Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-10-09
Mr.. PRESTON AND HIS PRINCI
Piles.

Mr.. PRESTON AND HIS PRINCI-
Piles.
A barbecue dinner wac given to the
Hon. F. H. ELuoRE, Representative in
Congress from Richland District, South
Carolina, 10 which Mr.. CALHOUN and Mr..
Preston were invited. These two dis
tinguished Senators did not attend, but
acknowledged the receipt of their invita-
tons in letters directed to The chairman OF
the committee of invitation. We have
not room to publish the letters, and con-
tent ourselves by quoting below the con-
clusion of Mr.. Preston's letter. We
trust our 'Independent Treasury State
Rights men, win "read, mark and in
wardly digest the sober truths contain
ed therein, and ask themselves, seriously,
if their present position in advocating the
present administration IS right. Mr..
Preston concludes his letter as follows:
] beg leave to assure You Sir, and the
gentleman whom you represent, of tie
perfect coincidence of our opinions in OPP
position to the Federal party. For the
sincerity of this avowal, my friends and
nelghbors, will give me implicit credit,
when they remember that | first came In
to their service a State Rights politician,
of the straightest sect of the school Of the
Jefferson and Madison Of s98, Of. the VIM.
| IL. Crawford Of 1916, of the John Tay-
lor and Judge Smith school of 1924, and
that, following out the principles of these
men, | was a Nullifer Of without
having aught to forget, deny or explain.
in my past history. My career has been
humble, but it has been uniform. Ii il
has not been signalized by distinguished
ability it has not imposed upon me the pain
ful task Of indicating doubtful consis-
tency. When, from the honorable SER
vice of this district, the kindness of the
, State placed me in a more extended sphere
it was, unquestiopably, thatI should act
there, upon the principles which had gain
ed favor for me here. al y course requir-
/ ed deliberation. to determine upon it. l
found tie general government admins
tered upon principles from which even
Hamilton and Pickering would have. re-
VOTED, and m possession of a party auda-
clously aFowing doctrines SO anti-Repnb-
lican as to procure for them the designa.
ton of "the Royalist party.
! found that party, aYowing and acting
upon the principles of the Proclamation
against. South Carolina, and the Force
Bill.
They had passed the Tariff ef 1923,
and had opposed the Compromise. .ol
1882.
They had seized upon the. deposites il
] the United States Bank, and held the pub.
lie money against law.
they claimed for the President all gexe.
cutlve power, without reference to the
/ Constitution.
They aYowed the principle that the
spolls Of Government belonged to the
vletors in party struggle, and boldly used
Office and office holders to perpetnate Their
power.
q lhelr President openly employ ed all
the power Of the Government TO appoint
bis successor md they expunged the Con.
stitution to per orIn an act Of syeophaney
to Inns the most 6uiltYand SYNONYMOUS
act that has sulliedsour history
i Such were tie principles and practices
Of the party ia power only charac-
terized every quality which COLD define
ederalisrns but going beyond all that tle
widest enthusiast for consolidated 60.
Feglinent had ever imagined md these
eLla nlies were perpeIrated n tie nasa
q ubAeanis1n aid Demos
11Ie eI have geeelitl# again
desecEated Is a hollow and llvpocfitical q al
dress tothe United States, lall of those