Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-08-29
COM NUN ICATIoN.


TO the NullifeTs of Amite.---No. 2.
The writer of the articles Of "Nulifern
not engaged in Presidential campaign Fl
remarks are intended 10 apply to the Viii
party of the State Of Mississippi To III
Wings ofthe North we have no alliance. al
cept as co-adju,ors in the great cause OF Rel%
and Retrenchment. To this extent W.
connected, and feel correspondent sy# n.
for The triumph Of the great object to W on
efforts are conformity directed. Fo9# rea
son we congratulate ourselves upg "or VIC
tories, and regret their losses. ether theI
principles and views Of the 81 .cture OF ouj
government he in exact accor nee with ours
''"''Ci IS tssoa, saorn' II al ms crisis, 81
long as they battle side by side with US for The
redemption OF our government from the grasp
oil corrupt and mercenary party. The prin.
ciples olthe Democratic Van Buren, party are
more Objectionable and revolving than those of
the Wing party OF the North Why should
VIC desert the Wings at a season when united
action is essential to the salvation Of our coun.
try, and disgrace ourselves by an amagama-
ton with the leg tail party, the authors Of the
dangerous measures and principles we have
been for years combating against? Can The
stern and unyie!dEg patriotism of NuiicrsI
Democrats have, indeed, pamped up faint
array OF argument $50 caIled) why the Multi
crS should unite with them; yet this impotent
squadron OF unreasonable reasons dispense into
thin air, upon the lantcst illumination from
the torch OF truth Are modern Democrats
more acceptable 10 the Nuliiers than the
Wings? Their history, blackcned with usur-
patton and crime, responds NO. Is not an
tt,,,, So, T. Il, T.,
table, and immoral, and dangerous to the prin- ,
ciples Of the NuIiters, than continuation of !,
our present alliance with the Wings! Let him a
who dare, deny II. Have our principles been Il
polluted by odiOn for several years with the l.
Wings, union ccmcnted by common strug- I
ges in defence of the liberties Of our country?I n
The vilest slandcrer that coils himself within :
the bosom Of our land, will not say ii. Have O
we been prostituted and debased by this con- r
nexion? Our enemies answer this, by their I
untirng efforts TO draw us over TO their ranks r
If we have stood up thus long side by side with t;
our Wing brethren, amidst the strife Of poIili- Il
cal contention, unsnoked by the fumes OF fed 81
eralism, with our swords as bright and glitter. G.
ing as when first we unSheathed them in the Y
great contest, why cannot we brandsh them "
over the heads Of our enemies still longer, in it
solid phaanx with the same Wing brethren? II
The reason is plain and will be told. The d
Nullifers constitute but small band even in a
the South In the North, their numbers are C
contemplate. In South Carolina and Georgia, h
they have majority. In no other State can Il
the Nullifiers themselves carry majorty.--I ID
In Mississippi, they constitute the larger por- t
ton ofthe Wing party. The Nuifers, at this \
time, stand no chance Of eleyalng to the Presi. q
dental chair, a man of their own peculiar 20. II
litical tenets. The attempt would defeat their S
own ticket, and by dividing the ranks of the c
opposition give triumph 10 the present mis- v
rule. As the overthrow OF the dominion of the v
plunderers Of the country should be our pri- 1
mary object, policy would rather recommend t
the post ponemeni Of The laudable design Of the q
Nullfers 10 rally ticket OF their own, until y
the opposition have accomplished the ruin Of /
the party in power, than, 10y an unreasonable
separation from the Wings, and setting up for |
ourselves, bring down upon the country a ca 4
iamity far more dangerous and mischieyous
than The ascenGancy Of the Whrgs--the success
of the Van Buren, 'DemOcraticn pariy. The {
same consequence " ould follow decided relu-
sol 10 participate in the coming contest. Dis
guise il, as much as can be, and the least reAec-
ton will convince the most skeplical that by
standing aloof aud voting for neither ticket, ace
do thr0U our achOie aceigM into The "DemOcratic''
scales. The Democrats will rally 10 u man
upon their ticket The motto Of the Entire
Swine" patched upon their banner, tells US SO.
If the Nullifers stand alooi, the diminution of
the Wing strength will correspondingIy aug
ment the Van Buren, leg bail ticket. II the
Wings are preferable 10 modern Democrats,
rs VIC believe, why not choose between them,
and take the least Objectionable Will patr-
o,ism justify US in rcposing in lstless apathy
upon the multering volcano, because we cannot
extingush the wide expanse Of fire at one grand
effort, when we have before US the means OIL
gradually unEinding its burning bosom, and
putting out flame by flame? Certainly not
Ia the last election for President, the Nulh6ers
pursued the course recommended here, in vo
ting for White. White had supported the
Proclamation and Force Bill, and yet the State
Rights men, in choosing between the two can
didaies before the public, selected the least OBJ
iectionabe To that course, no serious obicc
lions were raised. There was no charge OF
ieserton Of principle. The cangor Of ''Dem,
1craiic" fugiemen, about a contamination Of |
he principles Of Nulifers, did not swell so {
oud and harsh then, as now, when winter
las come upon their summer season OF pros C
,eriiy, and fraud and an over-aDxiousness IoI G
ustain their falling fortunes have prompted
hem 10 court the alliance of party against
,hich the artillery Of democratic" proscrip
on was erewhie levelled Ii we could con h
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