Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-07-09

rous championship OF truth, 1of tfulh sahe' as
suring and anmating his friends, ana making
conquest O: the conviction even OF the enemies
who had not the candor to acknowledge llieir
error, nor the integrity to return I" their dniles;
and having just in spite OF his rereEt and bitter
cnd with the men in power, i'll spite "i past
and recrn, recrimination, hostility and dl<rus,;
of personal and party connexions and prelndi-
ces. of the obloquy which he knew he mnsl III
cur. of the charges Of inconsistency, apnstary.
and corrupt vennlity which he waS she I" en-
counter; Of the risk Of being 100 far III advance
of the South in npprehendiig orr true policy.
having just, in spite of all this, performed the
nubesi act of moral Ieroism that ever graced
our political annals by declaring promptly
and boldly for the financial policy o! the Presi-
dent, he possessed, to our view, an influence
more benefcently potent for our cause, and oc-
cupied for himself a position more proud than
any dominant party could assign him. We're
ioced that lest he himself should, losing reason
commit moral suicide by running counter III
his age TO The whole course oi an llIStrious
life, it was impossible to break down such ii
man. Party could not do il, man could not do
it, it was in the power of God alone! Even
had South Carolina rcpudaled him and armed
OIL the opposite side, he could not have fneI
He would have ceased oil course to be her
Senator; for if ever. according 10 MIR Clay's
lalse prophecy he could not Justly have claimed
the right 10 speak for her, he never would
have assumed it. He would have been ioo
proud and too true to strike against the Palme'-
To banner and TO cumhef the place OF Our rep
resentativc when he no longer represented us ;
to cling to our office Of trust when he had not
our confidence; 10 grappe himself to tile gill
when he had lost the hearts That garelt. lie
wonId have retired from public lie. but not aS
fallen man Truth could not have given up
her voary: she would have full SOON as her
trumplls spread, have summoned hIln with her
trumpet of victory, borne linn on her conquer
ins chariot, and crowned him with iailre!S from
the seed himself had planted. And ). Carolina
did not rcpudiatc. couM not have repudiaied
him, Tor the principles which mpelled him
were hers. It was nol that her pride and COLI
fdence in him in reciproca:lon OF his good ser
vire and devoteducss TO her, made her follow
where he lcd-No! Had he held back, iIe would
have been left behind: our people wond have
gone on to the very position they now occupy;
for they understood and held sacred The pril-
clples which they ploIessed. And il was not
sn much that his saeacty and foresight ielt tilr
pulse Of Carolina. anticipated the public opln-
ion of the State. and took the tide as It's yotl"
flood. Ii was not so much that Ire justly relied
on the intelligence and virtne Of our people
1t was hcra;lse he felt and acted like Caroll-
man, and with the instinct OF Caronlan, up
on the State Rights principle cngfalned IN his
reason aud his heart, that when lie piaited ollr
standard, before ;here was need or time Tor linn
tolook back for support, olr people were at his
side rallied like Il band Of brothers IN unanl'
nous phalank.
Such was our answer. and such orr feeling
then, and the subsequent course OF events and
parties has afforded us the most ample jRsttl-
cation. The opposition have fully developed
their Ultra.F Federal character, while the Ad-
minislration true 10 nj: its pledges, has violated
no rule of the strictest school OtJellcIs"n. AMI
so ilf from dod ing or sighting the princip Piles
of State Rights Republiranism, has beut its
wholesome energies 10 their enforcement, and
s,akcd its political fortunes on their vindicaton
and triumph.
In their conttasted modes of conducting the
contest too, while the one party must conclliate
the confidence and command the respect of
every well constituted nIind the o:her cannot
fail to dis gust and Insult All intelligent and high
minded people. 1t is the evident aim Of the
Fedciais,s 10 get up Il morbid and dissipated
excitement, under the influence Of which their
followers may he hurried into voting without
reertng, and cheated into the belief that Il
very ordinary and course old man is IL hero
ami sage soldier Of doubtful merit, and
certificate bostered reputation, both as 10 sanity
and soldiers!iip who resi-. ned his commission
and shraihed his sword IN the midst of the war
they endcavOred 10 rcco rniond on til" ad cap:
Mudum score of military chieilainship. As
much as they denounced it when true Sol,.irr
was u candidate. they srek 10 gain power hy
The spell of military renOwn. and those who
were daZZlcl by the radiaIt star Of Jackson,
they would ElIn WOO like moths TO the greasy
cIinner Of larthing candle. in the dubious
and gloomy Iisht of which they lock up, having
first gagged him lest lie should bray. their fac
tiouS CIncinllatuS in n fictitious log cabin;
ieigniug that he is therein most dem1cratically
indnlgng lis genius with nothins else hut vile
swil at which civilized slomacl,s revolt. And
all this is done lorsooth by these conesre ending
arislocrats, by way Of winning the sullrages oi'
their interiors their greasy ie!!ow.cirizens, 1.-The
swinsir multitude" who they fomdly prcsumc
will vote for man because they are told that lie
lives meany and goes dirty! Why Mrs. Troll
lupe herself could not have clecionecred with
more respectful iattery' All their parry de-
WIVES illc tI'ufISd', anu
their banmers, moltoes, badges. and. (tit 'oden
emblem of the wooden Col y their empty cider
barrel, borne about with wild wassailng from
rcvel to rcvcl, and on which they would 10!
pnans, install President Of the L. Stacs.
like triumphant Bacchus heS,riding his cask.
Their very leaders go about like rare sIiow.men
playing tile fool and carrying in their train
perind balancers and posture makers and his
al,
Il simulated passion 10 tattrrs. omtferoding He-
rod. aud making the unllIinkng laugh, but the
jndicous ereve. The warning times Damaos
el dona ferentes" of the Troiau seer at sight of
the wooden horse. cannot surely he needed in
civilized and Christian and Republican Ameri-
ca rs the cider barrel rolls its rowdy progress
to the gate of our Troy. Surely Federalism
might have cIInsel, 10 steal INTO power under a
wortIlier Disguise "NI"n have" not lost their
reason" and the American freeman is Iol TO he
b,u rifI, ,,o nonpts Up,y trc,1,S nn1