Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-12-10

IHsoHsurExcY-yoHH C. CALnoUN.-|
We request those people who have once felt
an attachment for John C. Calhoun, TO read
the extract below, and contrast il with his con-
duct within the last four years. The extract
10 taken from = speech delivered by Mr.. Cal
houn in the year 1916, in the House Of Repre-
sentatives, in opposition to a motion made by
Mr.. Randolph, to strike out the e~nacting clause
of the Tariff Bill. To use the language of a
contemporary: at is a speech full Of expanded
views, and sound neutrality-suspicious. to which
Mr.. Calhoun was mainly indebted for his early
fame. and to his sudden and entire abandon
ment Of which he owes his early fall. A max
er of apothegms has told us that there cannot
be a more melancholy exhibition than that of
an individual following at the funeral Of his
own reputation. Is not Mr.. Calhoun that indi.
vidual! He has not only outlived his fame,
but his was the sacrilegious hand that den.-oy-
ed it. He is not simply the follower at its fu-
neral, but he has dug its grave, and himself
thrown into it the laurels which public kind
ness, in an hour Of virtuous error, had bound
round his brow. What destiny can be more
m%ournfal."
The following extract will show the consis-
tency Of the man.
sour neither is nor can be pro-
tected by the present means of the country.
What then, are the effe cts of a war with a
maritime power, with England Our
annihilated. spreading individual misery, and
producing %nat;ons! poverty; our agriculture
cut off from it's accustomed markets, the sur
plus products Of the farmer perishes on his
hands; and he ceases to produce, because he
cannot sell. His RESOURCES are dried up, while
his expense are greatly increased, as all man.
ufa ctured articles, he necessaries as well as
the convenierc es of life, rise to an extra
price. The recent war fell with peculiar pres
sure on the grow ers of cotton and tobacco,
and other great staples Of the country; and
the same state Of things will recur in the event
Of another war, unless prevented. by the FORE
sight of this body. If the mere statementof
facts did not carry conviction to any mind, a
he conceived it was calculated to do, addit-
ional arguments might be drawn from the gen.
eral nature of wealth. Neither agriculture,
manufa ctor'c nor commerce, taken SEPARATE
ly. is the cause of wealth; it flows from the
three combined, and cannot exist without each
other. The wealth of any single nation. or
any individual, it is true, may not Immediately
depend on the three, but such wealth always
presupposes their existence. He viewed the
words in the most enlarged sense. Without
commerce., industry would have no stimulus;
without manufactures, it wonld be without the
means Of production, and without agriculture
reither of the others can subsist. When sep
arated entirely and permanently, they perish.
W. ~ tAso ronptrv proArcao n N uroot NV
te I that effect; and hence the great embar-
rassment which follows in it's train. The
failure Of the wealth and resources of the ma
ton necessarily involved the ruin of its finan-
ces and it's currency. 1t is admitted by the
most strenuous advocates of the other side
that no country ought to be dependent on an
other for its means Of defence; that, at least,
our musk ct and bayonet, our cannon and ball,
ought to be of domestic manufacture. But
what, he asked, is more necessary to The de-
fence Of a country than It's currency and fnan-
ces! CircuHnstanced as our country 10, can
these stand the shock of war! Behold The eff.
feet OF the late war Oh them. When our man
ufactures are grown TO a certain perfection, as
they soon will, under the fostering care Of
Government, we shall no longer experience
these evils. Manufa c.ures fostered, the far
mer will find a ready market for his surplus
produce, and, what is of almost equal conse-
quence, a certain and cheap supply Of all his
wants. His prosperity will difldse itself to
every class in the community, and instead of
that languor Of industry, and that individual
distress, now incident la a state of war, our
suspended commerce., the wealth and vigor of
che community, will not be materially impair
ed. The arm of Government will be nerved;
and taxes in the hour Of danger, when essen
tial to the independence of the nation, may be
greatly increased. Loans, so uncertain and
hazardous, may be less relied on. Thus stu
ated, the storm may beat without, but within
all may be quiet and safe. To give perfec-
tion to this state of things, it will be necessary
to add, as soon as possible, a system of Inter-
nal improvements, and, at least, such an ex-
tension of one Navy, as will prevent the cut
ting off our coasting trade. The advantage of
each is SO striking as not to require ~illustra-
ton. especially after the experience of the re-
cent war;"
Who could believe that the individual who
made the above remarks, is the present JOHN
G. CALHOUN, Vice President of the United
States. Certainly no one. But such is the la
inevitable fact. Such is the fallen state TO
which he is reduced. He has abandoned all
his former principles. and become the tool of
a faction he holds an Office which he has by
his p~artizan conduct disgraced-h he has favor
ed by his toasts and speeches. rebellion in his
native state-he has encouraged the people to
resist a law which he himself advocated twelve
years ago. What a contrast. Let the people
reflect on the conduct Of such a man.
U-Mr. DuErysa gentleman who performed
at our Theatre last Spring, is highly spoken Of
in the Philadelphia papers. Mr.. Duffy is a