The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-02-10
- DAILY CLARION.
, uErRopOLITAN POLICE BILL

suou. Thomas Spight, OF TIppah,
pc" " I'd in the House of Represcn-
l O'','+ 4.+;res February 3rd, 1875.
| cnp,xER:-I move that the bill
| NIX, h,.ordments be indefinitely postponed
and alne,,4i n that motion | wish to address
and 0p.n 2 ~ tbe t merits of the bill.
nEssa taeI that l should be guilty of ne
| 'sG' solemn duty which | owe to
,l5 g'eca .. as " a member of this House,
nysell .t;ob as I owe to the people whom
guy yonrpsent r,. and a duty which
owa W. to the peace and good! order
= socjstv, @ if I should fail to raiHe rs, my
y 80 SoeI AGAINST the passage of this bill. In
sols0 s:SeS,a}1@ . M the subject, [ shall endeavor
olsfuss'D7 3u s7Iobt of party lines and party
= u,eindjces, and look only to the peace,
lne pss banniness r and the prosperity OF all the
.ne aenIe! T@Ff and ask that L be heard for my
- ~ and that gentlemen will forget that
~, ~, De democrat, or that they are Repub-
~ ~ and remember that we are the
srrcdited representatives of all the peo-
II II and that they have the right to
aSpoct avn at our hands such legislation as
III MI nromote the interests OF all and
secure to all the blessings ofgood govern
ment.
This bill, if it had no other objection
able features, is gross outrage upon the
onnressed tax payers of one of the coun,
ties ; Of this State, in the great additional
burden which it proposes to place upon
the shoulders of men already weighted
down by taxation, which would result
ininevitabIe bankruptcy.
The organization of the police force, as
Icmtsmplated in this bill, would involve
, Ian annual expense of not less than one
Kindred and fifty thousand dollars, al
ofwhich, it is proposed, shall be saddleC
upon Warren county. THERE'S, ID my
mind, doubt as to whether the local au
: thorties have the power, under the con
: stituti0n, to levy such tax to suppor
institutions of their owro creation, and
conceive that the clause of the Constitu
: til on of the State, which says "taxatioI
: shall be equal and uniform" is violativ
/. in its spirit and its letter, when the legis
lature seeks to organize force for dut
! all over the State, and proposes, that
! sid gle county shall pay all the expense
!. incurred by such force, for salaries an
L conhpgents.
h This organization is not to be made u
: ofciti5ens Of Warren county, but "cit
i. zers Of the State of Mississippi" whic
IS means that the hungry sharks all ov'
the State are to be collected in Ware
y copnty, that they may feast al
n latten upon the hard earning
y Of the people of that county. If th
:, OIL must pass, let it be so amended as
5, meke 1t State force, to be supported
II plate tax. Rather than see the peor
Fql one county crushed under such loa
: lNouId willingly, yea, gladly ask, for 4
|: Gouhty' that she might be allowed to be
/ / Isf snare Of the iniquitous burden; a
! lfPpea! to the magnanimity of membt
k opon this floor, if it must be done, if t
4 'upney must be wrung from the groani
= ropIe to support this terrible engine
in IMPRESSION, ifthey must be made to pay
M .heir y own degradation, to see that all bt
: - Y snare. In the name of all that
SnoTaole and just, let us not beggar
- roPIe OF sister county, and turn th
r omen and children out into the storl
&c &c ~ II let Us rise, like true men, and say
pt - W hen your wives and your G
o VI are driven from their homes by
a. ii sinOISeleSS tax-gatherer, oar wives {
+, D children shall 90 with them"
lie nut there is another and darker sid
?. = picture, and [ ask that you look ii
st 4 ."n "itn calmness and deliberations W
IL ,In 20" that this bill is, in substal
a, a. Il +evl"ratlon war, | but speak my /
on % nto,s vonyictions. 1t virtually places
on 6po1P osPPSflty, the liberty and the liyes of
to Gple t; IN the hands of military org
ed j r0 o,ON' under the control and directio
n ~ba buan OF military training and insti
a. a. etato ttehlertalns feelings of the most in
ID ID pn'. ~'e hatred towards the people of Wa
ch outy; and unless they bend the
'ss "rt Nv Iknee, and, like the whining S
81 3 ibo = ,cS sS the hand that applies the deg
,lc IFS ioo, lie itself will become intoler;
;es "soahds and fathers will be torn
d .chd embraces of their wives, al
plleous cries of helpless children
'ty OF every character will be ut
I'm rated; public spirit and enter
Ron n oe paralyzed; the fertile farm
'0'ne as howling. wastes and barrer