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The Weekly Mississippian from Jackson, Mississippi • 2

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emons uf opposite characters and appearance. One Is Pur ilie Giibnada, Jul, timed here, lolsl nothing more is obtained lor our ex lating wealth in their hands, and wilh alliheir gioat powers and exclusive privileges, would n.it vmli coiisli- in i.M.l ihei7ih April, it-sPu THE MISSISSIPPIAN nUflBRllMJE l. 1IOWARU, Editor. ric was i.s.-irc.ia.ioii fill and Its deposit III the mum- of I l'a of United ales '1 s. rirpnl.mi.ui roninared lo lis specie cxcmlcd twelvi lo I', I Kill.

mil, aoiTon: rermil ine, lliioiud, ruinMr in .1 IIICilluu, lyinir ic-nuers mat a 's r.l qiiar. 01 i I'M-'live iiiocinw are sensitively ine mmw i)f retneilv. we evus unuer wnicti Ilu wlllselecttlieircaiididales with an eve Hv reelion ih, "ii eriots in tunlfii whirl, as come so near prostrating beyond reden racier as a State. The post note system not, be sustained. McNtttt will thousand in the connilcs above named.

win ue hi ine rt'rnr ninen 1... a. luMi one is ri. aiely under the Inlluence of banks thai, nv. iniincli.

siue 01 nip mnctf mi, vi.u "lily Uf, roin the influence of their grinding and Wended oueot Ihe largest assemblages of ci, 'i 0 --v Hicinieu ui re' have ever witnessed in the 1 (the 4th,) and allhongh there was i'. speaklng. yel there was much done haimonuing ihe various conflicting the party. The whole democratic ticket by the whole democratic party in ihis Governor and membeis of Con-Mess most appalling inroads upon the whig caiidi, 1 they are beginning to fcl eurtcm of among the members of their own win 1 National Bank. The opposite party ar.

themselves, and are lighting with m.lm Whl nnrs is all 1 si-, 'svimairu UUU will prove 1111 ,.1) hoi 11 ma. tne sioekholdi is tr. 1 1 'nniitihcni. Union Bank. Only such as desire and MPM der then.

1 are willing 10 see the 0 in hs nfancy purpose of making paper rash more plenty, and of course btitlitti, A majority of the stockholders arc wiih me i Online bank was wrong in trading in or post notes, and nre willing and anxious a Cl rective through our representatives lo the it --nM-J' We have a strong ticket in Carroll and this Iheirelection Is certain. 1 will write again ''have moie icisioc. l'tlH SILK CULTURE. Eons. The esrs nt iho 1.

..1 ed in a dry coolnW he. IZTr? ihev will Iini.1,.!.. 'I'lare uJllle iln.l; an. lhat hatch will produce unhealthy 1 mtaraih an i. .1 illll- cm worn on ine Mil Ivri lreand 811k worm I oirriiiu LtS! MuiiPm? le ten' "oe occn km irom Ik jess and confined air ot Ihe ice-house or ccllai AVI, brought foith tohaich, Ihey have been brought Irom the ice to TO or 80 degrees of heat.

The result" that the worms died in Ihe egg or soon alter or perhaps they lingered till ihe third change. The e'-N should be brought gradually to ihe warm air. We hare 10 expose ine paper gradually lo Ihe air of ihe haicliin rooni, and about ihe sixili or seventh day Hie black heads ot the worms may be seen through the shell. Tender leaves miou'u oe placed round the edge of the paper to prevent ihe worms eoin OVPP. Thou will the leaven, and I each day's hatching wi)( nuibcU about 111 nVlienlr Hatciiinu tub ihi very ennoeiiil male, all that seems necessary in order lo hatch the worms is to expose Ihe papers containing the eggs, in a nxau uiai mis a souinern exposure, where ihe sun shims most of the dav, but not upon the eggs.

The inwrs should be rolled up and hnng up until ihe eggs Wgin hi hatch, then laken down and spread. Bv kit-ping ihe ra pe roiieu up unui ine worms begin to liau they hau-li nearly all at the same time, or much more neariv ue-ther than if spread when first exposed. Ifiit is intended that Ihe eggs from the first crop should be hatched for a second crop, the eggs for the first cmp shou be exposed, as above directed, as soon asthe mill-beriy- leaves are of an inch wide. Care must be ta ken that the mice do not get at the eggs or young worms. After Ihe eggs have been thus exposed eight or ten days, if the weather is warm the vnrnm will fv-irin Ibrth.

If they do not hatch in twelve days, ihe eggs shoald then be laid in the sun and a paper laid over iliciu so that the sun does not shine upon the eggs ami if the logins are cool, mere should De a woollen cloth lin.l upon the naner durinr th nichL When ihi u-nrms Ivnin tehVeh iliere should be some young mulberry leaves nuuuponinepnper.soinai asthe worms come 0111,1 hry may crawito them and begin to eat. These leaves, wiih the yoimjf wonns adhering to should tie taken and laid in a raw upon paper, towa ard evening everv ilav. and a new supply of leaves put upon the eggs. Care must be taken to keep the worms hatched everv day. hv them- selves, so that (hey may all change iheir skin's about the same time.

The worms, for the first week, n-uuiie feed- wwc 11 mi inrwlth 4hvnostc fcejisve toall of 1 ln with young tender leaves several times a ilaras it is iictlllcal period 01 their existence and il llie ea-very dry some think it best lo give an occasional wet Ivm pv DiiKcnoura por Fr.erMNa Worms. The leaves that I wWetsken irom the eggs with the young worms adher- I Inglo them and laid in a row. should have some fresh tal.d npo.o"? We of the row, with the points 01 'aid between the stems ol trip old ones, when the worms will crawl upon them and begin 10 est. Thai worms should be fed live times each ilav. for the first week, and four times a day the second week, and afterward three times and the points of the leaves given them should be laid between the stems of the leaves they have eaten, for when the worms have eaten all they wlH of a leaf, they crawl upon the stem fn search 01 allowed By laying the points of the new leaves between the- stems of the old ones the worms mav be led as for as yon please and leave their litter behind Ihem.

