Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1841-10-07

y oresnmption is, that tho same sPlr' 10 y"
rendered by similar causes, far ana wluc
IN this apiiated land. The antl-bond. CT
fort has a two fold bearing. Two oDlec's
are evidently in view One is to carry
the election in favor OF the anti-Oonuors'
and if this fail, to have the elements OIL
opposi,ion already prepared for com6'na'
ton AGAINST the paEnent Of the bonds
So ,bnt whatmay be lost at n fair election,
NAV be gained. in part, by the resistance
of physical power If you Think reader'
this inference farfe,ched and too severe
then 90 back to the text. Shooting tax
colleolas is the pith ofthe editorial under
) - .. the thrilling expression which
an1s; ed the editor and candidates with
admir- and delight
Y a7sh spirit of 76"6a potent patriotic
n IN race t how mischIevouSIy mlsaPpI!ed
..'''| tied in the present case The
IS. No6ld make the imPresson' that
ssS5lhtonary spirit of l776, and the
la0 bbhh spirit % S4l, are the s "a ME
)sfflley are very 0Iferent-no way a'ike'
Who way akin. The spirit of 76 erected IL
self into a manly attitude, for freedom
from oppression, against a powerful gov
eminent The spirit of 4 rises up lor
freedom from moral obligation, against
few money dealers, who have neither 'e-
cal means nor physical force to comPe' US
to action. They have no tribunal to when
they can appeal. We adjudic ate our own
case, and decide according to our own Will
They rely altogether on our honor our
promise, our solemn pledge, our PlIghted
faith. II we violate this, they have no
other recourse. They loose their money!
and we our character
But it may be said, the spirit of 76, and
the spirit of Al, are alike, or will be alike,
/ ia their resistance to taxation. Wen,
let us examine this position. The SPiIlt
OF 76 resisted a tax, imposed without the
consent of the colonies that had to pay 1t,
and for purposes in which they had no
concern But the spirit Of Al betrays
disposition to resist a tax, relating to our
own concerns, which may be LAID by
majority Of our own representatives, re-
! OuldIlS GlCClGu uuuCt tliO iho'E uShiOS'NN
ic constitution in all the world.
The editorial closes with wonderous
effort at effect This country never can
be ensaved to England or subsidized to
federalism, when the very boys breathe
such spirit as this" Now the spir it
breathed by the boys, already comment
ed on, is just such spirit as was breath
ed by the malcontents IN the whlskey ln~
surrection. As to the flourish about Eng
land and federalism, it might be sup
posed to pass off as mere flnttus oil the
mind, but for the erroneous impression
which it is intended to produce. "Ihls
country never can be ensIaved to Eng
land.n What morbid brain has ever con
ceived such an idea since the capture OF
ICornwallis -? "Enslaved to England -
How {? By paying the bonds held by
few British subjects {! This seems to be
the meaning, ifthere can be any mean ing
in such a senseless expression. But e.
nough of this. Federalism" is more
caoalIistic term, and su5si died to fed
eralism," is a phrase repIete with Pollt-
ical mystery. Who can !atho m its pro"
foundity But where is fedora ism =
1t lost its power before our editor was
born, and it lost its organization at the
close Of our last war with Great Britain.
But no matter; the term is still kept in
use for party effect, and may be as good
a substitute for fact and reason on the
bond question, as it has been on all the
great national questions, which have agIN
tated the Union for dozen years past.
" Subsidized to federalism" Is there
any federalism lurking in the bond ques-
ton, as the quoted expression lnslnuates?
Let US examine. Was the Union Bank
a federal measure. No; but rather a
democratic one, according y to the testI-
mony of our editor himself, who says IN
the weekly Free Trader of August the
Goth, that sit cannot be denied, that as
far back as 1885 and subsequently the
democrats IN the legislature, and out OF 1t,
favored the Union Bank" This settles
the question as to both the legislature and
the people. But, what was the potl cal
complexion of the bank commissioners !
| never knew either the person or poIlllcs
of any OF them, except Gov. Runnels, the
President, who we all know, was very
influential leader in the democratic party.
And what was the complexion of the com
mlssioners appointed to sell the bonds
OF these also know none but Col. Will
kins, who was Jealous supporter oil zen.
Jackson's ell ecton. So far, then, there ap-
pears to be no bearer of federalism COM
cealed in the origin and progress of this
institution. But was any Infused into 1t
afterwards, when Nicholas Biddle became
the possessor Of the bonds =! Was he a
federalist ? This | cannot answer for
federalism was delunct before ever
heard of his name. But be he what
he may, and be federalism where it may,
could either, or both, ana the United
States Bank, all combined, subsldize this
country. or any party in il, even if "such