Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-11-13

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,r,,r GALLANT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
TIL. noblc State will cover herself with glory. Inc
f,I..;nu article, entitled the casting vote, from Tie
Charleston Mercury, ernanaes irom true aepcoHca'
heart -SdrannGh Georgian. 49,,
r,,r CASTING VoTE.-The quietness with whch
Sn,L Carolina voted at the late election and WITH
hc The result has been received b. the grea, efuo'
"a, ,.r;v of the Union, is in strong contrast 10 inc
noisiness of the Wings, and illustrates io!c2ly ne az
ferapt spirit of the two parties, the manly aghy oi
tbn one. and the rating, juggling hunoug spiri'
Of The other The Republicans arc as composed and re-
served as gentlemen should be, although the Palmetto
,o,e has lust decided for them with unparalleled una
np,;,v One night suppose that hs arose i:om no SUI
perioriy of the State Rights men 10 Tie no'ey crew
Of rao barons bankruns spectators, and needy SCUM
ern eneradoes and adventures who make up The n-
position but from the fact that South Carolina never
friend or enemy in doubt to her position, that
she surprises neither with disappointment, painful or
ioycus both knowing always where to find her, aud
ccnnnr her in the opposite battle matter Of course
when such hing Harrison is made the stalking
horse of Federalism, and is vuuccd for BY such pure
and disintercsted and consistent Jefferson Democrats
as Webster Clay and Adams, Stanly and Saltcns;all
Preston and Sade dut this explanation OF the thing
will meet the CASE for, on the other SIDE we ma
the whole Wing press in blaze OF phosphorc rapture,
lin trumretlinr, illuminating and cannonading Tor
every Abolition Whigwam which votes their side,
although, they knew, in the OF Vermont, That
being Abolitionst, it was inevitably wig. No Tie
huzzang On the side, and the temperate reserve On
The other Illustrative OF the contras'ed characters
of the two parties the late speeches of Col Hunt and
Daniel Webster-,he manly, argumentave eloquence
Of Col Hunt his consistent and stacsman-ke vlnGi-
cation of JefiersoEan principles, without I'D capandum
profess un and the eGuivocang and lodging and dis
ingenious mixture of slang and hypocrisy poured ont
by the RANT oil the East, and his unbnslng declara
lion that lie was tic schoo! OF Jeiierson IN the very
speech in which lie advocating natoaa!t-td cur
rcncy the very spirit of Alexander Hamilton, ana nj
war with every principle OF State Rights and OF Jefer-
SON.
There has been struggle at polls, because We
had no; Wings enough among Us 10 be worth fighting
Our Legislature viii be composed o.. known Republic
with the exception OF some ten or hitecn, winch
sprinklinp of Wing spots a.e not sorry ~ have
there IL is we'll to have shadow Of opposition 10
give prac;ice-ssEie tame quaS 10 keep up the
instinct Of our pointers, 10 let good men and Tue
feel what they are and be reminded what they du.ht
70 be- Nv seeing what Whggcry desires 10 IT. left IN
done exponent of the great no.pTincip!e party,
to indicate from time 70 time lis divers and snndry
whereabouts, and whose intentions We ma: interpret by
reading their professions backwards, whom may lie
warned, look for, few months hence, open league
w;ti, Ahotonisln, should find them rcpu-
dating the unnoly alliance, and declaring that ey are
net H. men tor tic .lbooniSts nor tic .itoittonSfs
tie men far them just Senator Preston prciaced s
thorough devotion to Mr. Clay, and his enlistment into
his s;rollng company and his vouching Tor Webster as
Soutcrner, by declaring that he moi the ipr
Clay nor Clay the for inn, and then hardly arrlv
ing among his Wing brethren, aud rubbing should
ers vii, item in the log cabin, and breathing lis
genial atmosphere perfumed BY the most sweet breath
Of applaudinG Abotonis,s, before he threw oil he
c,oas he had At Columbia, and chung the coon
skin on h,s rccrcant limbs.
South Carolina serenely holds her position. and rants
not and busters not BAT her heel is not the less
uely aud crusngly planted upon the head OF the SER
pent within her confines. Our Republican brethren
in other States not misnlerpret her stiffness
she is not cold, because she is cam-and her still
ness is that of discipline and armed PREPARATION
animS ort5asqae. Size sympathises warmly with the
noble efforts of Northern Republicans, and viii re-
oice TO triumph with thcm knowing that the chap!et
which crowns their joint triumph viii he new bond
and strong TO the Unon-siie knows that her po-
sition fixed adamant and cannot be affected by
the changes rcsnl; OF the Presidential contest. Let
that battle 80 il may, she will not One bat
tie is not the war; and let who viii desert, she viii keep
her palmetto waving the rcdolbt Of State Righls-a
ralyng point all Southern hcarts-slie n:ll not
turn back If !c, 'upon the path alone. She
has troa alone beforehand looking down upon the
wreck Of The infamous American system can proudly
cxcai ~ the one whose chains she broke in sCiidcr
nr her own. ?one did il - Should llarrison be
elevated 10 be the plant tool of Federalism, our State
will claim her old station in the first rank OF gallant
and confident minority, Tut oar anticipation is moro
rguinc-she will be the last State 10 give her clcc;o-
ri vote, and We look forward proudly to December
next, srea shall her put the caps,onc TO the GOOD
work Of the Republicans Of the Unon-by giving the
castiae the Presidential Election, and dashng to
The earth the wooden idol, which Federalism would
erect upon tho ruins Of the Constitution.