Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-04-20

OoycrnIleni. crofn disorder anu cODiu-
sion, he made j, the most energetic. sysie-
snlalic. and thoroughly organized Depnrt-
menI Of the Government. His course IN
thai Office emincntly illustrates his admins.
iEarive talents.
In the Office Of Vice President, to which hc
was elected by the larges. vote any man ever
got, he again exhibited the sumo high talent and
digniied characley.
When the Federal party seized on the pow
er OF the Government, against the popular will
under Mr. Clay and Mr.. Adams, il was Mr
Calhoun and bis friends who threw themselves
into The breachand risked their all to vindicaie
the power aad the ascendancy Of popular liber
ty, ever The corrupt Arrangements Of n few tc
barter away the first offices Of The Republic.
Ia that memorable comics, which brought
General Jackson into power at the head OF the
Republican party 10 1873. Mir. Calhoun stood
IN the front rank, as : champion cfilc freedom
OF elections and those great Republican princi'
pies which had been violated by the surrepti
tioIs acquisition of power under tho Federal
patty in 1921.
In 1882. he did moi hesitate iorcsignhis office
and sacrifice his temporary popularity, in order
TO vindica,c what he deemed TO be not only the
rights Of South Carolina. but the irne interest:
OF the Union, and tho vital and Fundamental
rights OF the Constitution, rs secured 10 all
Whatever may have been thought. az the tine
OF his course on that occasion, ilIe world mus
now admit nj least IFS dsin,erestedness rs far 4:
Ilis personal prospects Of power werc concern
ed. And none can deny but lial he shcd ha
10 OF light, and thought. and research, a, tina!
period, over the glorious doctrines of FREE Trade
as well as over the nature and origin of onr Go
vcrnmcni, which has tended 10 call pnbsic at
ieriiou To all the great questions involved, and
to cree, anew the leading landEiarkSo! Repub'
lican liberty, US originally laid G01a By Madison
in his immortal report and resoiuiioaSig The Var
giHia Legislature Of 1880
Since then wc have seen his cpnrsc IN the
Scna,c-and there has been no public queslou
npon which he has not impressed genius and
talent Of The his chest order. When .he Govern
nirni was embarrassed by tie commercial eI
plusion Of 1887, we SEQ Dir. Calhoun, at tho cx'
tra session of thni year. sacrificing al, bus per.
soual feelings on the altar Of patriotism, and
coming forward 10 snsiain the leading measures
Of the Administration in series Of speeches,
which. Tor thought. ability, GSd power, have
had no equals III the history Of o:.r county
And since then he has continued 10 I.:assiate
the Republican principles OF our Constitution,
and has done more 10 develope the true nature
of our Banking system, and its corrupting in.
huences than auy man living. II was NJ the
extra SESSION Of 1897 aud The succeeding ses.
sion. that Mr.. Calhoun drew upon bis bead the
violence OF Federal wrath in al lis bitterness
and fury. And it was then ,liai his crest rose
higher. and more noble than eycr, above the
PARTY rage that iasIci aIoard him, and stood
forth like rock in the ocean, dciying the storm
and the tempest
Again. ut the las, extra session Of Congress
when the blind and lawless followers Of Mal,o,
met, flashed with victory, had aocked in to ,ic
p!urder ol sacked cauip, whese figure was i,
that was seen standing high der The breach
that had been made in The RAM barts oi'the Con
s;i!ulion waving alo!t The flas of his country
TO cheer the heart OF the paisio, and call the
rally for Frccdoml Let the country answer
There he stands. covered with years and the
services ofmany 4 haidiought campaign IIa
has devoted n long life to the liSnor. the risi'
and the glory OF his country. And 'tss
The vcissitudes aud trials =" '. party
hgnliy and bilfa-'
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