Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-03-02
LIBERTY ADVOCATE.
LiBERTYHaiH&nHARGH 2. l8iI
FOR PRESIDENT,
GnlfRIT OF 70
OF%ENrUCKY

4 Ot AbNIUChl,
II From tic Southern.
: J1nS G. CALHOUN. The present stat
of parties in the United States is OF tn
= mos, Interesting character and the states
man has before him materials for III
most profound contemplation. poIli
col parties are in the mids, Of grcu
crisis, which will prove the turning poin
+ the pivot, upon which republican princi
pies viii rcyolye, until they stand on thu
proud eminence they tarted from ate
the Revolution. Every development o
party mauoeycrng for the last few years
has given the clearest indication OF d
speedy return TO those great principles
which may be emphatlcally styled Amsri.
can. Since the elevation Of Gen, Jack
son 10 the Presidency, the country has
received shock after shock from the
strong arm OF demagoguei5m. In the
name oil the people, a spirit OF tyranny, as
unbcndlng and unyedjng as that which
governs the serts Of Russia, ruled the
councils Of Republican America. The
will OF one man becomes paramount TO
the constitution AMI law.
We all remember the contest between
demasogles and republicans which con-
yulsed the Union during the first term Of
Gen Jackson, In that contest, many Of
our leading and most distinguished states
men aud republicans took bold and noble
ground against the whitening influence
OF tyranncal demagogucism. Among
these distinguished men was found the
great champion whose name heads this
article, He was unwilling to stand ST.
lently by and see the one man power
rule the deStinies Of our young republic,
With the brightest prospects before him
Tor succession to the highest station in
the world, tie did not hesitate to resign
the second office within the gift Of th1
people, together with the hopes Gimme
date elevation, and deuounce the uuau-
thorI2ed assumption OF power by the ey.t
ecutlve Of the nation. He, wiki many
others, could MOI brook the idea of truck
ling to the will OF one man, when that
will went counter 10 the constitution. and .
aimed death blow at the permanency
and prosperity Of those institutions which .
were established by the wisdom of our re-
publican ancestors. lie united with Clay
and Webster, wish'Adams and Polndex-
ter, in resisting the rushing torrent of
Executive patronage. Tha; effort was a I
noble one, although its effects were not
Immediately felt. John c. Calhoun then
occupied enviable ground in the wing
ranks. lie, with his whig friends, made
a noble rally for the only true democrat
ic principles which must ultimately sus-H
tain and perPeluate our national existence,
These very democratic principles the
whlg party have adhere to with a firm
ness that must ensure success. Mr. Call
houn forgot, imam evil hour, the great is
sues, and lent his influence to the support
of the measures he had lately condemned.
simply on the ground that he fancied one
particular feature of Mr. Van Buren's
the Sub-Treasury. But
for Mr.. Calhoun's powerful arm, that
administration and that particular meas
ure would have received the thunders Of
public condemnation with tentimes the
force that was Witnessed in the storm of.
1910. c
Independent Of the principles which
forced him TO aid in the overthrow oil !
demagogucism aud in the establishment
of true democratic wing principles, Mr..
Calhoun entertained certain opinions OF
national policy to which he has adhered
with a tenacity hat has been the means q
Of keeping him somewhat aioof from the
great political parties ofth day. White
On the one hand he disagrees with Mr. .
Gay on the subject of tariff, on the oth.lf
er, he condemns the shutting and cum =
hing used BY Mr.. Van Buren, and his :
eading friends, TO secure the offices and .
ofthe government, and TO use i
hem, not for the benefit and happiness y
If the people, but for the advancement of y
heir own particular interests In the I"
lext contest, although Mr., Calhoun may e
lot support Mr.. Clay, he must, to pre-. y
erye his consistency as a republican, op- i
,ose Mr.. Van Buren,. His recent letter. $
aiken in connection whit the whole course !.
# his political life, clearly esinces this = =
act. lie condemns, in the very outset of y
he canvass, the mode adopted by the =
an Buren, denagogues, the politicians =
Who make politics and President making e
regular trade Can he support full = =
,rown corruption, when he finds the EN-. !
'ryo conceived anu nourished in polu I
ion. y
Il IS true, Mr., Calhoun says he will
end his support TO no man who is op. y
,osed to free trade and in favor Of Tic 10,