As they increase id size, or appear 10 oe cniwueu, cn-ij leaf should be taken out and laid al (be end of Ihe same, or another row, taking care to keep each day's hatcli-ingby themselves The worms require so little space for He first week or two, that they may be kept in any vacant room in Ihe dwelling, house, and when they ai carried lolhe cocoonery, the oldest worms should be rfltawn the upper shelves, and the rest below in the order they were hatched. After the worms have been batched five or six days, they wilt appear dormant, and eat but little, until they shed their old skins, which has become to small, and then they will soon eatenongh to nuke up the lostdme. They will change their skis once in from five to seven days. If they are the two crop worm, loey wilichange Iheir skin ihree and wind their cocoons in about three weeks if they are the one crop, theytwill change their skins (bur times, and wind IMU-coeqpnsinfiveor six weeks from the time ihey were hatched. Great care is necessary net to disturb the worms.

When they are about 10 change their skins, ther attach the akin of the hinder part to whatever they napnen to ne upon, ana crawt away, siippmK on and leaving them where they were lastenea. re Histurbed rooted ud after they have fastened theui- selves down before they get their skins off, ihey will itxeiy toaie, torn is extremely oouduiu wnc.i.c. have power lo fasten themselves down second 1 If ihey have not of course they cannot get their skins nir and therefore must die. The best rule for.feeding Pjj" give them is much as Ihey will eat sod no more, wnen u- Mu iL-tiMf he snreta upon the shelves and the leave awy be atrewedover ind laid npon them. Some enliivator think tt is useful to.

Site the worms aa occasional feeding of learaspru led with a weak solution of salt and water. Care aiM be taken, that no litter of snuff or lobtocoba around the worms andtlieatndwoftohatitmydnin to the worms that are within as influence. Csre k. ik. k.

vMiriUied. ana that the worms have fresh air, also that the sun io shfse upon them, fot the worms appear loabun iheF bylrawling ft omit; sad they also erawl from the if mow new upon inem. 1 nav on who had a few worn, mat eyii When I inuuired how and where they "T- their worms-one say, I fed them la the some bnildlng, partly under mund, nnd kept OroaT Ihem." jSntW, -1 (A them In waa enrafui to keep tha window and doors Silk-worms to be healthy, most he kept above pma ad well supplied wilh fresh air. All nols andjarrisg oi the boikiinf, whiht tha wnraat are la It, iiZ avoided. Borne rwrnauneod priakrlaw toot water, to very dry hot waMherTwakfc has a kr purify the air.

When It reins, or when th wladbkJ kaid, the doors and other aperture upon ttMWiM shooM beekasdi those est Hi le opssvdariBf the eH aaa-H "Z1 Vit HuidX ahould be ttlttkwa tm2 Mtelh. Mtwmr. Bawiaiaiiiti that I laawt ta 1irJ ly etawinaie MMataaMarwawwaa It these aaesahf ha tvan a led fBMeur la which www 4 Cil nmiairyio aHea h'. 'ttulntaiihaaita wktd ahetr aaw--v-frt' L-A i mean, tricky, knave, who prowls arouna ine haunts of uieu, seeking aoine unguarded moment lo get the advantage of an ttnlbrtiinate debtor.and strangle him in his sleep ihe other a bold, spenmnriit villain, wno il. having spent oorrowsq tonimes, runs on i.u un 1 nanm, and shoots ihe inferable creditor, who striven to back his own.

These two fiends are the legitimate offspring of banking Uheritors of the kneaded mass of virtuei which constitute! ihe stock In trade of bank di rectors. Wretchedness and misery attend their foot steps io stop the procreition of theii species, and the exieiision of ilie'lr dominion, Is now the province and duty of lhepbple of Mississippi. 11 is useless 10 suppose lhat a system which has been so fostered, and ob tained such firm root by legislative enactment, will cure itself bv its own action. A remedy, extensive and pow erful as ihe wide-spread sense, must be applied. The harp axe of judicial legislation must be applied to the rout of ihe system and with a strong arm, and a deter mined heart, loo.

The people must instruct their representatives in such explicit term lhat they cannot be mistaken, lhat all thott kinks thtil do not pay SjKcu mvst no to the kiui. Repre sentatives are too apt to obey lobby influence, of which banks arc always sure to have abundance. Therefore Ihe people select faithful servant, who understand their wishes, and have the firmness lo carry them out Two measures, thoroughly cairicd into effect, are sulli- cicnllo purge the currency und id usuf the curse ol irredeemable shinplaslers. 1st. U-l the entire concerns of banks, lhat do not redeem their notes in specie upon a given day, say ihe first of March next, be transferred to commissioners, men of character and who shall collect Iheir debts as soon as practicable, and apply Ihem 10 Ihe redemption of the liabilities of such banks, so la as they will go their chartets to be thereafter void.

id. Prohibit all banks from issuing llie bastard post note currency, on penalty of working an absolute for feiture of their charter. These Iwo measures wouldsoon banish ihese rkmtiug promises to paii from the community properly would settle down 10 its just and permanent value, and labor would reap its righiful reward FOLLY. time of the whig presses in this Slate are trying dodge the tariff question in the support of Mr. Clay.

This is most consummate folly. They pretend 10 say, that although Mr. Clay is the parent of (he protective tariff, he is not now a tariff man. Whether such an as sertion savors more of ignorance or mendacity is difficult to determine. It is in the recollection of every read ing man that at llie very last session of Congress, in the greal controversy between Mr.

Clay and Mr. Calhoun, lhat Mr. Clay declared that the protective policy was recognized in the compromise act, and that Mr. Clay de fended and advocated (he policy, and went so far as to say, that it would and ought lo be continued as the policy of Ihe country. It Is extraordinary that the whig editors of this Slate should have the presumption fo Mr.

Van Buren was once in favor of ihe tariff, and attse him for it, and at the same timedvocate Mr. Clay; who has been at all times, and is now, its great champion, and whose elevation to the presidency would establish that system, Even a linitiing ihe fact, that Mr. Van Buren was in favor of the tariff al one lime, is it consistent to abuse him for il and espouse Mr. Clay who is tuna in favor of a protec tive tariff! It strikes us lhat one who has abandoned a bad policy is less objectionable than the man who si ill blindly adheres to it but it is not irue'thal Mr. Van Bu- ren was- ever atariff man.

