The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-10-01
LANGDON CHEvES-DISUNION.

4 nc oPirit VI OHtVdIy has 80 COuipeteiy HuiH-
fed or extinguished all common sense in South
Carolina, that few, of those who would be styled
politicians in that State, have any grains of that
homely quality left. In SO saying, we are far
from meaning, by indirection, to do injustice to
the small band of Wings of the Palmetto States J;
but the contrary. Those who have borne up
against the inundation of bombastic pride and
arrogance which have overwhelmed the land,
evince soundheadedness rarely to be met with.
We would respectfully suggest to the Tract
Societies, or other benevolent associations, the
prepriety of disseminating in South Carolina, upon
the cheap plan of publication recently commenced,
the works of Cervantes. The fire. eating Chiv-
airy can certainly never have heard of the far
famed Don Quixotte. They cannot possibly be
aware of the danger of attacking windmill
sword in hand. No feat of Don Quixotte can
surpass the marvellous folly of the attempt of
little South Carolina to dictate law to this coun-
try !; yet nothing less is attempted. A mere hand
full of people, only two hundred and sixty thou
sand, not the most enlightened, or most distn-
guished for patriotic services, threaten to dissolve
the Union, because they are not permitted to die
tate to twenty millions Was anything more
ridiculous ever conceived? The single city of
New York has, at this time, including it's envi-
rons, nearly twice as many free citizens as South
Carolina AS to wealth, New York city, we have
not doubt, is worth five, perhaps ten times the
State of South Carolina. We mention these
facts not to be invidious, but to show how tho
roughly ridiculous are the bravadoes of South
Carolina, and how impotent, in herself, to con-
summate her mischievous plans But South Ca
rolina has wooed and been wooed by the Locofoco
party in connection with the despcable scheme Of
annexing Texas to the Union; and in that point
of view her threats are worthy of serious consi-
Iteration, and cannot fail to influence the people
of the Union in their choice of President.
Mr.. Langdon Cheves, gentleman of talents
and high character, but long since retired from
public life, has recently published a letter upon
annexation in the genuine spirit of Chivalry. We
had expected from man Of his mature Judgment,
sentiments of a far different tenor; but his ultra
views upon the Texas question serve to show
what is the feeling of the Locofoco party in South
Carolina. Nothing could be clearer than that
The Chivalry, including Gen. Hamilton, now of
Alabama, and perhaps Walker, of Mississippi,
cherish settled purpose Of Disabling The Union,
unless they are permitted to annex Texas in def.
ance of the great body of the American people
in contempt Of the Consttution-and in violation
of solemn treaties.
Will the brave hearted freemen of this country
be dragooned into the nefarious scheme of an
nexaton by the bullying Chivalry of South Caro-
lima? Will they cowardly, meanly, and puslan-
surrender their cherished principles to the Cal
houns and Walkers and Hamtons!
Mr.. Cheves proclaims that we (South Caro-
lina) must have Texas at any cost-that is to say,
at the price of National perfidy, war; and the as
sumption of foreign debt. The very men who
have for years charged the Wings with wish to
assume our own State debts, are doing all in their
power to assume vast debt, and war, of for
eign country.
But the most chimerical scheme for relieving
the Texans, which we have yet seen, is that pro-
jected by MIR. Cheves. 1t is well his financial
laurels were earned long ago, before the inven-
ton of Nullifcaton-he certainly will gain none
by his new project. His plan is for the Southern
States to loan to Texas funds for carrying on the
war with Mexico Has Mr. Cheves, Rip Van
Wrinkle like, been sleeping these twenty years
past! Has he forgotten that the States of this
Union are heels over head in debt Does he not
know that they owe millions which they can
never pay? Would he tax our people, already
ground to the earth, for the sake of fighting the
battles of Texas? Or would he repudate our own
debts in order to assume those of Texas Under
all the circumstances, we protest we have never
heard anything more preposterous.
We are not among those who entertain either
hopes or fears of Mr.. Folks election but sup
posing for one moment such result what, we
ask, must be the consequence! Will not the
annexation Of Texas be the first and great mea-