Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-10-17
From the New York Evening Star
Mr.. CALHOUN

MN ShLlloOINs
We apprehend that some of the Win
papers have done injustice to Mr.. ca
houn, and exceedingly regret that an,
hasty opinions on his motives or uerIO,
views, should diminish that confidence IA
which he is entitled by his character hi,
talent, and the energy and patriotism d
his course, in a steady opposition to The
measures of the late administration.
1t is possible that his opinions on VIII,
is called the sub-treasury scheme, NAV M
and are not generally approved, no moa
than some of the best and most con6de,.
tial friends of the President approve
that peculiar feature in the message-M
this difference of opinion on what IS caIIs
"a mooted point, should not be a warraD
for Withdrawing from such man as John
c. Calhoun any portion OF his STAINING
and character with the American peoae
or, what is more offensive and unus
giving currency to the imputation tha.h
has gone over to the administration.
The fact is not so. Mr.. Calhoun SUD-
posed the President meant honestly N
divorce the Government and the Bank
which he proposed to do in his. messae
and he took him at his word. Mr., Call
houn's object, and it is proper one if i.
can be carried out, is to decrease the al.
ready enormous power of the General
Government, and increase the power CI
the States; he perceives, and 50 we all de-
that every deposite Bank throughout th
country is an agent of the federal govern
ment, and must be under the control of the
federal government as long as such agen
cy is authorized. He desires to see his
connection dissolved, that the federal gog.
eminent should leave the State Govern.
ments in the enjoyment of their constitp
tionaI soverelgnty-m the advancemens
of their own mprovements-in the sup
port of their own systems, and in the Sc
curity of their own rights, prosperity, and
happiness. He wishes to make the State
Governments under the confederacy the
COUNTRY, and the general government the
mere AGENT, and therefore believes that
all the privileges, authorities, revenues
and rights conferred on the general gov
eminent by the Constitution, should be
exercised by that agency for the benefit Of
the people without any interference with
the same privileges secured to the States
This is democratic doctrine--it is the Old
Southern doctrine, but unfortunately such
have been the illegal and despotic acts Of
the last administration that the divorce
ment alluded to cannot at this time be car
ried into effect.
The States and the General Government
are situated as man and wife, who wish to
i've separately, yet cannot divide their
various responsibilities. The general
government has got the peoples money
md loaned it to the Banks--the Banks
cannot repay the Government now, be-
,ause by the acts of the Government it.
elf they were compelled to suspend specie
'ayments--the Treasury is empty and
'elief is called for. One proposes Ma
lonal Bank--the Government objects; the
resident recommends Treasury Bank
he People object; gold and silver is loudly
proclaimed by the administration as the
rue currency for the nation, but they re-
commend an issue of Treasury paper TO
he amount of ten millions. In this con-
lection between the Government and the
3anks-in the ENHANCEMENT and difficult
y, and national bankruptcy, how is It
possible to carry this doctrine of divorce
nto execution how is this partnership
o be dissolved without injury to all par
les?
Mr.. Van Buren, sees this-he knows
his; his message and its recommendation
re only the redemption of individual
hedges made to General Jackson in cons
liberation of the Office he holds. Mr.. Cal
oun, however, looking only to the con-
istency of his own principles, urges the
eparation of Bank and state, honestly,
'hich Mr.. Van Buren, merely recommend.
d for effect. That he has found himself
EMBARRASSED in proposing remedy in the
enate, we can easily imagine from the
ew position in which he has been placed;
ut that he has any other objects in view
IAN public good and public safety, ana
hat ne conceives to be of permanent util-
y, we cannot be brought to believe,
We should have been much pleased, haa
lr. Calhoun at once declared himself Tor
lie only sure and certain mode of reviving
through the agency Of Ma
onal Bank.
There are other considerations not wl1h'
1t serious influence, which we cannot nor