Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-12-19
CLAIBORNE AND GHOLSON.

In previous NUMBER, we were feliihc
cd of our editorial duties. We again re-
sumo the duties Of that department, and
ask the pardon Of our patrons for former
negligence. As the elections have termi-
mated, and the bitter strife and acrlmony
that characterize such contests, partially
subsidized, it seems fit season for calm re-
Election and deliberative discussion. The
hour is propitious and Frightening. The
future is bodccked with laure's, and a
thousand peals of triamph after ',.a',Pn'
burden every breeze. New oth mas
manfulIv flown y me rescue, the affairs OF
ssDen,-v,acy" have been clovcn down, and
the light of Reform has risen upon her
vault. When we behold the pillars Of
the present ruinous, and corrupt dynasty
falling 10 pieces with such rapid success
sion; the returning rays Of truth shooting
across the thick settled gloom that has
enveloped our skies; yea, when we see
our own native State. Mississippi, nobly
unfurling the banner of political regcne-
ration, and proclaiming with loud voice
the eternal truths Of epublicanism, we
feel unable to reveal with sufficient energy
the ViVidness of our feelings, or announce
the glad tidings with that force and eIo-
quence the occasion so highly demands.
How fatterlng soever our prospect may
be, we are called upon TO notice the recent
attempt OF the Lower Branch OF Congress,
and Messrs. Claiborne and Gholson, to
detraud the People ofthis State ofthe right
OF suffrage. We say defraud, because
whether constitutionaIly entitled to their
seats Tor the whole of the 25th Congress
or net, the people of this State know full
we'll that they elected them to the called
session only, and not for the whole two
years. The Governors Writ was plain
and explicit. The people understood that
Writ without Claiborne and GhoIson's AS
s'stance. As they understood, they voted.
Alter the election, the Secretary of State
understood the Writ, and accordingly gave
their certificates of election to the called
session only. These being the facts of
the case, we pronounce it to be the gross
est species of fraud, in Claiborne and Ghol-
son, to demand of the House, as they did.
their seats for the whole 25th Congress,
though they were constitutionaIIy entitled
to 1t. The people of this State never
dreamt that such a claim would be urged
by their people-loying democratic repre-
sentatves. And yet it was urged, and
upon what grounds2 First, they assert in
their "l'' and awe" and "Tbev,, aror-
ments to the Committee of the House, that
the people of this State were not dc1uded bv
this erroneous notion ofour Governor that
they were to elect representatives TO the
special session only; and that the opinion
OF the Press was, at the time, that thoy
Arnn'd hold 4hnir- snato for the whole two
years These assertions are totally with
out foundation, rebuked by truth, and false
as nell Claiborne and Gholson, at the
July election, received near two hundred
votes IN this county, and we can assert il
without the fear of contradiction ,bot
mere. are not ten men out of the two hun
drcd that voted for them under The i'm.
preston that they would retain their seats
tor the whole 25th Congress. We have
conversed with some of the leading Demo-
Gratis IN the county, and they ALL admit
that they voted for the called session oa7u.
And yet, in the teeth of these facts these
peoPIe-lovlng minions have the unbIushing
impudcnce, the reckless effrontery, to
charge the People, yea, the "Democracvn
lts2li, with stupid ignorance, in not under |
standing or approaching their rights, and
yet they say they love US. They seem to
think that the People Of this State, so
slavlsh, and unscrupulously obsequious,
thatthey will, at their nod, to the attempts
OF reckless demagogues and corrupt
tlme-serving House, TO strip and derraud
them of the noblest right Of freemen, the
right OF suffrage. And yet they say they
love us. What kind Of love is this? What ,
Kind OF love is it that would charge the
dolized object with stupidity, and slavish G
'bsequiousncss? IT'S Love that would !
Iisgrace a Cannibal. 'Tis no better, no
'urer, than the love of the highway rob- |,