Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-10-24


'Bank, that should supply and gorern the gen
eral cmreacn His letter of June affords ample |
evidence that he has at length passed through
the back purgaIory, and arrived at the golden
1atudisc He now looks with holy horror
upon all banks, state or national Tho ION
genllcman's own "vindicft!oh" proves that bel
was once in favor Of banks; for he acknowIedg
es that he wrote pamphlet in 1881, IN when
i he dyocated the system of establishing IN each
state, lone State Bank with auxiliary bran
Iches,n n
To shew that the Hon. Senator was Nol
always, what he now calls himself, III vi
money democrat" have referred to the 10,
flowing eloquent rebuko bestowed by him M
/ 1887, upon that distinguished "hord money
IIdcmocrat,n Thomas II. Benton.
"If the prayer Of he country coa'd BE- 6cGra
/ I,oihin these vaiis, il go7H'd be, GOD SAVE Uo
lIFROM THE WILD VISIONARY, RUIN,
,IOUS AND PRACTICABLE SCHEME Or
THE SENATOR FROM MISSOURI FOR
EXCLUSIVE. GOLD AND SILVER CUR
+ RENCY; md such is not only tie prayer Of III.
IcJuairy but of the Senate with scarce diSsen-
hing voice. Sir, if the Senator from Missouri
could 10y his mandate, in direct opposition to
:. lthe views of the President, heretofore express
sed. sweep from existence all the banks OF the
! states and establish his exclusive constitution
! Ial currency of gold and silver, he would BRING
G upon the country, scenes OF rom ana dlS'Fe''
I without parato--an immediate bankruptcy
S of nearly every debtor, and OF almost every
II creditor to whom large amounts were dae' d
$ Iprodigious depreciation in the price o proper
5 ty and Of all products, and an immaculate ceS
n sation by states and individuals oil nearly eve
ry work OF private enterprise or poo"c IN
j. Improvement. The country would be iAVoIVeu
ID in one universal bankruptcy, aud near the
IF grave of the nations prosperity would perhaps
n Irepose the scattered fragments OF those grea'
e and glorious institu;ions which give haPpl
k ness to millions here and hopes to millions
ne more OF disealhrai ncnt from despotIc pow
5, Ter. ,
10 Now Mr.. Benton never went as lar IN III
m IhG4 in favor OF an exclusive metallic currency
T. as the Hon. Senator has gone in his recent lGt
agIter OF June. The Hon. Senator's eloquent DC
l. Inuncidtons, are therefore more applicable L
n himself than they were to Mr.. Benton. LAX
d. chickens they have, in tho words OF inc o.
proverb come home to rooSt.
ne The Hon Senator suggests that must nav
b-Ibccn deceived by garbIed extracts from III
> &. i
II, Ibs correct, if it be MOI, will chceriully &C
'iIknowledge my mistake. 1t is not garblec
C. because it fully expresses the gentleman sen
ar ,imcn,s in relation to an exclusive gold an,
N silver CURRENCY" and for this purpose alone
IS lis used. He was then opposed 10 the schem2
At not onIv as an immediate bat as an u'timal
u one--for Ar. Benton never proposed 10 carr
N INTO immediate effect, and the Senator's opPo
L., ,,lt, ~
Dejs himself in favor Of imposing upon IN
We country at some future period, th'' 'e''
- scheme.
ot One word more and have done with IN
No. Hon. gentIeman's consistency. WINE ne
N. gathering reflected lustre from his ooas'e
SUPPORT Of Gen Jackson-does the lion. oefi'
,o-|torr not recoect that after the removal OF IN
nd dcpostes, he openly expressed ms regr7 U'
IT, he ead euer sustained Gen. Jackson, aud That To-
in the mos, energetic and indignant Language
beIf his memory should fail as to this poih',
-. stand prepared at any moment TO refresh
,eo The Hon, Senator has made many references
m. 10 his opinions expressed on various occasion
,ts AGAINST banks. Very weI-,hls does mol mi
"a tate arains the fact that he has expressed u
onnoslte opinons; it only furnishes Inc pro-
.olIorhis inconsistency THE Hon. Senator ina
md have always rejoiced in the name Of dehocto
ow IN, that he has always sustained ING Sa',
Of set of political opinions is much doubted
90. many peope;---a bottle may relaln the san
81 label. and vet its contents be frequently cha
to ged ~ II,
IN, The Hon. Senator having "ylndlcated" M
lar self palantly attacks me, and turns the ue'c
sive INTO an offensive war This is all TAR
,on RIGHT am glad to meet the gentleman q
,pJul will proceed to examine what damage ne
the done. h
"or First, the Hon oehalor' H,oilpnu"t ~ ,l
he oes me with having voted for the Brand
,yn| Rank did vote for that Institution and SO
IN. The largest portion OF the Senator'S own par
san the very persons who, at the same tIgle ol9
not ted him to his present station, NO pol''ica'
,on, hosition was made to it from any quarter
,;n. The citizens Of east Mississippi, asked OF Us
nn,o, charter Of a bank to enable them to constr
ms Rail Road to Moble,-al the BANKING
Rail Road charters in the state existed ~ :
milne west Of Pearl river for one tnoush''
nse fellow citizens in the cast had rlSht 70 =
40. same facilities for the construction OF
en-. Road which had been previously CRANES
for the citizens OF the west Un'ortuna'o'y
,nn, IrrapdoA Bank has not accomplished inc ooJc
GIFTS creation, norJulfIled the expec'atlon,
oco- tho citizens Of that quarter OF the s'a'e'
ia not Mold myself responsible for It's bad mana
,.I, n,nn,.I neriormed what thought an act
~ ;ns,;ca 70 our eastern brethren; and have
the slightest doubt, that the Hon oeh'
a,,, would. Under the same circumstances nave
a.. LAT ~