Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-06-05
From the Correspondence of the News.
Letter from Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, (Nio.l MAY l6, ls5

4 seems to harbinger the incoming of the fair
I truant, but it is as the illusion of q dream, and
the promise is broken to the hope"
--&"5 The telegraph has no doubt, ere this, cir
I'd terrifying accounts of the ravagcs
lolcra among US. For the benefit Of such
'ur citizens as have relatives or friends
lding the General Conference of the Me-
ist Church, South, now insession llerc,
ne early contradict anticipated exaggggera-
$. In the beginning ef the week divers
IS Of Cholera occurred-upwards of tven-
n all and SO sensitive Is the public mind
he fresh impressions of last years melan-
K ,ly history, the announcement was suifi-
q Mt to create a universal panic.
Sol. Benton is politically doomed in Mis-
uri-indeed, what is his present position
fore the country! Whatever mist and
ncertanty at first clouded the probable re-
. ult Of his "appcal," are rapidly passing away.
; nd the end begins, TO be clear to all. The
f lhSurdity of that novel proceeding is at last
.r:l.S-I It il understood rs Charlqtan arti-|
ice fs--%%l4frII The inventor would have cover
Ills disobcdicucc 10 The Institutions of t1lei
Legislature, and deceived the people into be-
ing mislcd by his selfish purpose. The war
between the servant and his master has re-
suited in the annoying ridcule common to-
such encounters. Moreover, the Coils late
coursF in the Senate, and the odour in which
he is held ut the CAPITAL, have coasoired to-
augment his degradation at home. Few dis
Interested minds bat regard the sands of his
Senatorial career as nearly run. Missouri is
tired of an arrogant dictator the dignity of
the State requires vindicalion from his per-
sonal abuse His contum,cy has become
treason 10 his duty; his mcnaccs, continued
and unqualified, challenge The exercise of the
sovereign power he rrpudiatcs. The true
minded Democracy, stung into action, arc ati
length aroused, and are upon him with MI the
determined resentment that the bascst ingrat-
i;ude for past t;lvors can provoke. "Old
Bullion, or ,BHlion"-as was his earlier SOU
~-1triluct has been weighed in the balances
and found wanting his days will not be long
in the land. So run the mysterious words
of prophecy.
"On the very wall he invoked between!
himself and his former friends, the finger off
Fate has written his doom and the deep;
ditch he dur for others ispredestincd rs hisil
own burial place. lie may cfifr, and villifIl
and threaten, as is his wont: but though leI
were IN Ajax III strength, against the storhlE
of opposition about to ovcrwhclm him bel
must prove impotent as the burly Greek wien;
ietyig the lightning. The Press, the rss-I
Tcctablc portion of il, is arrayed against llhl.]
Its banners arc uuturled in the bright causcpfI
sabver<ion, and the mighty artillery Of its
S,Mtlueucc thundcrs along the path of the cru
-yzde Next August will tell the story
ifllat wilb echo thrilngly in the succeedinsj
Deccmber elections. Though the doughty
Colonel wore charmed life, he cannot es-l
Gape. A fixed determination and united ac-|
ton, like silver bullet" will immediate him.
i, the unequal contest His design is now;
20 create division in the Democratic party,l
and thus surrender the State. into the hands,
of the Wings! a letter written TO coDcs-I
--pnndcnt in fli- CITY on the eve of our]atfi
municipal election, and which finding its SAY
into the public prints have since circulated!
i;ir and wide, diScloscs tile whole schcrr off
the intended trcacLc-v. And that ncfauouss
scheme act'ral!ypm into practice in the elcc-
inn referred to, two di:tinct DcmoGatici
tickets having been nominated, one of item,
The grand "Bcnton test, was the means of
losing to the party the admin ,trliion Of thcs
city, of winch they hid maintaincd quietpos-S
session for several years. "Rulc orrpin (
is the inscription upon his standard and di-4
rcctcd by blind infuriltc spirit of flnati-
ri<ln, that ike the scorpion futile in itsragc,s
in tho person of such 4 leader, is ready toE
spend its venom in Il sclf.inilictrd sting hisS
few deluded ad!lcrcnts stand arrayed .undcrs
Il black flag. The example of the arch trail -s
tor of l.indenwald is about to be followed \
Unfortunately, however. cycn if Benton DOS
scS>cd the slight ofland dexterity Of" thes
little Alagician," in performances oftlic sort, Z
it is difficult to play oil the same trick twice. !
With its first exhibition the secret beconcsh
manifest, and the public mind enlishtcneds
and prepared for its reitcration, the powcrt
of the cnch;lnter Host forever.
Mr. Calhoun's deccasc created rofoundS
sensation otrrgret among those Of our conl-s
lnunity who appreciated the man; and who's
of them did not! Some, pcrchance many y
But narrow prejudice. and INSCRIPTIONS SELF
1ishmess make compilations to suit their OWN
mirage light Of their own principles ThcyE
have no sympathy with the good, bccauses
they canno! believe in disintcrcsted pur- (
pose, and no just appreciation Of the trulyS
great in that they mistrust the means by
which greatness ia achieved. The dctrac- /
ton and defamation that spring from suchs
sources, as they filled to impede tie carer of I
Caroina's patriot sage in life, cannot abus I
his memory now that he is dead, The col I
unn of his fame will rise above the hori-{ I
zon Of future ages, and the rising and thc5
setting sun of time will reflect it, in all thes
glory Of uusullied brightness. Not the pei
culiar tenets Of his political creed, but hisl
moral character rs a Statesman, illuminatcds
- by transccndcn. intellect, will bei
the broad question submitted to postc.ity.;
And p;oud, proud, indeed, may every loyal
Carolinian be in the submission Of such IN is
sue. There can be no proudcr boast OF Caro-!
linas sons than that, despite some differences
of opinion among them, they aNadmired,I
vencratcd and loved JohnC. Calhoun. In the;
nature of things it is scarcely possible thati
such man will ever again bless them with
his sincere attachment, and cunoblc them byI
his shining virtues In life he forgot totaNYl
the interests Of ambition for them, and dicdj
adevoted martyr to the cause that was nclr.I
est his affections God grant that lis inllu-l
ence for purity and sincerity of soul may livcl
in his memory, and that our youth uiny train
themselves il. the light of his glorious cxam-
pie! D.
o.