Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-06-08
THE CONTRAST.

Never, since the time when the hosts
Iof Pandemonam were arrayed ggaiast
the legions Of Heaven, have twoparties
commended for power, whose positions
and prospects presented Il stronger con.
trast than is now pre- scented by tie stu.
alton Of the two antagonistic pales of
the land. 1t may be worth the time and
trouble to devote an article or two now
and then to the consideration Of this
contrast, and of the causes that have
produced it. And, in our opinion, we
are constrained to say that we do not
see any thing occidental in the position
of parties; any thing that a careful OBJ.
server of cause and effect might not have
toretoId some years ago. Let US, then,
glance back for moment, and see if the
present posture of affairs is not the natu-
raj sequence Of ''lorgone concluSjon.n.
In 1910 The people Of this country, tir-
ed of the rule Of a party whose natural
taste Tor corruption aud procljvity to-
wards deSpotsm, had by no means been
abatGd by the uninterrupted possession
Of power during twelve long miserable !
years, arose intheir majesty and with an
unanmity almost uneXampod, combined I
in removing that party from power, and
in placing at the head of The Government
one whom they believed capable and
willing to administer it for the common
benefit of all. In one short month the
HARRISON was, by the dispen-
sation of Providence, removed from the
stage Of earthly actions and his acciden-
al successor soon evinced that neither
lis virtue or his intellect was Of that
ItrOng, stern nature, which resists temp.
alton. And tempers were found! John {
Tyler soon discovered that he could hope i
or nothing further from the wings. He q
'egan to lend willing ear to the ilatte {
les and insinuatIoLs of those who had c
'een his most virulent opponents; and a d
asst capped the climax Of inlamy by O. c
emily, and wthou! Disguise, entering C
he camp of The enemy. And did that II
nemy reject him? Did they scorn the +
raitor? Did they lrown upon this, the p
lackesl Instance in all the black annals t
f lreachery? They DID NOT! They I
Tyler as the bringer of glad il
dings is ever welcomed. They claspcd c.
i'm TO their bosoms, and brealhed soft "
ords into his ear, until the poor fool Ia
as beside himself wish Joy at the result
his treason. Christopher Sly was ii
ada lord among the locolocos, and T
ie bes1tted tinker never dreamed that te
; would Que day be compelled to dof m
S democratic dress. W
For time this alliance seemed to tn
'osPer. The wings, Disguised at the Of
,sult Of all their eXerlions, and perhaps liz
espairing of success, for time seemed 20
have deserted the polls. State after so
tate were seen wheeling into the locolo. wi
line. Victory followed upon victory. f,
nd now came trouble! Not until the tb
nholy Alliance between Tyler aud the it
9mocracy was deemed secure in the bv
lmbcr Of its triumphs, did they begin to to
ell aud TO wrIthc under the evil conse- adj
fences that ever follow evil deeds.-Iiu,
nd 1t happened in this wise There is for
animal in the world harder 10 man = ers
e than your fool. And in very short of
ace ofnme, John Tyler, with the char. foe
terlSuc presumption Of his ella SIS, be- rec
n to claim every triumph as his tri- wo
lph, and to set himself up as the natu- the
head Of the party. As this did not exc
1 the views Of the real chiefs of the mo