Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-03-21

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wing VII. your country by YOU, =
! warlike measures. Evan n's adVocac,
10 'he conflict which YOU r'ouIpPo'IngAr
cess greater than YOU esn r,ovoke ST.
a arm you plant Won Won, e'l.end.y@,
standard upon the Two banks ssIcl0ron
,umbla, or advance it 10 ~ o. The @
liudson's Straits--thal you be. o shore d
Of England and the volunteer No . troop
or Ne" Brunswick on every Go Caaail
every seige between the " ,a aai
whlch encompass the CaoasS"0 ocean,
Vaunted "destiny"--what will Iu d yat
gaIneda The responsibility y" you have
empire, the invldiousnoss Of de,a =, grq
tensions, and the domination ed Pr
military chief! But if YOU fri y .ore
armies which conquered under wv w,El' h
Ion retain their fortune unde, nj, %IeIIas
ders--!i the pride which has s0 o',s' lea.
mediation is chastised in war t1 ,;e ., a
YORK is given to plumber, and W. !" New
ION again behoIds the English aaa SSalAg
ing over her capitol--what will = aoat
nave lost by the issue of cr! wv No
once unfortunate and unproyoEsJI
neltnef case will you resume your I ~. .
Poslllon--In neither will YOU ba = :, '''INs'
were before the war. You will b'" ~ You
ated new pretexts of taxation NV" ~" ce
have called into existence new o: yEu VIII
repugnant to your old one-you ni I1t0a'
laid the foundation of future eno ""'M''
ces, or future despotism. But. no oaa''ia'
This, you will have aroused The '; ;ao, 'nan
weakened i,s the vigilance, and atr ra'Jl Y
hostility OF foreign powers. You 100
nave forced them to defend themssl"'a..
against your aggressive, or nmn ia''I's'
ieiea'ed efforts. But in the lone i1 Spaf
WI that separates the commencsmso ,u W.
var from lis conclusion, what ennrm;'
nay be practlsed! what caIamire, ins:a.
10! Have you thought on these2 'I H..,
you reckoned their cost, or tbei, . na'1
GU remember scenes of 1774. vii ~"'
'e-enoet Ihem7 You might do \, " c! wv
injury; but your country would s IA"
'reaiiully in the attempt. Yop m;os
invade our colonies by guerilla ds @s%
aen's but would lay our ships Of Va,
gaInst the cities Of your pride and I 4.
OF your wealth. You migh
estroy our merchant vessels, bu w.
houId deyastate your provinces and dss
oil your towns. We might lay Wash.
lgton IN ashes; but could you invade
'ngland with effect? And have you for,
often the secret danger which YOU uopr.
h IN your bosoms' Can you forget that
The horrors of seryiIe war?oa war
ot Of lines, columns or camps, bat a war
aged against heads of families, in
buses, by ambuscade, and every species
treachery complicated with every kind
cruelty that vengeance could devise
I'd opportunity provoke? Again, do you
d remember that war with Englanl
'uId not be little war, nor confined 10
70 States; that it would light up the
orld IN It's confagration, and add to The
ueity ofan unnatural contest, the inCoa.
nience Of unnatural or taithIess allan.
s? You rely on France and forget
lssla, But do you forget the traditions
fickleness of the former, and the anti
mocratlc mission of the latter! We
TX not to intimidate you with vain men,
IS and unreal bugbears. But we bid
!, as patriots who love your country
statesmen who are legislating for fl.
e times, above all, as men who profess
adore justice and to serve trulh-m
you to pause, end reckon the fearful
( which you are running and the mon
JUS misery which you are counting"