The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-02-21

bit Of Juggling in the name Of Cen
Jackson upon all occasions, from The
most trivial to the most important, ~
utter disregard of the sentiment OF d.
vine wisdom, that q there is time for
all things, and a season 10 every PuT-
pose under heaven" This unhappy
fhabit of his, eontrRdiets fatty the
CLAIMS which his triendsset mp, in his
behalf, to greatness. Greatness stands
alone. II needs no foreign aid to sas-
tain il. 1t cannot tolerate patronage
and protection. Ii does not reteive-it
imparts strength The beacon upon
VINE rugged, desoIate. and dangerous
shore, attracts the anxious gaze Of the
home bound mariner by its solitary
eminence. It attracts it because it
stands detached in the wide waste,
coApanionless, and alone; where, a.
gaiust its granite form, the pillows
beat but 10 be broken, and the angry
waves dash themselves 10 spray. 1t is
thus that those whom men call great
impress themselves upon the vision Of
mankind. 1t is by their ISOLATION
their northumberland seIi.rellance
their capacity to think-to act-,sland
l%alone. Such is human greatness. 1t
lis this peculiarly that makes one the
man of his aye Such was Washing
ton-such was Jackson-.such is Cal.
houn.
And he might have added" such
is not Sam. Houston;" for even
in this free-soil somerset he has cut,
he has shown himself a man Of but
second rate capacity, by playing 'sec-
ond fiddle" to Col. Benton
Mr.. Wigfall next takes up Houston's
free soft letter in which he had indulg-
ed IN n fierce TRADE against Calhoun,
and shows that it carries with it, much
internal evidence Of being the prodnc-
ton of Benton, though put forth TO
the world, as HouSton's. He dispos-
es Of his charges against Mr.. Calhoun
somewhat snmnariIy, ''by discrediting
the witness" (Houston) showing that
some Of them were dOvn-rigM false:
hoods and necessarily known to be
sach By the writer.
How the Hero Of San Jacinto" could
bear to have SO grave a charge preler-
red against him to his face, and what
Is worse, proven most clearly, we can
not divine.
We hope this speech of Col. Wig
fall, will be extensively circulated
throughout Texas, and as The AIman-
,acs say through he"adjacent states"
there are some fen tobc found
every where scattered throughout The.
who are CONSIDERABLY tinged.
with the new Southern ffee-soilsm Of
Benton and Houston.- - BIT ihaGk God,
" q L..
as yet They are lew AID lar between%
Col WigfilI concludes his speech
with ME. following Bill Of indictment
Houston.
| charge him with having placed
himself upon the free-Soil platform, IN
declaring The positions taken by Mr..
Calhoun, in his resolutions, to be I'M
tenable, thew and most nlrao those
resolutions forming The platform npon
which the Whole south now stands,
and the correctness of their positions
being disputed by none except the ad-
vocates Of the Wilmot proviso.
| charge him with having admitted
the rightofthe federal government over
slavery in the territories, by his vote on
the Oregon ill, the constitution ma
king no distinction as to the power 81
uponfhat SUBJECT, III diff
ent degrees Of latitude, and that terri
tory baing affected by neither the Mis-
sour compromise, nor the ordinance
of'S7.
charge him with having disnbeyed
the spirit, ifAiot the letter, of his in.
stmctons in ref,isin nc to sign the South
ern Address, it being "a just and con.
s%titutional means to res 81 encroach.
ments,n by iadociug the southern PEG.
bid To rally, and show such union
and determination upon the subject ..
their rights, as TO deter the north from
further aggression.
| charge him with having made
Mr.. Calhonp's Charlslon speach ,
mere pretexl for a personal issue Will
tat gentleman, BY which he hoped tC