Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-02-10

" HHVWN nlHlNtlI ltlT NnVHNfg or ulSpuy'
4. 10 Kick Ut the party traces, mus, DO d
IN nuunoed or thrown over, and declared
10 be- an enemy, amino longer entitled
!. he confidence of the party. Thus, me
II must be kept in the party, and faithful
& it, usagcs, decisions aud nominations, n,
j. by attachment TO It's principles aud me,
o sures, but through fear that, IL they n,
i scrl thor independence they will los
i their share OF "thc spoilsn
Q Now, luelen this doctrine on the conn
/, try, and let it become our sstlled mode q
dsposing Of all political matters. nm,
our liberties, and The whole action of m,
Government, will bc at tho mercy of III.
SLY, cunning, Odroit, intriguing, scIGsl
dcmagpgues, whom our country, as ",
have seen, hasa frec' and strong lcnden
cy to multiply, V
AID here, we must be permitted TO sny
IS strong reason why me Amsrtcaa pe1.
pie shouW pause anil dcii6 rate ioay, bei1re
restoring Mr.. Van Buren, 10 the hjgh 0afec
from whieh m 1910 Hry SO iaa,gnoHi}u
gected HIM. 1t cannot be denied Tim,
Mr.. Van Buren, is The most cnusplcuons
representative Of this system Of party
management, in the country. The svS
ten ilsell has been pei lecled, and to mo-
extent was founded. bv
MN aud his more immediate poIitica a.
'ociaies. lie is ntlmately connected with
!; owes to ltaI the political elevation ne
las ever received, and relies on il alone
or h is restoration to The Presidency. HI
ldS no hope but IN It's influence; his resto-
alton, would, therefore, be a d,rec, Sane.
ION OF the system by the American peo.
ne, and 80 far towards Fastening i, upon
he country beyond The reach of furnr.I
edress In this view OF the case mo
: election of Mr.. Van Buren,, wnatever
Is personal worth, would he dangerous g
recedenl, and most serious public c1laD,- :
IN 1870, such was the state Of certain ;,
eat polio question, and such Mr., Van ;
lren position that all those of rs WIN >.
II deeply the Importance of co.nplerinp -
financial policy commenced under the =,
were obliged either 10 vote a,
hi'h. or 10 vote against our principleS ri
i there Is no necessity of drlying rs =,
a'n 10 ms alternative. Moreover, his !,
eat was not an unmlxed evil, for il Ia.
$ not wholly owing 10 .he opposition O. ,ir
american people 10 the leading mea n,
Is, or rather med5ure-ior il had h,,I L.
'-oi his administration; but to mn in -.
extent, to the obnoxious sy, = :,
o. party management he represented r.,
are not sure but the determ nation IN
rid OF that system--lhe caucus svta,, III
lad as much 10 do in e(ecting his delaa,
to the independent rieasu
Men had grown weary of party ~ be
ny, disguised with its machinery 9th
:, but The appearance OF sin
Van Buren, upon the stage chances no,
whole aspect OF affairs. He comes pol
alone, but as the chief OF band, which oil
country had devoutly hoped was dis ciel
ed never TO be collected again. He can
es as the representative { ftte same old lis
HPt and corTapttag system of party tao min
J0f1oDe'l 6y ne same sparm Of grecdy mel
'S"'sn, to'th their appetite for p'm.4er emc
p eaed by The )ew gears abstinence hev by
been forced, through The remQias ofIthe
rigiaat cirtHe ami patriotism ofHe nifty
try, 10 practice Crafty his wishes be
re him to the place he is personally gal
llIng sand we lose all that was COOL the
defeat OF the Republican party in man
+, and retain only the evil. We res socit
what, with an almost unheard of with
!, the country had thrown off, and vanc
The Republican party in the condi- peoo
n which il must be defeated again. Piles
country be lnerHably ruined. ed, I
ese are, no doubt, hard things 10 be In
u man who has once filled the no il,
office of President Of these UnitedI pubh
$; but, if Mr.. Van Buren, had been the i
wor ny OF that high office, they ney paid
Md nave been said, for he would. on al an
eteat, have retired, aud remained thous
eiorth in private life. The fact rants
ne IS now heiore the public, solicit know
oc restored 10 that office from Office
the country elected hun with in e.noI,
lion and disgust, is proof Of his do 50;
nnilness for the place 10 which he yernl
=, and of the justice and wisd nm OF ture
op'e in electihg him. lie loses ali thing,
MS de,eat exclied--lorIelts propo
respectwith which generous hearts ialed
follow the laIlen--anI all the 81. hands
'ss that ordinarily belongs 10 those which
i've hl'ed hlgn ONCE. He stands, gilanti
US, SIMPLY as an aspirant for The Aw;
honor in the gift of the Ameri. which
'Ple, and not an aspirant relying on asplra,
"n personal merits AMI eminen, p,itS !
services, but on system Of party person
and caucus machinery, which can, lar bel
for a mom,nt with. mem
most serious deiriment to liberty of han,
grossest indignity 10 civic virtue. rifi.e 4
'".se circumstances ne must ex. this KIN
have hard things said Of him. a, main,a
rd things to be thought of him. rilv or
man cam hla Of 6i,tt,,s.:t ,