Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-09-19
LIBERTY ADVOCATE
LIBERTY, SEPTEMBER 10, ISa.
DEMOCRACY ALIAS NUILIFIcAnON,

we commence in thid number IF tn
advocate the publication lof n series I,
essays over the signature liz Patrick lIer
ry, addressed to the younglnen Of Obi,
copied from the Ohio State Journal. show
ing that the party that ulifed the Alier
and Sedition laws-that Sustained thu
Virginia and Kentucky Regulations of '9t
and '99, were the true Democratic party
and that they were knowdas such unit
the PRONUNCIATION of Presids Int Jackson'
Proclamation and the Forie Bill;-tha
the State Rights party which advocated
the doctrine that sovereignty resided in
tho States respectively and nd in the Gen.
eral Government, was knownlas the Dem
ocratlc party until that political somerset
Of President Jackson, when be name fol-
lowed the man and not the pralcip7e:-and
that from the adoption of the Fedora Con-
'u'u''on 10 the Proclamatios, the party
that opposed the Resolutions of 1913 and
'99-that opposed the sovereignty of the
states and advocated the Men and Sedi-
tion laws, were styled Fedeialists. From
The date Of the Proclamation party names
were changed, and the Faleralists, who
went with the President, assumed the
name of Democrats and STYLED their OBJ
ponents Nulliers. Patrick Henry proves
to demonstration that the modern Dem
ocratic party advocate the identical doc
trines of the old Federal party, and that
the Nullitiers sustain the principles of the
old Democratic party, which were noblv
and triumphantly maintained by Jefferson.
Madison and Monroe. We shall not cayil
about party names; TO our ears the name
Nullifier is as soft and musical as any 9TH
or; but we wish the principles and doc
'rtaeS of the parties to be severed from
the influence Of enchanting names, and
let them stand or fall on their own intrin-
sic merits.
But we know full well that it is the
policy of intriguing demagogues to con-
ccal the hideous deformity Of their anti
republican principles under the covert of
pupular and long cherished party names,
and that thousands whose bosoms swell
emotions, have been lured
from their country's cause by the cunning
teglce, and are unconsciously floating
along the smooth curren t we fear to be
lndeceived only when their destiny is
rrccove ably fixed in a grand CONSOLE
lated empire.
These essays are addressed to the
'oung men of Ohio, but they may, with
'qual propriety, be addressed to the young
men of Mississippi, and we would earnest
y entrcat them to give the essays care
i'll perusal, with minds diyested Of preill.
lice. The time and labor will not be lost.
or though all may not agree with Patrick
Henry, the public documents and the past ,
history of government are subjects that ,
an never become too familiar, and should ,
e reverted to more frequently. Some !
i the readers of the Advocate may think :
hat the space occupied by these ESSAYS ,
night be better appropriated at this time ,
When the general election is near at hand:
ut If the great principles upon which the ,
was established can be made ,
sovereign of the ascendant" and men =
vii vote on princi pies, our country will ,
70 redeemed, TO the support of State +
lights and State remedies the Advocate
dedicated, and we believe constitutional
berty 10 be inseparable from these.
The Nullifiers have nothing to gain h
'om the success Of any candidate opposed =
their creed even though he be styled a 4
Vhig, and although they should meet de- :,
AT after defeat, it would be far better to :,
'eet opposition from all parties with one p
nbroken front, believing as they must. .
lat il ever that Inflated day shall dawn .
this country, when these sovereign i
lates will be content 10 consider them >,
Ives Insignificant corporations, the gen.
of Liberty will take her everlasting
ght from her once happy abode, and
ir political Eden will be devastated, and r.
IT
One rose Of the wilderness left on its stalk,
TO mark where garden had been" d
III our last number, we notice commu- Il;
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