Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-01-30

we e'~act from the proceedings oi Inc
democrat ceiebralion Of The 9th January
IN Phl'adci lila, the follow inS letter, in re-
ply to an ililation, and the toast winch
followed tie fading OF The letter.
WanINGTos, Jnn.7, 1910.
Gentlemen: I,ave been honored with
your mules of lhe?.3d ull. in,ilms HE, in
The name of lhe Dsnuclalic clizrns of The
city and county Of Philadelphia, tn attend
their celebration u, The Stll inst. My
puhl'c engagements lere prevent NE irum
accepting your iuviIatI.n.
cannol but be hishIysratiied with The
estimate which you, and hose in whose
bchal' you act, put OH my services. II
has ever been the highest uLject of my
ambition, TO contribute to the preservation
Of our free au'l popular institutions, aud 10
their iansmIs$,ol 10 posterily unImpaired
in purify and vigor. II is no easy ta,k 10
establish and maintain free Institutions
They have constant tendency 10 go wrong
from which ours. as experience proves,
is not exempt. To departure from the
principles Ct our Government, we NAV
truce all the embarrassnents and Disorders
~
aud for hiclI there is but one certain and
electual lcmed y-,he restoration of tho
CONSTITUTION to its original purity. All
others are bul quackcry. To accomplish
that great object my exerliuns are, and
have been long directed; and, | trust, not
altogether without SUCCESS. Murh has al
ready lfeen eii;c, We have got clear
ofthe public fundfd debt aud the Bank of
the United States, aud are in lair way of
freeing the country from all ccnnectiuu
with the banks, and from fhe las, remnant
of The American sy,trm. That unne, I
trust il will not be difficult to extrica1e it
from all other measures beloIglng 10 Tie
National Consolidation school of politics,
and take fresh departure in the direction
which Jefiersnn and his associates of tho
old Republican State Rights school would
give, if they were now alive ant a, The
helm. The moment is propitious 10 so
desirable consummatiou. but, If permit
ted to pass unseized,it may well be doubt.
ed neither The opportunity ofaccompflsh. Of
ing Fhe great'ohjecl IN view will not te
lost forever.
In conclusion, permit me 10 offer sen.
liment suited to The times. and which is
sanctioned by being incorporated in seye-
ral Of Tie Stale constitutions, by the wise
and virtuous patriots who achieved our
glorious revolution:
Free Governments: They can only be
preserved by u frequent recurrence 10 fun
tau ental principles.
| With rerf rEsuert | an: H-r
J. g. CALHOUN.
To the Committee.
BY The Committee. John G.. Calhoun:
The great apostle of the doctrines of the
rights Of the Sla,es-lhe eloquent defender
oflhe rights oflhe people.
Mr.. Clay, in his late discussion with
Mr.. Calhoun, should have Informed ,tfe
Senate why he called on The president OH
New Yetr'S day. lie rude through New
York last summer to injure Martin Van
Buren, and made friends for himself, and
now desires the exclusive right to call on
the President.
Surely, if Harry of the West can face
the President with his peculiar smile, The
Southern Nulli6er has an equal right to
interchange civili,ies with lie Chief Mag
istra'e whose official course and republican
measures have eiriled his appreciation.