Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-03-07


=. Willingness to reinquish to
ssseu W" ',inacitv three degrees--three
~ ,nortant degrees, 100, embracing
~ ' '"ppbIe and important harbors o.
'"o,,, isand--upwards of 200
80 coast, which on every prIncIpeI
mess and equity, is our own ?
Init. to an able reasoner oil South
u nn IMr. RHETT] the consolidating
1CaIR ~" 40 If war, and admit that lurking
Sinnn IN all republics, Of consolidation.
AZ !, that war is the enemy of human
~, ,s. the friend of ignorance, the al
|p'os JosDotism. believe that the wars
" loon arrested. as only the glare OF
|N 'a!..rv glory could have arrested, the
.m'' Il march OF liberty in revolution
rrance. War is terrible altorn6-
H. PM vet it sometimes happens, that
|al'ss through grievous evil can men at
' creat GOOD. Our republic was era
r. p war. If war, under any crcum
o' sses he a discredit and a dlshonor,
s% If certain DECLARATION, written
Fbomas Jefferson, and adopted, seven.
I. bars ago, by band Of sturdy patri-
Y assembled in the old Philadelphia
|Sl8|e house
.sI,tession and compromise. Let those
who deal in imputations OF discredit and
|d;shonor, lelI US plainly, where the end
shau be. For myself, declare, that |
sons;der the whole course Of our admin
;s,gstion throughout this affair, from first
u Ian. to reflect credit on America, honor
NJ he age in which we live. | challenge,
mi cf all history, an example of terri
torial dispute, in which nation with
richts so clear, with power so great as
onrs. ever made concessions so liberal,
demands so moderate.
So much of the rights in this case. So
much in Justification of our course, and
Il lproor of its moderation. One word
NV, in conclusion, in reply TO that plea
6ordeay, urged by the gentleman from
Alsbama, mr.. YANcEy, and others: "We
arsnot ready to assert our rights; in
nesce we have prepared for war" If the
naming is, that we have no standing
army and powerful navy to match Eng
lana's, then devoutIy do hope, that we,
ne4er shall be, in peace, prepared for war
Whenever we are, we shall be prepared
III despotism. We are as much prepa-
re3 now. as any free nation in peace ever
ought to be; yes, and aswe need be. Cad
n,,ls's failed Dragon teeth have been
sowed, in very deep, throughout our land,
and are ready to spring up, in armed
shape, in every forest, on every prairie.
us not in our country as in England
where the peasant carries no weapon, MOI
learns the use Of any. The chase and
the hardships of the frontier have trained
ioour hands, an army of hundred thou.
sands, not uniformed or enrolled indeed,
ILL., with every essential of the soldier
md armed with that terrible weapon
America's own rife, before which tn
lmyonetted musket of the regular-wlt
uess New OrIeans!--is but as the play
Thing of the child.
England NAV boast, and boast justly
that if we, bent on a war, Of aggression
we're 10 cross the Atlantic and attack he
III her own sea,girt isle, the attempt wouI
result in disaster and defeat. And sh
knows, full as we'll, that such will be he
own fate, whenever she carrles.war INT
our hemisphere. Either nation is IN
prepnable al home. Neither can sue
coed against the other, in an unjust wa
ofconquest, abroad. speak here, not
The result Of n few months or of singI
years warfare, but of ultimate cons'
quences.
We have sought peace. We have sal
rifced for peace. Not that war, in sue
acause, is a thing to be feared; but onl.
because, with its horrors and its 5arbar
zing influences. it is thing ever earnes
IN to be avoided. If, Notwithstanding, Wa
be thrust upon US, with prompt cnerg
To- us meet it. Il, in spite of our ave
Ing efforts, the blow must be given, let
be in the spirit of the old adage, "t
lives twice, vino gives quickly"
No tcmporiaing policy BELTS the pre-
ent crisis, or can avail, to avert its da
gers, if with any it be rife. Firmnes
neither boastful itself, nor yet moved
The boast of others, becomes us as an !
dependent nation. And in such firmnes
IL TO be found the best promise, at last,
permanent. because honorable, peace
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