Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-06-25
From Duff GREEN'S Pilot.
Come, let us reason together.

I would say word to the original Jackson
men. In 1924 you and were together. We
supported the election of Gen. Jackson. Bloir
and Kendall were the devoted partzans Of Mr.
Clay, and Mr.. Van Buren, supported Mr. Craw.
ford. Kendall continued the devoted partizan
of Clay; advised him TO vote for Adams or not.
as he pleased, and after the election of Adams,
offered to come on TO Washington and defend
Clay from the ISLANDERS" to use his own words.
that were published against him, if Clay would
give him an office worth fifteen hundred dol.
lars per annum. Clay refused 10 pay him the
stipulated price, and Kendall turned his pois.
onous iangs on the beneiactor who had warmed
him into life, and became States evidence u
convict Clay of the charge against which h,
had volunteered to defend him Blair CAM
in at the eleventh hour, under a contract thu,
he should have the printing patronage of tie
government. Now where are you, and whele
are these men? You have all the kicks, and
they have all the coppers. Your labor is redl.
ced forty per cent. in its value, and they bost
that they have reduced the value Of flour ole
half How is it with their salaries? Kend;ll
who entreated Clay for fifteen hundred dollas
per annum, receives his Sir thousand in hand
dollars, and his pickings and speculations 10
boot. Blair makes his thousands without nc
wing his finger, except as the pensioned Libel
Ter of Gen. Harrison, and those who have re
fused to surrender their judgments and thei,
principles.
And these are the men who, by virtue ofther
position in the country, denounce such of the
original Jackson men as disapprove OF the mea
sures which have brought the country into its
present uneXampled condition, and call upon
you to follow them in their denunciatons.
What would entreat you to do is, calmly
to 90 over the whole ground with me, and let
US reason together on these things. How does
it happen that the men who were opposed to us
in 1820-who then reyiled and rdicuIed Gen
Jackson, even more than they now ridicule
Gen. Harrison, got possession of his ear, and
have, through the potent influence of his name,
arisen into power, whilst his strongest and
sternest friends are driven from him, and are
denounced as II they were enemies to their
country! Go into any OF the states and look
out for the original Jackson men, and you will
lind that many of those who raised The stan
dard, and bore the heat and burden of the day.
are now prescribed and prosecuted whilst a
mongre mixture of money-loving office hold
ers, are the chosen leaders oil the party
How is this? Why is it SO? Men may change
but principles will not. When we rallied a.
galnSt Adams, the strongest argument urged
against him, was that he abused the patronage
OF the government 10 re-eIect himself Who
does not recolIect Colonel Johnson's celebrated
declaration, that he would oppose the re-elec-
ton Of Mr.. Adams, though she was pure as an
Angel in Heaven" They were then reused TO
ylndicate the purity of the elective franchise.
Your purpose was 10 assert the power of the
people to elect their own Chief Magistrate. and
you rallied against Mr.. Adams, because Won
resolved to demonstrate that the voice of the
people was more potent than the patronage of
the government. Your desire was to nroye
that your votes could not be purchased with
your own money-thut the virtue of the peo-
pie was stronger than the love of money, You
trumphed. The election Of Gen. Jackson was
atrlumph oil the elective franchise. You gain
ed the battle, but you lost the fruits OF victory
Gen Jackson used the power which you had
defeated, not on = to re-elect himself, but to ap-
point his successor. lie brought the whole
force of the federal patronage to bear on elec>
tons, and by exertng his own personal popu>
larlty, IN aid OF the power and and influence
OF the government, he elected Mr.. Van Buren,.
these things are true, and no man can gain
say them. Your confidence has been abused,
and you have been inhamcd by artfuI appeals
to your passions and prejudices. You have
been taught to believe that following the will
oil your party leaders, you we're asserting and
maintaining your principles. would ask you
II you do not see that by supporting Van Bu-
rens reelection, you are violating your prn-
cpes? Who believes that Van Buren, is the
free unbiased choice of the people? What
will the world believe if Van Buren, is re-eec-
ted? What will you believe? If he is able
now, by the force Of the federal patronage, to
reflect himself, is there not an end to the FREQ
dom Of electlons9 Will it not prove that the
love Of office and filthy ucre is stronger than
the love of country? ~.
But why do reason thus? Come one, come
all, and swell the rolling tide of public opinion.
Let the next election be a triumph of the pop.
ular voice, speaking in tones of thunder to all
who are now in authority, and all who are to
come after them; proclaimng that the people
are sovereign; and they are resolved to assert
their power. Let the original Jackson men re.
Joce that our candidate is a patriot in whom
there is no guile. One who has no selfish
ends to crafty. One who comes into power
with no grlefs to avenge and no debts TO pay.
One who will bring joy and peace, and plenty
to suffering country, and who has no terrors,
but for those who have covered the land with
sadness and affection.
Another consideration. Our candidate was
tod. go Al r .