The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1855-01-12
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IKE favorite weapon of attack by the Ben
ton party on Mr.. Atchison, in Missouri has
always been his attachment TO Mr.. Calhoun
and his firm adherence to the cause of the
South. To stigmatisc him Us Nullifier
and SecessiOnSt, and TO put these CHARGES
forward, in every imaginable form Of abusive
and. scunfllous epitllet. have constituted the
great resource OF the Benton party in their
contest with him. A CORRESPONDENT of the
81. Louis Repu6EcaR makes the following o
pungent retort to these malignant attacks
1t involves an indirect inquiry into tbe
public career of Mr.. Benton, which that ven
cradle political rnlfian is not likely 10 fl-
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at is well known that Mr. Calhoun, d,i
rng his life, characterised many of thes
fused" gang now engaged in blaciieninr
and reviling his memory, in a, vety plain
manner, described their union, or "fision."
sas a mere interested cohesion" for purpo-
ses of "public plunderl" He knew that
those men aspersed his motives, and slander.
ed his objects, namely, to obtain contractsi
jobs and Offices + Some one or anotheraof
them graspe, for everything, from the nubIic
printing down, to the furnishing Of necessa.
ries for the army and navy. lie despised
the whole Of these beasts Of ,5rcy. and AT
tackled and exposed them without the sliDht.
est regard TO the injury their mlliGions
tusks might ini'ict upon himself He know.
but diSrcgarded, their influence with poIjiiI
clans. Mr.. Calhoun lived and died nm
honest man. His soul abhorred treachery
and deceit. Not even those whose specula-
lions he thwartcd and exposed, CHARGED him
with dishonesty, or with a desire to plumber
the treasury to benefit himself or TO enJieh
his children. ,....s,'. Ia ETf'fal
lie never was guilty of charging and
obtaining large sums of money in payment
for using his influence with Departments 70
favor large claims; he never was guilty of
for money Boards OF ofGommissiot4E {.
ers, when they were acting upon larpe
claims for money; he never advised. afSsr.
the indictment of DIR. Gardiner, the .falon;ssf
Gus procurement and destruction of I,apers
in the State Department.; which might, #
prove client ss guilty as the
said Gardiner, and place his attorney in y
scand0Ious position; he never applied 70
Companies to pay members Of his family
10000 or 10000 under the pretenc6 fba,
they could usefully and benofciallv epn-,mo
in the business of lobby agents before Con.
grca3; liz never, liiYisslE, ags55<! .4s lo!,hy'
agent before Congre&s--ifrpertinet dtaS;-
l@g both report and biAin favor Of the claim
for which he had been retained . he never +
onco-.jar less for series Of yaars,acted. !
for money, as Claim Agent before he
department, nor before the stu more c9epen-
da"tBareo~S and to crown ,t!l--Mr. Oal-
houn, when old, and surrounded by ere
mics, had the courage to have defianilyof.
Tered them an opportunity to prove the truth :
OF charges against him before a Committee j
of Congress, had they dared 10 haze made
any, instead of holding back andpu,tinetbem
IN the attitude Of seeming to attack an old B
man-he did not thus qucli investigation. q
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ONE Of our exchanges, in noticing the lee
ture of blind man, says he spoke for two
hours and did not refer to his hotes during
the whole time. Wonderful institution, that
man. ~ .. 4 ... ....-..r.,, ...'..... .......
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