The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-02-09

sou feSlulnS not q thousand miles from the
door OF our s@nctum in reference to the pro-
fession we follow in pride. "Nobody but
Il Printer" in soo,h! 1t makes our free
blood run rampant through our veins to hear
such expressions from the lips of those
nursed on republican soil. And has labor
become disgraceiul-an is the name of
Printer reproach in the land? We can
not believe it, Whoever gains an honest
livelihood by toll is nobIeman. Let those
who scorn the laborer look back to their
Grand-Fathers, and they will see noblemen
after the make of Gods own hand-men
who stood and sung among the waving
corn-men who wore their human nature
like crown. "Nobody " but a Printer,
anyhow" Who was William Cax,on,
one of the fathers Of literature "Nobodv
but Prnter!' Who was Earl Stanhope {?
"Nobody but Printer" Who was
Samuel Woodwork. the poet? "Nobody
but a Printcr!" Who was Governor
Armstrong, of Massachusetts "Nobody
but Printer" George p. Morris, james
Harper, Horace Greeley, Robert Sears, and
Senators Cameron, Dix, and Niles, and a
host Of no less conspicuous names! Who
are they? Nothing but Printers, anyhow!"
Let the mistaken souls of our land scorn
these who honestly work out the penal con-
dition prescribed by the Creator and if
justice has not gone forever, they will blis-
ter their lilly hands with manual labor.
We have seen such Justice even in our
day !-Hat!sso7s Visitor.
CALHOUN AND WEBsrER.-The United
States Sentative copy the following
yfr a.,
dence Of the New York Mirror:
g There sits Webster, with his capacious
head and cavernous eyes-t!,e very front
of Jove himself,' looking as firm and i'm
mortal as Bunker Hill. He is the "great
Bear" Of the North, anu around him many
lesser stars revolve. The eye next turns to
Mr.. Calhoun, whose bushy head of iron
grey and eagle eyes, distinguish him at once
as the great champion of the other half of
the Union, who holds the balance! OF power
in equilibrium. These are the men that
constitute Senate, and leave the stamp Of
greatness on its actions They are the
'Giants which the wizard Time ~
Has raised to count his ages by'-s -
the picked men of centuries whose names
will live among the unborn generations,
while the names of Kings shall be forgot
ten, or sleep, T...,-.
In dusty darkness hid,
Beneath a nameless pyramid.'
"Mr. Webster is looking remarkably
we'll, in blue coat and bright buttons, with
a growing protuberance about the equator.
His hair seems to have thinned, his eyes
deepened, and his forehead grown more
pale and expanded. In the expressive lam
guage ofa green horn, who had been ga.
zing at him with open -mouthed admiration,
she is great one, and no mistake i zit
"'Mr Calhoun's intellect betrays itself
chiefly in his indcscribable eye-a kind Of
electric eye that burns and penetrates, and
makes one wink fast to- look at sSs@ *s* =.
MIR. Cahoun's second fpecnliarity in, per.
sonal appearance is his remarkable head Of
hair, which artists and letter-writerss have
made as immortal as the locks of Sampson.
1t is, indeed. "a feature'-long, lank, and
bright ais threadsto steel, there Is an indi-
cation of strength lin every fibre. II am,
sure it would sparkle like "a cats back in
the dark, if brushed the wrong oways's IT
approaches rather hard upon tho diatplate
lofhis greattinte ilect; but he. brushes ltsbuck
perseveringly, evidently determined TO al
low it mo more territory and; ihe strong
capillary attraction may serve,, perha ps, TO
relieve himifromst the electric pIessitre of an,
ovcrcharged brain" s'osF .34at. sa%54a!:l 4 ID
49, ft.? as4- {isgs .s-----. fkQs Ss4siaeAszt.
i A mountain ofsilexE has lately been DIS
covered in Tennessee, near Hartsville,
Sumner county. .swhichis pronounced Blythe
Cta or <ro fa ho tbo finosf IN N lofa
AlBilIis before the House for incorp poration
ofa company fer the Manufacture 81 glass,
and Tennessee bids fair 'tOi soutrival s6ny Of
her sister ss.alessin!t the rnanufae aetaseof this
important article IL; & ss ~: q - =
lzsg sA Porsr 81: oapER. I'm The New York
Iegisla,dfs, d menb er paused iii the nniidsst
sof j remh fkabfy wiKdS speech, 10 takea 4
drink of water Ahefh her member
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