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POLITICAL REFLECTIONS,

POLITICAL REFLECTIONS
should do We.
'Ih" l'r"l'l" love me. and the goa is mine
My powers crescent, aud my nu.urimy hope
Says 1t will come to the Gu!.--Shnk.
Talent and ingenuity. backed by chicancry
and cunning, accomplish much in the arena of
modern politics and III no country more than
ou's is this Ill" casc where success is measured
by party devotion. and party controlled by po.
litical demagogucs
The true statesman. whose rule of action is the
country's good, (tho Calhouns and Wcbstrrs,)
may indeed Impress upon party opinions just
and generous views of State policy and sectional
prosperity but in the hot content ions for pow
or and place, which periodically. occur hrtwecn
INSCRIPTIONS politicians those opinions and
views which look to the greatest good Of the
greatest number like wise counscls written upon
the sandy shore, obltcra,"d ut each recur-
ring tide. The exalted station, which. in the
language Of the noble ami gifted L"undcs
should neither be songht after nor dec lined" :"
has become, in these latter days of the R"pub-
liz, the honorable temptation to INSCRIPTIONS po-
li'icimns, and the reward Of treason To the best
interest Of the people. Its patronage, extensive
channel, bcc"mcS cn,nlicd in the foul reservoirs
Of camrus"s aud cont cnnns, au.l their otISIrin q
of polhico or"ral nfn,ny is hair:isrd-"thr voice
vi the eniirh,ri majority" The nearest approach
I" no settled principles Of policy, is dgniiieL
"t"nscrvaiistn; the noble consistency OF and
devotion T." firm and settled convictions of right
is degraded "lilraiSin; ~ the yet nohIcr dctcrlmi
nation I" preserve intact what the wisdom and
blood Of our Fathers bequca,hed us us an inh-r-
itNnce, damned "'rrcason." And we are called
upon, FOR the sake Of the few who thrive and
fattcn by their ignobIe nruStncy, to cry aloud
''.>mcn! Ilall'lujalr the great Democratic
party rclgnc:h"
The foregoing thoughts naturally suc-ost
themselves IN view of the approach ing prc-tlcr.-
tlal Election, and III view ot the National Dem.
"craiic Convention which will .ptch Its tent" at
the capital Of Eltraisn--ihc Queen CITY Of the
South. The questions now ARISE what will be
the distribution of fav"rs in this authorized lut-
i"ry Tor Presidential IIonors {! VIII" will he the
lucky holder Of the Capital Prize 7-and what
course South Carolina will pursue in references
t" her fundamental law against Lotteries in gen.
crai and National Conventions in particular?
There is no 'lonht that the cupi,lny and avaricc
of wholesale merchants. first class Hotels and 10.
htIcai as!'iran,s will entirely overcome the deep.
rooted prcju'lmrs Of early training in rclcrcnce
I" National Democracy and National Cvnvcn.
tons.
That South Carolina will be ins.) represent.
cd experience teachers that SOME compromise
Of prnci pie i'll gather together all that is valn.
able III politics. "nppsc in policy, aud renegade
in principle upon the platform of tho "loav.s
and fishes of party, is equally certain. Wise
men from Virginia vii! unite with Nasons to do
honor ~ to the Old Domin ion the Democratic
patent Lite Ticnt will grind Georgia CobbS. un-
der the direction Of Stephens; the "Yornrd
Uors", (Dld Buck.) will shake his broad an,lers
from tlnnkcriom to Ohio South Caro- lima Com
serr"tiSm will play "hray" with New York free
so'lIsn /; Mississippi and MasSacIrusc It's will Bat
tel Door and Shc'te Cuci Cuba and ul,i-
matcly free institutions W i'll be firmly establish
cd by the nominal ION Of II ",Souihcru man with
Norh.rn pyimcipieS," Il Northern nta,. with no
yri"cjpi"s, or AN aruiiabic mam with pro.n;s-
c"o"s p'i"cifics. Then will beg in the first les
Sons Of frat"rniy-lhcn wil lie cn,hroncd the
Calhounc doctrine Of Il "strict construction of
the Const'tutlon"-of purity. More anon.
ETTOMAI.