He was called out frequent ly dutiug the presidential canvass, and particularly by Sherrod Williants, and by Shoco committee, when candidate lor Ihe Vice Presidenfy, when he most point- edly repudiated the tariff policy. Ii is true be was in structed to vole for the tariff of 182A by the Legislature of New York, and did obey and vote for the bill against his own wishes. It is also true, thai he delivered a speech against the tariff in 1827, which was distributed throughout the State of New York but the tariff party prevailed, and r. Van Buren voted the will of his con stituents. It is also notorious that he strenuously opposed Mr.

Clay's tariff views in 1833, and ardently seconded Gen. Jackson in his efforts to reduce the tariff. Every politician in the country knows, that not a ses sion of Cougress has elapsed for the last seven years without an avowal of the internal improvement and to' rifT policy on the part of Mr. Clay and Ihis is the sys tem which the people of Mississippi are now called on to support by the whigs, eiieV, The Union Bank has been about making a loan to the Stale 'but It ih. si.

uni.i..-..Hpi..ui.. u. .1. 1 .,7 T. can't shine.

The whigs by their beanllful bank leeli laiion have filledthe treasury with shlnplasters, which are not worth shucks: and unless the Bute can borrow. the work on the public buildings and the fiscal operations of the government must stop. There is an act of the legislature which authorizes the State have discount' ed the notes given for the purchase of lout at the seat of government. They havo been presented to the Union Bank, endorsed as the law directs, and backed by the cumy 01 the Slate, but the bank won't grind. It pots up the old Brandon Bank plea of no notes signed, ft ap pears 10 03 tnougni mat a loan to the Slate would inter-fore wiih the ufl of the directory.

They must have the money to meet the bills accepted by their commission bouses, and especially as the houses are now in a weak and languishing condition. Pious Ham' could get on cotton which he 'never had.but the estate cannot borrow because old McNutt" is The directory think it would be a glorious thing to stop the building of the penitentiary and the public works under his administration. It isXruc the Stale furnished all the capital, and as yet owns the entire bank but what 01 mat 1 are not the directory omnipotent 1 They have no notion of loaning the people enough of their own money erect their State buildings. The Union Bank directors know how to take care of the people's money-just let the people whistle, they are no those who have Worked Tor the State wait until another yeari the officers of the Union Bank are fat and don't like to sign post notes shinplastersthis hot weather, especially for vulgar mechanics, jurors, and others, who have w.rranu on me Btate. The officers of the Union Bank are nice folks and don't want to be troubled.

As for outselves we don't care a snari about the loan. we are compelled to take the post-notes al par for printing for the Slate and suffer a discount pf 10 per cent. In paying them to the workmen for executing this very work. We would as soon have the warrants of the State as the shinplaslers of the Union Bank. The bank can'i break the Slate thin year, although he is trying hard, and has really made some pretty sharp licks that w.jr hejenneswe Review tires mm imnuni aOTTfee growine in Will annuo MUMtV It.

Its It is a peach tree well filled with frnU, almost every peach on which is double, trlpple, and in some Instances quadruple, closely mined together. Theranreafewacattef- euoiies on 11, out the larger portion nre double or trlpple This i the first year it has borne fruit, and the sintular ry uniiormity or onion it exhibits, says Ihe Review, rr- i ina wnnin tneir previous know- s-rjs. Escaped from the jail of Bcott eowaty last week. Mm notorious Cook and Carter, who were ckarsed wuh the murder ot- Rives. It aripean that a raaa way negro was committed to the fall of said eowntjr tad taken out during ibe day by the Sheriff to work, and eoafiaed aunng the night.

Cm the altiM the srteamsssde iheir ec.pB ine 1 negro waa pot In rather later than usual, and UT? cowcewlod, turn without a handle, with which he bored the holla of ihe tan Amr e7klik nieans Cook and Carter tureaded le the amer mi- himu rJ tk 111 1. I 1 1 -i 5 7 wh kto vm tae tr uc ewe. A note was krh In the tail lo iMe MX 1 Gk h-r wilf oeuptt. wwwy. armmmn snms, a.

ler. ing 1 of pons, that be in it governed bv the foreign market. I he great argument for the banking system thai il increases prices of hinds and plantations, is entirely fallacidlfs. 1 1. .1.

'I M. IIITO UCIICIII 15 tins im mi IIIU wikii. ihe plainer or farmer, bill of ihe speculator only for ine Planter or farmer sen in nign pi ices, mey musi give high prices when iheV purchase the parent, who desires to purchase tor niscntiureniarms and plantations lo begin the world upon, or any other person nrst uecoining a plainer or tanner, must pay a price vastly enhanced by the paper synem. The debtors Mississippi we are told would be ruined by abandon ing the pajier system. Directly Ihe reverse is the fact.

tor me ut me solvent ueoiois umsi cnieny pain Ihe nett profits of cotion planting, which we nave seen is vastly increased by llie absence of paper money. nor ilu we design to effect any very revolution, lor lite specie clause of the sub-treasury bill went into operation only slowly and gradually, aller the expiration seven years, when il was supposed most existing aems would have been liqnii ated. Our object is to expel at once from circulation all bank paper, except thai payable al all times upoii demand in specie, and gradually lo abolish all bank notes of a less denomination than twenty dollars, and to till up the vacuum with gold and silver, do nut hesitate howevet lo avow il as my own wish and opinion, for which I only am responsible, (and nol ihe pariy) mat wnen tnts great teiorm snail nave been accomplished, such will hi the improvement of public morals, ihe augmented prosperity of the couniry, and ihe increased vigor of republican principles, Hint we uiighi in time proceed to Ihe expulsion of all bank notes of a denomination less than one hundred dollars, and perhap- ue euattled ultimately lo dispense witn the whole system; a system thai was brought into existence less Ihan two centuries ago, by governmental extravagance, thai does not now exist in one tenth ol Ihe nations ol I tic globe, and lhat never did exist in the gteat and prosperous island of Cuba, within live days sail ol our coast. Let us proceed then slowly and gradually, bnl firmly and learlessiy, with ihis greal work, iinlerrilied uy the clamor of the banks thai will resist all diminution of iheir Power, and all decrease of iheir cireulaiion and dividends; lei us proceed by appeals to the judgment of the people lo act through ihe peaceful iiisirumeiitaliiy of the ballot-box. Iei no inconsiderate haste or lawless vio lence mark our career, and above all, let us never violate Ihe just rignts of property, or the sacred principles of Ihe constitution.

