Liberty advocate., 1839-10-03
FOR THE LIBERTY ADVOCATE.
"Sequdri reSticid reru,n."

NO election has been fraught with create
Importance to the treemen of Amite County
Than the one now depending in November.
lhere ever was time when the people wer,
called upon to lay aside party prejudice. anc
60 tor their true interest and happiness, now
is that time During times of healthy pros
perity, when the governing power resIs in
hands that arc capable and honest-who seek
not 'nelr own, but the general good--the man
oi quiet who thlrSts not for power, but retire.
meht, surrounded by social and domestic pleas
ufes, unveSod by party turmois and political
strife, has the right 10 do 80, and pursue his
happiness as best he can, without being char
ged with neglect Of those duties which every
good citizen owes to his country in time of
need. But one who has watched with an OBJ.
serving eye the s gns Of the times, for the last
Ten years. cannot now claim for himself the
condition of Incidence and case, but must be nm
ana dolng, lest the awful consequences thai
have betalen other nations, which have quietly
yielded to aspiring demagogues and selfish rn.
iers, be found lying at his door. When the
administration OF the General Government,
passed into the hands orGeneral Jackson. no
nation could boast Of more convenient and
safe circulating medium, composed of specic
and paper always convertible at will; affordinp
all the necessary facilities for exchange. toI
conouct The commerce ofthe country, with con.
'enience and safety, without tempting the
reckless cuPldIty ol wild speculation, TO draw
inc happy and contented citizen from the sober
walks OF industry, and poisoning the fountains
oil morality. This state of things was not the
result OF ofaccdent, but had gradually been ma.
,nred by wisdom, guided by experience
The entire failure of State Banks. TO furnish n
sound currency, and regulate the EXCHANGES.
from l8ll to 1916; altho' then the Government
did not withhold its credit, from the BANKING
institutions ol The country, and the revenue
was colIecled IN the same medium used by the
people, had already demonstrated, the necess-
" oil National Bank. Happy would it have
been ior the fame Of the hero of N Orleans,
and thrice happy for the people, had he allow,
cd state OF things, so admirably adapted to
the wants and habits of the American people.
to have continued. Far be it from our inten-
ton to dctract from the true fame of anv one
whose public services demand his country's
gratitude; and as much as we regret and con.
denim the errors of Gen Jackson's Administla-
ton, we fully appreciate his public services,
IN defence of his country. The time is ap,
preaching when his public acts are to be the
property Of the Historian, and will be Justly
considered, without the false coloring of euloov.
or prejudice. Whatever may be accorded to
his benevolencc and lbcrality, to his pnrtizan
friends, the candid historian must give gras.
ping ambition for fame, led on by turbulen,
and selfish passions, decided influence in for.
ming his character, both as a private, and pub
llc man. Assuming the new republican doc
trlne, that the executive is the representative
OF the whole people, and that his Government
must be an unit, he at once claimed for the of.
fce oil President not only Supreme control
over the Legislative, and Judicial branches of
the federal government, but claimed also. the
right to construc the Constitution, according to
his own views. And such was the confidence
rePosed IN the man, by majority Of the Amer
lcan people, amounting almost to infltuaton,
that he was enabled to make his will, the Su-
preme law Of the land. Thus, by this broad
assumption ofpower, so obsequiousy acouies
ced in, did Andrew Jackson, MS executive. in
his own hand, hold the destiny, for good or for
evil, Of nearly seventeen millions of Freemon ;
and presented the astonishing anomaly of a
President, welding more despotic
sway, than any Of the limited Monarchios Of
Europe, dare assume over their subjects. To
be sure an American Senate, then the most au-
gust, and talented body in the world; did, for a
ime, attempt TO stem the current Of usurpation; /;
,ut this, the last citadel ofthe Constitution, and
he rights the States, could not long resist a
yrants power; tho hired cohorts Of the public
,ress, the patronage ofoffice, and the whole
ontrol Of the moncyed power, soon furnished
means 10 ntrodune corruption into this strong
old, and the Senate too, bowed willingly to The
ootstoo Of power. and by dcsccraiion of the
acred record Of their doings, 70 show their will