Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-06-24

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we'd that blood had been shed east Of th'
Rio Grande, by the armed troops Of he
Military de.pot, sent for the purpose
This was the contamination Of the lhrea
long made. 1t was a contamination anti
| cipaled. Subsequent reasoning, slower
and not more true than the impulse to lh'
heart, proved that correctness Of the judg
ment. then pronounced by the popula
voice. The action Of the American Con
gress meets with hearty response from
the American people. Yet, among those
who differed with it, from sinister feeling
or honest conviction, Mr.. Calhoun stand:
an uprigh, statesman, and pure patriot
Communicated.
MR.. CALHOUN.
Mr.. Editor.-fn recent number OF your
paer, you have intimated that it is suppos
ed, "every man in So. Carolina sueezes
when Mr.. Calhoun takes snuff" aud pub
lished resolution offered and rejected al
village meeting in our Stale, 10 refuta-
ton oflhe idea that this is universally
true. Will you permit a subscriber on
this side OF the Savannah, and one who is
as sincere a we'll wisher to Georgia as
yourself, to say few word1 TO this p
Though born s bre repu. :can, permit
me to say that | thin. he feeling Of 10y
atty is ono that does honor to the human
heart. Loyalty to ones coun,ryi its laws
and institutions, Is every where esteemed
virtue. and enjoined as one of The cardi'
nal duties of every civilized or savage
man. But voluntary. unboueht, uncom
PEELED homage to great man. as i, is a
rare, go it is higher virtue. 1t involves
an acknowledgment Of inferiorily. II
wounds our self-love. In this country, il
conflicts powerfully with those notions Of
individual equality & independence which
we cherish with such ardour from our
cradles. 1t requires some strength Of mind,
much elevation Of sentiment for any one
to pass his life under the shadow, even
OF The greatest ant puresl man, steadily
and consistently acknowledging his supe
riorily and paying reverence to il. NJ"
ordinary man can do it. Even Peter de.
MED hi, Master. No ordinary people can
do il. Athens banished Arisiides. Re-
publics arc uogra,oful. Here is the rea.
aon. Common minds will not acknowledge
cannon brook superiority. If South
Carolina has then for series Of years
borne her faithful and unvarying tesIino'
ny to tho profound intellec, and lofty purify
OF character which all concede to Mr.. Cal
houn-if she has done homage to him a.
the first Of her sons aud confded 10 him
with a mothers pride, l as one Of her
children also, honor and revere her f"r il.
That no mean ambition, no patty jeal
ousy has come between her and her most
cherished offspring. bespeaks noble cast
of character in all Of them.
But sir, the love and admiration of S.
Carolina for Mr.. Calhoun. has not been
blind and undiscriminating. When bis
youthful laurels were clustered thick upon
bis brow, and the secoDd Office in this I'm.
ion bad been almost unanimously confer
red upon him by bis copn,rymen, she cast
him off because she thought he had done
uroag. From the passage of the Internal
Bill Of 1924 10 the Tariff
Act of 1928, be was no favorits Of hers.
Other spirits were n the ascendency. Nor
was /, until he sacrificed bis position as
candidate for the Presidency to do battle
in her cause.-The great cause Of free trade
II may say Of FREEDoH properly under
stood. that she again placed her entire
confidence in HIM, From that day TO this,
be has lead her, because he has been the
foremost champion OF her principles. If
she bad even sunk 90 low as no longer 10
be able TO appreciate and honor such an
iutellecs end such character. how could
she desert him without deserting her prin-
ciples7 ff at any moment be had aban-
doned them, paiofui as might have been
lhe sacr6ce, she would have abandoned
him. So late as 10 1914. when occupying
at the ealt Of the Presiden, and the uuan-
irneus approval Of the Senate, the most
position, for the time, in the
Republic, il was suspected that he was
tampering with Presidential iatrigues and
might compromise our principles for The
first Office in the world, The alarm wac
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must have seen far more decisive iudica.
lions than the Edge6eld meeting has fur
nished. that South Carolina, upholding the
cause and The man, placed the cause i'm
measurably before any man. And so
again when The proceedings Of the late
Memphis Convention reached our legisla.
lure. But for no mere suspicion-for no
slight and temporary deviation from the
right track-sinee 10 err is hunlan-soiI
,uch State discard sach a Man.
Nor will she do it now. On the con-
Ipary, I make bold to say that Mr.. Cal
course during the present session of
Congress- while il has placed him in the
eyes Of The v orld on a lofier niche in
'Famers proud Temple" has riVited still
sloser 70 hia, the hearts Of the people Of !
his native State. He has proved himself
10, be an sasrrpassihle 10 Statesman nship,