Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-09-16

" ~ VI lulN neNtsl UOHstuSc VI FcpuOli
3 ton. Judgment is of course given in Il
= vor of the foreign State. Execution 70
J. lows, and the Marshal OF he United State
!, Sel2os and sells all the property of III
e State; all the canals and railroads beont
II ing to her are first sold, then all her puI
hc lands, tho Eastern and Western Pen
= tenlaries, the State House, all sold by III
Marshal. Then as the taxes are paid in
to the State Treasury, they will OF cours
be attached TO pay the debt, and the Stat
may be divesed Of its properly, and de
'lprlVed of lis future means OF suppor,
/ This seems incredible to our ignorant, van
ny. But il is not perfectly right? Ough
the State Legislature to delraud lis citi
zens with immunity, to retain the proper
ty of others, and laugh at their disiresses
Nor IS i at all pre- bable that any foreign
State would incur the least odlum by thu!
sustaining the rights of its subjects. Re
collect that the Legislature owes upwards
| OF nine millions Of this very debt tc
Pennsylvanians, who cannot sue, and who
Will be very grateful to the foreigners
who can sue if they will enforce their
rights. Because there is not The slight
est fear that the quarrel will be carried
TO oxiremities, for the moment Pennsyl.
vania perceives that she must pay, she
VIII prepare to pay, and Of course pay all
alike-hcr own citizens as well as for
eigners. Besides, there are in Pennsyl-
Vanla quite enough true men, and bold
men, 10 force the State Legislature TO
save the Commonwealth from disgrace,
You viii say, perhaps, that this decree
can never be enforced in Pennsylvania,
and that the Marshal will be opposed in
the execution OF his process. There is
not the least danger of it, Big words
there will be--long speeches there will be
magniioquent resolutions there will be
high sounding acts of the Legislature
there may possibly be ; but when the CUES.
ton comes TO be tried whether the people
OF the State will stand by the Legislature
IN It's attempt 10 cheat its own citizens.
there need be no fear Of the result. This
very thing Of popular opposition 10 the
Marshal has already been tried three
lines in Pennsylvania; in The resurrection
If 1894 the Marshal was resisted by
arge popular meetings; whereupon an
rmy OF Pennsylvania joined by he force
New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia,
ook the Marshal with them to the scene
nd saw that he executed his writs. In Is
1888 the Marshal was again resisted in Ic
and an armed force of Penn. s
ylvanla alone enforced the law, and the
rgseader of the resis,ers was condemn d
10 death. Again, in the case Of Ohm !,
cad, a judgment Of the Supreme Court /,
as obtained against some property which !
&c State claimed as It's own. The Mar h,
lal was ordered to seize it; the Governor %
dered out the militia to prevent the r
arshal The Marshal called out his h
rec, and the two parties met in the hear, u
the popuIous city Of Philadelphia. Il,
he result was, that the Marshal execu- II
] his writ, and the Major General Of the re-
militia, commanding an n,
med force in the streets Of Philadelphia, Dc
der the orders of The Governor to re- 70
t the Marshal, was himself arrested and mr.
prisoned by the Court for presenting to 6rr
pose its decree Now if this was done ",
en the State had some plausible lin
FUNDS Of opposition, what can we ex- m,
t from the popular tunult when its ia,
ole object is 10 assist the Legislature in 70,
rauding private citzensa fir
These views which are probably Who'll AM
lew to the disputants, may be useful 10 gu
m both. For, loo
ST. Pennsylvania mus, see that she cas-
IS an honest debt and must pay it; that ver
hing can possibly prevent her paying cit,
and that instead OF suffering it 10 ac- coo
luIate, she should begin at once and TO
&c provision for the punctual payment phi
he interest. She may shut her own mo
S 10 her duties, but she cannot blind TO
'rs to their rights; and she will find il Stu
more easy and honorable 10 pay her TO
$, which she can do without inconven- no
Q, than be dragged through courts, No,
be subject to every kind Of degrade bur
and
!. England too may find in them ban
'e for reflection. One would suppose mil
} her loud.and indiscriminate clamor trus
the whole people of the United States, said
ulaied BY their democratic institu long
J, were engaged in one great conspi- depc
TO defraud these innocent English. tain
Yet il now appears that the Uni all i
States have done what England has OF II
Iinly never done; whe, no other coun. erde,
as ever done; they have established iarit
bunal wholly independent of each ion o
!, before which any State thai has cau'
ged foreigner may be brought, and mite
az foreigner proves his claims, all the no'
twenty-five States are bound 10 see OF me
. executed This is tribunal with
h does no, now exist, and has never elccli
ID elsewhero, When, therefore, Eng 'ted