Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-01-24

tons to be determined by your action.
With fertility OF soil equal 10 any IL
the world; with the mighty river of her
own name % aptIy termed IAN inland
ca " washing her western border Tor
more than four hundred miles, and bear
ing upon its bosom the richest product
that ever rewarded the tolls of man; with
nayigable rivers like arteries runnln
from her he-ft 10 all her exlremitIe1;
with salubrty Of climate equal TO Oily,
and a population the bravest and best on
Gods earth, there is not land Of lairer
promise, nor one which may aspire to a
higher or more glorious destiny. How
shall we assist her? Let portion OF our
energies be directed to internal improve.
ments. The day will come when Misss.
sippi should be spanned from east to west
by great central Railroad; when the
waters of the Mississippi should be fem
ced in, and the fertile lands on its borders
be made TO throw their rich treasures
into the pockets Of our people. 1t was i'm
proyements like these that added millions
to the wealth Of New York, and gave
Immortality to the name OF Clinton.
These Improvements cannot be made the
next year, or completed perhaps by this
generation; but the natal energy and in
domiaLle perseverance Of our people will
sooner or later carry them out It's our
duty 10 commence them.
There is feature in the character OF
this state which the historian cannot pass
by in silence. 1t is the independence
which marks their conduct. Determn-
ing for herself what is right, she fear
Iessly pursues the conviction Of her own
judgment, regardless Of the opinions and
conduct Of others. She was first 10 elect
Judges by the people; she first established
purely metallic currency, and amidst the
tauns and jeers of friends and foes, she
first stood up in the face Of the civilized
world and refused to pay an unconstllu-
tiona debt contracted 10 her name. A
safe which thus pursucs its own lncIlna,
tons, and which has already invested its
people with more power than any other
in the Union, or perhaps in ~chrlstendom,
should be the foremost in giving unVer-
sal instruction to It's people.
An ignorant multitude excited by some
lancied wrong and led by some daring
and popular demagogue, may, in single
hour, commit breaches in the fabric OF
government which the wisdom and ingen-
uity Of ages may not be able to repair,
The educated masses are never phren-
zied thus; approaching the blessings OF
liberty, they will never commit exercises
in its name. Then by every considera-
ton of patriotism; by your love of llber-
ty; by the devotion which you bear to
your offspring; by the safety OF your fire.
sides; and the accumulated wealth Of years
of toll; by the holy religion of your faith
ers; bv all that you hold dear in this
world, or sacred in the world to come, |
exhort you to spread the blessings OF Ed
ucatIon among the PEOPLE.
The legislation of this country is wise
Iy divided INTO state and national. As a
member of the great family of states, we
are the victims or beneticaries of nation
al legislation as chance may direct our
voice being as one to fifty in her councils.
Whilst we direct our domestic eglsIa-
ton so as TO develope the resources of our
state, and secure to ourselves and our
posterity the blessings Of liberty in free
government, may we not IN earnest and
respectful terms, address our petitions
and our circumstances to the federal lc
gsature, so to govern its councils, as not
to retard US If our onward march to pros
perily and happiness. Nay! whilst 9TH
ers are the recipients Of governmental ic-|
vor, may we not ask for justice 1t theI
tariff Expresses us, may we not ask that 1t
be relaxed? lfprotection retards US, may
we not ask that it be removed? Our cot
ton whitens every sea, and enlivens every
port. Ii is the axis on which the com
mercial world revolves. Shall congress
restrict us TO a home market, and call
this protection? Verify, sit is such pro
lection as yutures give to lambs mol
let congress protect US in foreign lands;I
let congress protect US as we float on every
sea, and barter in every port, and we VIII
protect ourselves and our government at
home.
Millions on millions Of the nations
money is yearly lavlshed in developing
the resources and advancing the prosper
ty OF other states, under the speclous
pretext Of ''providing for the common de
fence and the general welfare" MssIs-
sippi has demonstrated and her remon
STRANGE has not been heard she must
stand firm on the broad platform of the
constitution, and as she grows older and
stronger she will increase in the compass
and strength Of her appeals for justice
She asks for nothing from the nations
Golfers 10 her local works, but she asks for
ade(encesn commensurate with her com
mercial importance, and such as arc &c,
mandcd by her position in the unlon' anal