Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-02-14
LIBERTY ADVOCATE.
Liberty, Mi, February IA, 1916.
From The Southron

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the truth and justice of this fallacy. We
shall do so in all candor and fairness; for
we believe there is no other mode Of reach.
ing error adopted in excitement and chung
TO in dcliberation, than by fair and can.
did, but rigorous examination, Of the
principle upon which it may be founded
While that stands, as general principle,
behind which practice may entrench it.
SELF in mailed defiance, to the persu isons
OF different course, there can be little
hope OF that fair and proper influence to
which legitimate arguments are justly en-
titled, from their force, their nature and
their connec ions with The loltest senti-
ments Of the human heart, Such we
conce We the faIlecy at the head OF this
article 10 be. 1t has warped and knit it.
self into the most stubborn preludices Of
the CT meaning men. And they would
as soon tolerate an examination that
would reason them out Of their Religion,
and its creeds, as to calmly listen to an
argument assuming 10 eXpoe the so|ecismI
o. this dogma. But we beg of them,
nevertheless, both TO listen aud consider
for we as honestly consider it fallacy,
as they, sound maxim. Let us com
pare opinions, then, in spirit Of mutual
respect and mutual candor. As preim-
mary TO this discussion, 1t may not be
improper 10 rema rk, that this generation
will transmit 10 its successors all its tri-
umphs and achievements its property, its
Religion and laws: its inventions aud .c-
ence. As sail preceding generations have
transmitted their achievements TO US, so,
with our own, we will transmit them to
our poslerity. We are nowwhat the past
has made US. We breathe its glory, and
live in the midst Of its grandeur. Strike
from the titles Of our present greatness
the records and triumphs Of the past and l.
in the twinkling Of an eye we would be /
rude barbarians and unleltered savages. Il
We cannot avoid the responsibilities o: c
the past if we would. Its CHARACTER AND o
PROPERTY are alike our inheritance; but u
neither is dicharged from the obligations II
our ancestry imposed upon them. They II
are inseparable, and cannot be disunited Fl
without lrreverent violence TO the best u
principles the heart cheriShes and the Ia
reason owns. We are bound TO preserve IN
the one, and discharge the other, in the IN
same breath and spirit Of reference TO
They are alike the treasures Of our faith. a.
ers,--holh the inheritance and obligations IN
that descended with it. These obligations
are the first, the highest, the mos, cher
lshed oil all that rest upon their children
We take an afiectionate pride in their re
cognition, and feel glow Of honor when
We assume them, because they were our
Fathers' sa
We then think the question may be OI
'airly stated, that the property and char. Sc
lcter ofour fathers are but legacy to US ho
who are their children. Is it not fairly Of
stated? And is it not a more Just, more CT
reasonable statement, ald does it not E
'trlke the soul with more enrolling, lofty ar
md cheering sentiments, than the palsy Al
ng sophlsm that we are now examining lie
And if this be fair and just statement til
Of the question, would it not be reflection ri
upon the memory of dead ancestry TO Ia
deny their right to charge the inheritance w
with the payment of their debts? We dc
appeal to what is candid and noble in eve ca
~ right minded man, 10 answer, as the to
thrilling responses of manly heart shall pa
dictate. The conduct Of our Fathers is ST.
a moral and political legacy; their proper tn
y pecuniary legacy. Their conduct de
necessarily affected their property and nj
,lrcumscrlbed their own enjoyment Of it.
And shall we claim to enjoy il, free from cy
he restrictions and hardships that then Sc
we're compelled to suffer? 1t is obvious " tru
ln!alr--if not in violence to the nature Of tn
we should take the property in
Of our fathers. bequeathed to us by their GU
and yet deny the force ofthose II
institutions, and stand up to be freed from 20
any burthen they imposed upon The inner ST,
Itance. 10 argue otherwise, seems 10 US da
10 strike The spade and the axe deep into an
Inc very roots of society and dig i from tn
It's hitherto solid foundations. II unset lie
les the motives and the principles upon tn
which society, in its enterprise, its energy Az
IS dearest hopes, its best sentiments, rests re-
for II they can impose no obligation they tn,
ian transmit no right. Upon what prin- CO
lple does any man take the estate OF bis de
ather? Upon the universally recognized ro
ne, that every other man is obliged ma
er obligation--to refrain from its da
Sc or enjoyment. Plant down, then, in ry
ur institutions and sentiments, that the clu
lght and the obligation which are recip.
peal, and also nseparabe, can, in vic, III
nee or caprice, be served, and the fl int
erals of our fathers will become the fes lut
walls Of thieves and robbers, seeking :
no shall first possess himself of thai "H
roperty to which he, {and with him a 9Th
en) has ceased to have any right, and spa
hlch leave him with no obligations res "gr
ng upon it. Have those who have adop- ian