Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-10-07

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20 reolod Ivy those who have loanod us Their
money with The utmost confidence 10 our
: integrity aud ability that something sure
y ought a. bo done ~ oxpungc brewer
no iobl slain Of reputation, from Tho
hitherto fair character ~ family OF
which we are all lsily proud aud equally
members We olaIm for our remarks
upon this subject M exemption from all
political consideration. The custody Of
tho sacred horror Of State soyofeignllos
--ol tho American people belongs cxclu'
siNcly 10 no party, II Ia then not NJ poll
llelons but the humble organ of that
abiding sense Of Justice and sound policy,
which Is tho governing principle OF ovory
Upright mind, that wo point TO n great
moral evil, and ask, II 1t DO not IN our
power to remove IN aud II so, how long
shall wo endure this needless, this striking
evidence Of our public dishonesty, aud
public disgracc1
|, In the circumstances and causcs which
created tho largo and unfortunate debts of
Tho delinquent States, all men Of all par.
ties arc nike implicated All have alike
misludgej in regard to the immediate pro-
ducive value Of those public works, for
the construction Of which so many mill
ions of dollars have been unwsey Dor
rowed in Europe. portion Of this mo
ney is rccovernbly lost; but there is rea-
son to believe that, much which is now
Iunproductive, and therefore valueess, vii
yet prove to be of great benefit to the
States in which il has been expended. II
is not unlike winter wheat, sometimes by
mistake Sown in the spring, whose har-
vest is delayed till another season. The
husbandman does not abandon such fields;
neither should the unfinished improve
ments of the new States be abandoned
hope and noble ambition have
often led slow calculating reason into err
ror. As the brother Of one family, we e
should regard with feelings Of sympathy 4
rather than censure, the bold enterprlsing i
spirits, who have penetrated and subdued b
he western wilderness and are now just il
beginning TO pour into the lap OF their a
iindred in the old Atlantic States, millions O
IN millions Of the fruits of well cultiva-
ed virgin soil. f
We submit the fact that, the gain 10 be ic
erived from the iudicious expenditure OF
ne money borrowed in Europe by our de- p
nquent and unfortunate friends was TO u
eneht the people Of the older and wealth az
n States as we'll as those Of the new, as
violence that we are morally bound to do
1mething for their relief. Even if they "a
o not ask relief, it does not alter our OBJ, %
cation to the lenders Of money who can ~
ow recover neither principal nor interest. !"
Whatever may have been the conduct
l times past OF sovereign kings, in repu- ~ ~
iating public debts, and robbing either u
y forced loans or other means, such dis ~
onor and enduring disgrace should not "
ow attach to a republic, which with q Ut
small population, and very &c e
mited resources, paid the whole expense a ,t
the two protraced wars, and has divi- ~ y;
ed many millions among its several ~ y,
tates and territories. No fair minded ~
ian will say that we lack the ability to =;
light the wrong if we choose to do so. 1t D
J the disposition that is wanting and !,
othing morc.--Some however seem to 3
imagine that those whose age and expe- "
fence place them at the head Of roputa- :"
lie family, discharge their whole social .,
uty, if they quietly fold their arms, and II
ay with a foreboding smile Of self com :,
'lacency ",ce have no interest in the char -
cter with these our young sisters just u
pening into womanhood, and going forth '
nto public society. Their good or ilI-lame u
md conduct are no concern Of oursW :"
Need we say that the great law Of kind Z
less and consanguinity between sister y
states will not tolerate such injurious sell &c g
ishness, such unnatural isolation? 1t !"
hould never be forgotten that we are one a
'eople "Epluribus UNUM." That we must "
participate alike in all the honors, all the y
isgrace, all the advantages, all the per- ".
Is and all the misfortunes Of our com. -
non country. :,
Let US then repudiate "repudiaton," i'm m
tate the noble virtue and honesty Of our o.
orefathers, and wisely, "render unto Ce- n
ar the things which are Cesars'."- h
AWAY with that meanness Of spirit that s
npatriotc lttleness Of soul, which can u
ee without shame or regret, sovereign T
'tate-a member of the American Union W
plead the BABY Act' in the worlds q,
Ugh chancery. OF
Away with that dishonest trckery W
which seeks to evade the payment Of mo- F
icy borrowed of the best friends of the el
United States in Europe as well as of our to
wn citizens, and expended in construct u;
ng great public Improvements, eminent hi
Y national in their character, and pro- st
motive Of the best interests of the whole OF
epublic. Seventeen millions Of people ri
aiming more than thousand millions of hi
ollars year, can quickly make good the pc
1ss Of few dollars and cents. But 50
that can compensate nation for the loss Va
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