Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-05-02

VI" uusOst VI all UOnarchical
= maxims--neve7 threatened personal or
t. public liberty. Is the president infaIibIe
n IA sort OF "holiness" presiding over the
Is rights of the American people? Such
= = must be the opinion Of the men who bow
). in blind adhesion to his behests--his ora.
;, cuIar willard denounce every man who
y dares TO entertain and express an opinion
different from the President. The "Kinp
can do no wrong" must inevitably be the
doctrine of men who would denounce
Mr.. Polk: For surely, So far as an
r earnest cultivation Of the soul, a profoundl
r knowledge OF politics, so far as elevated
patriotism, morality and moral nteIIi
gence 90, no man who did no; cling to
this debasng maxim, as the apple of his
.eye, couId--wouId dare give dogmat. |,
Teal preference TO Mr.. Polk over Mr.. Cal. +
houn. In all that makes an American
Statesman accomplished that entities
his opinions TO ght--wi:hout the max.
i'm that the "king can do no wrong,"--
certainly Mr.. Calhoun would be entitled +,
to equal consideration with Mr.. Polk.
While we say this, let no man mistake us. q
We think Mr.. Calhoun richly merits all q
the kicks the locolocos can give him; but n
while we think so, we cannot but look on s
a man of his towering genius, profound A
knowledge, and unsupported patriotism. u
with respect and admiration. Such, how "
ever, is the Senate; and such the party =,
REQUIRES it TO be. When will il be be,terp -,
We fear we will not look upon the like liz
OIL Its ancient spIendor soon again. We Iof
snow man, elected Senator from no
State in this Union, vino read Mr.. Cal r
louh's speech with delight and admra.
ION which ne could not coEtine to himself, r.
'ut he read it to his friends, and expatia. m
ed upon 1t with an enthusiasm and elo. do,
uence that but few can equal. He is. "a,
the toll, an equal, in public knowledge me
nd eloquence, to his party master. We on
ave seen his eye flashing Indignation, me
up wltherlng into scorn, his delicate ire,
anne dIIate as ii the spirit of a giant oon
ere iaborlng to blast the low and groyeI- IN P[ I
e; and we have marked him for man Oh
no ordinary moral courage. But even nIa,
when ne heard the far off muttering,
IndlstInct grumbIIng, of one of the r
GERS oil his own party organs, and cert
lie the storm was yet in the distance. TOD
ore It had gathered into bIackness and Tbo
Stlng-wayered like a creaking shutter. ,r w
ngIng on a single rusty hinge in Mali
~ day: And as the hurricane neared in c3r
y me growIlngs Of the tempest as. san,
led little dlstnctness, he cayed. and h.
a1d sank before the party squat us a Csr,r
e. before an avalanche, and now vents. i, ha,
n beneath the ponderous pressure, bill nirh
opposition to the speech and position o.,
nc great CarolnIan. Such suhe Sen. Rio
such Its prospects for the future. d,noI
en- Is the power and patronage of the threa
Sdent to cease like the whistle of If ~
70 and ~ - " "0n ''S spell Peoped the ignon
NORTH
instant from copse and heat h arose sepult
onnets, and spears, and Bonded hows them
II me yawnIng hill to heaven
suoterranean host had giyen"--
a. At
~ 1871 10 ',ie case, what is the hope instan
ne country? What it was in the bet. in sIo
lays OF the republic. A pure coosti- gress.
cy A constituency who will snurn a were
n'a' VI oil aSPlfaht 10 public favor, guess
'e,'7S WIN The weight of feather, TIL
MS Serra1'fg TO the President for their We al
anu counlenance A constituency ColIec
VIII scout such pretensons as miser appoin
p'oSt,'u''ons of the dignity OF human United
re and republican character. con public
~ "no VIII boldly proclaim to Texas
' ht" In aoanooned gambler and de, Texas,
o'acN'eg may maintain an equal section
~ win the best man living, when stitutic
'Fu9g'e IS who shall be most serpile. cede lc
SS'ce obedience, TO the will and behes,s ces. e
10 president. A constituency who bors, n
o'oiy man OF selfish design, zines, &
S'o'a,ice VINO boasts or de- other
r,,st '0.v''''y' constituency tanning
WIN JEFFERSON, that blind ing to /
ence 10 Inc will of the President is the nee
ohesty, Is not capacity, is not faith. ring TO
50 10 the constitution who mpst es and
la' the verles bloodhound in morals Iimnos,
a"es! lgnoramus in statemnnshjn In The n
e most unmltigated selfshness are make !,
'oI'y oO"P"'Ioe with such servlli. State, G
o00u'""'eI wake TINS servlIity coed I'M
't-as it is fast and powerfully be. to our Il
gland the distinction between vir. Ter Of +
=, Nnowie0Se' hlgh morality, and The Ii
a. nte'''gence on inc one side. and the nece
. 1o.'snneSS ana Khaylsh wicked transfer,
."o o'ner' Is forever plotted out. 26th uIt
he glory Of the republic will be-
t will not be worth an effort to THE /
from destruction. This is the oDlv We ar
preserve the landmarks between ers the O
nbler and the statesman. and there. celebrate
petuate our republican institutions a II the CT
have bee
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