Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-11-28
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POLITICAL.
LFlom lhe nunt,yillo fAln-A h

From tn. Iiun,,villo tAla.l Domoe,atij
Remarks South Carolina .NuIHfcufiou and fhe
founders of that school, yNesus Calhoun Afc I)u6fe
Hdyne aud Hdmaion, embracing Meir.neso allies.
All the Republics t'at have gone before us have dsap-
peered The Gtecian Republics once the pride and
ornament OF the human They the seat OF the
muses. They were the nursery Of poetry. philosophy
elCquence and all the fine They endured for
RAJ hundred years. The purest democracy that exist
ed The Roman Republics conpt taircs, MR.
non OF The earth and were the rivals Greece in
an these splendid attainneasi md, like her for onp
time maintained their democratic principles under Ier
ent forms OF government. They 10th swept from
The lace oil the earth ago, and boiieL out
Their proud cities, where the unrivaIed eoouence
oil Demosthenes aud Cicero, poured forth i'm defence of
civil liberty aud the tights of man, ,e tyrsn,s ,n III
tors crouch beneath It's torrent have long since become
the hauns of wild beasts the abodes OF despotsu
In modern times. the United Republics oil Holland shed
new hopes upon the ghls OF Democracy Bot after sp
ling oceans OF blood 10 shake oil The yoke OF spanish
despot and uniting ia solemn league iur their mutual de.
eheo aud protection, this oasted democracy lasted moi
more ihsn about hundred atd bhy Yeas. This rspub
Tic IS now divided out into petty dsspotsns hef. The
common people have no more share the aia,ilst iii,
OF Tue government uuder which they live aud under
which heir rights nsoet;y usn,p Ia The dust than
the horses or The oxen tIat Craze ia t,eir tieLls
These are deporable and melancholy historical Isc,s
that nobody will question. Those people in i,.I.,.o,
their prosperity believed their liberty impe Is,sb,e
ihey enjoyed that liberty in higher degree esest
er purity than we ever have They be.rr4j anna.
ny people ia country believe, thst "a Iii
they were there TO watch IL, hana<I could
destroy well established Republican Government il,
which all the people enjoy eel equal Jt..,. know
they deceived. Asy e not be deceived, H,v.
We any more light 10 the al our do
mocraiic government than the q. eeks and Ru,s,s lad
II The Tor destruction exist ,yui us which
existed with them! II we Will but exanine in,par,iIv
without regard 10 men or the ,auses that p,o
duced the overthrow oil their governments we shan ind
them TO exist in much higher our wa country
The Gfeean aud Roman Republics did.not IalI by he
hand OF single tyrant, bat by Ie Ling corrn
ton OF their Senator's their travelling orators and tr,r
public councils-Men selected by The people To wa,ch
over their public hbeities but who behaved t
trust IN pursuit OF Their TO power regardless
oil the means by which they might ObIa, A.
Or how can we expect escape tie horrors OF civil
war, aud The dreadful ba ceIiee o The French Revoiu
ton, that has iust passed beioe which dreiced at
devoted country ia blood aud laid whole CONT
oil Europe Tor Iian eiily yeas "A ,te a,u.
bold and restless ambition alter pew ed e
French Convention. has become Tie watch. ord of ,our
United States? wv
At the deprsyed period Of Tie .Ilotnsn Senate pco
hgate as II was, there was not s.ebrf Of st coriup
body fired with more ubhoy zeal Tor pow or dan iis le d.
OF NuiIhcaiiCD. Nor hue gIt alter lust 10, En-
pre ia the memorable French Clvenion u, lie .l,,s o
the bloody Kobespieiie an Isees I'm the Scnate o
tle United States.
II there should be any who might think Ibis too
bold, let him read the histories OF Csses conspiracy Of
Cgsas usurpaOns, aud OF RoDespiene's JacoLn Cinb,
aud compare them with ;e short ,veotl history Of,
Nufeslon, and With the Ioug bat cd history Of
the members OF the coalition, and he M find III. =,
not surpassed by Cadhne Cesar lsobespietre or
any other ambitious prsnt v no had guDe before them
For what did CaisIne do which MI Caibo0nas
lie has Displayed tie Impatient Iu buleut an
sier power; eud ottTuded what he calls his claim anon
the people with tie restless inpeuosity And In
i"e o nus uOuueh ~ me very OOselts oI CalIlIne HIM.
cell.
Catiline obtruded hislsc twice. as candidate or ,,.
ConsulshIp, the highest office ia The g oil The Koman
people. But they declined his un,olioi,ed sc, vras :
They preferred choosing candidate themselves 10 I'LL
that high aud responsible Office
MIR. Calhoun obiruded himself vice az candidate lar
the Presidency, the highest Office ia the g OF the Ame
can people. But they declined his unsolicited servces
They preferred choosing csiAi4Ate themselves In in
that high and resFOnsibe Office. ~
Catine, when be found The Romsn people would mn,
elect mn hFs' consul cousPIed 10 overthrow Roman
Republic, or 10 place himself al the hes OF IT,
MIR. Calhoun, when he found The An,etc.n peonIs
would not elect him president, couspifed 10 he
American Republic, 10 place iinseil al the L.ad NJ i,
CaliUe, when Cicero sccused him wi "a a ro,s,i,,cy
against the Roman Republic, denied tie charge nos vc
ly and uneqUvOcaly; aud imputed IL 10 tie n,i,re t
Jealousy OF Cicero WIZ tie peoples candidate In
destroy his popularity: when Il was well known lac h,d
already organized las party and then org sbizing lis
army.Q)
blr Calhoun, when accused ia 1s3O-3I Of being Null
inner, ana determination to oppose the Of tie Uni
States, denied both charges positively aud
and mpsed 1t 20 the insce and e slosy Of J,ci
son, who the peoples candidate TO dest,ov III,
popularity when Il sell known he lad sIyesIg
organized hIs parry and was then organizing his ar.
my(2)
Caine Of great sigor Of mind. bad ,,sa,
facility IN concilis ing his political opponent, and af.ch
ing them 10 his parry, sud making poiiicsl converts
And especially u lac could honest man In s,,a
hidden corner, in Tetioed cbanber whore n 10
could only draw him into his hieuJslp by lsu,,ifo "a
daily exercising him 10 conversation, e could easily IN
sure him by he saue aufemeBts by gic, he had csgbt
diners These aIuremebis we're, something 10 e,.,,f,,
the svorise passion oi each individual 10 sone ie b
out the temptation Of great wtah, bot more espeeislv
hof promotion to gh Offices Of honor aDd pohf which
% 500 saIus, the Csdlno Conspiracy