And especially lei our war be upon systems, and not upon individuals. Kuinous as are ihe eiieets, demoralizing and nnti-republican Ihe tendencies of the banking system, many honest but deluded men have been, and a few still are, connected with ihe system. Let us a all such men. guided by facts, and enlightened by expet ience. lo review Iheit opiuioiis, and to unite wilh us in accomplishing tne great relnrm of the banking system, now proposed by the republican party.

In disawiw-In-jall personal hostility to llie olticers of banking institutions, I must not be considered as desiring lo propitiate the favor of ihe tanking interest. No, wilh inytiews and opinions, lhat is impossible, ami wilh the exception ol one old and valued friend, whose long, ardent, hon est, and etlicient support ol the democratic parly never snout. i dc lorgouen, and wno trust win yci co-nperale ith us on this greal uueslion, 1 must expect lioui ihe banking interest nothing but opposition, strong and ar- den'. This opposition I must be prepared to encounter and combat, with becoming courtesy, and a proper regard for ihe feelings and character of others, but when I shall cease to exercise thai noblest privilege ol an American citizen, the right of expressing fully my opinions as heretofore upon all great public questions, I shall consider life as utterly worthless, and neither the concentrated opposition of the banking and monied power, nor ihe tongue of nor the pen of calumny, nor threats of violence, nor dread of personal consequences, shall deter me from a zealous and fearless support, in and out of Ihe Senate, of all the principles avowed in this communication. It is a conflict for liberty, and al though victory would be glorious in so good a cause, it would be glorious even to fall in such a struggle.

1 must lender to you, gentlemen, the homage of a grateful heart, for the favorable opinions expressed in your letier, and your more Ihan generous support and indulgent confidence will he remembered by me with affection and gratitude, lill the last pulse of life shall cease lo beat. Your friend and fellow-citizen, II. J. WALKER. To Messrs.

A G.McNull, Tho-. Hinds, V. E. Howard, Samuel A. C'artwright, S.

J. Gholson, Win. M. Gwin, K. M.

Gaines, and others. KATE. bv ai.i'bep I know her by her angry air, llei bright black eye, her bright black hair, Her rapid laughter, wild and shrill, As laughter of the woodpecker From the bosom of a hill. 'Tis Kale she sayeth what she will For Kate halh an unbridled tongue, Clear as the twanging of a harp. Her heart is like a throbbing star.

Kate hath a spirit ever strung Like a new bow, bright and sharp As edges of ihe scimelar. Whence shall she take a filling matel For Kat no common love will feel; My woman soldier, gallant Kate. As pure and true a blades of slcel. Kate sailh, the world is void of might." Kate Miith, the men are gilded flies," Kate snaps her fingers at my vows Kate will not hear of lover's sighs. I would I were an armed knight Far lamed for well known enlerprize, And wearing on my swarthy brows The garland of new wreathed emprise For in a moment I would pierce Tin- blackest hies of clanging fight, And strongly strike from left lo right, In dreaming of my lady's eye Oh Kate loves well Ihe bdd and fierce; Hut nunc are bold enough for Kale, Sue cannot find a fitting mate.

From the Democratic Review. THE FAIRIES' DIRGE. List to softest notes, On the airflying Gently as sighs, ii floats Tis lor the dying: 1 List! for 'tis music sweel, Angels might borrow, Boi ne on the breezes fleet Last dirge of sorrow. Fare thee well, sister dear Kind angels guard thee Earth, friei ds, nor lover near, From home retard thee See, see bright Peris come, Allah's word bringing; Haste thee, then haste the home SwiP thy way winging. Gone isonrsistcr now, Heavenward lending Mark, wiih her fair cheeks' glow PatimcsH ia bleri.lin?: Death now hath claimed his spoil, Fling the pall over her; Iliing me earth's lightest sail, Uently lo cover her.

Hind we long braids of pearl, Hound her brow shining, Willi ihose fair ringlels curl Gracefully twining; Wreathe round those folded On her breast lying, Bt ighlesl of flow ret bands, Sweet odors Short be the words we say, O'er her grave bending; Gentle the lim'ral lay Upwardsascending! Spring (lowers breathe around, Guards ol her silent grot, And music of waters' sound Sing ever o'er the spot!" 9 pointment from the midst the ranks of his party or the nulliliers who were disaffected with the whig. No man in tin State has more rectitude of character of Merling worth, than Major Woodward and we doubt not he will, as Secretary of State, give general satisfao "n'leismnd he will immediately lake upon hunseti ihe discharge of ihe duties of the office- Oanncr. The Detroit Post says-The following direction waa given to a letter pasing through our pott office 1 Haiku I Unrle Sam, let rue go in your mail, tor that's more than to' ride on a AlrF lchmn, I soon must he seen, By Henry 0. Chapman, the Blub-Wolverine The steam ship Naiehea was lately told at auction in New Y01 for 910 m. Ii cost Major Thomas B.

Woodward, of this place, our personal iriend and has received the appointment of Secretary of State vice Dr. Barry W. Benson, deceased. Gov. McXull could not have lule an aristocr.icr.

mote haughiv, weaitny andoeiiui than anv thai ever ruled any portion ol the earth. It would be, too, a sordid, indolent, luxurious, monied aristoerticy, inivlled by no teeling bin that of avarice, and a desire foi increase of dividends; elevated by no pride, however absurd, ol birth or ancestry i hiilinatcl no reeolleciion of their glorious deeds in the ticld or cabinet; slnnulaled by no palmitic impulse, oy no lony generous ambition, the woild, al iis mosi corrupt age, would never have wen disgraced and novcrned uy suen arisiocrnev as that which isgnrwing out ol our bank system. Let them go on for a few years more aug menting in pow er and ealth and numivrs, and tne com ineiiceiiieiii of the baiilc for liberty and deliverance will have been deferred leo long. Perhaps, even now, the bugle Holes of freedom, ihe cheerful cry nf onward to res. tie of our rights and liberties, is sounding loo along the ranks ol ihe people.

