Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-05-30

...- men. Ssh --4 allJas m.-ni envy, tl ".il,
rg.H rat emulate. Such, -ir Join G. Sal- I
rara: such jle object Of -snilemsR's deHuuea-
.,.s... such rae mlu whose motives are W, i-h-
.f4-f whose actions are jeudcI. Such $50 one
needs nl sll .zilu .,am nae, a. defence .iaH Al-
r-ta Er-. He stands beneath a consented arch,
defended by ghiulEg, shut up iu 'Is hearts oi
his couuirymeu--by a ginning iL1t wid not
.umber, ba, Will e5p forth to ayengo even an NJ
suit. a thought, look, that threatens bun win
Insult. The story Of bis y.ttU0us fame Is written
ia the highes, vault Of your political canopy far
above the reach Of gr0yellng speculation, where
Il eau alone be sought upon al eagles Pinons,
1ad gazed at by an eagles eve. His defence
may bg found m tho hearts Of has c0unirymen--
his euonum viii be heard in the deep-oued muir
mus Of pos,crty, which, like the solemn artillery
Of heaven, shall 20 rolling along the shores OF
time, until It - ingulfed IN the mighty vortex Of
eternity. Little minds may affect TO desp.e hun;
pigmy politicians may raise the war cry orWo-
-cnpton agaius. him be it so insects buzz a
round the lions name, but do not arouse HIM
from hil laj- The confidence Of Americans will /
/ never be shaken in The wisdom Of this mans acls,
nor, sir, in the patriotism his counses. lmpre
cations win add but other links to the mighty |
/ chain that binds, hun to his countrymen; aud /
+ each blast Of your war trumpet will but |
f awaken millions 10 hls support His iirm 0dhe |
renee 10 principle, IN defence Of every daDgeLand
+ his noble sacrifice Of personal prejudice upon !
+ the altar Of his cou1lry's good, whenever his |
counlfy's good has demanded the sacrifice. has
placed upon his brow a wreath Of lmpershable
glory which there shall flourish in Immortal bloom
Who, SIR, IS John c. Calhoun, and where is he ?
the nobest son Of the sunny South--her genial
rays have awakened feeling Of palnotion upon
the altar Of his heart which the ice.bound bosom
ofyour Eastern scft has never felt He stands,
sir, Ike the sCn-gili summit Of some lofty noun
tain, around whose base the angry clamors of
petty politicians waste themselves IN vain
" Like some tall cliff, whose awful form
SweIls ltam The vale, and midway leaves the storm:
Whilst round his base the rolling clouds are spread,
Eteua. sunshine settles on bus head"
Why sir, it was but the other day that heard
him snceungly (rahar sneerugly, thought, for
one who had been his friend denounced as n lo-
co FoC0 What, sir John Calhoun Loco
Foco II so, | desire for myself no more hon
orable appeIIaon. lf,lnt the eloquent language of
+ Cardinals most eloquent son, Mr. Plckens that
, man, the grandeur OF whose soul and the splendor
Of whose genius brelhed not only inspiration in
h to the holy cause of freedom, but throws halo
Of glory around those burning pages which he de-
1 voted 10 American liberty, be indeed Loco Fo.
co, then, SIR, let me ever rejoce IN the thrice hal
r lowed name Of Loco Foco. Fling out the ban
e nel to the breeze-inscribo upon ii the deep-de-
o tested name--and, my life upon the ISSUE thou
@ sands upon tens Of thousands, nay, sir, millions
u upon millions, from every cline, OF every creed
' and color IN the universe, will hurry to its stan.
. dard, and llit fall they VIII fall with it. Nor, sir
j., will they deem it else than immortal honor to be
Q shrouded in its fold. II the principles Of Johr
+. c. Calhoun are the principles Of the Loco Focos
10 then, sir are the Loco Focos the friends Of The
y, Constitution and equal rights, the opponents o
:, tyrann, n al, IT, toTms--the friends Of law anC
n rs iosl administration and the uncompFomlsing
4 opponents Of every species Of ollgarchy, whelhe
8 sole or aggregate. Then, sir, DO icy 'aNe me Il
m lusious Jefferson for lhgr political Mac Hulheu
4 & The doctrines Of '99 for their political AiHorap
i Wlth these prof-~gtono ana theso practices, |, sir
IN am ready 10 enter with them the Sanhedrnn o
ic their political faith, ard commune with them a;
g. brethren of the same church. For slr, in these
I'd principles, which vou ten me are the principles
es tho Loco foCos | recognize the principles 0
ne Virginia, the principles Of hherty--the principle
- Of nght--prIncipes which, toTy.ye years ago
ID sprung from the master mind OF Jefferson, lkt
Of Minerva from tho brain Of Joye, all radiant il
A. the armor OF liberty aud truth. They wnnlet
a. but name to stamp them with the genius Of thei
of author, and dedicate them 10 the eternal cause G
Il. human liberty. They have that name The
" have 1t, sir, in your deeply damned name Of Loo
ar Foco. Let them wear It through all after time
IS. TT emblem Of their worth--iit memeno Of lhei
he lllustrlous origin. Do YOU, sir, love your cour
es Try go practise upon these principles Woul
nd you pepetuate her Institutions 80 practise upo
or these principles. Would you have the star Of he
IL, glory be onward in its course to the upper sky
n. so practise upon these principles. Would 70
dc have the winds Of Heaven saluling her flag, an
al the eXuemitles of earth acknowledging her nam,
go practise upon these principles, and YOU ma
Ms perpetuaie the hono and power, and glory Of th
as county, until the last trump Of time shall b
lat sounded upon the confines Of vast eternity, unit
no the iou angels that stand on the four corners
N, this continent shall, with one accord liz up the
be voices TO Heaven, proclaiming "peace On cart
and good will to all mem"
he NorE, MIR. Brown having concluded, NJ
MS Jenlter Of Maryland rose to make certain inqi
Nc RES OF the gentlemen from Mississippi, Mr. B.
- He asked il he was RICH, in supposlng that Il
IA gentleman who had just resumed his seat ";
nd General Albert Gallatin Brown 2" Mr. b. no
"a. ding assert Nj J. read an extract from new
W, paper to the purporI that Mr. b. in his eectionee
NE ing canvass, had declared that he would abandc
ou the sub Treasury If Mr. Van Buren, abandon,
ion Il; and asked whether tho facts. as set forth
IAN the paper were correct; and he would flrth
OF iaqutre whether the gentleman Mr. B. had n
er. been the advocate Of the post.note system
'on M'ssiss'Ppl--a system which had brought ban
IAN ruptcy and ruin upon that State
hai Mr.. BRowE resnondad H. Lot ,,-J l.