Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-03-22
NUMBER D.

revealed by Heaven or devised by MAJ.
has reason been allowed 50 free aud bro1i
a scope 20 combat error
las the sword Of dosp0ls proved 70 be
A safer or sufer Instrument Of reborn Id
government! thun enlightened feeaH'
Does he expect to find among the r1iaSot
this Union happier abode for our
swarmlng millions than they now have
under in Every lover Of his country
mast shuIder at he thought Of tho pos
sibiIjty Of its dissolution, and viii be
ready TO aid in the patriotic sentiment.
"Our Federal Union--it must be prcser-
we'd" To preserve il, The compromises
which alone enabled our fathers TO form
a common constitution for tho govern
mont and protection Of so many States,
ana communities, Of such diversified hab.
its, interests, and domestic Institutions,
must be sacredIy aud reiigiQusly observed.
! my attempt to disturb or desro these
compromises, being terms ofthe ccmpaa.
| of the Union, can lead TO none other thal
the most rulnous and disastrous consa
Iquences.
1t is a source Of deep regret that, in
some sections Of our country, misguided
persons have occasionally INDUCED in
schemes and agi taHons, whose Object is
the destruction Of domestic instlations
existing in other sections institutions
which existed at the adoption Of the con
stituton. and were recognised and pro-
tee ted by it. All must see that il it were
~ Ia, ~ o.
tanning their object, the dissolution Of the
Union, and the consequent destruction Of
our happy form of government, must
speedily follow
AN happy 10 believe that every pc.
Rod of our existence IS a nation there has
existed, ana continues to exist. among the
great mass Of our people, devotion to
! the Union of the States which viii shield
and protect it against the moral treason
| of any who would seriously contemplate
its destruction To secure contin nance
of that devotion, the compromises 81. The
Constitution must not only be preserved,
bur sectional lealouses and heartburn
Iings must be dlscountenanced, and all
should remember that they are members
Ioc the same political family, having
common destiny. To increase the attach
Iment of our people to the Union, our
laws should be just.
Any policy which shall tend to favor
monopoies, or the peculiar intcrs;s Of
sections or classes, must operate to the
prejudice of the interests Of their fellow
citizens, aud should be avoided Ir they
compromises Of the constitution ha pre-
serve d if sectional JeaIouses and hoa~.
burnings be discounenanced, Ill oar
laws be just, and the government be pta~
ideally administered strictly within the
limits Of power prescribed to I've nav
discard all apprehension for the safely
OF the Union,
! With these views Of the nature, cha
acter, and objects of :he government, anu
the value of the Union, shall steadily
oppose The creation Of those institutions
and systems which in their nature tend TO
pervert it from its Legitimate purposes,
and make il the instrument of sections,
classes, and individuals. We need no ma,
tional banks, or other extraneous nstitu-
tons planted around the government to
control or strengthen II in opposition to
the will OF its authors. Experience has
taught US how unnecessary they are as
auxIiarles of the public authorities, how
impotent for good, and how powerful for
mischief.
Ours was intended to be plain and fru-
gal government; and shall regard it to
lie my duty to recommend TO Congress,
and, as far as the Executive is concerned,
to enforce, by all me means within my
power, the st rictest economy in the ex-
penditure Of the public money, which
may be compatible with the public inter-
ests.
A national debt has become almost an
OF European monarchles 1t
is viewed, in some of them, as an essen
lal prop to existing governments. Mel
ancholy is the condition Of that people
whose government can be sustained only
by system which periodically transfers
large amounts from the labor Of the many
10 the Golfers of the few. Such sys-
EN- is Incompatible with the ends for
yhlch our republican Government was
Gstitu!cd Under wise policy, the debts
ont racted in our Revolution, and during
he war of 1912, have been happily ox-
inguished. BY ajudicious application Of
he revenues, not required for other nes
eSsary pnrpose s, it is not doubted that
he debt which has grown out OF tho cir-
nmsIances Of the last few years may be-
peedIy paid oil.
! congratulate my fellow citizens on
ne entire restoration Of the credit of
&c general government OF the Onion,
nd that Of many Of The States. Happy
ould It be for the indebted States il thew
ere freed from their liabilities, many Of
hch were incauiously contracted, AZ