Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-03-13
JOHN C. CALHOUN.

l De loSt IN the night OIL iutuTe ages.
JOHN C.. CALHOUN. -
! There is sometimes sort Of sublimity
in error which attracts our admirali0n,eyen
where there eau be no approachs,o appro.
baton. There is something ofthat feeling
always in our minds when we read the
speeches or writingsof the great nnlli6er.
There is an outspokenness-a sincerity,
and directness Of purpose, which disarms
an opponent. and you cannot censnre him,
however youmay disapproyeofhis course.
When he olazed forth against the tariff,
and frightened The nation into Ecompro-;
mise-wheu he uttered his isiuvective against
abolition petitions, and terrified the Senate
so thai i, has not recovered from its fright
up to this, hour, aud shows no symptoms
OF oonrecovering; and when, as now, he
comes forth, planting himself, asit were
alone, on the sea Of storms, bidding a bold
defiance 20 all the onward movements Of
the age, as we'll as to all the creeping hy-
pocrisies which robe themselves uplto the
earsiin: philanthropy, not to sho:k the
spirit, which they: dare not favor. tits
MOTTO feel that you have to do
with no ordinary man. ga:lis..sll 50
IN. the following extract from his recent
.letler, who ;iwill fail to remark the keen
inv eclive Of that passage where he atludes
to those who favor the reception of aboli-
tiou petitions, for the purpose ofquielirg
the excitement, andlwith:an avowed de-
terInination:to oppose every prayer of the
petitioners! "Iregard; (he says) the deluded
fanatic [the Abolilionist far less guilty
aud dangerous than he, who orpolitical
or party purposes, aids or countenaaces
him in what he knows is intended TO do
that. which he acknowledges TO he forbid
den by the Constitution We see7not
how such thurss can be parried by Mr..
Clay, aud by very many Of those who
advocate the reception.sof petitions for
abolishing slavery and the slave trade; aud
YET deny the constitutional power of Con-
gress 70 act in the premises. Consistency
ia an error, may appear dignifed.; but
inconsistency has dignity nowhere. But
to the extract:
"Mucti less still can l5give my support
to any candidate who shall give his aid or
counlenauce 10 the agitation of abolitionin
Congress or elsewhere or whose promi!
nent aud Influential friends and supporters:
shall. Il doubt the sincerity ofany man
who declares he is no abolitionist, while
al the same time he aids or countenances
the agitation oflhe question, be hispretext
what i. may. five have a, right so our
slaves, We have the right TO hold them in
peace and quiet. 1.-the Constitution guar
antics the one, ii guarantees the other; and
if forbids The one from being attacked, il
equally forbids the other. Indeed, the one
stands to the other as means 10 the end.
and is so avowed by The aoolilionists aud
on the plainest, principle Of morals, If the
end be prohibited, the means Of eifectingt
it also are. OF the two, .Iregard The de-
luded fanatic far less guilty and dangerous
than ne, who, for political or party purpo-
ses, uids or cuuntenances him 10 what be
acknowledges to be forbidden by the Con-
stitution.
"lt IS time that amend should be put to;
this system of plunder and agitation. They
have been borne long enough. They are.
kindred measures & hostile, as far, al least,
as one portion of the Union is concerned.
While The tariff lakes from us lhenroceeds
of our labor, abolition strikes at the labor
itself. The one rDbs US Of our income,
while the other aims al destroying the
source from which that income is derived.
Itis impossible for US 10 stand patiently
much longer nnder their double operation,
without being impoverished and ruined" y
Mr.. Calhoun has exerted very power.
full sway in the councils ofonr- nation for
long course OF years. His present posi-
lion is one Of fallen dignity. With a power
ofin,ellect, probably superior TO any states
man OF our country, and with an ambition
which will ever scorna second place, with
a private character always above reproaeh,
he must sink in his bold attempts TO resist
the onward philanthrophy OF. the age
/ Like Englald's ancient King. he has seat
ed himself at the margin of the sea when
the tide is rising; bur not. like that moH-
arch will be relife :from'the swelling wave.
INo: There has he planted hisseat.s There
he bides his fate. .tLetme perishsh seems
to say, rather than abandon this post OF
dauger and conflict. If slavery must fall,
let me fall with il: If a tariff must live.
letiilive with my eternal hate and open
maledictions! 1 compromise no more -
First inventor Of Railroaas.-Mr. Atago
thinks that the Egyptians not only under
stood the application Of steam power bui
the operation Of Railroads, although moth;
ing is advanced in favor OF. the theory, ex,
cepting the grooves for moving large stone.
being anpointed with oil. zWeincline L
the belief from WHAT'S left 10 form q con,
4 lecture thalthe application ofsteam powe
on ailroads eud for other purposes is ,
modern discovery.