Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-09-02

/, ihs coapem,oa iis,lf. and IN Whose ailolcg
ilhe Propie had not The smallest v0iee
Z Thus packed, Il begun Ne w1fkO Va u
short iima, tho quarrel between Brown
aud Tucker VIE accommodated, Dr..
lGwn, who was IN town, and an aclivo ne
eollalof In small intrigue, wa' heard 10
declare, that neither Brown nor Tucker
could DO nominated Tor ollGo, unlass n
compromiao took place beiwocn ihem
llnlood ihoro was n worry general wish, on
Tho part OF tho convention, 10 drop both o'
them, and start now men, There was
much opposition 10 Brown, and deadly
hostility to Tucker, based upon tho uni.
vorsal conyicloa Of his gross ncapaolly
Cor any station, bat u seems mat lhe
genius of DR.. Gwin was sufficient, with
tho piancy of tho rivals, to accommoda'o
ali difficulties. \ bar-ain was soon nogo-
lia,od Tho room Of Dr.. Gwn was made
the theatre Of these party nlrlguo'' and
tho Doctor himself pcrsldcd at tho boards
We are prepared 10 PROVE, By uneqa'r1cdi
and und0ubted testimony, that Gen. BROWN
AUTHORIZED one ofhis most intimate trlems,
10 Say 10 an intimate AMI bosom friend Of
Gov. TUCKER, That il The latter ami ms
friends in tie contention coaid support
IBRowN far GOVERNOR, Hathe (Browa,)
and his friends wouH support TUCKER, for
i CONGRESS-, and that The proposition WAS
ACCEPTED by The gentleman assuming 10 act
for Tucker, and that the BARGAIN WAS |
CARRIED OUT IN THE CONVENTION, and the
nominations made acc0rdtngtyH!
By the force of THIS BARGAIN, few
men were nominated, for high station
who would not otherwise have been put |
in nomination whom the people neither |
desired nor preferred. Thus were two
enemies reconcileJ, and for the sake Of
office, the friends of the one transferred to,
and made TO vote for the other Nor did
the bargain stop here; it was made to con-
troll several other nominations.
II nominations, made like these, are 10
be supported, then is the liberty and pu
rity Of elections at an end. If the peo-
pie submit to this doctrine, the elective
franchise is solemn farce-a mere mat
ter Of form. 1t no longer represents the !
will or the interests Of the people; but II
represents the interests and will of few
asprants for office. If man, who are not
sIngly the choice Of the people, or con- h
vention, can, by combination, procure a s
and force themselves into .
office by the submission Of the people to
caucus dictatlon, it is useless to talk OF pop
ular elections, and the independence and a
virtue Of the baIot-box. We know, full t
we'll, that, although the people might be r
willing to vote for Brown, that they do not p
desire Tucker, whom they have tried and 6
found wanting. What right had Brown
and his friends to force Tucker upon the
party, as the price of his OWE nomination? p
What right has one candidate to trade p
and barter with another! Let every tub c.
stand upon its own bottom. Are the peo- Of
pie to be sold and transferred to this or in
hat candidate, as the interests of few in
'spirants may be most promoted? Are lie
hey to be compelled to vote for men they p
10 not desire, because a few INSCRIPTIONS d
find it profitable to trade and d.
ntelligencel d
Thus, fellow citizens, are the political n
lestines Of the state in the hands of three a
men, the "TRIUMvIRATE OF REPUTATION" "
Thus have Gen. Brown, DR.. Gwin, and "a
1ov. Tucker, parcelled out the political c.
,ower Of the country, and assumed to die a
ate to you for whom you shall vote. +,
Thus have they transferred you, by an in n
lenture of three parts, without even the Il
ormality of asking your consent. We =
lemaud to know the provision in the con- =
,titution, by virtue Of which, these wor- : :
.hies elect themselves, one for Governor, :
The other to Congress, and third to the
Senate of the United States? Show US
the charter by which the people have con- :
ierred upon you this exalted power, ere
you ask US to bow down and worship
And who are these men, that thus divide
the state among themselves, as the trium-
vlrate of old distributed the Roman pro- .
vinces? Who is A. G. Brown2 man
without labor cad without acquisitions, or
a single particle of literature. Read his !,
speech in Congress, that trade of unmean-
ing bombast, which exposed him to the
rldlcule Of the whole House. Read his
recent circular, which would expose a
school-boy to contempt, betraying, as it
does, not only ignorance in politics, but
utter incapacity to write the English Ian
guage.
And who is DR.. Gwin? A gentleman
whom Gen. Jackson imported into this t
State to load with the most lucrative office b
in his gift; and who has always been 7
dead weight upon the party. man des- n
Illute of all generous bearing, without t
any claim to learning and information. t
A man who never read book through in .
his life, since Pixies Arithmetic, and the :
'treaty of Dancing Rabbit Greek; but 9
who, by the influence Of money, has OBJ.
lalned dominion over the press, and die
Iates to the party. As for Tucker, as b
honest Dogberry would say, you may, st