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OF The Bond.paying party contend
that even if the Unlon Bank Bonds were
issued IN con:ravention OF the constitution,
and sold in violation of the charter of said
bank, the people Of Mississippi are, new
ertheless, legally and morally bound to
pay them, inasmuch as the Legislature
approved their sale, and the people have
so long remained silent on the subject.


This proposition is supremeIy prepos.
ferrous, and evinces, on the part Of its ad.
vocates, wanton desire 10 abuse the pub.
lic mind, or consuma,e ignorance of the
genus of our government, and the coDstI>
tuition. The Legislature could not, by
their approval of the issuance and sale Of
the bonds, attach any liability to the peo.
Pile, unless they possessed the power to
create said bonds, originally, a power
awarded them, by no one acquainted with
the constitution; nor does the silence OF
the people fix any on them in the premis>
es, the bonds being wholly void, in conse-
quence of thsir unconstitulonality, and
consequently not capable Of ratification by
The mere silence OF the party sought to be
bound.