Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-06-04
J. BURNETT.
Hon. WIN. w. SouTHGATE.
warning voice, from the Ancient Dominion.

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Barrett G.. Payne, Esq, Representative il
the Virginia Legislature, in an address 10 hi
constituents, offering himselfas candidate TO
reelection, in which he defines his views, thus
speaks Of Mr.. Van Buren,
al have been slow to give up the man we all
or most OF us, voted for, and would gladly have
continued to have supported him; but when
had TO choose between giving up him, or deser
ting my republican principles, as understand
republicanism | was bound TO give him up
have supported the administration
Of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson
Mr. Richie has oftentimes lately called me the
"Old Republican," but ifdemocratc principles,
require man to support q measure, which, as
Mr.. Rltche says, gives the means Of corrup-
tion to the President, and makes two curren-
cies the better for the officers Of the Govern.
ment and the baser for the people-if that is
repubIlcanism have been in the dark all my
life.
believe the good Of the
country requires that Mr. Van Buren, should
DO rebuked Tor his course, and shall vote for
General Harrison"
Edmund Fontaine, Esq, another member OF
the Legislature OF Virginia, who, at the last
Presidential election voted for Mr.. Van Buren,,
has published an address 10 his constituents in
which he says
"ln deciding the question whether should
abandon Mr.. Van Buren,, too. like my friend
Col. Payne, have been restrained by that reluc.
lance, to part with an old friend, which we all
feel in every condition of life. The patience
and long suffering with which we have borne
the many acts Of which we complain, will, ]
trust, have some influence in commencing to
your approval the judgment we have now form
ed. Like our forefathers in the days of the
Revolution we have demonstrated again and
again--we trusted that the commanding voice
of The people would constrain our President to
surrender his will to theirs; but, like our fore
fathers, we have appealed in vain; we have
been "laligued into submission to his mea-
sures;" and we behold armies about to DO raj
sed, for what, we cannot tell, when peace pre-
walls throughout our borders, unless il is to
awe into silence all rebels against his author
ity.
awe have looked to the President 10 stay his
rash and ruthless hand-but we have looked
in vain. Still the cry is:--Give me power
give me the Sub Treasury! Our patience and
long suffering is exhausted; our hope Of relief
is exiingushed. and with that hope. our conf
dence is gone"
In the conclusion Of this address, which our
limits will not permit us to publish entire, he
says:
"Felow-citizens, it does not become man
to boast Of the purity Of his motives; leave
YOU. therefore, to Judge whether anything but
The most solemn convictions Of my duty to our
beloved country, could have induced me to leave
the rower(n Administration party, TO which !
was warmly attached, and expose myself 70
the unsparing persecution which have encoun'
tered, and am still destined to endure. have
acted under the most solemn sense Of the obli--
cations owe TO you and to our Posterity. \
believe If Mr. Van Buren, is reelected, that the
spirit Of independence will be chained. by the
shAckIos Of party despOtism, to the throne o.