Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-08-04

VI .r.. et 1887
i Here is an elegant and forcible article
which We cut from the New York Express
All that we ask of our readers is to com.
mence the perusal of it. Those who be.
gin it will finish it.
THE DOOMED ADMLNISTRA TlON
That Mr.. Van Buren, and all who cboose
to sink with his falling fortunes, are now
doomed men, no observing mind can doubt
Ever since Gen. Jackson and his farewell
message, proclaimed from the steps ofthe
capitol, II leave this great people pros.
porous and happy"-that is for the last
fifteen months,--Mr. Van Buren, and the
country under his administration Of the
government have been running down hill
Wherever he has saved himself, it has been
as in New Hampshire, by such losses as
show that another such victory, and he and
his all are ruined men. In the meantime.
the Wing victories, as to numbers, effect.
and significant indications, have clearly
shown the tide is turned, not in Maine
alone, not in Mississippi alone, but here,
there, and every where, the current being
as 1t were, that of the great outlet of the
Northern lake, a Niagara waterfall,
whence inland oceans were disembogue.
ing from the st. Lawrence Gulf
What! has Mr.. Van Buren, to stand up
against this cataract of public opinion!-
What Of history, fame, or hold on mems
minds? Gen. Jackson could stem il some.
what, for he had done his country some
service, but Mr. Van Buren, has no story,
no name. He has not even a place in his
country's story. He has not adorned his
career with single act of Immortality
When he comes before the people again,
unaided by the popular powers of his par
tlzans in the various States, the force of
these observations will be seen. 1t was
with great difficulty, that he was nominal
led for the Presidency. He was elected
BY minority of the people, acting in
chance maloritles in the States. Gen.
Jackson gave him all the tremendous in
1uence of his popularity and his power
but ever since Gen. Jackson went to the
hermitage, almost every election has gone
against ''the follower in his footsteps
AS to Mr.. Van Buren's policy for the fu-
;ure, ne is IN the most perious conditions
Republican President can possibly be in
he has standing army of 1000 Office.
FOLDERS, whom he is trying to lead ahead,
through narrow and doubtful defile, and
Vhom the popular militia of the country,
ut IN millions as to strength, have been
edged in on every side. The momenthe
ends out scout, the Wing militia pick il
#, The leaders of his hundreds and tens
hundreds, as in Virginia, are all shot
own In the meantime his granaries, the
reat stall for feeding his standing army,
re nearly used up. Already he has made,
% see, declaration of bankruptcy, and
egs for popular life. As to retreat, the
ing is impossible, for his prospective We
YES and his pledges, prevent retreat
Q has cut down all the bridges behind
i'm, and blocked up all roads. That he
mt 60 ahead every body sees. The
is on his flag, nailed to the
an, and no must sink or swim with it,
the probability Of his being able 10 fix
at upon the country, when the people
'xt winter teach the Senators from New
,rsey, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Maine,
lsslsslppl, North Carolina, Connecticut
Id New York, or some of the representa-
res Of these States, our readers can judge
we'll as ourselves.
Mr.. Van Buren, is we'll aware that we
0, OF his doom, and like all routed and
appointed generals, he resorts to prom
s and predictions to keep up hope. In
ne States we are told, as in Baltimore
le Democracy have gone fishing
others, as in Virginia, "the Democracy
uld not come out" In others, as in
W York, "the spring elections TO
w Democratic reactions;" and cher De-
cratic reactions" have so come, that
n in the very Capitol Of Mr.. Van
ZEN, the Capitol of his own State, his
city, his own home, his household
BPS, his body guards, have been routed
such a manner as to leave him onlyA
stable, the solitary wreck Of tho scep-
ne once had there! All sorts Of lytAg
etils have been put forth to account tor
at. Rhode Island, which ousted ~
Illustration Governor and elected
ig Governor, showed ga Democratic
ction," because the Wings did not
osc to make as great an effort, as when