Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-10-19
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From Gts Mo6ae ITieaHe.
POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.

hume, as has been Siatcu III ou' t"o'P'
is established for tho purpose oil recon-
rnendins John C. Calhoun to the rres'-
deucy. The Democratic party OF the
South has watched his growth IN public
fayo. with no litlle satisfaction, for his Po-
I;,ical life has been series Of struggles f'r
the maintenance Of popular rights, the re-
s,riction OF Government action w'h'n IS
proper limits, the preservation OF The rights
of the States in their original force aud
the inculcalion Of those doctrines winch
have a,.all times formed the peculiar lea
lures of the Republican faith, as contra
distinguished from those OF It's old an'aso-
MIST, Federalism.
Mr. Calhoun's earnest cooperation win
the Democratic party. for years pns'-'he
.elf.sacriGcing spirit with which he came
10 the support Of the leading measure OF
the late Administration, q, The called scs,
sion OF 1887. by which he los, his elevated
po.i,iou In the ranks OF the opposition. have
healed the breach which separated hlm
from some of his Republican friends du-
ring the Nullificalim era. aud have won
fn, him, The admiration o. Democracy
Uc 10 now the ackuow lede cd lcnde: o! our
nar,v. the embodiment Of Democratic prln-
ciples. the able, eloquent and c"nslsien'
upholier OF the Constitution. The nni!'ch-
;n- champion Of Stale sovereignty. b"ii'
o,,i.pt. fearless in the maintenance oil his
,r;nciples. open III the avowal nt his opln-
IONS on nil questions Of public policy
having no though, I" his personal "s:ran-
d;zemcn,-swayrd by no selfish ann
sboye nil party uhucncc-irnwnln. win
tho lof,y sco,n of mobile and upright soul,
anon intrigue aud chionn"ry. no marches
forward 10 The accomplishment OF his pnr,
,oScs. governed ulone bv the cnnv,cti"n oi
their purity, aud ,la, devH''"" t" hrs conn
trv which has given the stamp oi patriot
lam TO every act Of his public life.
Mr.. Calhoun's indifference IN his own
;,,c,es,s. wa. never more signnlly display
ed than in the act 10 which, we nave a'
renJy adverled. In cnmins 10 The n'h "i
nm ADMINISTRATION, The siguS o' whose "e-
cav and dissolution were apparent !" every
ono. he had uo,hiue To gain nnd every
,h;nr IL lose. His eminent talents active
o,nosi,iou 10 some Of The measures ol The
nrecedipc Administration, had secured ior
him position in the affections OF us enc
MICS, and had be chosen to take nhyan-
to-e Of ,ha, crisis, in nll probability ne
could have commanded any office IN their
nossession His independence on that
question threw him into new and strange
attitude. changing his associations. provo,
king the savage aud vindiclive abuse oi
his late colleagues, and forcing hin' INTO
che support of an Executive to wnon ne
had been for years personally aud p"i't,cai-
~ hostile. These things might well have
startled man Of ordinary boldness from
his proprie.y. but they fmoved nsi tue
Southron. Conscious Of The rec'iiude ol
fsI5fas. no Brought bis s;anf s'renss6Fo IT'S
support, and by his powerful. efforts en-.
surcd lis success.
A more striking instance of attachment
10 principle has never presented itseii.-
And he is now rcaping his reward in the
respectful admiration Of rishimndcd pco-
pie. And now ,ha. the public eyeis look
ing 10 the next Presidency. we see every
where popular movements IN hrs favor -
Almosi every breeze watts 10 us cheering
evidence of The e>,ima.I0n IN which be IS
neli by the masses.
Indeed, the fearful encroaclmcn;s that
have been made by the dominant parry
during their brief ,periol Of power upon
,le rights Of the States aud The people.
have naturally directed the eyes OF the
Democratic party to Mr.. Calhoun as the
great exponent Of the Southern school of
politics. The inevitable tendency OF The
measures ofrhe Opposi'ion towards ecu
,ra!iza,inn. aud the consequent rros'ra'ion
OF State sovereignty. aud their evident nc
termination To realize il possible, the old
Federal idea Of n strong Government. in
dicaie the necessity Of casting our hopes
upon him ho has 81 long identified him.
SELF wiih State independence. That the
Sims Of The times are "a. orablr 10 his cleo
ton by the party, canno, he questioned.
A lar-e norton Of tho Democratic press
hos already espoused his cause. and with
oul auy concert, popular asscmhlnses. in
dfi.-en, sections Of The country. have with
singular enthusiasm demanded his nomin-
ation. These circumstances argue well
for the general virtue and intelligence
They show lha, the people are weary of
being guided and cont'"llcd by mere poll
,icians-men who have gsealness thrust
upon them by cliqucs, and who move INTO
power hy caucus machinery. We have
been too long. innlecd, bo'h in our Stale
and Federal Government. managed by IN
iri:ue. II is too true Thar The "pipe-lny.
Ing system" should I've abandoned; and VIC
thank Heaven ,ha, the people themselves
are fast awakening to the necessity ofnp.
plying corrective. We need some one
q, oar head who stands aloof from all "cli
ques"-who has naught TO do with "mid
nigh, caucuses"-who is independent Of
all mere party trammcls. and whose NOM
iau,ion must come. not from The dic,a Of
few self.sIyled leaders and wire pulIers,
but from the just appreciation Of his prin-
ciples and motives. by the great body Of
his fellow citizens.
Such man is John c. Calhoun-a man
Of elevated Thoughts and noble impulses
q pm trio; in the fullest and brnaoest sense
a Statesman, the iustre Of whose talents