Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-11-11

the State OF South Carolina. Immediately fo
lowed the ever memorable and extFaosdioar
Proclamation. The whole country was throw
INTO panic and civil var was thought to be i0s
viiable. Mr.. Calhoun appeared in the Senate
ihe U. States at the moment when TIE exci,erser
was highest, and no statesman ever stood IN
position more morally ssbIime, not even Butu,
+" As he rose
! @Reiulgent from the stoke of CRSay's fate
A md The crowd Of patriots"
lie stood forth as the great champion e South
etn rights and ei'il liberty. All the power Or tn,
government and much Of the talent Of the nation
were arayed against him but he came 10 IN,
eoEiiict armed with the panoply of truth and III,
shield of patriotism The giant of The NORTH
advanced, Goliath like, 10 the encounter and ia
the end, met with GOliath's fate. Webster 90
the floor first and made his speech. Calhoun re.
Piled and "with as much ease as Hercules stran.
gied the serpent" Python overthrow the con.
soIidaied soPhsms of his great antagonist and
established forever the doctrines of state soye.
regnty His arguments have not yet been on.
swered and never can while the constitution re-.
mains.
The compromise bill settled the contest and
nuiiilication, notwithstanding the violence of
President Jackson proved to be peaceful rem
edy.
No part Of Mr.. Cahoun's public life has been
SO much perverted, misrepresented and censureJ
as the part he took in notification. Exccraiiops
at that time we're heaped upon him, and threats of
death were uttered from high places. lie was
denounced as a disunonist and traitor! @.
miseras hominum mentes !! O peciora coca
Let Posterty judge Of the justice of these accuse.
IONS The clouds of ignorance and prejudice
have not yet passed away.
During the autumn Of '33, President jackson
seized the depostcs and with violent hands dis.
posed Of the treasury the q. States. An thin.
KING men trembled for the liberty Of their coun.
ry. Again, Mr.. Calhoun was seen in The f,ont
anks ofthe friends of freedom and Of the consti.
uiion With irresistible arguments, he demon.
trated the lawlessnsss Of tho act, and with pro-
hetlc sagacliy, he predicted the calamiiics that
ave since fallen on the country.
The abolition question during The sessions Of
"a aud 30 produced great excitement. Ia.
atlcism stalkcd into The halls Of Congress, loa.
ed with petitions for The emancipation of slaves
the District Of Columbia. The property and
'sttusons ofthe South were in peril. Who then
'ok Inc highest and strongest stand Who NOV
that petitions Tor such unconstitutional purpo.
% ought to be rejected John G. Calhoun.
Let US now consider, for moment, his course
The late extra session Of Congress. The adj
ocates OF a national bank accuse him Of incon.
stency and tergwersation. lie was the political
liner, they say, of the late U. States bank and
ow no opposes similar institution. The rea-
ons OF his course in 1916 have already been sta
u. There is no analogy between the times and
asses, but direct contrast. Then the govern
rent was indebted to The banks, which are now
ldebted to the government. In bis speech in
u no declared himself opposed to national
ank' and IN favor Of tho treasury system which
10 President has since recommended. During
at session, ne offered bill proposing rechar-
: Of tho U. States Bank FOR ten years, with such
mutations and restrictions as to bring about d.
orce Of tho bank and the treasury gradually, and
| down the mighty influence Of thu. institution
unperceptibly as not 10 injure the country.
tad that OIL passed, ,cOaid The country hare
zen 'ncoiued IN cts present easba,vassmeatsl
Again, Il Is sad, that he has become d partisan
Mt Van Buren,. Does Il follow, that because
70 public men happen to think alike on one sin.
y subject, they must form coalition Mr.
On Buren, recommended measure 10 Congress
hIch mr.. Calhoun has always advocated.
'ould 4 DO noble and magnanimous ia MIR Cal
pun 70 abandon his plan Of managing the fiscal
la'Fs OF the country, merely because his politi-
Il opponent has recommended ii TO Congress.
chaMehgo inc advocates OF a national bank 10
Owe by any speech or writing of MIR. Calhoun's
at h's late course has not been perfectly consis-
n with his previous principles. NJ.
INDIAN EMIGRATioN,-We have been reques.
q by MAJ. UPsHAw, removing agent for the
hIckasaws, TO give publicity to the fact, that he
now enrolled party Of about three thousand (
dams, who are on the way to their new country
st Of the Mississippi. This number, added 10 .
,se which have already been removed, will
we among us less than one thousand of the
orgines Of the soil, and they will very speedily
low their brethren TO their western homes.
we are informed that the party now moving ),
10 good health and spirits, and that under The
ectlon Of Mas. UrsHAw, and the gentlemen Il
'oclaied with hun. every thing will be done hi
zen can contribute to the safety and comior Y
a.