Hut let us never de siuiir, if a nalion of freemen can be. roused to a sense of Iheir danger, for even from the brink of the precipice, which with view less but rapid strides they seemed lo hasten, they ould turn back upon their oppressors, and upon the ruins of their systems, establish ihe great and lun.lainenial principles ol republican liberty. Having, it is Imped, demonstrated the demoralising cllei Is and anti-republican tendencies of the hanking system, the truth of either of these propositions should induce its overthrow; but it is injurious as a mere ques tion of finance to the true inleresis of the American peo ple. The following classes combined, it will be conceded, constitutes a large minority of the American people. namely 1st, me ex polling Males; 'At, the manufacturing interest; ltd, the navigating interest, and 4lh, the working classes, who live by the proceeds of their daily labor.

The argument us to Ihe cotton growing Stales (and the same principle will apply lo the growers of rice, totiaci o. niut all other exports.) has been already exhaust ed. It has 'n clearly shown, that by the American batik paper system, the planter is. compelled lo give quadruple prices for all lie buys, including provisions and all tin expenses of cultivation, and receives no more for what sells, that being governed bv the foreign market. In relation to the manufacturer, lite cost of his original investment is probably doubled by ihe paper system, as wen as tne expenses ot conducting ine esta- riisiuneni.

i nus the cost ot manulacluring is so gteat ly enhanced here, that a price is demanded for the do ruesiic article far above the price ut which a similar ar ticle nan be purchased from abroad, and the American manutaciuier is thus too olien ruined, or driven out the market. But give the manufacturing States the be- netii oi a metallic currency, and the American can com IK-te wilh the foreign manufacturer, and obtain Ihe glot i oils result, ol f.ispeiising wuh all pretext lor a proleeiiv land. regards ihe great and important navigating interest, the price of materials for building, the cost of construction, and of equipping and sailing vessel, has been so greatly enhanced by Ihe paper system, as to pro duce oi laic a declining rate in oi increase ol American as compared with loieign tonnage; and il team, and ihe use ot coal and machinery is lo he intro- ueedtoa great exleiil into navigation, tins great ttite est ill be still more seriously depressed, in competition wilh foreigners, bv the ruinous consequences of Ameri- au patter prices. And ov the patriot and statesman it hould never lie forgotten, hat the navigating interest is the only nursery of our navy, thai eieiit and glorious right arm of ihe Nation's defence and honor. As lo Ihe working classes the injury is great and appalling.

The rents ot then humble dwellings and ol every article they purchase, including provisions and all ihe necessa ries of life, ate vastly increased by the paper system, ntist wages rise nol in a correspondent ratio. It is a settled law of currency, that wages is the last thing en hanced by paper issues, and in nothing like a correspon dent ratio with all other articles. If any doubt this, let them look at the vast increase of late of poverty in Ihe great ernes ol Baltimore, I'liiiadcipma anil mew orK, the midst of an overflow of bank paper. It is well Known mat many Honest and industrious lemales mere are compelled to receive but ten cents a piece for making shins, and that iroin the enhanced prices ot living, their daily and unremitting toil will not purchase for then) the mere necessaries oi lite, and mat numerous humane so cieties have been tormed there tor their benefit, as well as for the laboring poor generally. Nor is this the only way in wnicti tne working classes suiter Horn Ihe paper system, ivnowing mil utile oi nanus, trpon their failure the oi king classes generally hold an undue proportion of the worst pawr, and numerous and distressing eases nave occurred, in hich the laboring poor, hoi men and women, have lost their little all, accumulated from years of toil and industry, by the failure of batiks whose paper they held, or with which ihcy had iheir funds deposited.

i admire neittier me tieau or neart ot mat man who ha: no sympathy and respect lor those who live bv daily la bor. and by whose unceasing industry, so much is added to the actual wealih and products of llie country. Surely this class should not be depressed bv legislation, and the uimcuiiies oi suosisience eunanceo oy me paper system vneap lanas and provisions increase tne laciiincs ui sub sistence, and augment most rapidly the prosperity and population oi tne country, in tne great city ot -cw York this uueslion seems lo be thoroughly liniiersiood by the working classes; they are the fixed enemies of ine paper system, and wnn alternate victory and deleat they have contended manfully against the hordes nf hauliers and speculators, brokers and stock-jobbers in that great city. Let them persever and their ultimate victory is certain and triumpnani. ne exorbitant price ol provisions is now universally felt and deprecated in ine norinern cities, and is ciearty enargeabie to the pa per system, not ouly directly, in its vast enhancement of prices, but indirectly, in withdrawing so many thousands trom agriculture, lo invest their means in banking.

The number in this country of officers, clerks, and agents, including also all bank stockholders who arc withdrawn from agriculture lo live in idleness upon tank dividends cannot be less than eighiv thousand, exceeding the en-liie population ol one of the States of this Union. 11 these eighly thousand were eugaged in agriculture, how greatly would it add to the products and actual wealih of ot me country, instead of producing noining and living upon the means extracted from the labor of others. This army of bank dependants is equal to many ol the slandiiigarmies of Europe, and is maintained by a yearly tax upon the labor of the couniry, equal to the emire ie-vctiues of the nalion. The lour hundred millions of capital invested in bank stock would, in the absence of seek investment in commerce, agriculture or manufactures, or in great woiks of infernal improvement, and thus give employment lo labor, and increase the products and prosperity of the country whereas it now draws iis dividends from labor, and adds luiliing, but subtracts much fiom the national wealth and industry. In Ihe single item of bank buildings in the Union, including all their various matble palaces, there must be invested at least thirty millions of dollars, a sum of money which would cover any Stale wilh railroads and canals, but which now for every useful purpose, might as well he sunk in the ocean.

