Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-06-05
From the Correspondence of the News.
Letter from Missouri.
ST.. LOUIS, (Aiu.) MAY l6, Is

seems 10 harblnGcr the incoming OF the fall
truant, but it is as the illusion Of dream, and
= the promise is broken to the hope"
--." The telegraph has no doubt, ere this, cir.
ed terrifying accounts of the ravagcs
lolera among US. For the benefit of such
.ur citizens as have relatives or friends
ding the General Conference of the Me-
ist Church, South, now in session here
nc early contradict anticipated exaggera-
$. In the beginning ef the week divers
IS Of Cholera occurrcd-upwards Of tven-
n all; and SO sensitive is the public mind
he fresh impressions of last years melan-
( by history, the announcement was sulfi-
p mt to create q universal panic.
"Col. Benton is politically doomed in Mis-
uri-indeed, what is his present position
fore the country! Whatever mist and
acertainty at first clouded the probable re-
ult of his appeal" arc rapidly passing away,
nd the end begins, to be clear to all. The
; ,hSurdity Of that novel proceeding is at last
.,r.l.S~It II il understood as Chariatan arti-
icr 6r which The inventor would have cover
tliiis diSobcdicncc. 10 the institutions of tf1e
Legislature, and deceived the people into be-
ing miSlcd by his selfish purpose. The war
between the servant aud his master has re-
suited in the annoying ridiculc common to
such encounters Moreover, the Coils late
course in the Senate, and the odour in which
he is held at the Capital, have coasoired to
augment his degradation at home. Few dis
interested minds but regard the sands of his
Senatorial career as nearly run. Missouri is
tired of an arrogant dictator; the dignity of
the State requires vindica,ion from his per-
sonal abuse. His contumacy has become
treason to his duty; his mcnaces, continued
and unqualified, challenge The exercise of the
sovereign power he rrpudiatcs. The true
minded Democracy, stung into action, arc ut
length aroused, and are upon him with i'll the
determined resentment that the bascst ingrat-
i;ufe for past favors can provoke. "Old
Bullion, or Biiim"-as was his earlier SOU
..-1a4sqiquct has been weighed in the balances
and found wanting. his days will not be long
in sthe land. So run the mysterious words
Of prophecy.
"On the very wall he invoked between
himself and his former friends, the finger of
Fate has written his doom, and the deep;
ditch he dug for others ispredestincd as hisi
own burial place. IIc may clfifc, and yillifG|
and threaten, rs is his wont; but though IeI
were an Ajax in strength against the stormI
of opposition about to ovcrwllclm him bel
must prove impotcnt as the burly Greek wien;
dctying the lightning. The Press, the res
3'cctablc portion of il, is arrayed against him.
ITS banners are uuturlcd in the br yllt causcpfI
eubvcrSion, and the mighty artillery of its|
:. iptlueucc thunders along the path of the cru
..S.de. Next August will tell the story
f1,o
December elections. Though the doughty
Colonel wore q charmed life, he cannot es-
cape. A fixed determination and united ac-I
ton, :. like silver bullet" will immediate him!
IN the unequal contest His design is now;
70 create division in the Democratic party!
and thus surrender the State. into the hands,
of the Wings! a letter written toa corjcs-i
Ynndcnt in thi- : Sty on the eve of our lateI
ilunicipa! election, and which finding It's Sav|
into the public prints have since circulated!
lar and wide, diSroscs the whole schcl1c of!
the intended trcacllc-y. And that ncfanousl
scheme actualiypm into practice in the cleo
iinn referred TO, two di;tinct DemoGatici
tickets having been nominated, one of tEcm,|
the Grand "BcntOn test was the means of;
losing to the party the admin strliion Of thej
city, of which they hid maintaacd quiet.pos-I
session for several years. Rule or ruin 4
is the inscription upon his standard and di-!
rcctcd by Il blind infurltc spirit of fanati-
risln, that like the scorpion futile in its rage
in the person of such leader, is ready to|
spend its venom in sclfinllicted sting, his|
few deluded, adhcrcnts stand arraycd under!
Il black flag. The example of the arch trail 1
tor of Lindenwald is about to be foilowed.s
Unfortunately, however. even if Benton pos
scsScd the slight ofliand dextcrity of" the,
little Magician" in performances oftlic sort
il is difficult to play oil the same trick twice.
With its first exhibition the secret becomcsE
manifest, and the public mind enlightened
and prepared for its rcitcraion, the powert
OF the cnch;,nter is lost forever.
Mr.. Calilouns decclsc created 4 mofoundl
sensation otregret among those of our conl-S
munity who appreciated the man; and who!
Of them did not! Some pcrchance many !
But narrow prejudice, and unscrupulous sell
!shncss, make compilations to suit their owni
motives, and portray character even in thcs
mirage light of their own principles Thcyl
have no sympathy with the good, bccauscs
they canno. believe III n disintcrcsted pur-s \
pose, and no just appreciation Of the truly
great in that they mistrust the means byi
which greatness ia achieved The dctrac-l
ton and defamation that spring from such!
sources, as they filled to impede tie care, off
Carolina's patriot sage in life, cannot abus i
his memory now that he is dead, The col
umn of his fame will rise above the hori-
zon Of future ages, and the rising and thcI
setting sun of time will reflect it, in all theI
glory of unsullied brightness. Not the pei
culiar tencts Of his political creed, but his!
moral character as Statesman, Illuminated
'i.i..-as r. BY transccndcnt intellect, will bel
the broad question submitted to postcrity.I
And p;oud, proud, indeed, may every loyal
Caroinian be in the submission Of such an IS
sue. There can be no proudcr boast of Caro-
lIas sons than that, despite some differences
of opinion among them, they aHadmired,
vcncratcd, and loved JohnC. Calhoun. In the
nature of things it is scarcely possible that
such man will ever again bless them with
his sincere attachment, and cunoblc them byj
his shining virtues. In life he forgot totaly
the interests of ambition for thcul, and died
u devoted martyr to the cause that was near
est his affections. God grant that lls inlu-
ence for purity and sincerity of soul may live
in his memory, and that our youth nlRy train
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