Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-07-11

which the greatness OF the charge, and III
weakness Of my powers so justly inspire. !
rising nation, spread over wide and fruitful
land, traversing all the seas with the rich pro
ductions oflhoir industry. engaged in commerc
with nations who feel power and forget right
advancing rapidly 10 deslinies beyond the reacl
ofmortal eye; when contemplate these trans
cendent objects, and see thetonour, the happi
ness, and the hopes Of Ills beloved country
committed 10 the issue and the auspices of this
day, shrink from the contemplation, and hum.
BILE myself before lAe magnitude of under
taking. UtterlyF ICED should | despair, did
not the presencq3 many, whom | here see,
remind me, thar a the other high authorities
provided by oY constitution, shall find re-
sources of wGom, Of virtue, and Of zeal, on
which to rely under all difficulties. To you,
then, gentlemen, who are charged with the
sovere0 functions Of legislation, and to those
assocY ID with you, | look with encourage
mem 6r that guidance and support which may
eg e us to steer with safety the ", vessel oI in
Wig elements Of a troubled world.
~ During the contest OF opinion through which
we have past, the animation of discussions and
Iof eXertions has sometimes worn an aspect
which might impose on strangers unused toI
quinn lINII " anu " SpCuh anu W "lllC W HuN
they think; but this being now decided by the
voice OF the nation, announced according toI
the rules Of the constitution, all will of course
arrange themselves under the will of the law,
and unite in common efforts for the common
good, All too will bear in mind his sacred
principle, that though the will Of the majority
| is in all cases to prevail, that will to be right
| full, must be reasonable; that the minority pos
sess their equal rights, which equal laws must
protect, and TO violate would be oppresson.--I
Let us then, fellow citizens, unite with one f
heart and one mind, let us restore to social in @
tercourse that harmony and affection without d
which liberty, and even life ITSELF are but drea b
ny things. And let US reflect that having ban n
ished from oul land that religious intolerance a
under which mankind so long bled and suffered, "
we have yet gained litle if we countenance a
q political intolerance, as despotc, as wicked, "
and capable Of as bitter and bloody persccu- I
tons. During the throes and commissions ofIg
he ancient world, during the agonizing spasms tu
Of infatuated man, seeking through blood and 10
slaughter his long lost iberty,it was not won to
ierul that the agitation Of the pillows should tn
each even this distant and peaceful shore that to
his should be moro felt and feared by some,
nd less by others; and should divide opinions wi
S to measures Of safety; but every difference dy
/ opinion is not a difference Of principle sill
We have called by different names brethren ofIer
ne same principle. We are all republicans: wi
re are all ederaIists. If there be any among GU
S who would wish TO dissolve this Union, or Ia'
} change its republican form, let them stand
as monuments Of the safety with u-
hich errour Of opinion may be tolerated,
here reason is left free 10 combat it. | know
l6ppd that honest raor fhat
Ibllcan government cannot be strong; that
lis government is not strong enough. But
ould the honest patriot, in the full tide of sue
'ssiul experiment, abandon government
hich has so far kept US free and firm, on the
eoretic and visionary fear, that this govern
ent, the worlds best hope, may, by possibiIi-
-, want energy TO preserve itself? | trust
". believe this, on the contrary, the stron-
'st government on earth. believe it the only
.e, where every man, at the call of the law,
ould fly to the standard Of the law, and would
eet lnvasions of the public order as his own "a
ersonal concern. Sometimes it is said that
IAN canno; be trusted with the government of
mself Can he then be trusted with the
overnment OF others? Or have we found an
els, in the form Of kings, to govern him?- RE
ct history answer this question.
Let us then, with courage and confidence,
1rsue our own federal and republican princ,
les; our attachment to union and representa-
We government. Kindly separated by nature ME-
nd VIDE ocean from the DISCRIMINATING hay.
2 OF one quarter ofthe globe; too high minded
} endure the degradations of the others, pos
'sslng chosen country, with room enough for
lr descendants to the thousandth and thou
lndth generation, entertaining due sense Of Ar
ar equal right to the use of our own faculties,
} the acquisitions Of our own industry, to hon.
lr and confidence from our fellow citizens,
'sulting not from birth, but from our actions
nd their sense of them, enlightened by be- NE
Ign religion, protested indeed and practsed in
arious forms, yet all of them incalculatng
onesty, truth, temperance, gratitude and the
we Of man, acknowledging and adoring an
Providence, which by all its dispen. JU
'tions proves that it delights in the happiness
man here, and his greater happiness hereaf
r; with all these blessings, what more is me-
ssary 10 make us happy and prosperous
oPe9 Still one thing more fellow citizens,
wise and frugal government, which shall Jul
strain men from injuring one another, shall
ave them otherwise free TO regulate their own
rsuits of industry and improvement, and
all not take from the mouth of labour the
cad it has earned. This is the sum of good AU'
vernmen: and this is necessary to close the
Gle of our felicities.
About to enter, fellow citizens, on the exer-