Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-11-21

Ithrobbngs, In order 70 know how great was the
triumph he now enjoyed, when the Banks O
New York were practically verifying the Ian
guage he and his friends then employed.
Mr.. Legare said truly lhat the adminis,ra
ton had been treated, in regard to this question
with the utmost deicacy. He did not expect
them to swallow at once what they had given
out. He had only asked them not TO make a
party queHon of il; and appealed TO them o
give time for q longer experience
! What was their answerl They talked OF
the corruption Of the banks they talked of an.
cient instances from money and black broth
Of Lacedamon; they talked of hard money
countries; they spoke of Cuba.--thev had moi
then talked Of China; they had not the hardi.
hood to compare this young and beautiful
country, "full Of life, and splendor, and iov,'
to the painted, vanished corse, shriyeled
mummy of the East; they did not dare 70 in
suit the American people with that compare
son.
Mr. Legare said that he thought it one Of
the strongest proofs Of the unconquerable gray
lily of Jonathan, that such things should be
read without laughter. If these men had any
wit or humor, he would think the whole in.
tended as joke.
Dean Swift, when he called upon the people
to conform their habtudes of life to the modes
Iof the sage Horses, described in one of the
voyages of CULVER, never urged any thing
more droll than is daily published in Mr.. Van
Buren's organize Globe In sober earnest
it would be a retrogresson-makin love to
darkness-to go back 10 those hard money
countries. In America, paper money is tho.
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of our superior advancement. OF the two
signs of value, specie and paper, we prefer
the latter; and If the exclusive specie system
could be established here, the American people
would not tolerate it practically. They would
sell their specie, as they have done before, for
a convenient medium.
Mr.. Legare then returned to the political as
poct Of the question. The re-eligibiity of the
President, he said, was the banner under which
this battle was 10 be fought. The people ought
not to allow their chief magistrate 10 play that
most odious and dangerous Of characters, a
demagogue in purple-workng for his own
election a second term. Nor ought they to
permit, as is the case now, the election of eve
ny. candidate for Office to be made dependent
upon the question, "whom are you in favor OF
for the Presidency ?"--upon this question, "are
you ready to sink or swim with Mr. Van Blu
renp or any other candidate.
If such were the case, Congress would be
come mere phantom, without substance and
not at all what was intended by our republican
fathers.
Nor ought the people to submit TO that most
terrible of all crafts, party craft, than which
there is not any more fearful source of danger
Mr.. Lagare's description of this species of
craft was one Of the most powerful parts Of
his speech.
We regret to be compelled, by want Of room,
to defer a notice of this and many other inter
esting topics Of his speech until tomorrow -
His remarks on the spoils system, on the a.
trocious declaration of ex-governor Marcy,
that "lo the vic!ors belong the spols," called
our repeated bursts Of applause.
Mr.. Legare concluded with most animating
and effective appeal to his friends and fellow
citizens Of New York, TO be active aud energet-
ic in the coming contest. "You can beat
your adversaries," said he, ''and none of
you who concur in the sentiments ! have en-
deavored to express will, | am sure, lay his
head on his pillow, without resolving that he
will do his utmost to beat them"
Mr. Legare sat down amidst loud cheers
from all parts Of the house, and soon after
wards adjourned
The Conservatives of New York lately held
a Convention at Syracuse, where Mr.. Legare
made speech that is greatly extolled for its
eloquence. We take from the Albany Journal
the following extract, exhibiting faithful pic.
ture ola modern "Democrat." - Columbia Is. c.
Telescope.
''Some Of these demagogues set up for exclu-
sive friends Of the poor man; and what did they
do to promote his welare2 Did they teach him
to trust in Providcnce--to concilinte the sym
patty and esteem Of his feIlow-nlen, or to put
his own shoulder to the wheel? Did they
dwell, for his encouragement, upon the un-
speakable blessing with which he was surroun-
ded in this country--emphatical the country
of the poor mani Did they point to the glori-
GUS results with which it was covered all over
of industry stimulated by poverty, and rely
ing under Heaven only on an honest heart and
a good right arm2 Did they tell him that this
mighty State, Of whose beauty and grandeur
he (Mr Legare) had, until few days past, but
a very inadequate conception, was one vast
monument Of what poverty and labor, with
good morals, could achieve in a few genera
tions' Did they speak to him oil the Aslors and
Girards, who, beginning in condition as hum.
bic as his, had risen to lie more than the prin.
ces of the earth2 No! no. The language they
held to him was in far different strain--it
was the language which the tempter ere the
DESTROYER of mankind, addressed 10 his victims
the language of pride, envy, despite and des.
pair. They did indeed unlock to him the strong
boxes of the rich but not with view to awaken