Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-10-17


tlss' 1t then became the duty of the latter, o
course, TO waid off the blow; and he could no
lao inns in more legitimate and effective wa,
,hen oy showing that the aggressor in thisE
uticai contest had once advocated the " .lci
PIE winch he now opposes-he princjTe con
tended for by Mr.. Prentiss and is Viii.
friends Mr. P's. charges are pup " political
ana altogether fair, according toIthe practic,
oil both parties at The present day. lie char
ges Mr.. Walker "with change of position or
me currency question" This Mr.. Walker de
mes, and refers to various speeches, votes, anc
addresses written and oral, TO prove that be
n mas always been true anti.b bank politician
MOI one reader in thousand can have re-
course 10 the various documents to which he
refers them, and but lew can see the way clear.
~ through the labyrinth OF investigation into
.whIch nc leads them; and many Of them no
doubt find i; the easiest way to lay hold of his
skirt and follow him implicitly through all the
intricate wlndings Of his course, and then take
MS word Tor it, that it was straig ht one, from
The beginning to the end. Now there is a SUI
rer, YsIot shorter way, 10 come at the truth,
II we Entrusted in knowing il will only lay
We prejudice and Partially, and suffer plain
" Its and unbiased reason to decide the point in
question | shall now come directly 10 this
point, and rest its decision entirely on Mr.
Walkers own evidence, This is certainly
lalr, as his most devoted friends must admit.
The first of the following documents, is the let
ter which he wrote to Judge Black, from Match
ez, on The LIST of March, 1884; and the second
IS ms explanation Of that letter, which may be
seen, as quoted, in The first column of the frs
page OF his "VindicOtion," in the pamphlet now
in circulation.
THE LETTER.
'Dear Sir: As promised at our parting to
give you my views on any subject which might
be interesting to your common constituents, |
hasten to say that Mississippi will with great
sustain you on the Deposile Cues
ton. In fact the public voice loudly demands
a restoration Of TIE Depositcs, and the crea
ting Bank 10 supply general currency. A |
State Bank can no more supply and govern the
general currency than State Government
IAN direct and control the affairs Of the nation.
10 on-your constituents are with you-the
ountry must be relieved from the rrightluI
Genes ofdstress which have visited u.s.
In haste as the boat is leaving,
Yours, truly,
r. J. WALKER" "a
THE EXPLANATION. II
"The charge is founded chiefly on nv letter
Judge Black, Of the 1st of March, 1884,
ow, does that letter prove that was in favor
re-charterinR the Bank Of the United States ;,
: of establishing any similar inslituton?- II
oes it show even that favored the creation Il
Congress ofany Bank whateyerl 1t exhib- !,
no such proof 1t Shews that | was opposed -
1884, as now am, to the State Bank depo-
lie System-that the people Of Mississippi -
ere in my opinion opposed to t--and tina, !. !,
ldge Black ought TO "go on in resisting its u
loPtion. The letter shews my belief, that 0
e proposed State Bank system would fail, :
I'd that as an alternative 10 that system, was ,
en- IN favor of 'creating Bank to supply u
neral currency" but by whom this Bank :,
as to be created, whether by Congress, or by >
union OF few OF the States, as in the case :,
the Charleston Bank, or of a majority Of the u
ates, the letter is utterly silent. But here >
admit, that as an alternative TO the State Bank +
oject, was then in favor Of creating by Con- !,
ess such Bank, with some notifications, as .
I'd been recommended by General Jackson in =
s veto and preceding messages, and also bv
r. Jefferson, under the name Of Bank, in his =
tier 10 Mr.. Gallatin Of the 18th Of December, ;
3O3.n a
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The above short letter has volume of
eanng; but there are two prominent points,
! it which deserve especial regard, namely,
a restoration of the deposites," and "the crea-
ng Bank to supply general currency."-- l.
The public voice (says Mr.. Walker loudly I
emands a restoration Of the deposites." Now l.
re all know that the word "resioration'' scni-
cs the return ola thing to the place or person
Whence it was taken. or course, Mr.. Walker
meant that the public voice demanded, that the
eposi,es should be restored to the Bank of the
United States, from which they had been arbi-
rarily removed by President Jackson. But
Why restore them! Because they were con.
idered more safe and useful in the Bank of the
United States, than in the State Banks where
he President, through the agency OF Amos Ken
lall, had placed them. Mr.. Walker clearly
this opinion; and it goes to show the
which he and the public had in the
ate National Bank, after eighteen years expe-
renee of its fidelity and usefulness. When
his confidence was thus indicated, the Bank
lad only about Two years more TO live; and no
me has shown, or can show, that it did any
hing in that time TO forfeit its good character
"a restoration Of The Deposites, and the ere.
ting Bank to supply general currency"
Ill.