Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1838-12-01

ly for popular instruction" popular
education is identified with civil liber-
ty. We owe to both the devotion of
our best faculties, and the wisest appli-
cation Of the means placed at our dis
posal for sustaining and promoting
them.
Martin Van Buren--in the first year of
the War.
"Fellow citizens-Your country is at
war. and Great Britain is her enemy. In
dulge us in brief examination of the
causes which have led TO it: and brief as
from the necessary limits Of an address, it
must be,--we yet hope it will be found
sufficient to convince every honest man of
the high justice and indispensable necessi.
ty of the attitude which our government
has taken; Of the sacred duty of every
real American to support it in that atti-
tude, and of tho parracidal views of those
wlo refuse to do so"
"Under such accumulated circumstances
ofinsull and of injury, we ask again, what
was your government to do? We put the
question not to that faction which misre
presents the government to The people,
and the people to the government; tradu-
ces enc half of the nation to caiole the
other--and by keeping up distrust and d.
vision, wishes to become the proud arbiter
of The fortune and fate of America--not to
them, but to every sound head and honest
hcart in the nation it is that VIC put ques-
tlon,-what was your government to do?
Was she basely and ingloriously to aban-
don the rights for which you and your ia
theirs had fought and bled! Was she SO
early to cover to the nation who had
sought to strangle US in our infancy, and
who has never ceased to retard our ap.
proach to manhood No: we will not for
n moment doubt that every man who is in
truth and fact an American, will say that
WAR, AND WAR ALONE, WAS OUR ONLY
OUR ONLY COURSE TO NATIONAL PROSPER
rTY,"
Your country has engaged IN war in
the last degree unavoidable; it is not wag-
ed to the destruction OF the rights of 9TH
ers; but in defence of our own; IT Is
THEREFORE YOUR BoUNDEN DUTY TO SUP
PORT HER. You should lay down the cha
racter of parttsaas and become patriots;
for, in every country war becomes all oc-
casional duty, though it ought never to be
made an occupation. Every man should
become a soldier in defence of his rights
no man ought to continue soldier for Of
Tending the rights Of others. Ia despite Of
truths so sell-evident, of incentives to q
vigorous support Of government SO press
ing, we yet have to deplore the existence
OF faction in the bosom of our land,
whose perseverance and industry are OK
ceeded only By their invetcracy; who seek
through every avenue to mislead your
Judgment and to nnamc your passions"
Martin Van Barren to Daniel d. Temp
i kins, during The war.
"rhe Senate have witnessed with the
same admiration evinced BY your excel.
lcncy, the brilliant achievements of our
army and navy during the present cam
paign-achovem which in their inn
mediate effects have been 50 highly and
extensively beneficial to our frontier citi.
zens-achicYements which have pierced
the gloom, that FOR season obscured oul
political horizon, and dispelled those fear
fiIl forebodings which past disasters hat
e2cited--cxploits which will not suffer in q
!, comparison with the most heroic efforts O
the veterans of the old world, which have
flily maintained il not inhanced the PROUD
and enyiable fame of our gallant sooner
exploits which have covered the actors
in those bright sce1es with never fading
laurels, and which will, until public graft
+, tude ceases to be public virtue, call fortl
the highest testimonials which free PEG
] pie can yield to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RE
vERENcE FOR THE MEMORIES of those witt
have died on the field of honor, and act
of unceasing gratitude to their heroic sur
vivors."
Martin Van BsrCa to Daniel D. Temp
kins, in 1916, after tic par.
: "While the Senate sympathizes will
those of their felow-ciiizens on whom The
sufferiugs and dcpriyations incident to {
state of hostilities have fallen with pecu
liar force, they cannot too strongly ex
/ press the proud satisfaction they derive
from the reflection, that the war in which
the nation has been involved, arduous ant
sanguinary as it has been, toas not onl,
Il righteous in is origin, and successful i,
10 prosecution, bit thai our country hd
arisen from the contest witt renoratet
strength and Increased glory.
"AmoDg the advantages which have re
suited to our coantry.trom the late war
d your cxcellency has justly referred to The
r elevation Of our national character, and L
y our increased copl,Icrcc in ihe efficacy