Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-06-11
VOL. 5.-NO. "a,

only slulnberlng--which mad before, ana OF
that very spot, marred his political prospects,
lie did it, il is evident because foul spirit was
about him, which, if allowed TO spread, wouli
neriI all that was noble in the land; and he for,
oot himself, and thought only Of his country.
in the effort to destroy that spirit"
Afterwards, in n speech at Vincennes ~
1885, he used the following language upon this
subject:
8. have now, fellowcitzcus, few words
more to say on another subject, and which IS,
lin nv opinion, Of more imporIance than any
other that is now IN the course OF discussion 10
any par, OF the Union. | aludc TO the socle
tiles which have been formed, and the move
ments of certain individuals. in some OF the
States, in relation TO portion oil the population
lin Others The con luct of these persons Is the
more dangerous, because their object IS mask
cd under the glrb OF dslnteresledness ana oc
neyoence; AMI their course yindieated by argu-
mcnts and propositions which IN the aostrac.
no one can deny But, however fascinating
nav be the dress with which their schemes are
pIesen,ea to their !eow-citizens, with what
ever purity Of intention they may have been
Fl formed and sustained, they will be fousd TO
carry in their train mischief to the whole I'm
lion, AMI horrors to Il large portion OF it, which.
fiji Is DrOOuUt, SOluS W iIS p'oJNNsS' y
lortheir supporters, have never thought oil; the
latter the first in he series of evils which are
!, Ia spring from their source, are such as YOU
=, have read of, to have been perpetrated on thu
fair plains of Italy and Gaul by the Scythan
a hordes of AuiIy AMI AIarc; and such as most ..
4 YOU apprehcnled upon that memorable nigh
/ when the tomahawks and war>clubs Of the fol-
= towers of recamsch we're rattling in your
). suburbs regard not the dsavowais OF any
!, such intention upon the part OF auhors OF these
schemes. SINCE upon the examination OF the
= publications which have been made, they VIII
"a be found TO contain the very facts, and every
|, arrument, which wouIdhave been used, If such
If would have been their object. am certain
that there is not, in this assembly, one OF these
a. dehlded men, and that there are few within
:. the bounds Of the State. Ii there are any,
NJ would earnestly entreat them to forbear; to
i, pause in their career and deliberately consider
N the consequence Of their conduct to the whole
m Union, and to those for whose benefit they pro-
40 less to act That the latter will be the victims
ollof the weak, injudicous, presumptuoas, aud
4. Unconstitutional efforts 10 serve them, thor
no ough examination Of the subject must conslncc
them. The struggle land struggle there mus
of be) may commence with horrors such as have
On described, but it will end with more firmly
ne rveting the chains, or in the utter extrpaon,
lis Of those whose cause they advocate.
emil Am wrong, feilOtc.citjzens, in applying ING
re, termS ,ceak, presumptaous, and unconSfAttona'
cir to The measures O. the enancipators! slight
ire examination will think, show that am not
'ir Ia vindication Of the object OF Convention
which was lately held in one Of the towns OF
BY Ohio which saw in newspaper, II was saIo
he that nothing more was intended than 70 pro
As duce a state OF public feeling which would lead
he to an amendment Of the Constitution, authori-
to zing the abolition of slavery in the United
es States Now, can an amendnen ofthe Con-
be stituton be effected without the consent oil the
us Southern States? What then, is the PROPOSE
on ton to be submitted to them2 1t is this: "Ihe
he present provisions of the Constitution secure
al. to you the right "a right which you held before
,at it was made, which you have never given up
nv to manage your do nestle concerns IN your own
,ot way; but us we are convinced that you do not
We manage them properly, we want you TO put IN
irIthe hands the General Government, in the
Of councils of which we have the majority, the
he the control over these matters, the effect OF
tn which will be virtually to transfer the power
en- from your into our hands"
10 eAgain, in some OF the States and in sections
cir of others, the black population far exceeds that
e Iof the white. Som, Of the nancipators pro-
he pose an immediate abolition. What Is the
in propositien then, as it regards these States and
,se parts States, out the alternatives OF amaga-
in nation with the blacks, or an exchange OF stu
in. ations with theml Is there any man OF COM
mon sense who does not believe that the eman-
nd. cpatod blacks, being majority, will insist
US upon full participation ofpolitical rights with
on the whites and, when possessed of these, they
he will not contend Tor full share of social rights
no also? What bat the extremity Of weakness
On. and folly could induce any one TO think that
is such propositions as these could be listened to
BITS by people so intelligent as the Southern
the States! Further: the enancipators generally
his declare that il is their intention to effect their
byIobect (aIlhongh their acts contrdl ict the as
ACT sertion) by no other means than by con-
er vincing the slave ho lers that the immediate
ich Emancipation Of the slaves is called for, both
ich 10y moral obgatin aud sound policy An IN
aedgod youth, at the moment of leaving (indeed
in. in many instances before he has left ii) his the
his illogical semnaries, undertakes to give lectures
of upon morals TO the CO intrymen of Wythe
Tucker, Pcndleton, AMI Lowndes; AMI lessons
till ofpolitica wisdom TO Saes who % affairs have
ed / so recently been directed by Mlliscn, Wacor
vas and Crawford Iii possible that instances o
rad greater vaaity and presumption cond be crhib'
- ted? BN Mocourse pursued BY The emancipation
an is Institutional. do not say that there ar