Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-11-29


or4,807 votes out OF 907 All, the returns
being Shannon 106,l39, and Vance l0l,-
332. 1t is n somewhat remarkable fact,
that Vance received 9,l38 votes more than
in 1886 when elected, but such was the
camor of the abolitionists against him,
that Notwithstanding this large accession
of votes, howas defeated. The Van Bu-
rem party canvassed almost solely on alb
clifton grounds, and they have their re.
ward. The whole party at the South
are rejoicing at their success, and the 10.
coloco members Of the Southern States
will hurry % Congress to give the breth-
rem from Ohio the right hand of fellow
ship. We wonder if Mr.. Calhoun will be
among the foremost to congratulate Sena-
tor Morris on his splendid triumph, and
his abolition victory; or will the honora-
BILE Senators from Missouri and Mississip-
pi contend for Aat privilege. And in the
House Of Representatives, will crowd Of
Southern members rush to hail the advert
of DR.. Dun ian, the author of the above
ncendiary epislle? We glory in the
fact that Mississippi has no representa-
tives there that will bow at such shrine
Sooner would they shrink from the fouh
communicating ouch of the slanderer of
his country, and the vile traitor and per =
jured betrayer Of her cause. We know
not on whom the honor will devolve, but
Ohio, we confidently maintain, will prove
a most Calling victory for the South and
Southern interests,
AT this fearful crisis in our history, it
becomes the citizens Of the Southern States
te be on their guard against the various
attempted impostions Of the day, and we
know Of none more G Iaring, and at the
same time more dangerous than the farce
now enacting under the name of Van Bu-
renlsm at the South. Our largest slave
holders have been denounced as abolition.
lists, and even Henry Clay HIMSELF a
and the bold and fearless ad-
vocate of the shareholders rights on the
floor Of Congress, has also been denounced
by these party tools as an abolitionist!--
Yes, the man who in the Capitol, with the
eyes of the Nation upon him, dared to
brave the very NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. whom
his opponents cover and for whose favor
hey sue, that man, by some wondrous
alchemy known only to themselves, has
been transformed into an aboltionist,
while Martin Van Buren,, who advocated |
and voted for negro suffrage, has by some
equally mysterious process, been transfer |
ned INTO pure, unSullled antl-abolition- |
st, the simon pure defender of Southern
lights and Southern interests! Last but
lot least comes the paradox of the Hon.
Dr.. Duncan of Ohio, expounding modern
democracy and Southern rights as follows:
Matches Cou.
"My FEELINGS, my EDUCATIoN,--the Cir
that have surrounded me
through life, together with my principles
oi'what believe to constitute the NATURAL
and POLITICAL RIGHTS OF MAN-all
to make me abhor it Negro
Slavery as one of the greatest evils that
exists under the sun. Yes, greater in its
moral effects and corrupting tendencies,
than all other human evils under the sun"
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER OF THE HON'BLE
ISAAC B. CRARY, THE PRESENT VAN
buren, CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN, TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE MICHIGAN ANTI-SLAvERY SoCIE-
TY, DATED 9th SEPTEMBER, 1888.
"SLAvERY WILL BE ABOLISHED! 1t cannot |
Al a. r
civilization. IT IS AT WAR WITH THE BEST
INTERESTS OF SOCIETY; and NO COMMUNITY
AN LONG FLOURISH under its BLIGHTNING
INFLUENCE. 1t may give some riches to
he few, when, country is new, land
abundant, and population sparse. 1t
s then a form of obtaining rent But
when capital accumulates and population
becomes dense, slavery must sooner or la
er cease to exist, for men will then pay ,
greater rent than can be OBJ
aimed from them IN state Of servitude.
am aware that the existence of slavery
s adverse to rapid accumulation either
If capital or population; and hence one
If the causes Of the reduced value of land
ID property in all the earlier settled por-
ions Of the Southern States. If these
States we're left to themselves, they might
n time become as barren and poverty
stricken as the granary of the ancient mis-
ress of the world-but they are soon to be
brought under the influence of the free la
,or of the North. When the valley ofthe
lakes and of the upper Mississippi is set
led, population and capital will begin to
'ress heavily upon the South, and will e.
,entualy give freedom to all who are in
bondage. ANTI-sLAvERY SOCIETIES CAN
HASTEN THE PERIOD by using their abund-
mt means in the purchase of lands south