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

1855
sod on n judicial decision and not on a 10.
Igisntiyo odicf II tho widows orphans
and other persons, who deposited their ~.
wings in one hundred and siSty'fyo Dutch
firms TO 10 invested IN American socuri
tics, "a their fathers had done before
them 10 lend TO our fathers, uro to lose
lhoir money, lot them loso Il IN court Of
Justice and not IN our legislative halls or
of our ballot boxes, The regulating
chiefs have struck high TO gain The poo.
plo by filling their ears with cries for tho
constitution, Imitation patriotism can
always be detected when placed by tho
side Of the genuine. Let the people com
pOro the patriotic sentiments and glorious
acts recorded in the Fairfax resolves with
the limitation patriotism and glorious do
ings of the ani.bond lords and the days
Of repudialing misrule will be numbered.
When one OF the negotiators Of the I'm
ion Bank bonds. wilkins, on The 9th Of
January, without waiting for orders,
flung his brave Mississippians between
Morgan's retreatng brigade and tho ad-
vancing British coumns,--Gen. Jackson,
in the heat of the contest, exclaimed "noN-
oRABLE AND CONSPICUOUS"
1t is in vain TO expect that Mississippi
can maintain her old position OF "honoyd-
bic and conspicuous much longer if the
despotic sway Of the dictatorisl lords of
Reputation be not brought TO close
by an indignant and deeply injured peo-
Iple. The people are honest. know
them well being one ofthem; and having
resided formerly in Monroe, the strongest
) democratic county in the State. know
that tits not from any want Of principle
/ or from any dishonesty, that so many de-
mocrats have taken sides with the anti
bond lords and separated themselves from
the great democratic family Of every
n other State in the Union. They have
t been temporarily mised by the tinsel
= and glitter of the armour of the repudia
b ting chiefs, installing it for the helmet
y and breast plate which our revolutionary
: heroes wore in their great battle for con-
stiutonal liberty. The highest standard
5 of honor and patriotism is the one that
If the people proper always ultimately rally
e under. They cannot, if they would, fol-
e low any other very far, because every
y step they take when they begin to doubt
0 the policy or patriotism OF their leaders,
: is irksome to their nature.
} Ii the ant-bond chiefs can exhibit
higher standard of honor, patriotism and
Justice than that Of the Fairfax Resolves,
4 IN hn hhf e
they cannot, they must sooner or later
give them up. want no other monument
than that glorious standard Of my native
country to be planted in my adopted State.
The argument whispered into the ears
oflhe people by some Of the ignobleS OF
Reputation; that, "the people proper got
none Of the money Of the Union Bank
and are not bound for it," is the same
ignoble argument which British spies and
traitors whispered in the ears of the peo-
pie of the Mississippi Valley during the
late war: "that they had neither ships,
nor sailors, nor foreign commerce, and
were not bound 10 fight for free trade and
sailors rights The five millions Of bonds
| in question were vested in bank stock by
the State and belonged to the people OF
the State, and the dividends were to be
applied to the purposes of education.-
The agents, whom the people choose to
manage the bank, betrayed their trust,
turned spectators and sunk good por-
lion of the capitol. The repudiatng
lords Of the Legislature played into the
hands of the spectators by neglectingto
secure the remaining assets of the bank,
and thus the State is left responsible TO
the foreign creditors for the original CAPT.
tai. In justice TO the people proper no
one advocates tax on the sweat of tile
poor mans brow TO pay the bonds. All,
even all the property holders, except the
few anti bond lordings are willing that
the debts of the State should be paid TO
the last dime by a.just and equal and rea-
sonable tax on their property: All that
the property holders ask OF the poor
man is that he stand aloft and not helP
the anti-bond chiefs to tie their hands and
prevent them from imposing a moderate
tax, as soon as they are able 10 bear u, ON
their own property to pay the balances
the State may be legally or morally
bound for. which is the only way LEFT O.
men. after other resources are exhausted,
IN maintain the honor and secure the in
terests Of the whole people--the rich and
the moor. The poor man, therefore, COM .
mits suicide on his own honor by joining
the anll.bond lords and standing in the
wav Of a measure so just and equitable,
Should disunion and war be laid. upin
store for this republic, when the mad
howl of an infuriated enemy is heard APP
preaching our land--a land destitute Of
arms, Notifications and the munitions OF
war. it will be seen who was right
and Jefferson who advised
US $50 preScrse the public faith" and IS
scbsTid public credH,n which would o.