Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-02-26

go, and champions. Mr.. Caihou'' "Ao'
, w;,b I the highest for bis 'al'n'' and
v;r,pss, we nevertheless deem 10 ps VIZ
mo,, unfortunate friend the Scum eES'
h t,G .ough. to signalize himself and ac'
ouire a wide and, as he hoped = lasting
fame fame. from rolling back the tide Of North
49,, e,n,,;c;.m Twas to be sure temp
,.,;or for Linn and such as he, anu oeiorc
the temptation he fell, thereby ,n'l II
IN almo., incurable wound upon the South
in drawing her away from her true inter
es.s to figh,the ignis fatuus OF aboll''onI'n'
or rather, to convert that isnis ia'uu' INTO
an incendiary FIRE. We would not do
MIR. Calhoun an injustice for the world
but believing sincerely what we say we
mus. aver that Mr.. Calhoun's very mental
and moral distinctions, injuriou'ly mar
shalled as they have been for 80 years by
vast intellectual pride, have been point
edlv direct cause and explanation o. things
as thew arc. Before honor is humility
Humility is the one safe basis OF lasting
fame and veritable well-doing. Humilliy'
alas. is not distinctive Of Southern poll
,iciars in general, or of Mr.. Calhoun IN
particular. He and they are too proud
to learn even OF nature and the reason and
current Of events. They must dictate and
pronounce. They must stand on h'gn'
and from the place Of eminence and pow
er thunder and command. TO be and 10
do all this, has been their reward, their
real, interior, self.proposed reward. But
j, is so no longer. "'Tis past" we tell
them. no not ,cs, but the Hoar-hand OF
Destiny. They have already fallen upon
the lees of their guerdon, and other men
and other things must stand in the high
places Of greatness.
Suppose instead of adopting such a
course Of life and policy, Mr.. Calhoun
and his circle had stopped TO the study OF
the real and true philosophy of political
strength. How grea. the contras:;hrough
all the South with what it now is
he had said to the Emigrant'
" Come hither, we will give you well
come, we will honor and employ your IN
dustry, we will make you and yours a
pleasant and a prosperous home. You
shall have some acres in fee simple at a
fair price, and we ask you to invite all
YOUR kith and kin to share your prosper
ty, and at the same time 10 swei. our pop
ula,ion and resources" Had this been
the policy, the population and pre-eml'
hence of the South would have been main
tanned, and the whole Union not seduced
from its path OF high moral elevation over
the rest of the world TO enter for Southern
purposes upon tho snb,le chicaneries OF
annexation, or the holder violence of UNI
holy conquest. The South would have
held its own without being driven to the
necessity Of maintaining itself by plumber
ing its neighbors, of playing false to the
great underlying principle of American
liberty. or Of appealing to the patriotism
Of the North for succor against ITS own
threats Of Disunion.
Messrs. Calhoun IL Company have
chosen to pit colored labor against white
a, the South, when both might have prof
irably subsis ed side by side. They must
not complain if they are now made to feel
the natural effects Of this. in the lack OF
sympathy between themselves and the
industrial masses of the North. Hauteur,
bearing, lofty claims to super
fluous chivalry, and the thousand tiresome
pretensions TO super-sufficient honor and
have been the very avenues
10 Indifference, if not aversion.
But we must no. prolong, AS is the
case full ninety nine times in the hundred,
The truest friends of the South have not
been the loud, boisterous, busting nurses
and patrons Of Southern foIbles. The
South has ample reason to cxc'aim with
The experienced wiseman, " Faithful are
The rebukes of a friend, but the kisses Of
an enemy are deceitful."
These remarks contain the essential
substance of our views upon the great ex'
citing question Of the day, and will JUS
tify Us in the eyes Of tie Christian Inqui.
rer from being chargeabIe with pro-'lavery
bigo.ry and .analicism. With all the force