Nor should it lie forgotten, that the cost of making our roads and canals, and of removing obstructions from our navigable streams, is perhaps quadrupled by the paper system. Thus also ihe expenses of the governments, State and National, and of our county, and town, and city corporations, are also at least doubled, by an expanded currency another item of loss, ainotin'ing to at least fifty millions of dollar-per annum. If we take a look at the augmentation ol the expenses nf ihe British government, since the partial introduction ihce of the paper system, the ralio of inciease will lie amazing, and especially il compared with European governments, where the currency is almost exclusively inelalic. The opposition complain of the increased expenditures of the government, and al present, by adding the contingent appropriation (which never will be used,) often millions to delend the country in case of an invasion by England on the Maine bounda ry question by adding live millions on account ol the l'osi Office Department, which pays for itself; at.d other expenses growing out of the Florida war and defence of the western frontier, they count up an appropriation of loriy millions. This is all fallacious, but in so far as there is any actual increase of expenditure by Ihe government, after allowing for the necessary addition arising out of our greatly augmented population, jits all justly chargeable to the opposition, as the advocates of ihs' paper system.

Ii is thus that the expenses of maintaining the army and navy, and all other national more ihan doubled, by changing ihjs from a hard money inlo a paper money government. Willi ihe diminished expenditures of a hard money government, we might still liinher reduce thelaiitT and the price of the public lands in favor of actual settlers with ilie augmented expenditures arising from the paper system, we know nol how soon an unjust demand may be made to increase the tariif ana the price of the public land-. Nor should we forget that the re-union of Ihe banks, Slate or National, with the government, as the keepers of the public money, renders the banking interest the great ally ol the tariif. The public money being deposiied wilh ihe tanks, the greater the tariff and revenue and price of public lands the gieaier will be ihe deposites in the batiks, and the larger their profits. The average annual dcposiies of the government in the Bank of the United Suites, without interest, was above six all which Ihev used and loaned at pleasure al ihe usual rale ol bmk interest.

The greater the revenue, then, the greater would be the profit of the bank and if Ihe veto of Jen. Jackson upon Internal Improvements in IKll aml the veto tqion the bank in KW, had not occurred, the tariff party would have been unquestionably stronger in IKK), and that iniquitous system have beeti perpetuated. Nor is il particular Inleresis only that suffer by the paper system, but by 11 ihe balance uf trade is eonuainly rendered more rumble lo ihU couniry by ihe greal In. rcase of Ihe pi ice, 0f iuitnrt aud of all that Is con- (he rw of it of by ot I i nml ilrhlMlfS I1S specie 8P Mil SIJlccll la.klnexcmied its specie less i tour to m. ami to circulation and all its various dcpoM.es combined ox- lis snecie bill sil lo one.

In Wry reseci, mo, i condition was heller in 1 than ill WU. except he delusion created bvlhe existence ul I lie Bank ol the Un.t.-d Slates. So if we look at Hie cindiiion ot the BankofihcStaieof Mississippi, on the 1st Jan. 130, its specie a- iis SSIU I and its ili-)iM'ies f.Mt.Ti, its circulation being to its specie as seven lo one. and iis ciiciibtion ami deposites fourteen lo t.iK- l' ii i', ilin under the regulating power of a national liink.

a much worse cnniliii.ni ihnn lliai of I'lantrrs' Hank on ilie Aptil, I Yet i.i luvc donliied the ability ol Stale Hank of Missi-sippi in IK) to redeem at once all il linhi lino- ill specie, w.miil have been eoliMileiv.l lil.le less than Ui I'll I reason nch is ihe ulianiasimg.iru' power of the national bank i the specie a I' me mil of ilie inks and out of th. eoniiirv. and vel preserve till appearance of de -p; i pio-iviin lill as convulsion comes and llie del u- moii In fiu'i th' most tiui-lial juggler thai ev deeeived an au.lieiiee. never perti rined lii' l.i! with hall tin' admiuies. as Mint which has di-lin ii-h the Hank of ilu- Slates, in snbstitntiux nances I'm realities.

Ami ilie same remark which i. ihns true a to the inks of Mississippi, is true mii- as regards the inuueiK of ihe national bank in maintaining Jm a lime a large paper cireulaiion. with I. at hali specie the specie in the State banks, in th. in'e ol a national bank, even at ihe period el iheir i niurc during the lurri'ile disasiers of the war.

ing I I 1 1 as lour lo one. Tims the only effect of a I'liiicd Hunk is lo i xpvl specie Iroin ihe bmks and from i'ie dm iis existence, and to blow for a lime the bubble of a delusive prosperity, lill, from i's over-trail ins over-importation bring on nrie-i for specie troin am! down koines ihe inflat-. involving in iis fall ihe ruin of the whole i on itv. To llie M'-iem under the rcgula- oot) of a iviiioiuil bank is to bring on another short pe-; ioil of del.u i proM'eri'v. soon to followed bv terri Lie ilisasieis.

To refuse in cieale a national bank, is to the wmuinvj up ol me whole system, or til l. iist ihe reduction of its to an extremely limited amount, and thus avoid the recurrence of future universal suspensions and convulsions. I laving proved the first branch ol my position, ihe effects of the banking sysiein, it would fob low as a conseipieiiee, that ihesc insiituiious are dangerous to public lilberiy. But thai ih. vare thus is dctnoiistiable bv inanv oihci indisputable facts' TR.

bii-iiiess uf making ail the money lor a nation, is one of ihe highest alt ribnte- of sovereign power, and is iuiinite-ly more important in iis on the diversified in-i. 'rests i-f society, than nil oilier tovernmenial nwers i ombincd. Yel we seem not to have reflected, thai liiis V'ifaiiiie iiower is entriisied exelnsivelv to ihe iucorpura- leil sioeKlioi.leis ol naiiKs, Male aim ami placed for a quarter of a ccntuiy, by irrevoeable charters, yond the control of the people or of iheir representatives. Nor is it only the transfer lo these corporations of Ihe power of making inony, (nol by labor or industry, but bv stamping noies at Ihe rate ol" a million in an hour upon Ihe faced' a bank plate.) but also llie power of rle-iHrmins when, and how, ami to whom, and in what quantities, and for what purposes, tin's money shall be loaned to anv portion of the communin and when, from whom, and how it shall be recalled. Ami to whom is this power entrusted it loan impartial tribunal, acting openly, and removable by ihe people for an abuse of granted wers 1 No, it is to an irresponsible directory, composed of stockholders of Ihe banks, acting in secret conclave, and directly interested in abusing their power interested in increasieg their profits and dividends by the expansion of llieir cireulaiion, interested in inereasin" the circulation by immense loans lo themselves, moiiopo- liinz, as we have seen by Ihe returns from the only Iwo Siaies where the facts have been investigated, one' half the discounts ol Ihe banks, and in Ihcin selves in these two Stales, bank liabilities to the amount, us we nave seen, ol uearty lonv millions ot dollars.

