Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-10-28
NUMBER rs.


Host by il nearly tho whole assets OF the
Union bank, worth about four millions of
dollars, while the bank debtors and spoc.
ulalors have mado clear gain Of fully
that sum.
The majority Of the legislature, to sus-
tain their unconstitutional repudiating
edict, have been driven to expedients the
most destructive to tho perpetlty of re.
publican governments. For instance, in
the address of the centralState commit
tee TO the democracy of Mississippi, by
Joseph w. Matthews, We are told that ia
the July convention, "Ihc dnh 5ondnsn
proposed that zoe should select candidates
c'taout any regard 10 their peculiar opin-
IONS upon the bond question, ard echo should
Stand Ptedgedto oppose the agitation of The
question by The legislature, for the ne.rt tleo
years al least What would Thomas
Jefferson and James Madison have said TO
tho federalsts who passed the alien and
sedltIon acts, if they had "proposed TO
select candidates without any regard to
their peculiar opinions upon the alien
and sedition question, and who should
stand pledged to oppose the agitation of
the question for The nea t,co years at 1casts~
Would they not have said that such a
gag would be destructive TO republican
liberty? Yet Mr.. Matthews and his CEN
tral committee have the anti-republican
boldnessl 10 call on the democracy TO de.
nounce the bond-paying democrats for re-
iuslng to wear gag '.for Too years at
least"
The whole proceeding and organiza.
lion OF the July convention were ant-re-
publican and destructive to democratic
liberty, as will appear by going back to
iirst principles. A democratic conven-
tlon, properly organized, is composed OF
persons not in office, sent from the various
county meetings to some central point TO
consult together, in regard to the most
suitable persons..to be put on the ticket to
carry out the painciples of the party
When members Of the legislature assem-
bic TO consult on party movements, the
as,semblage, in political language is call
cd caucus. There is no such word in
Inc English dictionary. The democra-
cy coined the word, caucus, for the espe-
cal purpose Of distinguishing those log
rolling, bargain making, gag invcnting as.
semblages Of the legislators and Office
holders, from bona fide conventions ofthe
p1oPfv. When all, or large taeiosiiyof
ne counties are represented by delegates
aken from the people, and sent by pub
lc meetings in the various counties 10 a
'a'e convention, the authority Of such
onventions has nearly always been sub.
nltted to, and the ticket nominated. SUM-
orted by the party. The late convention
Jackson, however was part caucus and
art convention. When the convention
'as to assemble, Gov. Tucker called the
'gIslature together. The members of
re legislature, from no less than twenty
We counties, poured into the convention
nd controlled its action. They nomina-
"a tor Congress tho very man who called
lem together. They made the presi-
ent of the senate, the president of the
invention, and they put the speaker Of
e house of representatives upon their
ngressional ticket, and the author OF the
port In favor of the repudiating resolu-
ms, they declared should be the audi
OF Mississippi. Finally, they nominal
! full ticket Of regulators, every man
the ticket being the known and avow-
advocates of those very repudiating
which they themselves had
ssed, and which their constituency have
led in question and are about to try at
polls.
Now,l those who have done the cues.
aao'e deed, be permitted 10 force upon
ir constituency list Of candidates, all
whom are pledged in advance, right or
ooog, to approve the questionable deed,
Tree and independent voters Of the de-
cratic party will be converted into
re nose OF wax, 10 be moulded to suit
caprices, passions, errors and prejudi-
OF the very men whose legislative acts
Q brought the state into her present
lbles. There is no principle in the
locratic creed which requires the peo-
TO submit TO the dictation of conven-
/, packed and oyerpowered, as the Ju-
onvention was, with caucus members
he. legislature, who had prejudged tho
ter at issue, but every principle calls
lily on the people TO rebuke such pro-
Iings and scorn such dictation.
CHICKASAW MONROE.
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