Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-06-05
From the Correspondence of the News.
Letter from Missouri.
ST.. LOUIS, (S1o.) MAY l6, 49,

seems. to harbinger the incoming of the fail
truant, but it is as the illusion Of dream, and
! sthe promise is broken to the hope"
~-..a he telegraph hasn no doubt, ere this, cir.
I'd terrifying accounts of the ravagc<
= lolera among US. For the benefit of such
,ur citizens as have relatives or friends
z, lding the General Conference of the Me-
ist Church, South, now in,session here
ne early contradict anticipated exaggera.
.s. In the beginning ef the week divers
IS Of Cholera acknowledgements of tren.
all; and so sensitive is the public mind
], he fresh impressions of last years melan-
< ,ly+ history, the announcement was suifi-
2: Mt to create a universal panic.
"lCol. Benton is politically doomed in Mis-
url-indeed, what is his present position
fore the country! Whatever mist and
nccrtainty at first clouded the probable re-
ult of his appeal" are rapidly passing away,
nd the end begins, TO be clear to all. The
: lhsurdity Of that novel proceeding is at last
,.Ir!eltc 1t IS understood rs i Charlatan arti-
ice BS WI facET The inventor would have cover
q. Ills diSobcdicnce 10 The institutions Of tsle
Legislature, and deceived the people into be-
ing mislcd by his selfish purpose. The war
between the servant and his master has re-
saltcd in the annoying ridiculc common to
such encounters. Moreover, the Coils, late
course in the Senate, and the odour in which
he IS held ut the Capital, have coaspired 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 mcnaccs, continued
and unqualified, challenge The exercise of the
sovereign power lie rcpudiatcs. The true
minded Democracy, stung into action, arc ut
length aroused, and are upon him with all the
determined resentment that the bascst ingrat-
i,ude for past t;lvors can provoke. "Old
Bullion, OF, ,Biliimn'-as was his earlier SOU
--aa.fiquct 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 bctwccn
hlnsclf and his former friends, the finger of
Fate has written his DOOM and the "dccr'
ditch he dug for others ispredestilled as hisl
own burial place. IIc may clrlfc, and villifII
and threaten. as is his wont: but though leI
were an Ajax in strength, against the stoih|
of opposition about 10 orcrwhclm him bel
must prove impotcnt rs the burly Greek wlSlj
,detying the lightning. The Press, the rss-|
3,rctablc portion of il, is arrayed against him.
ITS banners are uufurlcd in the bright causebf|
sabverSion, and the mighty artillery of its|
Influence thundcrs along the path OF the cru
.aStde. Next August will tell the story
Eiflat wilh echo thrillingly in the succecding1
December elections Though the doughty
Colonel wore charmed life, he cannot es-
lspe. A fixed determination and united ac-
ton, like a silver bullet" will immediate him!
IL the unequal contest His design is now
70 create division in the Democratic party !
and thus surrender the State, into the hands
OF the Whigss 4 letter written to- acores-i
in fiji. city on the eve Of our4ate!
municipal election, and which finding its tSap!
into the public prints have since circuhted!
far aud wide, diScloscs the whole schcmr Of!
the intended trcacllcry.' And that ncfalous!
scheme actualiypm into practice in the cleo
tion referred to, two diitinct DemoGatiei
tickets having been nominated, one of t!cm,E
the Grand "BentOn test was the means Of
losing to the party the admin ,trliion Of thei
city. of which they had maintaiucd quietpos-S
session for several years. Rule orrain
is the inscription upon his standard and dill
rcctcd by 81 blind infuriltc spirit of fanati-
cis,ll, that like the scorpion futile in its rage,
in the person of such 4 leader, is ready tof
spend its venom in sclf.intlicted sting, hisS
few deluded, adhcrcnts stand arrayed dndcrss
Il black flag. The example of the arch trail I
tor OF Lindenwald is about to be follOwed.S /
1-,f, al,
scs>ed the slight oflland dexterity of" theS
little Alayician,1 in performances oftiic sort,s
it is ditlicultto play oil the same trick twice 1
With its first exhibition the secret becomes
manifest, and the public mind enlightened
and prepared for its reiteration, the powert
ofthe cnchanter is lost forever.
Mr.. Calhouns deccasc created 4 nofoundH
sensation ofregret among those of our conl-y
munity who appreciated the man; and whos
of Them did not! Some, pcrchance many B
But narrow prejudice, and unscrupulons scl-s
tishness, make compilations to suit tii2ir ownE
motives, and portray character even in thcs
mirage light Of their own principles Thcys
have no sympathy with the good, bccauscs
they cannot believe in Fdisintcrcsted pur-5
pose, and no just appreciation Of the truly
grew ia utlStEuSI luc luciuS
which greatness is achieved. The dctrac-ss
tion and defamation that spring from suchs
sources, as they filled to impede tie career off
Carolina's patriot sage in life, cannot abus 4
his memory now that he is dead, The col
umn of his fame will rise above the hori-I
zonof future ages, and the rising and theI
setting sunof time will reflect it, i'll all the|
glory Of unsullied brightness. Not the pc!
culiar tenets Of his political creed, but his!
moral character rs Statesman, Illuminated
~s.--ssas IS by transcendcnt intellect, will bel
the broad question submitted to postcrity.
And psoud, proud, indeed, may every loyal
Carolinan be in the submission Of such IN Isl
sue. There can be no proudcr boastof Caro-
lna's sons than that, despite some differences
of opinion among them, they aHadmired,
vencratcd 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 cnnoblc them by
his shining virtues. In life he forgot tota'tg
the interests Of ambition for them, and died
devoted martyr to the cause that was lcar:s
est his Affections God grant that his inlu-
ence for purity and sincerity of soul may live
in his memory, and that our youth mRy train
themselves il. the light of his glorious cXam-
pie! Is.