Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-06-11

The lawsof Congress passed under this powel
nave provided punishment to any who shall
oppose or interrupt the exercise of This right
Now, can any one believe that the instrumen
which contains provision OF this kind. which
authorizes q master to'pursue his slave int,
another State, take him back, and provides
punishment iorany citizen or any citizens o
Inc state who should oppose him, shoul NJ tn,
same time authorize the latter to assemble
together, TO pass resolutions and adopt address
ses, not only TO encourage slaves to leave theil
masters, but cut their throats before they de
SO?
u insist that il the citizens Of the non.slave
holding States can avail themselves Of the ar
ticle Of The Constitution which prohibits the re-
strctIon OF speech or the press TO publish any
thing injurious TO the rights OF save.holdng
states, they can go TO the extreme that have
mentioned, and effect any thing further, which
writing or speaking could effect. But fellow
clllzens these are not the principles OF the Con-
stltutlon Such construction would defeat
one OF the great objects of its formation, which
was, that OF securing the peace and harmony
Oh the states which we're parties to it. The
liberty ofspeech and Of tho press which we're
gwen as the most effectual means to preserve
to each and every citizen their own rights, and
TO the States the rights which upperaned to
them at the time oftheir adoption. IL could neu
er hare been expected that IL would be used 6ythe
ctt'2ens Of one portion Of The States for The pur
pose Of depriring those Of another portion of the
rights achich they had reSerped at the adoption of
the Constitution, and in the exercise of Which none
0m themselves hare any concern or interest III
slavery is an eril, The erit is Nth them. IfMere
asguH in ii, The guilt is theirs, not ours, since
neither the States phere does not eriSt, nor the
Government Of the United States, can, without
nsWpation Of rocer, and the uiolation of a SOL
emn compact, do any thing 10 remove ii ,cithomI
the consent Of those wlto are Immediately interes-
TED. But they will neither ask for, nor CONSENT
to be aided, whilst the illegal, prosecuting, and
dangerous movements are in progress, of which
complain; the interest ofa concerned require
that these should be stopped immediatcl "
This can only be done by the force of public
opinion, and that cannot 100 soon be brought
INTO operation. Every movement which is |;
made by the abolilonsts in the non-saveho
ding States, is viewed by our Southern breth.
rem as an attack upon their rights, and which i'll,
persisted, must in the end eradicate those feel
ings OF attachment and affection, between the
citizens fall the States which were produced
by community ofinerests and dangers in the
war OF the Revolution, which was the founda.
non OF our happy Union, and by condition of $
which can alone be preserved lenreat you
then, 10 trown upon measures which are 10 pro-
duce results 10 be so much deprecated. The
opinion which have now given, have omit
ted no opportunity for the last two years to Law
before the People Of my own State. have ia
Ken the Liberty to express them here, know
ing even that if they should unfortunately not
accord with yours, they would be kindly re-
ceived."
what motives can Gen. II. have TO falsify
all that ne has heretofore said on this subject
to disgrace and dishonor himself? He can /,
have none, as he is pledged not to be again a
But 1t is said, that ifhe is not an abolitionist
the aboitionists support him. 1t is not true. As
far as ! know there is but one abolition paper
IN the Union that is not opposed to him; and
that is not more than neutral.
But TO put this charge forever at rest, the
aboltionlsts, at late Convention, have de.
lermined TO support neither of the candi-
dates, and have started candidates of their
own.
In theCheyiot speech, Gen. Harrison advan-
ces the opinion, that on the application of the
slave states, congress may appropriate the pub
nc lands TO the purpose of emancip patton. In
this know he is in error but il is an error in.
10 which Mr.. Jefferson and Mr. Madison have
fallen, and most harmless error No such
application will ever be made by the slave
States; and ifit should, there is no great dan
ger in those States being aided with money on
their own application.
do not know Gen. Harrison personally;
only know him through the history ofthe coun-
Try. If that history be true, it is absurd to de-
ny him high qualities and talents. 1t is too
ate in the day to deny military talents to a !.
nan, who, 10 say nothing Of anything else, has ;
received an unanimous vote of thanks from ,
Congress, the appreciation of Madison and of :
he tlme-honored Shelby, who served in the :
campaign with him. have been struck with !;
me thing in the lille of Gen. Harrison. He en-
cred the service when but a boy, with latge /.
hereditary fortune. He had opportunities of
himself to millions while Governor
# the Northwestern Territory-but he came
'ut Of that service, and all of his high trust a Z
'oor man; and he is neither vicious nor spend !,
hrlit II was regarded amongst the Romans,
ne highest compliment to one who had been ;,
invested with important trusts to be able TO say, :
hat he died so poor as TO be buried at the pub =
&c expense. Never did any man better de- :.
erve such attribute =
For these reasons, do not hesitate 10 ex- r
ress to you my opinion that the interests of the Il,
ountry will be promoted by the election of ~
en-. Harrison If however he should be cleo. a.
ID, and his administration should be such as ~