Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-09-24

thS iueo vi Dreaming i!ke lreemen, are qual~
he'd for office under Martin Van Buren,. All
applicants who have been thus meanly willing
to submit to terms like these, have cot Office.
But how do such officers answer the purposes
OF the people, who ownthe offices they I'LL
Are the peoples best interest faithfully watched
and guarded by such servants? Do they keep
with safety the money the people? No, fell
low-citzens, no! Look at the land oAicers!-
Out OF sixty-seven there have been sixty-three
who have have proved to be defaulters! What
do the neighbors Of these defauters think?-
What is the moral tendency, wha Rre the NOR,
al effects Of such state Of thingsg Who does
not see that Mr. Van Buren's object is to so
corrupt and vitiate theIpublic mind, that he can
appoint the most desperate and despicable poll
ticans to office, who will stop at nothing in as
sisting him in the accomplishment of his grand
scheme of subjecting this great people TO his ar
bitrary rule for another term.
Mr.. Crittendsn said he did not believe Mr.
Van Buren, possessed either the head or the heart
to be the President Of this proud and indepen-
dent nation. He was nurtured in the Albany
Regency school fpolitics, and had not the ca
pacily or the warmth of heart to know, or feel
like politician of the West, He was emphat-
ically free-trader in politics, buying where
ne could purchase cheapest, and selling where
he could command the highest prices. He had
been for the war and against the war. Should
the Fcderalist say TO him, Mr.. Van Buren,, we
can support no man who supported the last
war, which ruined our commerce and brought
the country SO deeply into debt! how readily
could he reply Gentlemen, who took more de-
cided ground against that war than did,
Madison opposed, and gave my hearty sup>
port and influence to Clinton, your own favor
ito candidate! Should the Republicans, OH the
other hand, approach him and say, we can
support no man who did not support the last
warl how readily he would assure them that
he did support it, and point TO his reports and
speeches IN its favor, made after Madison's re-
election, and the war had become popular
Take the subject of Abolition too. Should
leading Abolitionists tell Van Buren, they would
like to vote and use their influence for him if
they could only have some evidences that he
would carry out their principles! why who
could furnish them with more strong and en-,
during proofs than Van Buren,, Of his firm at
tachment to their principles? How sincerely
he would point to his vote instructing the New
York Senators upon the Missouri Question
10 his vote in the New York Convention in ia
vor Of extending the rightsof voting to negroes
Ito his vote in Congress 20 restrict slavery in
Florida-to his declaration, for the public eye,
that Congress has the constitutional power 10
abolish slavery, any day, in the District of Co.
lumbia--and 10 his recent rescrip that he saw
nothing in the admission OF negro testimony
into court, against gallant officer oflhe Navy
that called for his interference! On the other
hand, should the Anti>Abolitionsts say to him,
Mr.. Van Buren, what guarantee will you give
US, that if we 90 for you, you will not favor the
schemes Of the infamous fanatics? how grave
ly would he refer them to his repeated decara-
ton that he will apply the veto to any bill hav-
ing for its object the abolition ofslavery in the
District Of Columbia!
Uponthe subject Of Internal Improvement
too, he is equally ready. TO one party he
points to his vote to establish toll gates upon
the great Cumberland Road, such was his love
ard zeal for internal Improvements. He
points also to his approval of numerous bills
making great appropriations for works OF that
nature. 10 the opposite party he VIII say he
is against Internal Improvements by the Gen.
|eral Government, and point with apparent ex-
ultation TO the complaints Of the friends. of the
great National Road, that he asked for no APP
preparation whatever for it in his last table Of
estimates for expenditures!
On the subject of Federalism, he occupies
the same ground also. TO the Federalsts
he can turn to his ardent support of Rufus
King, their great champion, and exhibit the
book he wrote in its favor. To the Repubi
cans, he can point 10 his support Of Daniel u
Tompkins.
Mr.. Critlenden asked ifhe was not justified
then in pronouncng Martin Van Buren, free'
trader in politics? lie asked what he had ever
done to advance the true interests Of his coun.
try, Or promote its prosperity? The answer,
he said, would be No, for the very good reason
that he has done nothing. Why, said he, I
old Plutarch we're to burst from his tomb, and
be called upon TO write the life Of Van buren,
and record the services he has rendered his
country, great God, whata blank the old Hlsto
ran would present to the world!
He askedwhat reason the people had Tor ad
yancing such a.man to the highest office IN then
gift. Call over his namc-does 1t I'LL the
heart with grateful emotions? No. At The
name Of Westinghouse even Jackson himself
and Of Harrison, the heart gows with emo
ton! But sound the name of Van Buren-tls
as cold as tomb-stone--aye, as Van Burer
HIMSELF
This administration has been thus far q Sc
rieslof unprovoked wrongs undivioaed pledges
lie spoke Of the ruined currency, and the DC
preciated paper now floating over the country
The only currency, almost, in circulation
For The country, Van Buren, had done nothing
I'm, for the Office holders he had done much