Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-03-10

q any defeat has thinned their ranks, o
stricken one star or stripe from their ban
ner. In the face Of as broad and brillan
' a flood of light as ever fell from the SUI
of heaven, they still Boast of accumulate'
achievements; victory still haunts thei
crazed brains, and the cause Of Democra
cy is rapidly advancing. When the pill
lars of their odious and abominable dy
nasty are continually falling to the ground
and the materials for their demolition ar,
! visibly accommodating, we hear the song o
triumph raised, and the brilliant pros
, poets of the future appealed to, to cheer
up the dropping spirits of the Party
The past is often faithful reflector of the
future. From stern realities within the las
: twelve months, we may gather some cor
, rect opinion ofthe future. Let any candid
man scan the history Of the last year
count the sad disasters and ruinous rover
ses that have befallen the Democratic
ranks, and ask himself upon what basis
do they rest their hopes of returning for
tune. Maine has thrown off her igno-
minious thraldom, and her cold, bleak hills
have been shaken with the loud and Joy
Gus reverbatIons of the cannon of victory.
Rhode Island and Connecticut have flown
TO the rescue, and mingle their congratu-
lations upon the altar of our country
few York, the key stone in the arch of
democracy" has been stricken to the
dust; and North Carolina has responded in
accents of thunder, to the heart cheering
Reform that is now spreading over the
country. Upon what basis, then, do the
apostles Of Democracy" rest their pre-
dictions and visionary anticipations? 1t
seems that they have reversed the ordina-
ry process of ratiocination, and decided
that the very reperse of that which we
would predict to happen, by reasoning
from the past, will always he brought to
pass. Ifthis be not the case, they calcu-
late upon defalcation from portion of
the Wings. In fact we have this announ-
ced by some. To those who would thus
stamp the mark of disgrace and infamy up
on the escutcheon of the gallant band to
which we belong, we would say,
"Doff that lions hide,
And hang calfskin on those re-creant limbs "
No, we harbour no suspicions of the kind.
Could the Nullifers rally into the Van
Buren, ranks? Where is the "Bloody
Bill"? Where the Proclamation? Can
we amalgamate with those who denied the
sovereignty and separate existence Of the
asserted the right of the Cen
eral Government to bayonet into submis-
sion, sovereign member eff this confed-
oracy, to the usurpations Of the general
have daringly over
capped the Constitution to hurl from office
he distinguished Duane, because he would
lot lick the foot Of Baai--who have eu-
oglzed every effort of the President to
1raw within the all-absorbing vortex Of
Executive prerogatiye, the whole legisla-
tive and judicial powers of the Govern
have been guilty Of such null
Iiplied violations of the Constitution, as to
have rendered it almost a reproach to the
country, thing ofwax in the hands of the
dominant Party-and whose avowed, and
Infamous motto is, 'FTo the victors belong
the spoils'? God forbid. lie, those who
dream Of desertion announce it to the
world. We want no traitors in the camp.
Thousands ofwrongs inflicted upon the peo-
ple-thousands of usurpations upon the
have stained our annals, and
would rise in solid phalanx to reproach
them for their meanness. The multiplied
grievances under which the country has
been grooming, would speak the language
Of Deity to those who would desert, ERE
Rctrenchment and Reform shall have re-
deemed the country. Let the "caput lu-
pinium" show itself. For such oblivion
would be too mild punishment. Let them
ponder we'll and long before they mako
the plunge. The admission ofone oftheir
sins cannot atone for thousand, The
tears and penancc Of an hour
cannot oppose the justly aroused wrath
and indignation of wronged and Cypress
cd pc ople. No, nothing but years Of pro-
found contrition-nothing but long
course Of Retrenchment and Reform
nothing but a manly and unequivocal &C
Acknowledgement Of their errors and usur-
patons, can obliterate from the memory
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