And how was most of ihis immense loan invested! It was invested in property, lo enhance the price ol which far vond its real value, and enable llie bank directory lo sell at immense prolits, new issues of paper money liitt-t lie made, often, as we have seen upon insuikcienl security, and repealed, lo enable the purchasers to make payment. This power is sutlieienily alarming wnen scattered anions a tnousand nanKs, mil wnen it is proposed lo consolidate it in one great central bank, to place under i's control all the incorporated State banks, and to submit to its regulation the value of all property and of all labor, Ihe power becomes fearful and treinen- docs, and in its practical effects upon all the transactions ol society, iiicoiniiarably greater man that ol all Ihe other powers delegated lo the general government. And to whom are to be delegated all these lea i fill powers 1 To the directory of a corporation, created bv an irrevocable charter, to endure for a generation, a directory neither i lected or removable by the tieopie or by their represent- aiives, bat chosen and removable only a few incorpo rated sioeKhoiders. exercising witn closed doors and seal ed lips.nti authority over the rights and interests of the neonle, ni.ire aibilrarv and despotic, than airy now en misled to any Eumpean potentate. Talk not of ihe now er and sovereignly of the Slates or of the people, when such a corporation shall hive been created.

1: will ex eicise a central power and authority, more unlimite ami despotic, more disgraced bv flagrant abuses, and more arbitrary and uncontrolled, than any in any age or country 'hat ever trampled upon human rights and liber iv. The loans now made by all ihe various banks of the Union, exceed by the lasi official returns, five hundred and twrnty-nve millions ol dollars, upon which, (exclusive of exchange and oiher shaving operations,) is ex Iraeted, at the average rale of seven per cent, an annual interest ol six millions seven hundred and fitly thousand dallars, being an annmd nthnd ittfiihi qna tiKCiC in nil. tti. rniUhi'f oU thrbiitl's in I'ninn, that being al the last returns ihu: exhibiting an annual interest ot kumlred cnil i iiioii all the gold and silver held bv the hanks. And this vast and annually augmenting sum, is collected, not Iv labor or iniliisliy, but by ihe ticers from the piu- ilucets.

It is a tribute exhausting the loiiuiains ui gene ral prosperity, extorted bv the lew from the toil of laliol Ing millions. The unequal distribution of wealth is one ol the great evils ot human society, anil so iai i Ihe Mist rights of property are involved, must be prote.c ed bv every government. But still it is an evil, exhibit ing squalid poverty by ihe side of pampered wealth, and never shou ue mt reaseu ov governmental power, i prevent the inetea.se of Ihis evil, we have repealed the British laws of primogeniture and euuiilnient, by which great weulih was perpetuated and consolidated in th an. sot slew. Hut tne Banning svstem oi incorix ted am) associated wealth will concentrate and consul dale capital in ihe hands of a few, wilh much greater ra piditv, ih.i ever was accomplished by any system of any aristociaev that ever enrsed the earth, draw ing oil from the parched and withering soil the various spring: and rivulets thai should spread around abundant hai vests, but that ate taken from the stiflenng multitude, and con i cni rated in a few larg streams and reservoirs, where the pampered lew, may lux tale in all the more than splendid luxury ol regal weanii and power, ertiie ai productive as is yet tlte soilol ihe Union, il this system incorporated and coneeuliateil weaun endures anu augment! in inesume tuuo ioi Kiii-iduoii, will, bv Us impoverishment ot the money and concen tration of all wealth and power in the hands of a convert our b.Moved country inlo a more than Lvbi.ii, de sill, upon whose vast on watered and unfurested plains shall seen me pan ned ana perishing mil lions, ihe miserable wreck and remnant of what was once a Diurishiiig nation of irecmon, whilst here ami there, a banK Oasis, shall appear, a green spot niuid thsurrourwlingsands, where the incorporated lew, repose in all the greater wealih and luxury, than ever disgraced lic Imperial court of the mast elleminate desjiul.

The amount i.f American bank stock is now estimated at about fotir hundred millions of dollars. If we estimate the other ptoperty of bank stockholders at an average of four limes the amount of their Mock, (and it is much greater in ihis State,) ihe total amount of wealth, of all ibe bank stockholders uf the banks of the Union would ne two thousand millions of dollars Now, cal-ciilnlin? Ihe entire wealth of the Union, upon an esii-umtc irojXiition to the population, Iound. il on the assessed values in that Stale in which the mosi complete asesiireit is given, the entire wealihuf the whole country wolld beseeatly less than tweu'y thnusand millions of d'4leiHk. Ujmo this estimate then, a few bilik stoi k-holders, less than one to one hundred of our population now hold uoe-teutb of the entire wealth of ihe whi le country, eeiirfl.itoted in on? generation. What must he ilu result in aumher gineralion, if Ihe si stem is (as is desired by ihe Swte banks with scarcely a dissenting voice under Ihe poweflul dominion of a bank ol tiie States, with acapital of fifty milliotisl As the t.

est manigrd banks, including the National Banks, iv-ue at ast three lo one of llieir capital, this at an average of wren per cent interest upon the jsi-per hons, would be equal lotweuty-oue per ceiuuui iier nnuin. Now liic profits upon aiieuliure and labor 're n. more ihan an uveragc of si per eenlum per an-ninii, how iug then at Ihis wore than triple late of in-cieuse would it ukv the incorporated wealth lo accutuu-)'' more ihaa lif the whole pioperty 01 Ihe nation 1 1 asthe iurmnra ol the few ar- augmented, niusi the mn he ImpuverwhrU. Who will deny that these euueil nh uii thin and fearfully accumu combined exceeuea by or an ing llie l.Ue in FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1830. Mir Cuikd UlaUs Senator.

