The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-04-25
coxsrlrurIoxAL CONVENTION


The folks living outside the State
who are particularly anxious for Ms
sissippi 10 have a Constitutional Con-
vention, have their ewes on the clause
in the present Constitution that for
bids the loaning Of the States credit
TO corporations, and the one that for
bids the payment Of the Planters and
Union bank bonds. They would like
10 see a new Constitution adopted that
was silent in regard to these matters.
aud would not mind paying two or
three millions Of dollars to fix the
thing to suit them, particularly in re-
gard to the b0nds.-Aberdeen TX
aminer.
We desire to suggest to our es-
teemed contemporary that "the folks
living goutside the State" will not con-
stitute in whole or in part the delega-
ton to the Constitutional Convention
to be held next year, and we have too
much confidence i'm the intelligence of
the people Of Mississippi to suppose
that they cannot elect men to repre-
sent their interests now who are as
wise and patriotic as the gentlemen
who framed the present Constitution
90 years ago. Indeed, we believe a
convention chosen by the people now
would understand more fully the
wants and wishes Of the bona fide
citizens Of the State than the carpet
baggers aud negroes, who constituted
the majority Of the body who gave us
the present thing we call COnstitu-
ton, and we are not prepared to be-
lieve they would be more indifferent
to the interests Of the people than the
alien crew who held high carnival in
Mississippi nearly quarter OF Gen.
tury ago, when the passions and pre-
iudiees Of the war had not subsidized.
The mtimation that a convention
composed Of men selected from the
body Of the people now, would be
bought and sold by the holders Of the
Planters and Union bank bonds, when
the vile.crcw who framed organic
law of the State could not be pur-
chased BY the same crowd, is unwor.
thy the Examiner" II isa reflection
upon the integrity Of the good people
Of the State, which demands an apol-
ogv at the hands Of our Aberdeen
I fcand that We trust he win recognize
without unnecessary delay. The Con.
stitutional Convention is coming, Bro
Dalton, and no scare-crowing car
/ frighten it away. You need not give
yourself any uneasiness about the new
and clean-cut document that the peo-
pie are determined to have being
@silent" concerning the Planters and
Union bank bonds, but You may be
very certain the appointing power viii
go; an elective judiciary win come IN
its stead and the rc-apportionment o.
the political power Of the State viii
be the outcome, to the end that ballot.
box stuffing and bull-dozing may b
efIectually suppressed, and corrupt ma
chine manipulation relegated to the
rear, without endangering the rule oi
intelligence, backed by honesty and
economy in the management of the
affairs Of the State government. W.
insist that our able contemporary
should lose no sleep ON account Of thai
clause in the present Constitution
that @forbids the loaning Of the State'i
credit to corporations also, and fee
safe in assuring him there is no dan
ger. Our people have progressed
some since 1868, and they are un
doubtedlv as statesmen-like, as homes
and as patriotic as the motley crew
who gave to us in that year the docu
ment which some people seem to thinl
is such a paragon Of perfection.