FOR PRESIDENT,
HENRY CLAY.

TpE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE
LEADING REPUDIATORS.
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We again publish the statement of the
.,Isb,edness Of the leading repudiators' as
r. have made a considerable addition
Your subscription list since our last number
rls issued Lightly as some Of the repu-
in.iag papers affect to treat the liability Of
,lsr candidates, It should be regarded as no
,rainr matter by the honest and industrious
-ril.n. upol whom improper legislation
apsra.rs most severely In the ordinary av-
o,s,iops Of life. men are regarded-wlth dis
.-re who Tua m debt recklessly, and be-
come hopelessIy insolvent But in Mlssls-
,i9oi. men OF this character seem to ENJOY
he political favor Of the people, and hil our
legislative Hail, to enact Jaws Tor thelr
own benefit. A squad Of bank debtors, and
ID by party feeling, endeavored last session
y release themselves from liability to the
bInks. by what was called the "Briscoe
Bill" This bill passed the House, and
would have become a law, had irshot been
br the noble stand taken by the Senate a
aains, t. Without regard 10 party, this
bsdy passed an amendment counterachng
Is destructive effects. by vote Of Is to .,
our Senator. Jos Matthews, voting and spea-
ling against the original bill, for which he
has our thanks. The effect o: this bill
would have been to have deprived the banks
ofaIl power to collect their debts, and to re-
deem their issues. The whole Circulation
woall have become so much waste paper,
and been clear loss TO the holders. The
Farmer. the mechanic, and every class OF
our citizens would have been losers, that a
few bank borrowers might be permitted
% hold on to their i'll gotten gains. and re-
,cased from their lust debts. This is not all,
The banks owe the State over 100000, as
appears from the Treasurers report, and
this would have been lost also. This comes
then Of entrusting the reins of government
. irresponsible men men who have no IN
'efes, in the country. beyond the promotion
o.their individual ends We hope the peo-
pie will once more open their eyes, and
shake off such leeches Look to the pri


vate integrity of your candidates. their re-
speclabllIy, and capabiity, as well as listen
10 the fippancy oftheir tongues. and the
sia'e viii once more recover its former
prosperity and standing. Legislation viii
e conducted upon the correct principles of
lie good Of the greatest number and IDLE
experiments and temporary expedients will
have 10 place in our Legislature.