Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-04-12

Since our last, we have received the remarks
Of MIR. Calhoun on the cngroSslnent of, Mr.
Wrisht's bill, rs amended hy striking ont the
specie section. II IL short, but uncOinnl0nly H.
bic farid comprehensive. We will give il in our
next
Some few of the presses unfricntlly to Mr..
Calhoun have made his vote on this occasion
another pretcxt for the cry Of inconsistcncy.-
They say, to have been consistent, lic should
have voted for it. We don't understand this To-
gic. Certainly he would have been fair game
if he had voted for it. after the only section
which separated the Government and The banks
was stricken out. However, it's no Use 10 talk
to such people.
A late number Of the Richmond Wing farly
expresses, we think, the sentiments of large
minority Of the people, i'll the following COM
ment:
"THE SUB-TREAsURY Bill, AS AMENDED
Mr. Calhoun's Speech on the amended Sub
Treasury Bill rs it passcd1l,c Senate, will attr,ct
attention. 1t Is clear exposition ut mlIaIiswcr-
able objections to tic wrctchcd abortion pt the
party. 1t exhibits the absurd,y and folly of es-
publishing safes, vaults, Receivers General, Sub
Treasurers, &c. to keep bank notes, and it dis
plays, i'll n strong point of view, the increase of
power and patronage which the bill conicrs upon
the Executive, by enabling him to control the
banks. As represented by lin, and we believe
truly, the system proposed by the bill, is more
corruptng, and i'll every aspect i'll which it may
be regarded, more objectionable, than the cNplo-
ded Pet Scheme. The principle Of divorce, the
only feature Of the original bill which had any
claim to merit, is rejected, and gigantic ma
chinery Of corruption substituted i'll its place."
ave think some of onr Wing contemporaries
have been illibcrnl i'll their comments on MIR.
Calhoun i'll respect to his vote against the Sub
Treasury bill in its present shape. His conduct
OH that occasion, as far rs we have before OBJ
served, proved that he acted from principle, and
not from party; and requiring IA it did Il hg, de-
gree of moral cournge, deserved any thing ratl,-
or than censure. The course of the party made
him realize his anticipation that there were men
in whose wisdom, frmness and patriotism he
had no reason to conhde, aud, rs soon lie dis
covered that, he abandoned them and stood
ulone."
The bill, MS passed. appears TO us 10 be the
child Of no body. II received q minority Of the
votes of the Senate, and yet it is monsrcl
something for which 10 one seems to have par-
ticular affection. tits spurncdh hy Calhoun, who
goes for n divorce, because it falls short of it..
kicked by Clay and Webster because it does
not give lis national bank, Of course unpala-
table to Rivcs and his conservatives, and it is
r,lmorcd, will be vetoed by Mr.. Van Burcn, if il,
ever comes before him. This then is the glori-
Gus result Of all the learning aud eloqucncc and
argument and sarcasm, which have been poured
out for months pnst, in such rich and boun'cous
profusion. Think Of Wriglt's long and able
practical speech; of the severe contest between
Calhoun and Clay, Calhoun and Webster, the
little fights. the big fights between this Senator
and that Senator, the oatlis, the in,precations,
the prayers, sc. &c. &c; think of all this, and
then think Of the end Of it all. Monies parturi.
um, Sc.