Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-07-08

occupies position less fayOrable;t ;than that
of the mere c6urtesies aionnd fE;ffn-with-.
out any Of their courtly virtues. His 'preyi-s
'ous existence seems as vanished dream.
His uncle strives in vain TO iinpressi him
with more favorable view of bis posi-.
tion; The sense of his nolhingness viii nor
Efeave him. The second thing that aflict-,
ed, him, struck deeper. This was the mar
riage of his mother. =.
+ A true and'tender son, he hoped, oin$lhe
loss OF his father, TO be able to reverence
lfiht1le person Or noble mother the heroic
character of:the departed; but his imoother
fails him, and leaves, him much more 'des.
olale than if death had snalched; her. from
his side. The coniding pictire-dearly
cherished by the generous youh-of. q
mothers worth IS vanished; the grave has
cloeed ove;r;bis father. his hviig mo,tier Is,
thorn ia Ills side; she is Suffering herself. >
and rejecting pain on her vrtuous son by
well merited disrepute. ''.. '',.
Now, nieed, is he thoroughly bowed
down nothing Of this worlt can give him
peace-reslore what 'he'ha LOST. Not sad ]
or rejecting by nature; sadness -aiii,f re- !
Election he feels ,so:ibo d heavy burde6,,-
Preseut4o your mind this ingenious young
Prince, thus burdened, ON the fearful nirht.
when the spirit Of the honored dead sfaIks
before him. A-terriblS fear seizes him.
he speaks 10 Tho strange figure her sees
him beckon, follows him, and lisisns.-
The horrible impeachment rings I'D his
ears; the summons to revenge, add the
suul-percing solicitation: REMEMBEa mel
When the ghos5 yanishes, what SEQ we
before Us /? A young hero painting fot ven.
geance? A born Prince, exGIling in Ihe 2
prospect OF driving d >usirper from his
throne? No! -: Astonishment and grief
overwheln ihe solitary one hc becomes
bitter against the, smiling mhiscisants,
swears not to forget the departed, and
ends withih mournful sentiment: s.The
times are Out Of Joint (; who is me ,that I
was bofnstoiriSht sthetnii"E Thessii w1o,rrds
furnish iaikey 10 Hamlet's entire Character;
and ii appears cleafito me, thai. .Shaks
speare Intended lorepresent a great deco;
impnsed nnnn q ssnnl lha u raa,.--ani: :camne-
tent sthereio: In ibis view, 1fbd I fhaS
whole iplay.wroaght out. Here IS 'an oak
planted ina China vase, thing designed
only for the loveler .lowers;s the roots
extend, the vase i'd shattered. AZ pure.
noble, highly moral disposition, without,
The conscious strength that makes the
HERO, sinks, al last, under a JhrdenIhar
be can: neither bear nor yet cast from him:
every obligation 10 him is holy; this inn.
practicable; not indeed in self:considered,
but in relerence'to his incapacity for ii,
Observe how he shifts, turns, hesitares.
advances and receues how he is ;con,in-
ually reminded, and reminding himself of
his greal commission, which he, tiever,be-
less, in the end seems almost entirely to
lose sight of, and This witbou. ever recoy-
ering his former tranquility.
- So ;;4
Messrs, Calhoun and Benior.24For the
peaceful settlement Of The Oregon question,
in opposition to The powerful influence
brought to bear agaiusl such result by The
Democratic e Baltimore convention, Mr..
Polk and his administration Cass,
Allen and The ;54 40 legion-the country
has TO thank, under Providence the sound
and solid patriotism Of the Wings, who have
acted. as a.parly almost unanimously in
favor ofpeace measures, and ID. opposition
TO the war mania with which those we
have mentioned so perseveringly sought 10
inocculate the people. :.
But while the Wings have constituted
the main*body ofthe phaTanx of those
sustaining the peace and prosperity Of the
country, yet there are others who are not
Wings, who have been mainly instrument
lal in bringing about the present happy
state of affairs, and without whose potent
influence and exerlions wesolemuIy believe
ithe:corntrv ere this would have been in-
volved in all the calamilies Of an Euro
pean war. -
And first among these :isthe name Of
John c. Calhoun. who with political
heroism far greater than any other act Of
his life. at the first Of the session, aud in
The midst of all tho influences which would
have frightened weaker spirir, and made
it retire from such course, boldly and at
once took the initiative in the peaceful
direction ofthe popular impulse, lent the
whole weight ofhis great influence TO this
object, and crowned his efforts by one Of
the most brilliant efforts of Parliamentary
eloGuence, in the, triumphant advocacy
ofpsace!and civilization; ofnalional glory.
And to Col: Benton. too; does the coun-
try owe adebt Of gratitude which il will
mol forget for the demonstration ofthe right,
which his un,iring industry, his unwearied, !.
research has enabled him to place before :.
the people. After his gleat speech or the
subject Of Oregon, we think with him, and
the country will think with him, that those
who still remain lnconvinced, remain so
upon the pridcipal ofaetermined error.
They are those who. in the expressive .
phraseology Of the Bible, "love darkness
ra her than light, ~ z.
These gentlemen have nobly done their: