Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-05-27

thing that partook Of the aristocratical dosmas o.
"the fast anchored isle" and finding that the peo-
pie saw with Indignation the repeated aggression,
and spoilations of England, and that they were ripe
for hostilities, with that proud and overbearing ma
ton, he presented himself before the public as 9
determined advocate for war, ard having intro.
duced a bill to that effect, he ad vocated it with all
his ability and zeal, and after one or two repulse.
was grntifed with finding his aims accomplished
and a way opened for the lulGlment Of his ultimate
designs.
II is well known 10 all Of us that the late con-
test with Great Britain, contributed more largely
to add to the prosperity, and enhance the dignity OF
the United Ststes, than any other event recorded
in our political history, and that its adherents, if
they were condemned and prosecuted by us Of the
north, were rewarded and worshipped AS de-
mi gods by those ofthe south. This resultit is not
improbable, the penetrating eye Of Mr.. CAL-
HoUN could foresee, and it is not unlikely that this
pre-conception led him on to the part he assumed;
at any rate it laid the foundation of his political
success, and placed him before his countrymen in
tIc III bpht. IIs p' "
however en-! here, for when he found that the FEEDER
alists of the northern States, were vehement in their
denunciations against the war and its authors, and
that the failure Of Gen. Hull, on the northwestern
frontier had rendered the army unpopular, whilst
our brilliant achievements on the ocean and on the
Lakes had gained a decided popularity in favor of
the Navy, he suddenly became a vehement advo-
cate for tie increase Of naval forces and the liminu-
ion Of the army. This course, he Was perfectly
aware, would conciliate the feelings of the northern
opposition, and dissipate that hostility which was
evinccd towards him in New. England. This plan
succeeded to admiration, as has been VIGOROUSLY
proven by some of the warmest of the Federal pa
pers, who, during the late Presidential Election,
came out for him, and connected their fortunes and
their fates with his political operations.
Mr.. MADISON, in establishing the army for 1879,
was for fixing it at twenty thousand, Mr.. CLAY, for
fifteen thousand at least, but Mr.. CALHOUN, wa,
satisfied with ten thousand, and in an elaborate
and eloquent speech, defended himself against the
charge OF inconsistency, by urging that he was dis
posed to regulate the army in conformity with our
resources, and ready TO augment 1t in proper
ton as our prosperity might increase. This told
well among the oppositionists Of the north, and was
not unfrequently urged in his favor by the Federal
papers during the late political canvas, as favor
able to his claims upon the office for which he was
al aspirsnt.
Al the formation of Mr.. MoNRoE's Cabinet, Mr..
CALHOUN wa. called to preside over the War De-
p~nrtmcnt, and as he was not too modest to accep of
that situation, although he bad never adored the
Chief Magistrate, or worshipped Baal-and as he
was actuated by the tender feelings OF the Ten
nessean Hotspur, which :orbids the seekin. or re-
fusal Of Office, he took upon himself the robes o;
tina, department, crowned " with virgin bushes
1t was whilst III the enjoyment Of this situation, and
whilst fattening on the pap Of the Treasury that
the modest, the patriotic and republican, Mr..
JOHN G.. CALHOUN, developed his real character.
way to the Presidency, and as he possessed the
means Of circl'ng round him a host of hungry ex-
pectants. and of patronizing the press, he con mencel
Il series of intrigue and espionage, which no man
can sustain without consenting to the abandonment
of every honest, every e%nnobling principle. The
members of disbandcd army. thrown out of en-
%ployment, and reduced TO beggary and want, were
employed by the Secretary of War to chaupt his
praises from one end of the continent to the other,
with an assurance that when he arrived to the Ex-
ecutive Chair, the army would be rc-establshed
and they restored with their rank, to tleir ~favorite
occupation-the profession Of arms. Thus he wa
dcd through an eight years administration, purchas-
my golden opinions of all sorts Of men; or TO use the
language Of Sir Pertlnax Mcsycophant, he boow-
ed with as determined an smbeetion as ever agita-
ted the he art O. Cesar, and watched and hardened
and iurked FOR intelligence. and ran ABBOTT back
wards and forwards. and attended and dangled up
on the then great tloh, till ] got NTH the vary hoow-
els of their confidence and then announced himself
q c~apdiuate for the Presidency.
Firmly adhering 10 the doctrines Of Democracy
he hal scoffed at the idea of other nominations than
those sanctioned by a regular caucus: but a, he
found It convenient to dissent from the origi-
nal political church, at this %juncture Of his public
life he beheld in these nominations a monster, sap
ping the foundat on of the constitution, and he pa
frioiaca!ly refused to have his name used by the
caucus. The presses under his control, and in some
instances edited by himself, teemed with his praises,
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