ROBERT J. WALKER. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN TICKET, Nominated by the Democratic Slate Rights Convention. Per (imtnuir, ALEXANDER 0. McNUTT.

Mir Cmigmii, (itn. A. Ci. BROWN, of Copiah, JACOK THOMPSON, of Pontotoc. For Secretory of Siiite.

THOMAS H. WOODWARD. Fur Shite Treasurer, A Ml' EL CRAIG. For Amlitoraf 1'Mic Afcimntf, AUGUSTUS' a SAUNDERS. Election on the 4th and 5th days of November, 1839.

TO THE PATRONS OK TIIE This number closes our connection ilh the Missiv sippian. We have changed the editorial tripod for a place in ihe Law school, and this goes to press shall be wending our way lo another clime. We take leave of our generous patrons wilh regret; but have the con solution of reflecting thai we have endeavored to dis charge our duty toihem and ihe public, honeslly and fearlessly. We are not without evidences that our la bors have met wiih a good share of approbation, and have nol been altogether unproductive of good in a sa cred cause. The cause of democracy is the cause of civil liberty, the greatest good of all to have been an humble soldie in this cause is an enviable distinction.

The democracy of Mississippi has passed through a fiery ordeal but it has come out more ihan conqueror it has surmounted all the machinations of its enemies and the treachery of jls pretended friends. It stands proudly forth regent ted and disenthralled," The iron rod of bank misrule has been shivered to fragments, and these corporations which were so potent Ibrevil twelve months ago, can nol now find any one so poor as lo do them reverenct. We have the proud consolation to know, that the flag of triumph now waves gloriously over the democracy of Mississippi. The Mississippi, will hereafter be published by Col. N.

LtsTrn, of the Columbus Democrat, a gentleman of much moral worth, of ability and sound democratic pi in- ciples. SECRETARY OF STATE; Mr. Woodward has received the nomination of the Central Committee for this office. This is certainly a good choice. Mr.

W. is a gentleman uf sterling worth, integrity and talent. He is an ardent of the lending measures of Ihe present administration, an advocate of bank reform, and possessed of eminent qualifications for Secretary of Stale. mil We present our readers to-day wilh the admirable let ter of Mr. Walker, announcing himself as a candidate for re-election to the U.

S. Senate, at the earnest solici tation of his friends. The letter is an able discussion of ihe currency, and the elTeclol the present stale of things upon the people and the country. We trust it will receive an attentive perusal by every man in the Slate, democrat and whig. It abounds wiih valuable statistics, and cannot fail to produce a effect.

We congratulate Ihe democracy on the event 0 fir. Walker agaia consenting lo become a candidate for Ihe Senate. He will be a lower of strength in Ihe present canvass. His distinguished services have won for him the aflection and esieem of the great mass of the people of this State. Let the question be made in every county in the election of representatives to the legislature will you support Robert J.

W. lker for re-election to Ihe Se- Jiaie 01 tne united Slates 1 Gen. A. G. Brown has jusi returned from the eastern part of the State, where he has wnn golden opinions from all sorts of men.

The General will get a strong vote throughout the State. He discusses the political toJ pits of the day with ability and success. The eastern counties are nearly unanimous in the support ol the democratic ticket, and particularly, oi Gov. MciNutt. The whigs and ihe whig bank are down.

i Gen. Brown addressed ihe people of Rankin on the 8lh, and we learn from all who heard him, that bis speech was an aoie production. One Dr. Siller, the whig can didate for the legislature, replied in a dull discourse on noseology," which lasted two hours and a half: but which the Brandon Sentinel seems tolhinksurpassedall eloquence, ancient and modern. The Dr.

has committed to memory a few passages in Webster's speeches, and declaims them on all occasions, public and piivale. He isa real whig, lor he trades on borrowed capital. we do not learn lhat the distinguished Bank Director and Shin-plaster Surgeon, Dr. King, figured on ihe occasion, although he is a candidate for re-eleclion. Whether Ihe people of Rankin wish such currency Doctors, remains to be seen.

One would think they had had a uuau.lv.tn snfficit of such shin-plasler services. Do the people of ihis Slate intend 10 fill the leeislalore with the directors of the broken hanks again? la this the way to reform the currency 1 Is it not plain that luch men win legislate so as to fasten Ihis money upon What are their professions worth when their interests are opposed to the rights and interests of the people BANKING. The universal depreciation and loss in the currencv furnished by the banking institutions of this State, hava at length brought the people to a feeling sense of the evils inflicted upon them by this modern system of awin- dli ag. What the clearest, demonstrations from abstract principles, and the convincing experience of other States could not do, has at last been effecled by tha bittefond degrading experience ol our own citizens for theilast lour or five years. The people of Mksisslnni have snf.

fered in the aggregate a loss of not less than four nillion 0 doUart directly from tha depreciation of bank currency. This does not include the indirect losses, arising fiom over-trading and consequent bankruptcy, anf the loss of time, labor, and credit, which a bloated anf de preciated currency have successively produced. Th is not a man in the Stale, we will venture to affirm, nas been in active business for a few years past, who not more or less of broken and depreciated bank na in his pocket. And what business man will say, thai he il iuu nut rust uiuc, lawr, wra craw, irom in is rotten cur rency. Banking has had all the advantages which lis wannest advocates could demand for it It has had the unlimited confidence nf a generous people, and the resources of a young, vigorous, and productive state to back il.

And what has been Ihe result 1 A few bankrupts have been raised from a deserved obscurity, to be a seven days' wonder, and amass fortune at the expense of the Industrious and economical citlten. A few hare become rick without toil or snerit hundreds from aflame have be come poor, In spite of laborious honesty. Banking has not been more destructive of the property than of the honor of the oliiren. Parent, children, and brothers distrust each other they know not whom lo trust. The wheels of the American Juggernaut, Banking, hay rolled over the Bute, ind la It progress have crashed property, and reputation, honor, probity, public end nrl rate virtue.

Out of Ibis cooiaue ruin have sprung two win let ifl ww-s-,.

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