Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-02-24

II OH inc nnNOn ulO ltlNiUllA 'h'N ~" ~
/ ily and activity, aud the currency aud ex.
\ chaLpes Of tho country are finding their
proper aud natural level, every thing is
| to 30 again thrown into confusion, aud
we are to be rcplr{gcd into chaos OF
wild aud pcmiclous experiments, SIMPLY
to signalilo Il remorsolcss party triumph,
in tho contamination of u measure open
! ly at war with every great practical m
torest of tho community. And to thls
would be added, by q natural and ncccs.
sary connoxion, all that long train OF
congonia abuses which SO vigorously
! illustrated the ora Of Mr.. Van Buren, $
ormeradminstratio multiplied schemes
for extending Executive power and PrcSl'
dental photographers and prohlgate
Expenditures of public money---the lmpu-
nifty and protection Of lalhless public
officers, purchased by the merit OF their
party seryices--a new brood OF deIaul-
ters, of the Hoyts and Harrisses, race,
the entire disappearance Of which, since
1910, is one OF the proudest proofs OF the
Justice and necessity OF the change then
decreed by the voices of the people
But il were in vain TO attempt an enumer-
alton o! the toeming abuses that must
ever attend the fundamental heresy oil
Mr. Van Baren's political system, when
instead of regarding government as a
high and holy trust for the good OF the
country, sees in it nothing bal 100 to be
administered for the benefit OF parry, OF
which the President is the head and grdRa
dimORer.
Now, would ask, what is there TO be
apprehended from Mr.. Clay's election
which ought to have the weight for the
feather in the scale, when compared with
the fatal and destructive evils, poisoning
the yatal elements of Republican freedom
and virtue, as well as the essential sour
ces of national prosperity and happiness
which, we have every reason to beleVe'
would inevitably follow the restoration OF
MIR. Van Buren,. We shall, doubtless
have paraded before our eyes, IN stereoty
ped horrors, the old and thread bare ap
partition of the Tariff, the Bank, e| Us
i tri5uti 0a.-On the subject OF The Iarltt,
! do not hesitate Ia say, that Mr.. Clay
] creed, developed in his recent letters, !
in every respect, as just, as sound ard un
! eNceptionabe as that of Mr.. Van buren,,
and his practice infinitely better. Mr.
Clay did not vote for, or approve the Tar
Tiff of 1898, consigned to an odlous celeb
rity, under the name of the Bill OF A0om
nations, which Mr. Van Buren, and his
friends carried by their votes. 1t IS rath'
or an unfortunate coincidence, consider
I ing the professions of Mr., Van Buren,,
that all the Tariffs which have been most
complained of in the South, owe their ex-
istence upon the Statute Books to the
votes of himself or his friends, 1t Is nc
want of charity, then, bat the result OF
the most candid and deliberate con,
sderation, when | express the decided
opinion, that Mr., Clay is far more to be
relied upon for a practical adjustment OF
this delicate and complex subject, on terms
Just and satisfactory to all sections OF Inc
Union, harmonising their various inter
ests by the golden rule of moderation
which is the only pledge Of permanence
and stability in any arrangement that may
be made, than Mr.. Van Buren, The wise
/ and temperate spirit so strilingI " exhtbl-
ted in his letters which have been recently
given TO the public, sustained by his well
known influence with his friends, an(
his own high and unquesioned characte
; for frankness and decision, is guaran
tee which no portion of the nation VII
lightly regard,
With respect TO the Bank If the coun
r try shall be reduced 10 a choice between
! the odious and grinding Sub-Treasur!!
! Scheme, and national Institution OF r
nance, properly guarded against abuse by
: the jealous restrictions OF lis chaf'ef' q
RI we'll as by a vigiant public supervise,
} and control, do not believe that OF sucl
an alternative, would find any cause
! quarrel against those who, Tree iron
Il constitutional difficulties on the sublec'
: should 60 for the latter, IN preference 7
: the former. And.as TO the Distribution
DIthe proceeds Of the Public Lands, tha
: stands necessarily and evidently adjourn
ed, as a practical question, Till the sobe
/ judgement of the people, under the pres
RI ure revenues Of the nation, compared Wit
! its expenditures and engagements, sha'
! be in very different situation from tina
in which they now are, or Likely to be to
/ years to come. My own individual
4 pinions on these subjecis, have been
4 often and fully stated, that need not r
] peat them here. What mean 10 say
II present, is that these are issues eitht
i hypothetical and speculative or neutra
lied by equal and opposing consideration
9 on the other side, and should not dlYel
]. 1.-THE mind, for moment from those nlsl
-ler, and moro urgent and vital auestlon'
81 which are the irue tests ri SOUND ,au
i.lcogrect decision in the pending fes'oe'