Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-09-01

VI hlo WoS q i1NthO5un III Ah1J lIItRH
all wash and be clean from whatsoever dis
id, lease they had Yes--left the lame, tn
u. halt, and the blind, and those who wer,
TO possessed with loco foco devils, all come
vn and be made whole; loud and long cheer
d., ing) He had said that he came as n pill
ID grim, and had been admitted as such; bul
K now he was in, he should claim yet more
10 g. far more; he should claim to take his seat
on that floor, as himself a citizen of old
/. Massachusetts, (cheers) for he had first
Is drawn the breath life under the wings
I, of the institutions of the old Bay State.
? Great cheering)
= But he would claim his seat on higher
e grounds. He claimed it as fellow citizen
!, of this broad Uunon; and as such it was
G his duty and his right 10 render the public
: tribute of his gratitude to every ilustrious
4 patriotic son Of the Republic. Though
! he counted the distance of his home from
this sacred spot by thousands Of long and
} weary miles, his heart beat in sympathy
with all the hearts around him. Great
cheering and applause.) His state ruled
on the same grand platform Of constitu-
tional freedom. The national banner bear
ing the glorious insignia Of that mmor.
tai possession, wrapped alike in its sacred
folds the state of Mississippi as it did the
state OF Massachusetts. (Ceeers.) In the
days oil the ancient republics, he who had |
saved the life ola citizen was held more wor
thy of honor and reward, than he who had
taken the life ofan enemy; how great then
was the honor, how boundess the rewards
due TO him who had saved that constitu4
ton which had been cheaply purchased
by thousands Of lives, iand would be cheap.
ly preserved by the sacrifice Eof tens of
thousands. (Long continued loud APP
plause.)
This was no trivial occasion, on unmean- {
ing solemnity.-Crowns and ovations used I
in former days to be granted to those who i
had fought the physical battles of their I
country, and vanquished her enemies on s
the bloody field; but it had come now to v
be understood that it required a greater il
OF genuine courage, and all those I,
qualities which bring true renown, to fight n
the civil battles of the repub- &C
&c, than to triumph on the ocean or the al
and. loud cheers.) NJ
From little personal experience, more III
specially that of q recent date, he could of
assure his fellow citizens that more des- ,e
'erate enterprise could not we'll be under N
AIKEN in times like these than to 90 forth ST.
S disappointed knight. to subiugate tn
MS free and happy land. He had not to ba
leet honorable adversaries in the open il
elds OF intellect and argument; shat would ha
IN comparison light and easy task GU
1t he must be prepared, like knight in nj,
'me enchanted castle, to encounter foes of
every hldeous and revolving shape. he
He found himself surrounded iby no IT, De
ed knights, with nodding pumes and ed
noes in rest, but by reptiles and wild tn
casts, by raVing hyenas and venomous III
,ptiles-aye, and it was no mistake to plt
~ that they might chance to meet roar III,
g lion in their path. daughter and r.
'ud cheerlng) 1t was therefore fit and
ght, It was but the discharge of a debt, tho
render the highest public honors to he,
lose who braved these dangers and come del
/ sate'and triumphant through them all. wo
;heers) 1t had been the charge of n w,
oman matron TO her son, when sending 700
I'm forth 10 combat, "Return to me witE ba,
our shield or on your shield" The wings ron
the late contest had received such d md
large from the maternal voice of their s
'untry, ii had followed them through the mo,
udest tumut Of the fight, and though bnl
icy might have failed in achieving a full boI
I'd triumphant victory over the enemy, con
ey had still held fast their shield. (Great ver
eerlng) ~,
1t was fearful thing that country thu
Re this, where according to the theory of Tn,
constitution, the rulers were but the n o,
rvants OF the people, and protested to be wer
all times governed by their will, the. tha
ople should stand in dread of their le- MIC
station yet he would appeal to all who ter
ard him whether when the last Congress salt
d adjourned, they did not all feel as if tho
heavy incubus had suddenly been lifted stra
pm their breast! Did not their bosoms tha,
'eIl and heave long sigh of relief, when snn,
ay had the certainty that no new expert ecb,
'nts were at this time TO be brought for. nea,
nd, and forced upon the country? IJoy. tbe
shouts Of response here echoed from enc.
cry part of the hall Was it not thar
rible condition for nation when their. true
ef consolation was the inability of the wv
vernment even to do good3 When its 6,
,atealety lay in this, that the legislature ord \
! adjourned? I E
n the late Congressional contest the 49, 49,
lig minority were in a situation some. " 'o'