The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-18
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Thursday lzilo,arnine lzil,a November Is. 1883.
wlle I,oiicy ,xoiItfeai fsa tho South.

The Foley xsoistlcal fok tho South.
- When four Government was first es-
tsblished, the two statesmen that were
rsost influential in impressing their views
upon its policy, and in determining its
character, were Hamilton and Jefferson
the one national and the other State
rights. In nfter years Webster and Cal
+ honn--nlaster spirits, took up the role
that had been play yed by Hamilton and
Jefferson Webster, national, and Cal
h0pn. State rights. Between these con-
aioting forces the Government moved on,
and the country prospered. Mr.. Web
ster seemed to regard the Federal Gov
ernment as central sun, to shine upon
the States as lesser lights. Mr.. Calhoun
looked upon the States as brilliant, COM
'manding lights, to throw their radiance
upon the common Government as light
Of less Importance in the system. Both
of these men were great in their mental
power. and greater still in their ardent
patriotism.; In their views they differed,
as great minds will differ, but they were
one in the effort to promote the grandeur
of o common country. Mr.. Webster's
theory OF the Government lives in his
grand. solemn. and stately speeches; Mr..
Calhoun's in compact work that reflects
his logic and his prophetic ken. Let
any one, as We have carefully done,
closely analyze CAnHouN's DISCOURSE ON
THE GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF
TIE UNITED STATES, and it will he found
amaster-piece Of compact reasoning, with
very few flaws; and it will be found
further, to present system Of govern
ment calculated to secure individual lib.
erty with national expansion. and to pre-
sent to the world the spectacle of nu-
merous self-governing States, revolving
with regularity around the common cen
tire. he sought to secure, in q genuine
sense, unum 9 pluribus. He desired to
have these great States that form the
American Union ssdistinct ns the pillows,
yet one rs the, sea-" But Mr. Calhoun
was ahead of his times. The world is
not yet ready for his system. This coun-
try cannot receive him now. The pro-
pheS is without honor. Nor perhaps, can
Mr.. Calhoun's system ever fully prevail,
until we have community of Calhouns,
in which to put the scheme into operation.
For long time, Mr.. Cnlhoun's views
struggled for life. At last, in the war
between the States, the sword of power
was raised, and triumph was vouch-
safed to the school of the nationalists.
The sword proved mightier than tho To-
gician's pen, and n triumph has been
vouchsafed to the disciples of Hamilton
and Webster. State rights arc fast being
swallowed up in the seething waters of
the vortex of consolidation, and CEN
tralized Government attests the success
of the adherents of the national school.
What. now. is our duty? We mean the
duty of those who believe in the State
rights theory of the Government? We
deem it plain. It is not to forsgo every
reasonable and seasonable effort to bring
the Government back to its proper sphere
But this is not nll of our duty. Not
here i'll progressive country-not hero
as working men-can we stop. We must
accept the inevitable. If the flag of
State rights has gone down, we must
upraise it when we can. But, in tho
meantime, we must enter the field, and
even under national ensiens we must
seek the Advancement of our State and
the prosperity of common country. We
must take the field, and uniting with
men akin to us in political views, North
South, East and West, we must seek to
win the honors and enjoy the benefits of
the Government. No policy that keeps
South Carolina in the cold will avail u.s.
The South has grown poor and the
North has grown rich comparatively
speaking-because the North has hithcr-
to enjoyed the Government, and we have
paid the expenses. The taxes drawn from
the South have been disbursed at the
North, and thus, under the unequal fiscal
action of the Government, the North grew