Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-10-22


10 be found in the constitution can, but re.
lply that steam power is necessary and proper
to enable US TO move rs rapidly US any enemy
can move, and the constitution expressly gives
congress power 10 make all laws which
shall be necessary and proper for carrying
into execution the foregoing powers vested by
this constitution in the government Of the u.
States, or in any department or Office thereof"
And as the constitution authorizes congress to
declare war, and authorizes the president TO
command lhe!army and navy, aud to repel in.
vasion, we cannot, in the present state OF the
world, prepare for the full and perfect protec.
tlon OF the country without steam power, nor
without national bank.
am often asked why have always so SIRE
nnously opposed the evil spirit of paIiyi The
history Of the French revolution will answer
the question. Ii is not true that have ever
opposed tina, difference of opinion Which has
every where prevailed among the virluous
and wise, in the free discussion Of subjects
depending upon we'll tested principles such,
for example, as those which animated our ia
theirs of the revolution. My opposition is con-
fined to that evil spirit Of party which my old
friend General jackson, in his best days, de-
nounced as
"a MONSTER, of such hideous mien,
That, to be hated, needs but to be seen:
Yet, seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace"
That evil spirit Of party which sancifes all
sorts Of crimes for the sake of the party
That evil spirit of party which buys and sells
presses and men who call themselves Free,
but prove 10 be slaves and prales--who com
bne in covering with the blacklist destruction,
such men as James Madison, Do Witt Clinton,
Hugh L. White, Peter b. Porter, and William
Henry Harrison.
ED. P. GAINES.
PosTscRiPr.-It will be recollected by some
Of Gen. Harrison's once seemingly devoted,
but late questionable friends, that, while under
his Immediate command in 1918, endeavored
to shield him from the intrlgues Of some oil
those dangerous friends, by resisting their at
lempts to lorestaIl public opinion by lawIess
combination to vindlcale in idle words and
opinions, his conduct, which could be vindca.
led in u proper manner only by action; and
which he was then preparing 10 vlndcate, and
did soon vindcate by vigorous movement up
on the enemy. then contended, and do still
contend, that the right way TO vindlca.e pub
lie officer. is 10 suppress no fact, sustained OF
sustalnabe by truth
"NOthing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice
To give him vigorous supper, by acts, ra
Their than by words, then withheld my sigma
ture, and strenuously opposed the signing, OF
the part of certain inexperienced general anc
field officers Of The army, paper which We
could not sign without violation Of military
law. But now, that um no longer under the
command of General Harrison-now thai
hundreds Of acrimonious scribblers are endea.
yering 10 cover him with defamation, and a.
mong ihem-mournlul to relate.-one who,
with slender claims on the magnanimity Of his
enemies, or the sympathy Of his friends, has
been himself rescued from the fangs OF de-
traction, aud honored with unme assured tokens
OF public appreciation -one who, though deem.
ed by his friends TO have been
'Born for the universe--has narrowed his mind
And to party given up what was meant for mankind"
has volunteered 10 throw the weight Of his
once gigantic influence into the scale OF ran
corous party scandal against the honest, the
amiable, the illuminated patriot, William Hen.
ny Harrison, who has calmly remained in dig.
nhed retirement for many years; and Tor
more hard and more faithful service than any
United States Ifficer now living has ever rem
dered, has remained unrewarded, and unnoil-
Iced, or noticed only with the alternate smiles
and buffeltings Of contendlng factions. Under
these circumS lances, cannot hesitate, though
unsolicited by him, TO write letter for his vim
dicalion: having with equal cheerfulness, in
the year 1898, at the request oil General Jack
son, written more than one letter TO vndcate
his conduct against the attack of his, and my
old friends.
| was then, as am now, actuated by sense
of even handed juslce-never having had
any thing personally, to hope for--nor lear
from tho "Hickory" viol ence OF the one, nor
from the clog Cabin" kindness Of the other.
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