The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-11-03
From the East Alaba mion.

! THE SOUTH AND TIE PRESIDENCY.
The friends of Mr.. Calhoun represeu, him
as the peculiar friend an6 champion Of the
South. They desire TO make him the can.
dldale, par excellence, Ct this end of the
Union, and their laudaiions would lead one
to believe that TO none hut him, can The
rights OF Southern men be entrusted with
satety. Even the " Northern man with
Southern principles whom they supported
with so much zeal in 1910, finds himself
opposed by one possessing principles ye,
more intensely Southern than his own -
And be asces.ains tha, no devotion TO South.
err interests is sufficient in these days,
which does not involve hostility 10 all 9TH
er portions of the Union.
/ The sectional prejudlces of Mr.. Calhoun
may recommend him TO some Southern men,
for the Presidency Of these L. States, be.
cause TO some il seems highly appropriate
that the highest Office OF Great Nation,
should have an ear only for those who have
the felicity of being citizens of his own
Slate or Section; bot we have no hesitation
IN saying that We prefer q man whose pa
lrlotlsm IS capaclous enough to take 10 the
whole country. This is a Gland OF equal
rights" and its President should be in feel.
ing and principle neither Yankee nor South.
erner-but simply an AMERICAN. He
presldes over vast country and in cur
humble opinion, should have sufficient ex
panson Of soul TO cover il with his love
from one extreme 10 The other. Whlpus Of
your especial champions of particular Sec
tons and particular interests Give US
some man who can ditiuse bis affections over
a larger space than the narrow limits of the
spot of bis nativity Give US some man
who has al least spice Of that sort of pa
ttlotIsm which caused our Washington 10
be distinguished, no, as The Great Virgin.
ian, but the GREAT AMERICAN
But taking The narrow and selfish view
Of this subject, what claims has Mr.. Cal
houn upon the South, greater than Henry
Clay? Is be more Southern MIR. Cal.
houn was born in S. Carolina, Mr. Clay in
Virginia. Both have been reared in the
South under the same institutions both
are shareholders. Why then the eye,la.t
ing cry from the Calhoun press about Mr..
Calhoun's devotion TO the South- Mr.. Cal
houn's Southern pes-Mr. Calho1n's
defence Of the Souih--as Il nobody bu, Mr.
Calhoun ever did any thing, or would do
any thing, for the South Has Mr.. Clay
never done any thing for the Soulh Did
he ever forget what was doe TO her, during
the long years he served in Congress -
He never debut While he trer remember
cd his duty 10 his oien section Of the Union,
he tkslrise kept his fedliy 10 the V HOLE
COZ ATRG. That's something more we
lrog, than can be SAID Of the great Carroll
man and It's an all-importan; something 10
the view Of even some Southern men.
Al the parade, however, which the Cal
bounites make Of their candidates. intense
affection for :" the South does not seem
likely to bring "the South to him
What says Ftrgiaidl Who, tina, her De.
mocracy even, prefer Mr.. Van Buren, 10
Mr.. Calhoun! That's a Southern State, iii
our recollection serves US rightly. How
does North Carolina like Mr. Calhoun, the
great exponent Of +" Southern rights =
Sine said last month ,ha, she was ready 10
beat him al least TEN THOUSAND
VOTES, next year! What SAYS Tennes.
see EIGHT THOUSAND for Hurry
Of The Vest What, Kentucky Ten |
THOUSAND for CLAY, certoini And |
Georgia Clay is 'Soulhern enough
for her And Mississippi She declares
that she will retrieve her honor, by paying
her bonds and giving her vote to Henry
Clay Hurrah say we for Henry Clay, /
The candidate Of the North, South, East
and West