Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-05-19
THE STATE RIGHTS PARTY.

COURSE OF THE STATE RIGHTS PARTY.
Among the causes which contribute most
TO blind and pervert the judgment, politi-
cal and religious bigotry have ever been
considered the most powerful and promin-
ent.--A thorough partizan cannot see the
Sun, though he will profess to be able,
without glasses, to trace the topography Of
Sirius.
When the Divorce Of Bank and State
was recommended in September last, we
saw the necessity Of warning the State
Rights Party against any precipitate COM
mltment, so natural to those in the career
OF opposition. Pressing onward, as they
had been for years, in bold and manly hos
tlllty tothe prominent men and measures
of Government, it was to be apprehended
that they might, without considering the
consequences, endanger their own princi-
pies and existence; and, avoiding the Ii
ger, fall into the jaws of the Lion. We
know that the principles upon which the
Nationals opposed the Administration were
any thing but identical with those upon
which the opposition Of the State Rights
Party was based. The Nationals went
for turning out others, and turning in them
selves. Their struggles were for the pos
session of power as the means of crafty
ing personal ambition, and, afterwards,
ofrebuiding the overthrown temple ofFed-
eralism. The State Rights Party, on the
other hand, went for reform in the prac-
teal administration of affairs, without tho
hope, small as they we're, of obtaining the
possession of place and power. To them
1t was indifferent who held the offices Of
Government, provided its powers were ex-
ercised according to the principles of 1898,
which they were laboring to re-establish.
We saw as early as May last, that there
was settled purpose on the part of the
Nationals to merge the State Rights Par u
~, bring them over into their ranks,-and r
by this means to obtain an ascendancy in
Congress.-The leading organs Of the Ma t
tonals in every quarter were engaged in
this work and very ingenious contriv-
ances were put on foot by the chief man l
ayers, to carry it into full execution. Soft :.
things were said-and very Ineligible =
"giUiagS out" of future preferment were u
made to some who had been distinguished Il
in the State Rights Party, at which they >,
bowed, smiled and kissed hands very a. :.
greeably. Al the same time, certain
Southern State Rights papers, which seem :
to have gotten their cue, began to talk We :.
ry unsteady about the true State Rights
republicdniSm of a National Bank, and sun
dry other measures deemed, until then,
TO have very little republicanism in them. 6
These signs, and several others nearer I.
home, told us at once what was going on; !.
and we saw distinctly that, with Mr.. Clay
or Mr. Webster, at the head Of the State
Rights Party, we should soon be called up
on, not only to oppose every measure of the !
Administration, right or wrong, but also
10 support every measure of Nationals, -.
right or wrong;-and, to cap the climax, :.
swear fealty to the nominee of National '
Convention. Unwilling to do any of these y
things, we demurred at once; and from that :
time to this we have got more curses than !,
blessings from our friends the Nationals, .
AS we'll as from sundry of our Southern !.
State Rights associates, who, would seem, !,
were Observation-Disclosures to be re-baptized i.
by Messrs Webster and Clay into the q
new faith which promises salvation to all
who believe; whether they be Bank-men, -.
Hartford Convention-men, Abolitionists,
or what not. We are ready to acknowl- .
edge that the creed is very liberal one /
but we do not believe in it. And, besides, =.
it squints rather too much towards the in !.
terests of the Chief Priests, than to the !;
welfare of the communicates. We there +.
fore declined the staying on of hands," We :.
ry respectly, but firmly.
They who have most bitterly assalled !.
us for this, among our old associates, are !.
the Columbia Telescope, the Augusta
Chronicle, the Vicksburg Register, and, !.
lately, the Liberty (Mi.) Advocate. The !
two first are unworthy of notice,--but the :
two last are. We have already answer :.
ed some remarks Of the Register, land !
we beg leave to say word or two to the !
Advocate. In labored article headed |.
sour coUNTRY's CAUSE" the Editor indul- !
ges in the following remarks:-
"We cannot rally into the ranks of the t
democracy" for the reason that we might I
concur with them on one point out Of i
hundred. We have abused the Admins ?
tration (and correctly too) for numberless Q
usurpations and abuses of power. The h
National Bank question sOas not the para t
mount leading test Of Republication, when C
we we're all Jackson mon, and approved
of the veto, in which he expressly declar-
ed that National Bank was constitution 4
al. We claimed to be Republicans at that t.
time, and why cannot those who still APP a
prove of the veto, be considered Republi- v