Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-09-19
! From tJLe OhidKStafe Journal.

L.
irst nu mber,s i am, and long have been,
Of the opinion that the corrupt
party now in power, "a combination Of
lltra-ledera;sts and apostate defnocrats)
can never be put down until il is defeated
on the original and openly NyoXed princl-l
pies of the democratica party o. l79Sf--
The fearless adoption Of these lsinciples|
placed the illustrious Jefferson in power,
and saved the Constitution in its last gasp
Il the corruptions Of that Time, and the
Gains set up by the fedcralisls 70 the ak
ercse Of powers not "expf1ssly dclega-
ted or necessary and proper to carry those
into effect" justly alarmed the
friends of limited government in that
day, what are we to think when the con-
trast is drawn between the past and the
present? Justly execrable as they were,
the Alien and Sedition laws, they dwlndle
into pigmies when compared with the rap
id strides to consolidate all the powers Of
the States in the Federal Government,
since the date Of the Proclamation.
There is, and ever has been, party.
weak or strong, in fayorsoffa splendid
and powerful General Government--a
party that aims to effect by construction
what it could not effect in convention.
A party that respects no restraints TO the
will of federaImalprity, beoasse itacts
on the unproven premises that the Estates
have parted with their sovereignty" and
cannot therefore protect themselves md
vidually from federal aggression. Tins
party lost its power on the eiectlon OF M
Jefferson, and, however interest may at
tempt to conceal the fact, is now reinsIa-
ted on frmer basis, and Yields the des-
TIMES of this Confederacy, This party,
fellow citizens, is the federal party; and,
like the wolf in sleeps clothing, II is sed-
ulousIy endeavoring ohide its covert at.
tack on State sovereignty, under the nan-
tic of our iIIustrious Jefferson. lis text
book is the Proclamation, towhich every
advocate of the Alien and SedltIon laws
sings hosannas.
On the other hand, there ever has
been, and still is, truly Republican OF
Democratic party, that holds doctrlnqs
the reverse Of the Federalisfs. This par
ty came into power in i800--an egenl
FASTENED by the passage OF. the Alley Alia
! Sedtion laws. 1t holds t6Q strlqseQn'
struction OF the Federal ConstitutibpyFlne
uneqhivocally asserts the e6haldetesant
entire SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES. by
the apostacy of Gen. Jackson, IAN event
not surprising from his letter to Mr.. Mon
roe) and the numbers which his dnprece
dented popularity drew after hing; tins
party is now in a small but increasing mi
nority.
Can this party regain tie ascendancy
heal the wounds of our bleeding Constr
tuition, correct the abuses OF the Genera
Government, and restore 1t to the tru'
principles and pure practices incueate'
in the best days Of the Contederacy--th'
davs when Mr.. Jefferson presided over it
destinies?
These sre questions, fellow citizens
which, considering the station you occupy
in society, and that you must soon take th'
place now occupied by your seniors, dc
mand your serious, calm, and deliberate
investigation. If, on this investigation
YOU should be convinced that truth is oil
the side of democracy, will you, can you
refuse to avow the political principles o
Jefferson, and act with the State Eight
party of the present day, in rescuing iron
the grasp of dcspotism the violated right
of the sovereign States? If you cannot
whore are your hopes of success? Ha
not opposition on other principles PROVED
useless and unavailing!
But perhaps you think that South Gar
DINA acted hastily, or even oversteppe.
the principles laid down in the Vlrglnl
and Kentucky Resolutions. Let US the
examine those documents, and see whelf
err or not they sustain South Carolina.
they do not, let her go to the wall. But
they do, you are bound to tender to ne
patriots the hand of political fellowship
In the limits ! have prescribed in thes
t numbers, quotations must necessarily Q
short; they, however, shall be to the pom
The first Kentucky Resolution, penned b
: Mr.. Jefferson, is IN this truly ehpha'
!, language:
"Resolred, That the several States con
: posing the United States of America, al
: not united on the principle OF unllmIte
? submission to the General Government
S but that by a compact, under the sly
: and title Of Constitution for the Unite
: States, and Of amendments thereto, the
: have constituted General GovernmeI
n for special purposes, delegated to that u
yernment certain definite powers, reser
s ing each State to itself, the residuary ma
1 of right to their own sell-goyernmen
# and that whenever the General Cover
Y ment assumes undelogated powers,
G acts arc unauthoritative, void, and oil
y force; thatto this compact each state q
Il ceded as State, and is an integral part
t, its co-States forming, as to itself, inc oth
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