Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-08-08

long experience oil l0rly years IN me hleh
esl scuts in hc councils Of the Union-ant
his deep thought aud foresight, which al
make him what he is. the greatest man II
the federal Unon-bul for Ibis. the people
as one man. would have arisen and placed
him at the head Of affairs al Washington
long ago. aud he would have stamped iie
impress of his mighty mind, fer years lc
come. fnr good. With so pure, so lofty
and patriotic President, how would ouI
government nnw stand before the s:rDg-
Cling European NATIONS? lie would mark
his administrator by acts and policy tha
would cause il TO be blessed fnr a century
10 come. AS il is, what has he moi doue
for the last ,weuly years only! lie ha:
originated and caYied more measures
which have become law. and defeated more
which he believed TO be bad, than all the
Presidents during that period. Is it moi
true, and are NOT the people Of the United
STATES fully conversant with these facts =
lie has no press 10 trumpet forth and bla-
zon his great actions, as every other little
great man has. and who consequently be-
come quite houurcd and carcssed. These
men, and that class uf men, every one nl
Them, know what john G.. Calhoun is, and
what he has done, and feel that 10 him
they are The pismy to lIle giant. Mr.. Cal.
houn stands alone. He is like the inish,y
chain Of The AlcShanies, which lnom up
nnto the clouds, 40 or 20 miles from his
mansion. When time has passed with
him, when 40 or 60 years intervene, then,
and not ill then, %il The people Of our
country look back, aud then in that dis.
tancc-above al. will tower the memory
Of the acts Df Calhoun. lie is like the
( mounInin-ihe grandeur of his minrl and
its conceptions cannot he seen by hnsc III
his time. Distance will maxi his outlines
with dislincluess aud do him jusicc-bct-
Ter for hin-loo late for US.
"What experience has been his-how
long and how varied! Six years mem
her Of the lower House Of Congress, eighI
years Secretary Of War. seven years Vice
President, one year Secretary of Srare.
eighteen years Senator in Cnngrcss! For
forty years. without in;crmissiun, in The
public Service and during periods fraugh,
with The greatest excitement and interest
tru the Union. thSssHrFwrat burning
Shame that party subscrviency should be
able ln obscure in our own land an intellect
which would shine brilliantly in any 9th
er; and the sage o.! experience never occu-
py his true position in our es'imarinn until
after he leaves us; and what does he think
Of this or Of the Presidency! | asked
him, and as near as l can recullecl ] will
give his reply:
"Whar could I gain 10 be President
Care and anxiety, lhaI alnfree from now.
am not ambitious. The only reward
seek is the appreciation of my "wn con-
science. | neither ask nor desire any 9th.
cr reward than That. would not accept
the Office Of Presdenl on any olhcr terms
than the most entire Irecdum to reform
abuses, abolish this system nr removals.
and break up lbc spoiIs and plundcI sys,
ten, and restore the government to a
healthy and vigorous action, and this with.
ouI any trammel or pledges, except those
which The constitution imposes upon the
Presideul.'
4 PRAYER BY KossUTm.-The follows
ing prayer offered by Kossuh will be in,
teresing to our readers. II was offered
by him kneeling amid The multitude. a,
the grave Of the Magyer heroes who (eI
in the battle Of Rapoylna, and was orig.
inaly published in the Opposition Il jour.
nal of Pesh. We translale from The Ger
man:
Almighty Lord God Of Ihe warrior:
of Arpad Look down from thy starry
throne upon thy impIorins scrvanr, from
whose lips the prayer Of millions ascend:
to thy Heaven, prsising the unscarchnble
power Of thine Onnpotence. o God
over me shines thy sun and beneath me
reposs the relics of my fallea heroic bre
thren, above my head the sky is blue ant
under my feet the earth is dyed red with
the holy blood Of the children of our an
cestnrs. Let The anmating. beams ur Thy
sun fall here that flowers may spling uI
from the blood so that llIese hulls Of de
parted beings may not rDof,fer unadorE ed
God Of our fathers and God Of the nations
hear and bless The voice of our warriors ir
which the a.n and the soul of brave ma
iions thonder 10 break the iron hand o
tyranny as it (orges its chains. AS free
man | kncel on these fresh graves, hy The
remains of my brothers. BY such sac
riiice as theirs Thy Earth would he con
secraled were it all stained with sin. c
God on this holy soil above these grave!
no race Of slaves can live. o Father
Father OF our Fathers! Mighty over my
RAIDS. Almighty God Of The Heaven, The
Earth aud tho Seas From the homes
springs glory whose radiance is on The
brow of my people. Hallow their dus
with Thy grace that The ashes of my (aI
ell heroic brethren may rest in peace -
Leave US not, Grea, Cod of battles II
tho holy name Of the natious, praised be
Thy Omnipoiance. Amen.
The REMEpY.-"Ob, Doctor said al
elederly lady recently 10 DR.. II. Ih'
celebrated bone. seller, in describing tht
effects Of 4 Diseased spine, 81 can neilhe
lay nor set:"'
II should recommend, then, replied he
"lbo proprie'y Of roosting.'