Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-04-02
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IofHc haa,hY 1ralp4ss itriy mad cheerful
| You hive sccn many biographical sketches ofiim
md therefore you hosano nceI Of receiving from
me oay other account tf.ln hut Of Mr. Calhoun IN
! 49, as Vleu President 9th, United State.
! Mr. Calhoun D. neither an IL. favored nor well
! favored man lis appearance rs so-so lie drrs-
ae7 IA pialu unasaaniHe malufr he nuns a.
uout IN the morning before he opening 81 a 1tu1to-
| rd session, chatting With his follow cltztus lu IA
| lIe,Iy aud agreeable atylc--aud displaying colo
iuaJ1l powers very superior He pOw pte.l'les o
! gerthe Senate with great mpaltalny, and Eiyesu-
Universal satisfaction IA his Ollie and thnt a5 a man
is universally thought woil Of notwithstanding all
| that may be said by politicians. Whdis'cf he
! finds To do he does with all us might lis mo.
tons are quick as you can wei imagine. HIS
voirc hot 7cry good but unpleasant TIL you nre ha=
bIuated 10 IT 10 poured forth III Il solid column.
have never heard him rs public speaker and,
therefore, cannot 50 well udEe Of the character Of
hl5 mnd hut should suy thnt his PERCEPTIONS
wcro wonderfully rapid lie jumps to his conelu
sIous by tn roudlrst process conceivable, but ln
one thing he differs from mcn Of his character, for
hr IL able to explpIn the nh 8 aud rbcJctoTo thai
! led To the conclusion. The greet fault with HIM is,
hat his mind IS 100 acute He IS mlsled by his
F., own exquisite sagucity. His reasoning Is so
sharp that h. h,remcs me,nYhysclan, ind meta.
physical politics are the most troublesome in the
world-To lorna batter idea Of his character,
have Just re read h3 manifesto published during
the lsst summer, whrrt he speaks Of the Tariff and
State Rlght9--Tbw documcullsa perfect porral
urr Of the man The arguments are keen, pow
eIf4 IN dsta, almost irresistible. and yet you arr
unconvncea by the conclusion. IL pulzle5 yoa
To deert wherein he is wrong and yot YOU cl tuat
h. li wrong-you know he - wrong
There rs not a man IN Guugicss--no, even Mr.
Webster whose clear, cogent step by step anu
mfnt5 nrc 50 eerv admueo.o that utmost rfsrat he
Will not keep IN the Court below stairs aud be the
GRrAr LAWYER, instead Of pulling away lie on
whit others cnn do as well as buacf=thefe is no;
man in Congress who rousou5 more ncutelY
motc shprply. or more ure3istbly than Mr. Cal
houn And his mind Is so we'll disciplined That he
dos 50 without an effort. lie talks constitutional
metaphysics with the snme vouhl'y that common
men talk every day polite You may haar bIu
converse, and you viii find 1t 10 easy task without
unromned attention 10 follow lam IL his orsumau-
tatIon
There res n day when Nj Calhoun was mora
IN The huht on treat uniona, questions lhun at PR.
sent Now Anti-Tarin, Aul#Infsrnd Improve
m.nta Ant=almost every thn" and yet beral-
minded patriotic, IA lover Of ms country, and her
institution, he stands as il werc Vibrating between
the Con.tlurioaal,ls and thc Nu.lf fs--ha is the
lsfhmus between th,m Ii he were 10 say, null
~ I,enly believe the ho, headed nulHfor5 would
Iay held Of the fam pillars ofhc Union and tumble
them To the dust. Y5eJ arc as infatuated as mad
mcn, and as p,rverse ON all arcat national qucs-
tons as mrn can Will bc-not excepting even Mr
Talwcll and Nj 15rr AMI Mr. FORSYTH and Mir
Troup, the two last bong more pcrycse than all
tle othrrsas politician. Mr. Calhoun viii non
say "nuhfye lie loves his country too well
HIS iame and his all are bound up ia tn. common
eInrv ofihr whole Union. Tho vhlglp,5l Of the
5onIb mn IN motion NV uon5ltor ro,par and o
tbe,s b,y. inouInb,d him Inn, he 4,rl,cI,. lraycIv
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