Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-04-27
From the Anderson Gazette.
Letter to the Pendleton Calhoun Hon
ument Association.

ument Association.
To the President of the Pendleton Calhoun
Monument Association
WASHINGTON, Mar. l3, 1854.
1t is with great satisfaction that have
seen the formation ofthe Pendleton Calhoun
Monument Association.
This movement on the part of the Ladies
of Carolina 10 redeem the honor of the
State, which was SO shamelully forgotten by
the last Legislature, and to do justice to the
greatest and best Of. men, is worthy Of all
praise, and cannot fail to be successful. 1t
would seem as if Providence had reserved
for the pure, virtuous and disintcrested la
dies Of Carolina, the task Of rearing mon.
umeut to the fame Of the man who in all
the attributes Of hisFprivate character, en-.
blazoned that puritysand virtue which is so
dear to them Then let the work go on un-
til every District and neighborhood in the
State, associations shall be formed auxiliary
to the one first formed in Charleston, and a
column shall rise worthy of the fame OF
of Calhoun. The successful achievement
of this patriotic undertaking by the ladies
Of Carolina will he a lasting honor to them,
and a stern rehuke to those members of our
Legislature, who hoped by Withholding JUS
tice to dim the lustre Of his fame and des-
troy the influence of his lofty patriotism
upon the rising generation.
When the proposition to build monu.
ment to Calhoun was before the Legislature,
it was impossible to portray the feelings of
painful interest, with which those of US who
are far away looked on, and the crushing
modification that all felt when the ,idings
came that it was defeated, and defeated by
men, who in his lifetime, could not stand the
bright light which his purity, patriotism and
genius shed on our State, and who, since his
death, have crept from their hiding places,
to malign his motives, detract from his re-
nown, and bring down the State from the
elevated position in which he had raised her.
But, thank God, there is a redecming
spirit moving whic6 cannot fail Of success.
The effort oil the daughters Of Carolina in
this holy cause will wipe out the stain upon
her character, and give an assurance, that
her young men will not be suffered to for
getthe lessons he has left behind.
1t is not within the compass Of the human
mind to see all the beneficial effects which
result to State or people from having be.
fore their eyes Il character so exalted, pure
and patriotic as that Of Calhoun. The i'm
ss-,---'-...--r-z's.soin cannot soon be ef.
faced, and though no -HTUHuTfIrrIrur T'r'v 0r''rr
he reared as a remembrance Of him, yet
still the inhuencesNil he felt as long as &C.
nius has an admirer, or virtue votary. But
TO keep these impressions most wildly before
the young, Monument, such as you pro-
pose, should be raised. 1t will incite the
young men of genius to emulate his beanti-
ful character and follow his exalted patri.
otism.
In after times when the constitution and
form of government which our ancestors in
their patriotic wisdom prepared for the pro-
lection Of their posterity shall have been
swept away by the wild spirit Of political
fanaticism and reform, institutions to the un-
derstanding and education of which his
whole life was devoted, then this monument
will stand as Il beacon to conduct the wan.
derers of the time back to the principles OF
lust government and constitutional liberty !;
YES, it will stand as rebuke by the dangh.
tiers of Carolina at the present and in all time,
to the demagoguical spirit, which is sought
to he fastened on her by political qnacks.
In conclusion accept my best wishes for
your success in the good cause in which you
are engaged, and the enclosed small draft
for my contribution.
With great Respect,
FRANK BURT.