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

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am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedent servant,
ANDREW JACKSON"
Gen. Jackson, then, in the year of his elec
inn. ayowed himself an advocate of the "a
I hIERICAN SYSTEM" both as to its "erpsd
6encv and conStitutioaalHy." lie was in tavo
of tariff which would afford adequate and lai
PROTECTlON to our manufacturers an
haborers. He was taking SIX HUNDRED
BTHOUSAND operatives from agricultural pur
suits, and placing them in manufactures. lii
Twas for rendering US independent of foreign
manufacturers, and encouraging our own by
means Of PROTECTIVE duties. He was il
flavor oflnternal Improvements by the Gener
al Government-having, in l823-'24, while {
member of the Senate, voted with the friend:
of Internal Improvement for all the great mea
sures they projected; and he refers to these
Votes of 1924 as true index to his opinions in
l828. Did these opinions agree with those OF
the Richmond Enquirer? Not at all. They
$Sere the antipoGeS of the opinions maintained
by that Journal. One OF two things therefore,
Is certain. Mr.. Richie has either stated de.
lberate faIsehood, and grossly illuminated
General Jackson, or the latter was guilty of
The most reputable duplicity in writing a letter
(yet TO be published) to Virginia, and avowing
principles precisely the reverse Of those set
in his published letter to the Governor of Indi-
hna! Which horn of the dilemma does the ed
tor choose3 Let him produce his unpublished
letter.
# We have no authority, of course, to speak
Nor General jackson; but from the contents of
his letter TO Governor Ray we undertake toI
say, that he never wrote a letter to Virginia of
the character described by Mr.. Richie. It'll
must OF necessity be sheer fabrication. 1t is |
impossible that General Jackson could have
written 10 Virginia, saying that his ''politcal
opinions agreed with the Enquirer" and then
have written to Governor Ray, not only ex-
pressing directly opposite opinions but decar-
ing that he wrote his letter to DR.. Coman, with |
= view oil preventing any doubt or misconstruc-
lion IN the Southern States, Virginia, &c, as
"A 10 his sentiments on the Tariff. The existence
therefore, OF such a letter from Gen. Jackson
as Mr.. Richie says he Sa1C, will be hooted al by |
every true friend of the General, until it is pro-
duced. They cannot but come to the concIu-
sion, that the editor Of the Enquirer has been
guilty of wicked fabrication for the misera-
pic purpose of defending himself against the
charge of inconsistency.
But admitting, for the sake Of argument, that
Zen. jackson did write such letter, and that
y wrought the conversion Of Mr.. Richie, what
nust the latter have thought after he saw the
Generals letter TO Gov. Ray! He must have
Known that Gen. jackson was either practcing
deception upon him and the people Of Virginia
On upon Gov. Ray and the people of Indiana
And having thus found out that Gen Jackson
'was capable of writing two rreconciIable let
tcrs Tor electioneering purposes, the one 10 lie
Unpublished the other for publication; the one
b. conciate the anti Tariff States, the other to
curry favor with the Tariff States; what should
have been Mr.. Ritchie'S course, as a ''faithlul
sentinel" on the public watchtower? What
confidence could he have alterward entertained
Pin Gen. Jackson's integrity? In every point OF
view, the story Of an unpublished letter, OF the
character described by Mr.. Richie, is incredi-
BILE, and must be regarded as libel on Gen
Jackson's character for veracity and fair deal
ling,
There is another point connected with this
subject, to which we desire TO call the attention
of the people of Tennessee. They will see,
that Gen, Jackson, after avowng himself an
advocate Of the "American Sysem"-ora Tar.
III of PROTECTlON and system Of Internal
improvements by the General Government
winds up by expressing his proud satisfaction
OF having always been sincere and consistent
Republican," A most impressive commentary
on the slang whangng cry got up in Tennessee
by Gov. Polk, that the Tariffs Federal mea-
sure, and only supported by FederaliStS! My
fellow citizens. whether YOU intend TO support I
Van Buren, or Harrison, is it not time that you
had discarded from your confidence men who
you know are seeking to deceive youl You all
read these letters OF Gen Jackson to Gov. Ray |
and Doctor Coleman, in 1928 You saw and
knew that the General was a Tariff man. You
voted for him as such. You never, in those
days, heard the Tariff called Federal mea-
sure, or its supporters FederaliStS On the
contrary, you voted for Gen. Jackson as a Re-
publican, though you knew that he was for
Tariff. But now that the Tariff has been set
tied by the compromise act, Gov. Polk and his
newspapers are trying 10 make you believe
that Gen. Harrison is FederaIist, because,
like Gen. Jackson, he was once friend to the
Tariff, and that if you vote for Gen, Harrison,
who led our armies TO victory against the Brit
lsh in the last war, you too, will be Federahss!
Will you longer permit yourselves to be insu-
ted by such shameless attempts to deceive and
impose upon you?
There is third point in this letter from Gen.
Jackson TO Doctor Colman deserving Of special
consideration at this particular juncture.-
Much has been said Of late by the Loco-foco
organs about Gen. Harrison's refusal to reply
10 letters and give explicit answers to all in