Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-08-15

lie, (lhe Ielegraph,) muSthe schslp'e 'l"l
the change would bene6, Ills principles
even were that change TO elevate Web
ster himself, for it is impossible that State
Rights can be in worse hands than the
Force Bill men, Proclamationis,s," &c.
Now, in these sentiments, the Whig,
while accusing the Telegraph Of man wor
ship. &c., shows most clearly that his otcn
soul is wrap, up in the desire of elevalIng
certain man to the lhruue. He seems to
forget the history Of the last few months,
and bury ut once his PRoFEssED State
Rights feeling in a Presidential contest,
!" For it is Impossible that State Rights
can he in worse hands Than Force Bill men
and Proclanalionists !" So say we. But
who were louder in their clamors for the
Force = thar the National Republicans =!
Who passed. it but Webster aud Clay =?
Who openly, IN speech, approved OF the
principles of the Proclamation. but Clay
Whatever the present administration may
have done, they have not gone oac step
further in usurpalion, than have the Ma
,ionals with Clay and Webster. They
placed the Tariff upon the country, aud
Internal Improvements with all their pro.
nisacy. They gave aid aud countenance
10 The Proclama'on-they passed The
Force Bill, and made it the law Of the
land. Yet these are the men, and these
the principles. the Wing would, in its wis
dom sa., that it is " lhe very acme of stu
pi,iity"in us not To support. If Mr.. Clay
had done as he ought to have done, consi-
,icrins his early principles" come into
The Senale, as Senator above party
rrammels, and denounced the Proclama-
rion and the Force Bill, and called up with
flis elpquence the enonbed spirit Of the
Constitution TO save the country and It's H.
berries, then might he have gone down To
future times as "A patriot. But his day has
passed. And all close observers Of men
and passing events, n9'o see that the spirit
of selfish ambition reigis at least as deep
in his heart, as the feeling Of exalted pa
lriotism.
The Wing further says, " We have no
idea of overlhrowins great party, and the
dear aud glorious objects for which that
party fights, because Mr.. Calhoun's perso-
nal elevation may not be Que OF them, and
because another, aud MOI he, may win the
prize of the Presidency. Certain OF his
(Mr. Calhoun'>) personal friends. aud the
Editor Of the Telegraph the chief, have al
ready difTused a suspi,aou extensively even
amongst the State Rights Pary-that his
elevation is the one thing for which they
care, aud, disappointed in that, they are
willing TO sec all 60 TO ruiu."
"Any change must be for tho better, and
the State Rights Party will 60, the Fe!e-
graph aal its Calhoun visions 10 the con-
,rary Notwithstanding. for that banner
which can effect the change"
Its bu, TOO plain, from the spirit of
these remarks, tina, the Editor, while ilc is
very sensitive at the attachment exhibited
towards Mr.. Calhoun, has his hcart fixed
on one thing only, and that is, the cleva-
.iou of his o,ra tavoriie to the Presidency.
=" The dear and glorious o!jec,s for which
that party fights" indeed. We suppose
that oLe of these is, that Virginia may be
worked into a position, where she can he
transferred to the greatest advantage
where, through her, the South may be a
gain bound TO some Presidential car, and
dragged as victim to be sacrificed at the
altar OF mhaliosrcd ambition and avarice.
We could say much more upon this point,
but we forbear al present.
We know not what portion OF the State
Rights Party, the Wing alludesto, when ii
speaks of suspicions extensively diil'used as
10 Mr.. Calhoun, aud the object Of his per-
sonal friends.
We would disdain 10 notice this part, if
we did not know Inc high authority from
which il Indirectly comes, and the object it
is intended to effect. The whole article
from which lhe above extracts are made,
be,rays an unmanly and an ungenero"s
feeling towards one whose character, and
whose talents have shed lustre and a
light over his country, which even enry
must admire. Tue Wing, and those of
lis friends, who think with it, know little of
Mr. Calhoun and his motives. lie asks no
favors from any man or set of men living
The only reward lie looks for, is The proud
consciousness Of having done his duty, aud
Of this no power on earth can deprive
him. | lie had chosen to have betrayed
his countrv-if he had even been only 81
lent, when her rights were baselv tram
Piled upon, aud when others, who are now
so prominent, were silenI-If his object
had becn power and patronage, no man,
at this day, could have been covered with
more popularity than himself. tie has an
ambition. but it is lofty and notle one.
lie looks with scorn aud contempt, upon
the miserable aud dirty scramble for Office
md power. The burning desire of his
heart is, to go down to poslerity patriot
anu m honest mau, identified with the
great principles of constitutional liberty.
f,e looks alone to after ages TO do him JUS
ficc, and 10 throw around his name the halo
oflanc. Let the Wing in its owu selfish
ness, and those who feel with it, have no
fears as to Mr.. Calhoun for the future.