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

ry Of settling, He was the most efficient sun.
porter OF Rufus King, the prime mover in that
difficulty; and he voted in the Senate of New
York, for resolution, instructirg their Sena-
tor IN Congress $50 oppose the admission, as a
state IN the Union, Of any territory not com.
Iprlsed within the original boundary of the Uni
ted States without making the prohibition of
slavery therein an indispensable condition Of
admission. Had this policy prevailed in Con-
gress, Missouri, Arkansas, and Florida, would
now be little else than The retreats ofrunaways,
roJSers and sI"ye-stealcrs.
We are admonished by the tone of portion
OF the public press, that the wing Marty will
be charged with the responsibility oiWhe mea-
sures which have led to the present disorders
of the currency 1t would be difficult to make
any accusation so utterly destitute of truth
The measures connected with the financial con
dtion OF the country, are so notorlous--so re.
Icent--and were so loudly boosted of by the
Van Buren, party, who claimed, aud justly too,
to have suggested and adopted them, that an
effort to dIscIaim them now, wears rather the
face of madness than Of cunning. So long as
the advocacy Of a National Bank was thought
to be odious in the community, we were poin-
now, when the disorders of the currency have
reached the worst stage they can attain, with
out It's ceasing to be a currency at ali--when
the eyes Of all are beginning to look to some
establishment like the late United States Bank,
to restore our circulating medium 10 its purity
when such an institution furnishes a topic for
party warfare against us, we, the advocates OF
such bank, are charged with being the au-
thors of a disordered currency! We neyer had,
and never could have had. any purpose in wish
ing the recharter of the late Bank, except to
prevent our present disorders. And we cannot
have any purpose, now, in wishing the charter
of another, except to cure them. That the
great majority of US do entertain such wish
lis notorious; and resolution Of the Conven-
ton that we represent, emphatcaIy declared
| it.
But were this not so, we could confidently
appeal 10 facts, now matters Of well-known his
tory, to disprove the accusation In the gov
eminent under which we live, laws are estab-
IIished by majority Of votes. And when, VIC
pray, have the wings been majority, either
in Congress OR the Mississippi Legislature?--
Never, for ten years past. The President and
both Houses of Congress, in all that time, have
been against us; and 1t is too universally ad
mitted, that the action 0! the General Govern
menf, struck the fatal blow at our currency, fol-
the most reckless to hazard a contrary opinion
The Van Buren, party is responsible for that.
The class is not very different in the gov
eminent of the Stale. At The last general
election, in November 1887, the Van Buren,
party elected Governor, a clear majority
of the Senate, and about an equal number IN
the House of Representatives. 1t is true, that
the complexion of the last has undergone a
change; but we all know that this was effected
! in special elections for the supply OF vacancies
which occurred in 1888. Until this change
was thus effected, the wings never were ma
Iiorilv in either House And when, we ask,
were the banks established, that are so much
complained of? All Of them, without eXcep-
ton, during the ascendancy OF the democratic
lparty. The acts of the two last sessions show
not solitary bank charter, except of the
Union Bank; of this, it may suffice to say, that
its establishment appeared to be desired by a
large majority of the people. Its charter was
passed by the Legislature elected IN iooo--a
body devoted to the fortunes OF MI van buren,
and it was confirmed by the succeeding Legs
lature before the wings had obtained maJorl-
ty, even In The House of Representatives. OtI
the manner in which that Bank has been man
aged, it is no part of our duty 10 speak. but
whether we'll or i'll, we disclalm equally the
praise or the censure; and the members, true
to the interests of the party, elected con'roIl-
ing majority Of the board, from their democrat
| ic friends. For all the managers have rlghlly
done, let them or their party have the credit
and if they have done aught that cannot DC ap-
proved, Let not the censure fall upon the Wings.
But, it is urged, that the act authorizing Inc
Banks to issue post notes was wing measure
Again we appeal to history. That act was pass
ed at special session in May, 1887, while the
Van Buren, party was predominant IN pom
Houses OF the Legislature, The act relieving
the Banks from damages on failure to pay their
notes when due, passed at the session oil 1906
by votes oftwo-thirds of each House. 1t was
not partv yote--no act could have passed the
Legislature at that time, BY SO large maJortles,
without disclaiming all party considerations;
certainly it could not have passed as measure
of the wings.
We will not enter into further details to
prove our innocence, against charge wnlch
has SO little plausblity. We cannot believe
that our enlightened people will lay upon the
minority, the responsibility OF acts when they
had not tho power to perform.
If the banks are responsible to the law,
courts Of Justice are open to the complaints OF
the injured If not, lei those who granted the
charters, without securing the community u
painst The abuses which we have witnessed,
j bear the whole indignation of the public.
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