Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-07-09

> " e"tSsS IN WS country, secure III
patronage OF our own manufacturers. 10 IN
, exclusion of those Of foreign countries. an
/, whether, it elected President of the Unite,
States, he wouldn his public capacitv recon,
mend, foster, and support the American SIS
TEN.
Gov. Ray accordingly enclosed to Con TooL
son copy of he resolutions. And in who
Hight was the proceeding viewed bv Con TocL
son and his friends at NasbyiIlep We can on
swer that question readily. We hornonod a,
that time, as edtor'of the Nashville Pcm,SGcgn
to occupy the rery resp,ng;bIc nos, ~ con.
fdental organ TO the Jackson Corresrond.
ing Committee of this place, commonly call
ed by our opoonepts, the NaeLrjILe TVLjJe
Washing Committee. and tbis Is tbe way zoe
spoke ofthe matter in the Renublicon of Arril
| 10, 1898.
,,u
- ne motives which actuated their Senator
IMtpS IN ms taaecorouS procedure are "cleal
as 'he noon day." II Gen. Jackson then re-
SPohded 10 Inc lnterrogatorIes the Governor,
they hoped that something would be said cal
cua'eu 10 Alternate from MN either the advo-
cafes OF a Iarltl or their opponents. If he
Iallea 10 give an answer, ne was then to be ac>
cuSeo OIL oHerlng an ihllgnlty TO The StaN OF
i"o'a"a' Ne''her OF these expectations mas,
however oeeh iea'lZed' zen. Jackson, WIN
tnal PromPInesS ana learIessnesS Tor winch ne
Is SO Inuch distinguished, replied without delay,
'hat mere Iiaa oeeh no change IN his opinion
on the SUBJECT ana referred them TO ms letter
10 DOCTOR Co!nlan' ana TO ms votes IN congress
II VIII oe salu Oy Inc iriehds Oh the Coalltlon
mat zen, JacRSon's answer Is not suiilclently
sPecUc' why, then, DO they not publish his
recorded votes! lie hInched not when the
question came before HMM the Senate OF the
United States tie recorded his opinions on
he SUBJECT OF the Tarlitand Internal Improve
nent, on the journals OF the Senate, and there
a"Sthe Gorera2r and Senate Of Indiana SeektOr
InSUerS TO their iaterrQgatorieS."
such was the view which Gen. Jackson S
riends in 1928 took of Gov. Rays application
o him, on the part of the Senate of Indiana, for
distinct expression of his opinions on the then
Xciting topics OF a Tariff and system Of In
ernal improvements. We all considered and
the procedure as indec0rOuS-as a
mere trap, and Gen. Jackson's letter in reply
hows that he came near not answering it att
III! He says that he had formed, and long
cted upon, determ nation to make no reply
o such Undergraduates, and that nothing but
lis respect for the Governor and Senate of In
lana forced him to depart from the rule he had
aid down. Had he believed, however, that
ne inquiries had been dictated in an unfriendIyI
Oirit, he plainly intimates he would not have
lit himself called upon to notice them, high as
,as the source from which they had proceeded.
nd TO what extent did he notice them after
Il? Did he state his opinions explicitly and in
etail on the subjects referred to in the resolu-
ons of inquiry! He was "very clear" of do
lg any such thing. For his sentiments on the
)plcs thus brought to his attention, he refer
ed, in very general terms, TO his votes in Con-
ress and his letter to DR.. CoIman, all ofwhich
'ere matters of public notoriety; and as TO
neither he would, Iteected President, IN his
ubilc capacity, recommend, foster and support
ne Americas SyStem--he was mum on that
ONT, and not the slightest token did he give
lat ne knew OF such an lnterrogatory beng
rooPosed to HIM!
Now, we should like any candid man toI
ONT out tho difference between General
IarrSons course and that oil General jack
IN. General HarrlSon's opinions on the sub
'cts OF abolition, national bank, the public
'ndS and all the prominent topics OF the day
re on record, and Just as we'll known and just
S easily found, II not more so, than were Gen
raj Jackson's in 1928. Is 1t urged that Cen
raj Harrison is supported by both the oppo-
ents and advocates Of a national bank, by abo-
tonlsts and an'l-aboIltonlsts' Why, that
'as precisely what was said by the Senate oil
indiana when they called upon General Jackson
} define his position explicitly with regard toI
ne American System. They told him, in sub
lance. that he was supported in Pennsylvania