Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-10-25
T0a,K'EICAL.
F1om us N. Y.JoRrnal Of Commerce.
MIR. CALHOUN.

Is. and flw avs has been, peculiar. TIC aa'
eommauded the voies of the whole coun-
,ry nj on election, and been chosen oy u,
unnimous ncclamation, Vice Pfesiden. o'
the United States yet he never had par
". iu the common acceptaaion OF 'na' 'er",
There never has been, between MN a"u
apy SCI of politicians through the country:
opv arrangement (u. mutual support. IL
hswcre elected President tomorrow, there
would no, be man in the whole country
20 WHOM he would owe the leas, obilsa-
ZION, or " no could claim any thing OF him.
Mr. Calhoun has never taken any part IN
arranging elections; he has never had wires
10 null, or machinery to manage. but has
been mere spectator, aud has always
treated his own prospects, wheu he has
been q candidate, with less interest than
ali, 1,.os, auy other man has treated them.--
His friends have never done much 10 or
canizs themselves. They were IN old
times the whole country. and so needed
no organization. The support given 10
Mr. Calhoun has always heen. to an un-
usual extent, the impulse Of personal cs-
,eem. A, home il is so peculiarly. There
he mingles Dol all with political Par'Izans.
From Congress be goes home aud busies
himself upon his Iarm, and in bis family,
and scarcely is seen at NIL IN public until
he returns to his official position. he will
mot conform 10 the Southern custom OF
s,ump cauvassing for votes. nor do any
thing which looks like seeking for office.
lie was educated al Yale College, and
studied law at L,chfeld; yet be has Devef
visited those places since his youthful! edu-
Gallon was completed, aud chiefly because
his position has been such, for series Of
wear, iba, he could not travel through The
counlry wi,hou, exposing himself to the
charge OF seeking fnr votes. During the
whole course Of his life we do no, re-
collect that he has eve: been charged
with unfairhfuIness 10 any of his engage
meu,s of any sort. His political opinions
have ALWAYS been frankly avowed. and
when ayow ed, there has Geyer beeu any
doubt as TO what they were, or whether
they would be adhered 10. lie has never
waited for public sentimen, TO BE formed
before he darrd 10 disclose his own opin.
ions, but when never subjecl has como be-
fore the body TO which he belonged, has
,akeu his ground respecting it, and uni-
formly with so thorough q comprehension
of ali its bearings. that his opinions have
wanted no modification afterwards. In
this way be has been much the most con
sis,cnl Of all our leading public men. II is
not at all disreputaDls 10 any man ,ha, he
is sometimes in error, nor thar when he
perceiyes The truth. he avows the change
which his opinions have undergone. Il is
alleged, we know, that Mr. Calhoun is in.
consistent because he advocated the slim
u.a,ing of American manufactures into cx-
islcnce us reason for increasing The tariff
at one time, aud now advocates free trade
upon is broades, aud mos, uncompromis
in. principles. Mr. Calhoun himself in
his lave letter, seems 10 allow ,ha, his 20.
si,ion is uol exactly what i, was once, but
i, seems to US iha, he made The concession
more as mailer Of macnanimiIy. than
because IL was really demandcd by the
circumstances. A, time when threaten
Ing war was gathering aroIud our infant
country. Mr.. Calhoun did propose that ,lu.
ties should be advanced some two 10 hive
per cent. making them up to fifteen or
seventeen pc. cent in all. and he gave Us
one reusun for doing so. thai II would slim
ulale manufactures into existence; but hr
never advocated any olhe: tariff than one
OF adequate revenue. a man who drinks
n glass of wine at The table Of his friend,
mish, as well be iauuied with incOnsisten.
CIV because he protests against drunken
ness in The streets. IL is mol Tor US cerIau-
" 10 call this inconsistent, Tor it is just wha,
we have agreed 10. There are modifying
circumstances almos, always attendant,
upon The practical application of great
principles, and yielding 10 them in Prac-
iicaI spirit is 10, pledge to carry out
,hose modifying circumstances until they
become ascendau, principles and destroy
the fundamental rule. |, is,rue- lha, as q
fundamental principle, trade should be
Left free altogether, and entirely free; yet
i, would be anything bu, practical wisdom
10 determine that nothing should modify
this principle in its practical operation.
sA''
is q model for statesmen. Amid all the
bireruess with which he has been assailed,
the purity Of his life was never questioned.
He prolesses 10 make the precepts oi The
Bible his rule of life, aud no one ever
questioned the sincerity OF his profession.
Many men who stood repu.ally in our
churches, have fallen under lie tempta-
,ions OF public life. made shipwreck of the
faith, become vicious in their personal
habits, aud unworthy Of trust in their poll
,ical associations. Blu, Mr.. Caihouu hiss
never been charged with personal vice or
political treachery. Although we do not
shiuk that personal pic,y. should be test
for office. yel j, is righ, that Christian men
whn haye been praying thai we may have
rulers "who fear God aud hate covetous-
ness" should know that Mr.. Calhoun is
such mau, and thai when he is uomina-
81 E,r office tbay hnye an ouportuDity