The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-02-20

buiiiis iilt bSuhitIl on tlle Agfl-
cultural Lien Law il the House of
Representatives, Hon Mr.. SonlmerS,
of Marion county, made the following
speech, which VS. received with
much laughter and applause Mr..
Speaker! | claim the floor, bur
have lost my little campaign speech,
voices Of thank Cod But don't be
too previous, gentlemen, for ! have
found much longer one, [groans
and cries Of Great lIravcns, You
said thank God at the wrong time.
y little Willie ago W" had big reviv-
al, and some lost entire control of
themselves and began to embrace
the brethren and @istrrs indiscrinli-
nately, and one brother claped the
parson' 5 wife in his arms, whereupon
the man of God immediately stopped
and all became quiet and the broth
er who was embracing the preacher
wife became cognizant of the fact
and lot 20. WuereuPon the minister
exclaimed aloud, "Thank God"
Loud laughter. Here y gentleman
arose and made Il point of order that
the gentleman from Marion Was not
addressing himself to the subject.
The chair, however, decided that it
was a. near the subject as was Gus
tOmary with the members, and al
lowed the gentleman from Marion to
proceed, Gentlemen, ! did not in
tend to say anything on this subject
for | should deceive my constituents
if did anything in this legislative
hall besides answer to roll call and
draw my salary promptly. And |
don't want to deceive them. Ap-
plause and laughter. But cant be
silent on this subject. represent
more territory than any other men,
ber Of this honorable body. and |
therefore claim the right to cover the
ground | stand on. The people of
Marion county are q free people, and
have just as much right to give lien
on what they imagine they have, a.
what they really possess. Gentlemen
| assure you that if this Legislature
takes away from US the right to mort ,
gage the crop We imagine we shall !
make next year, it would be d much /
greater hardship than if they should .
take away from Us what We really do +
make. As the law now stands, q
man can give Il mortgage on his crop
six months before it is planted, and
by taking advantage of this, q farmer
can draw supplies enough to pull
through the winter, and when spring
sets in he can 60 at something else.
Oh; Mr.. Speaker, ! believe this to be
the grandest and most benefcicnt
law that Wa ever made. In our Sec
ton of the country living is cheap in
warm weather, and when once we
have eaten up what we are going to
make, we can well afford TO let the
have what we do make. II
this law is repealed, it will have
hard and unjust effect upon our pco-
ple-it will--it will make us 20 to
work. We are free American people
and no man has Il right to make Us 90
to work. And for tiis reason, ! shall
oppose this tyralIiral, this cruel and
outrageous proposition with all the
mercy Of despair TO illustrate the
benign effects Of this law, last winter
/ man gave ON" of our merchants Il
mortgage on hi prospective crop,and
'ftcr he had eHtrn up one hundred
lollars worth. he skipped the coun-
ry. See how much good it did for
hat poor man, and how much sooG
t did Us in getting rid Of him, Ica
ir, let us continue to deal in futures,
nd, know some members of this
House with the Congressional bee III
heir bonnets, " hn if they could give
mortgage on thrir prospects. would
{ richer than WAS ever man before.
Long and continued laughter ana
ppIause.