Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-10-18

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.slplos which I0fm the basis Of republican
freedom,
Abool ball past Q o'clock The citizens
.of the adjacent settlements cano pouring
Unto town aIn small Numbers, 10 Is true
bot those that dh fgms, rode a. rapidly a.
men usually do. There was quite a num
bor oflho cItilooxf East FcIiciooa Par.
|ish, in attendance About half past 10, q
sort Of procession was formed and the
crowd, preceded BY the Clinton band Of mu.
sic, wondel their way to tho spot prepared
for their reception, muIuludiuously Tho
exercises Of the day, after one or Two
tunes from the band then commenced
|THoMAs X CugAruAH, Esq, President Of
the Day, after a short address, introduced
to the assembage, the Hon. John A..
Qulman, Of Natchez, candidate for Uni.
ted States Senator, who was here by in
yitalion from the Democratic Association
(Messrs. Quitman, Gwin, and Davidson,
Of Louisian only being present al the
sane time.) A large number of ladies'
were present, fully as many as there were
gentlemen, we think, gracing the coca
sion with their presence and attention,
Gen. Quitman then proceeded 10 ad
dress the people;
Gen. Qui:man, in speech Of about
two hours and half, enlarged, generally,
upon the subjects of Tariff, Bank, Distri.
button, Texas, Democracy, and upon the
State Rights doctrines Of the South Car.
DINA school Of politicians, particularly.
We have too little space 10 give anything
like full abstract Of his remarks. Suf-
fee it to say, that he made very good
. Sorter and sorter not" locoloco kind Of
4 speech He was opposed to the tariff
because he said tina. it oppressed one por-
ion Of the Union at the expense Of ano-
her, and raised the bug -bear cry of pro-
ection, in about the same manner and style, |
,ut with more candor and fairness, as
'ree-tradists usually do. We do not think |
hat the argument by which he attempted
o fortiiy the strength Of his position had
ny effect upon his audience, His illus
rations Of the effect OF the tariff upon
he single article Of sugar, were pecul-
arly unfortunate. lie declared the pre-
ent duty upon sugar to be prohibitive.-
Now, it is well known fact the home sup
by does not equal the home consumption,
md that, consequently, we have to i'm
'ort large quantities Of sugar annually.
len. Quitman must have made an error
n his calculation. 1.-THE present duty up.
IN sugar be absolu tely prohibitory, how
AN we import? He attempted to inn
'ress upon his auditory that tho reason
Why the Wings were in favor of the
ariff OF '42, was to be found in the fact
as he asserted) that the party had ever
'een IN favor of charging, by every
means iniheir power, the prerogatives of
he federal government We conceive
hat Gen. Quitman did not sustain this
'ortion Of his remarks either by argu.
nent, proof, or history. We are quite
Wiling TO leave the matter TO the unbias-
ed Judgment Of The audience present.
lie was opposed to Bank Of the United
states, and occupied considerable time in
attempting TO iasten upon the Wing party |
he charge Of endeavor,ng TO create a {
fiscal agent, that would be dan
,erous to our Liberties and detrimental to c
ur prosperity and that the same great I
eason of our lavoring the creation Of t
UGH an institution, was to be found, and '
gain reiterated the charge, that the S
Wig party had always favored the as. u
umptlon Of unwarranted powers by the S
eneraI government--as in the case of +
he tarif-in order to extend the sphere Il
1 its action and influence over the states n
ntil their rights, as separate and indie. p
endonl sovereignties, we're completely Il
wallowed up in the vortex of consoida. II
ion! We have but one reply TO make to h
rguments ofthis description, Was Gen v
Washington, the Father of his Country, D,
favor OF consOIidation--in favor of ii