The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-10

Gent measures, high and notl,. purooses
Tue S'lhered web OF affection haty a. the
col1red rae and native whites ot ui.sis
sippi could Be picked up. R1tifshfs bjli ~,
adopted he latter OF d be an imn, s;hii;.v
Inc iaId holder would be mad. a .uoni,
merchant, and ween the nayr, c4me m =,
the end OF the year To get his share of the
crop tne negro would think the land hol.l4r
hhd swindlea hin. no matter how bnn.., - .
hal ben. The merchant occunieI q -
ierent position. The negro always q we the
merchant credit tor swindling him. and ne
went 10 the land holder for Protection and
sympathy, and generally received il. Rnr r.
the position of the land holders were
changed lie would probably swindle the ne
gro also. e
Mr.. Hatch said: He had listened 70 sncb
congi"meration of arguments and ideas
upon THIS measure. That he had never been
so confoundedly COMPOUNDED in his life
lie wa utterly opposed to the substitute
ana the repeal of the 11th section of the lien
law he admired the speech of Mr.. Stands
1T was worthy of better cause. II Mis-
sissippi had not gone throagh so much sur
fering during the last seventeen wears. ne
might be tempted to embark in his frail
craft. LII we repeal the lien law. we will
find out that we have made a most grevions
mistake. We would have endless litigation,
and One-half the land which was nov
into waste. Half of the population of the
State would be in idlenesS and Industry
be paralyzed. Gentlemen talk about desti,
tuition and starvation. He had seen very
little of it. The war had left the State
almost desolate, the labor system revnIn-
tlonized, and since the war, she had under
gone four or five years OF Radical misrnle
and only finds herself to-day merged into
the nation with a new life We have a
beautiful land, land Of plenty. We have Ca
capped the financial panic that is to-day
shaking the great East and West. The
gentleman who sad I'VE are starving" was
one of the fattest men in the Rouse--he
thought he was at one end of the lien law
and the devil at the other. It has been
charged that the merchants and LAWYERS
were only benefited by the lien law, He.
(Mr. ii. had been charged with being
lawyer, but got prompt retraction. But.
seriously, he would ask, have we not honest
lawyers and merchants in our common
wealth. He thought we had, and instanceu
Gen. K. 0. Reynolds as one of the former
class. He thought, however, that the law
yers would be greatly more benefited by
the repeal of the law. than if it were let
alone. He had heard of laborers that were
about to leave the State, because they could
not get supplies, owing to the doubt about
the lien law. If the substitute should be-
come a law, we would find year hence that
we had made serious mistake.
Mr.. Pegram said he would speak against
the lien law and in favor of it-straddie the
fence--but before he got through he would
show that the repeal of the lien law would
work a great injury TO the State. If YOU
repeal the lien law you cut off the credit of
the State; cut off the labOrer from credit,
and sad results would follow. Although
the law had some bad features, still great
benefits flowed from it. Could the soil of
Mississippi be cultivated without some Sc
curity tor supplies advanced? Our lands
are fertile, but take away that which gives
sustenance TO the laborer who cutivateS the
land, and it will become waste. The gen
tleman from Tate said we were guardians
of the people. We are not their guardians
we are their legislators. Repeal this law
and go back to your constituents and they
will tell you that you need a guardian
yourselves. and guard against you. return
to the Legislature. Repeal this law, and
you will see tidal wave in the political
history of the State; the labOrers will rise
en- n,dsse and send here Representatives who
will replace the law; and, he would not be
surprised to see sixty or seventy-five color
ed men in this Hall. IL this law is repealed
the dissatisfied white element would arouse
the cOlored vote, and the Democracy would
be defeated. He was in favor of modifying
the law so that no lien could be given for
whisky or tobacco. According to the 18th
section OF the law, the laOOrer could seize
anything for a labor claim. This section
had been overlooked, and also should be
modified. The laborer should be put on an
equality with other people. In 1880 we can
repeal the lien law, but to-day it would be
suicidal to do it. "Tis better to bear the
ills" etc. Choose the lesser of two evils and
refuse to pass the law. If he should vote to
repeal the law, he could net look for favor
or thanks in Vicksburg; the merchants
would consider that he had attacked their
interests. Time was called on Mr. Pegram
Mr.. Miller of Copiah favored the substi-
tutes and opposed the old law.
Mr.. TisOn, at 10 20 o'clock, moved to post
pone further consideration of the bill until
Wednesday, February II, at u O'Clock.
Carried, and the House adjourned