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principal to pay or abide by his contracts
it is usual to require him to show his au-
thoriiy If The bank commissioners had
been required to do so, Nicholas Bddle
could have seen by the hank charter,
for il showded the TACT upon its face that
the bonds had not been lawfully issued.
The constitution Of Mississippi was be-
fore the world, and he should have had
the bonk charter and bond law before him.
If, with these lights before him, he allowed
himself to be imposed upon, he ought to
have a Guardain-The fair presumption
is that Nicholas Biddlr, Esq, was not in
the least deceived in any thing except the
"gu'labilhyo Of the people. lie no doubt
was led to believe that our legislative Sol.
onions could manage to cram all their ac-
tons down the people as constitutional and
binding. II he knew what It was his bu
sinass to know, he was well aware that our
agent the Gov. had acted without authority
and that the directors and commissioners
were CARRYING out measure of fraud NJ
tempted to be practIsed OF the people know
ing this and participating in trying to fix
his yoke upon us, render him fit subject
for punishment. But | suppose he has
managed to keephis neck out OF the halter
'Ull aztec there shall be an unsuccessful al
tempt to get ours into tits with Capi,
taIists Of Holland, that we have now to con.
tend, they having purchased the bonds
from him.


| think. srs, that have now shown
that there is no lightin which this ques.
ton can be viewed, but what shows the
iIIcgal,y Of the whole law, and Of all the
notions which have grown out of it; that
the people are not only exempt by law
and honor from the pay of these bonds
but that they would degrade themselves
hy exhibiting evidence to the world that
they are not enlightened enough to their
rights, or not independent enough to pro-
CLAIM them:-that they can be led by the
nose in leading strings by artfuI and aris.
tocratic dictalors,or driven like slaves be.
fore the fTown aud sneer ard rldicuIe of
party leaders, and made to disg orge their
last drop of independence at the foot.stooI
of vile usurpers. Away with such man,
he should be scofftd at and avoided by men
ofhonorublc intelligent and indepent uinls
wherever he may 90.


Respectfully,


ABEL-KILL CAIN.