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


strength, and was no longer the chiyalrc pat
riot he had been. His strength was gone
save when, in The blindness Of his new tangled
party zeal, he occasional y cxeried his strength
to shake the pillars of the Republic, TO ayenge
himself upon his supposed enemies What
patriot ask in the name Of Washington
what patriot ever thought ofchershing the evil
lntoerantsspirit of party at any time--but
more especially on the eve of war? What po-
litical party in this or in any other country,
could alone sustain war against strong pow
er, regardless of the aid Of an opposing political
party of near equal strength!
Shall be told that the war OF 1919 TO 'iE
was q party measure, and terminated honor.
ably by party. This deny. know many
II not most Of the heroes and veterans Of the
ast war spurned Indignantly the ,rammels Ioi
party spirit. had the pleasure TO command
many, and with them, side by side, to meet the
enemy without rest for the better part Of TWEEN
iy-three successive days and nights. They
had sworn to bear truth, faith and allegiance to
the United States, and 10 serve them honestly
and faithfully; they fought not in the service
OF party, but for their country, their whole
country, and Tor no man, nor any thing but
their country, regardless Of party. II the
Seminole war ia claimed as party measure,
need only TO remark here, that The officer with
in whose military division that war common
ICED, and whose duty therefore it was TO ter
inmate ii, did meet and beat the enemy, and
did thus terminate that war without any knowl-
edge that il had been got up for electioneering
Ior party purposes. Ii it was afterwards renew
ed and carried on upon party principles wha,
does 1t prove? leave il 10 the votares of the
evil spirit ofparty TO answer the question. !
have not been permitted for four years past 10
have any thing 10 do with that war; and hence
1t may not be deemed proper that | should have
any thing TO say about that Yexatious war
For many years previous to his election for
the presidency, | had frequently conversed
freely with my gallant friend Gen. Jackson.
He responded cordially, and acquesced with
me in every sentiment | have here expressed
in opposition to the evil spirit Of par,y-in OPP
position 10 convention and caucus nominations,
and in opposition to any man holding the oil.
fee OF president o. the United Suites longer than
Tor one term. This was before he was shurn
Iof his strength. cordially urged my friends
20 vote for him, in the full persuasion that he
would do all that he had given me, and his
other friends, reason to believe he would do.
was sure he would take care to keep the three
lgreat branches Of the federal government
the legislative, executive and judiclal-sepa.
rate and distinctly refusing to nominate
members Of congress for any OF the high Off
ces of the government-lhat he would put the
country in state of defence-and above oil
that he would put down the monster party spi.
rit. These, however, proved 10 be mere cleo.
pioneering promises. He had not been in Of.
flee six months before he proved by his con-
duct that his fixed purpose was TO violate all
the great cardinal principles upon which his
friends had advocated his election. Resolving
on being a candidate for election TO second
term, he fell out with all his friends who re-
minded him of his solemn pledges-and, find.
ing himself unable TO WELD the bank OF the U.
States for party purPoses-resoved TO conSld
Ier that institution, and not the evil spirit oil
party, as the monster, against which his PROV.
ess was to be vented in storm OF words, aud
acls, which no doubt tended 10 secure his re-
election. But that institution, created as 1t
was by the law OF the land, could not fall by
lawless means, without shock that all par~
ties were 10 feel, and which oil parties do eel,
and must long continue 10 iee--when Jack
nso and his party, friends and foes, are no
more.
have often been asked my opinion as to the
talents Of Harrison as a statesman. l reply
that many Of his letters are TO be found IN al
most every reading room in the city or coun'
try, and as am sure that he wrote Tor hlmse
every thing that appears as his own produc
,ion,-these, with his public acts, will speak
for him and do him justice. Harrison, how
ever, compared with either Of the presidents
for the last twenty three years, may be con-
sidered equal TO the first Two, and superior to-
the two last, in all the essential characters
tics of statesman; and prefer him because
he is most likely to follow the footsteps oil
Washington-th only one Of all our great ex.
ecu,ive chiefs who proved himself to be the
president Of the United States, and never
never the president OF party.
come now 10 my last reason why wish ,oI
sec General Harriso elected president OF theI
United States. believe he will not treat any
man, nor any thing, protected by the law oil
the land, as a monster, and believe that he
will consider bank, retaining all the good,
and rejecting all the evil properties oil the late
bank Of the United States, as necessary and
proper for regulating the currency, collecting
and disbursing the revenue, aud providing Tor
the national defence, and therefore as strictly
as it is now admitted to be con-
Tor congress to pass laws authoriz-
ing The employment Of steam power to facll>
tate the movement OF our vessels up the Mis-
sissippi river, or TO expedite our military and
naval operations against an invading foe.-
VI hat do | say2 That congress may constl-
lutionally pass laws authorizing the employ
n,ert of steam power to hasten The movement
Of our private and public military aud naval