand of the constitution to be printed in
pamphlet form. On the subject OF expense
the committee on printing made the follow
ing report: (See Journal, page 1922 In
reference 10 printing the constitution in
pam phlet form, estimating the number of
pages in each 10 be ttteen-the pages TO be-
of the same size OF the Journal-the cost
would be, for the first 300 copies, at So per
page. SO; ana for each additional POO cop
les at SIS per pBge, $45: for $4,000 copies of
the same, S5JS0. -.
The committee of five allowed the public
printer $500 for printing the 25,00O copies
of the constitution. This was IN eXtrava-
CANT sum, but the printer, cOlluded with the
chairman. Gibbs, made out an account
against the State for doing the work,
amounting to the sum of SIS. 500. The COM
mittee refused TO pass the account; their
last meeting WAS in tile summer of 1868.
But Gibbs. as chairman of the committee.
when in Washington City, in March. 1869
approved this account; uniting the date,
approved an account of $2S $50 for printing
the constitution. pamphlet of fifteen
pages and now to day "A suit is pending
against the State for the amount due on
this fraudulent transaction. Gibbs is Ames'
right-hahd man. He is To be placed where
he can audit accounts against the State. Our
treasury will toe i'll happy condi
ton then.
o. c. French is ano her one of Amrs'
fuginn.on. he Is now candidate for the
Legislature on the Ames ticket in Adams
county. He is said to live in NatcheZ, the
city in which Ames claims to reside. French.
as bounty agent of the government Of the
United States. is now a defaulter to the gov
and is sued in the district court at
Jackson in the sum of twelve or fifteen
thousand dollars. He thus stands charged
with robbing the colOred soldier of his
he has confessed the robbery by
offering to pay four thousand dollars to be
released, but the government has rejected
the offer.
When | was governor of Mississippi ]
was approached by representatives, of the |
Union and Planters bank bonds. A corrupt
governor could have made large sum, /
Governor Powers declared strongly against
their payment, and this sealed his fate for "A
The convention, | know, !
passed resolutions repudiating these bonds. /
General Ames made a speech declaring he /
would veto a bill for their pay ment. But I
who will trust these men? Can you trust |
Ames, who lives thousand miles beyond /
your borders, for thirty millions of dollars |
But, my countrymen, there Is another way |
in which danger may come to you. Ames, |
IL elected, viii appoint Massachusetts, jul /
dietary: they win overturn Mississippi law !
and establish Massachusetts law. This is /
his purpose. The constitution declares that I
the legislature shall direct in what courts I
and in what manner suits may be brought /
gainst the State. Article 1. section II of .
page G59 of code.) The code /
declares that the State of Mississippi shall /
be held liable to ali persons having claims /
at law or in equity against her TO the same I
extent as individual persons are liable to /
each other, and may be sued by any person /
having cause ct action against her. Gar /
Iicle /, section 1873 of the code.) The next /
article, section 1874. provides that1he suit I
shall be brought in the court of the county /
where the capital is located. The State is /
nothing but a great corporation (Nattel'S .
laws OF nations, 49,. The government of /
the United States. and Of each State, is term
Ell corporation % Dallas. III; Bouricr law l
dictionary, volume l. PIP 3lo-l9). Now what |
IS the settled law of Massachusetts. and OF |
all the New England States? lt Is, that I
when a suit is authorized by statute against
A county, an Incorporated town, or other
corporation. and there is Jud2-
ment rendered against such county, town or
civil corporation. an execution may issue
upon such Judgment and be levied upon the /
private property of the inhabitants for the 4
purpose of paving the Judgment. Mer- Z
chants bank vs. Cook, / Pickering. 3l4; 10 (
Pickering. l27; II Pickering. 49l; - Pick
erirg. 81: Massachusetts, 422; Massa-
shusetts lS7: Il Maesachu -etts. 2,G; IL /
MasSac hu-,.tts. 333- = k-nt's Communicates,
vol. ,, 81 edition. age FL, lay> down the /
same rule. The same question was before .
the high court ct Mississippi in 1888. when ,
the court reviewed fully these New England ]
authorities. and fPrit'ed against the rule {
laid down By them tIIomer v. Cdtfey, \
Cushman. 434,, which i about the only &C. 4
eision directly oVsrrntiug Thee authorizes.
Now what j. the grt at q. ctrine settled by /
this long lit of Mas achusetts decisions: /
Ii Is. that a county, Incorporated town, or /
other municipal corporation cannot be sued (
nc all. unless the right To sue them l. given 4
bv atutt, aud that when they arc thus
made ,ueable. the inhabitants OF the county,
incorporated town. or municipal corpora
ton. parties bv operation OF law 10 .
the suit, or to state the PROPOSITION IN PLAIN +
language, a suit against 4 county, under +
this doctrine. is a suit against the people of .
that county; and judgment against the 4
county is a judgment against the people Of
the county; and that so completely was this |
true under the old Cass law. men were ar
rested and imprisoned on this kind of judg- 4
ment. The same doctrine would apply in I
regard to a State when she authorizes her /
sell to be such. She says that she will go |
into court upon the same footing as an in |
the same rules of law shall I
apply TO her; and a Massachusetts lawyer l
al fhra