Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-11
RICHMOND. DECEMBER II. Iyq3.
Mr. CALHOUN:

for himself, rs II was useful to his country
Ills exertions during the late war certainly have
done . the state much service" He has re-
cei,ed his reward in the praises and gratitude
at hIs countryipen, in the patronage of the
President, and in his appointment to the head
of the War Department.
D"' me sangu'ne man grows more aspiring
ny success One victory pushes him on to
another. He UNDERWRITERS The acquisitions he
has alread, made, because still more brilliant
enterprises becknn him forward. If his mind
mas not been sufficiently chasteoed by the les
SONS of experience if the wshp. Of ardent
pait'zans should consPire with his own bis
ambition becomes too impatient for controuI.
He furgets the maxim of the wise man. that
4" there's time for all things" He does not
wait the season of maturity. Amino cupiensi
nihd salts Jesfinatur He is for clutching the
Fruit while it is yet 10 the blossom.
II has been scarcely more than ten years
since MIR. calhoun has ma5eany figure on the
theatre at politics. IL is no wonder, therefore.
that ms nomination to the Chief Magstracy
OF IN" nation should be hailed with more as
constituent than rapture. The nation at large
had l"ok-d To other politicians of greater age
and experience. They We're astonished to
irarn, when the lam. ntrd Low ndes was nomi
mated by the Legislators of S. G. as the wor
th'est candidate for the chair that Mr.. C.. had
b. IN persuaded to" listen Ia the voice of the
rharner;" and To embark his own fortunes on
the tempestuOns contest |, was hoped that
tins might prove the drea's of the moment: &
that Mr.. 4. would yet see his own interest in
ll'il" delay. But. if during the lifetime of
Mr.. Lowndes, he was determined 10 WOO the
prize in the very face of South Carolina, the
death ofthat great nan could scarcely be ex-
pectrd To alter the scoop. Of his designs. Press
rs have been -siabli-hed 10 support his preten-
Sims. Most OF the s;.nguine spirits of the ar
my nave arrayrd themselves under his ban
nefs. Their blood has been heated in the
vIndication of his claims. Pariisans of other
descriptions have slept into the rahks. The
Zeal OF IA few men has supplied thu fo,ce OF
numbers In the four quarters 9th, hearnns,
the trumpris hav, been continually sound os
III. praises of Mr.. Calhoun. A re gular ,yslea OF
p fling has been introduced. Quack medicines
and lottery Offices have not been more ac,i,e.
His praise has been deliberately spread over
the country IN the pages Of pamphlets and
IN the columns of the newspapers. Letters
seem to be continually written for publication
in order 10 swell his preiposions and his
chances. They write from N. York, that she
has turned in his favor. They write from
Washington. thar Mr.. Crawford is lost be-
cause MIR. Clayis made the Speaker. They
write from Raleigh, that Mr.. Calhoun carries
REPRESENTATIVES is his advocate Though the
Presidential Election was moi made the test
OF his appointment; and though in the APP
poin'ment ola Public Printer, when the ques-
non irds made, the supporters of Mr.. Craw-
ford bore away The palm by 40 majority.
from the supporters of Mr.. Calhoun.
This species Of tactics cannot possibly sue
coed The enthusiasm of officers the zeal
of personal friends panegyrics in the news
papers, and the pufls of erier-wr iters, cannot
prevail Upon The people to prefer Mr.. CAL
honn. IL he has the best qualifications for the
olllce fhes" neutrality-suspicious. will br I'M
neces ary II he has not, they will prove in
efficient With all their respect for his genius:
with all their gratitude for his services. the
people viii calmly tell him to- wait until the
nun has ripened until his better Judgment
has been improved by experience, and his
principles have been clasiened by reflection.
Fhry may even warn him, that the history of
republics ahounds with instances ofmpn who
have forever lost the prize of ambition by
sna;chiug at it too soon.
% the five candidates, who have been
Brought ber"re the public view. Mr.. Calhoun
has The least chance of obtaining ihr splfrage
ol Virginia. w do most cOnscipn,iolsly
believe that he has not a singh. frieod
IN her present legislature and that ha
could scarce get three hundred votes in the
Whole state. His qualifications do not receive
r''S ~" justice {" which he is entitled We
*dmITt his talents; hui ve know there are ma
ny who dispute their existence Some too
~ay that hr IS too young some, that he is des-
'iiutr OF s"lid experience. Other, charge him
with a restless and Overwhelming ambition
Bui The political course he has pursu, d, dur
ing the Iaitef years, has raised an opposition
to him. which Virginia canBot readily sur
mUunt.
All the palegyrics and explanations Of
Thomson" ca not clear the skirts of MS hero
from the exceptions W hich have been taken 10
BIN.
II is still true that Mr.. Calhoun was the
champion of he present Bank Of the t. S.:
That he was the father of u system Of Inter
nal improvements, which James Madison re-
icctcd on constitutional principles that he
was the active and CLIQUE nj supporter of an
enlarged Tarif.-Ii is still believed, that Mr..
Calhoun Is even an Ultra-frderalist in his man
ner nf eXpoundng the constitution That he
Is daZzlrd by HE idea of grand AID ,nagnif-
Gent government tina he is dispost d 10 give
powers To the General Government, " hicll the
States never designed to bestow :--and that
he stretches his Interpretation as far as Mr.
Hamilton himself could have done
Thomson indeed rcPeats that, ms TO the Bank
Of The u. S. Mr.. Crawford is as much TO
blame rs Mr.. Caihoun-nay more so. "Mr.
Crawford was, in the Senate, the chairman
Of the committee that reported the bill for
re-chnItering the old bank ofthe u. s. in 1871.
He was ih" father Of the MEASURE. Mr.. Cal
houn, ~ the II Of Il. occupied the same rela-
ton To the4iill Tor Incorporating The new bank
~ 1915. Bere the parallel ceases, and the
contrast higgins" And wherein does the con-
irast consist Because lsays Thomson) over
the old hank the govrrnn,cnt exercised ~, ,.,,