Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-08-02
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Fn,n he KicAmond Hhig.

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Sir--sin my last letter, | iatima,ed my confidence
that sou, as President Of the United States would
faithfully adhere TO the Compromise of s33. | owe
il N myself and 10 you, TO show The grounds OF ilis
confidence. have said chat, bat ur lhet, these lei
would lave been written. fel myself
frankly acknowledge that | was not satisfied with
that Compromise. Bur others my political friends,
were. and still satisfied with 1t, aud require noth
inG but reasonable assurance that tt will not be Vi
olaiud.--Sueh reasons ms have tor believing that
by you nj least, it viii be respected. l feel il my
duty to assign. ] an moreover impelled TO this By
my iude nntion At The renegade partizans OF hh.
Van Hufcn. who would persande the State Rlehis
parry thai the opponents Of tho Tam have every
thing 10 fear from him.
| repeat. sir. that ! was not satisfied with that
Compromise. Gut its adoption convinced me that
1t was all thai lie got, ot 1t showed The utter OF
THAI spirit TO winch more might have been conceded,
aud 10 which the mere imorons Of the Tam parry
had iasi been willing conccde much more. 1t s
now remembered, To the ciedt of your maeuam-
nifty. that YOU who had never consented 10 ycld any
thing 10 the demands of parry who had seemed 10
be na condtent to chi, zee th.il demands were the
first fogtani freely whN WAS uembinely onlteated a.
boon.
And here. sir, give me leave to speak word Of
myself. There are those who affect 10 think me
Federalisl in disguise. Such viii MOI undo stand how
man protesting 70 have always belonged 10 thc
State Rights pgriy oan consistently speak Of MI
Calhoun, the self elected champion ol HAT party
with severity, 10 suchlet me say, thai il is because
have dlWGHs belonged to that pMly that | have
been less inclined to be indplgent to e.e whose CON
nexIon with IL has only been urcasional-who first
joined, and then embarrassed. aud then betrayed II,
for reasons only understood by himself. aud TO whom,
perhaps that parry rs deep and As bcr tescnt
,neut to any other man who lives OF has lived.
Mr.. Calhoun himself does not plelond that he even
understood tho Pracprs Of that party, until, IN The
chair of Y &c President, H. found leisure, foKlhe
tirst time, oaequaiul hmsclruith the character
uf that constitution under which he then the
second officer. having already aspued 10 be the fts
Until then, he too eager IA the race OF ambition
aud belonged to party, as he tells us too drunk with
power, TO think OF such things. 4 pnt Of this is
ubtless irpe--bW Mr.. Calhoun, IL pursuing these
studies, was perhaps guided to his conclusions
by considerations of which he says nothing ,-Prlc-
teal nia,tcroliact men remembered ony that IN that
day Mr. Adams WAS President that Won stood next
The orie oi succession, enjoying oi the tsor
Of the dominant party than The presldtnt himself;
that MIR. Calhoun, too, belonged to The same parry,
on the docket Of which his ptetensons stood post
poned to a day quite too distant Tot that genteman's
impatient ambition What to be done! The
State Rights party has always been the l9S G}iy OF
those who cnulj do 10 better; and what better use
eonid Mr.. Calhoun mako oil ms dignt6rd leisure
than to study lis principles He did so and as
converts always go ahead of those who do but CON
,nue TO worship 10 the church where their fathers
worsbipped before them, so did the fiery zeal aud
unquestioned ability Of this gentleman soon place
him in position to repraaeh the cold prudence and
intuitirc quickuess ofhoueht. and unheslaliug bold
ness. Compared to him, Randolph Ounce,
and Hamltoa
IT, honest nuih sir, | have long been an admiter,
but never follower Of Mr.. Calhoun. State
Rights man Of the mast siretest sect, brought up
al the feet ofGamaiei,h YET condemned The coufse
OF South Carolina IN 1892, unconstitutional, nl-
polite, and unjust 10 aeroWa people. but also con
demnad the craven Compton,ise which riveted the
Tafill on The South ior stipulated time under the
senfance OF promise OF ultimate relief. which ma
ny Of those Who made il declared, NJ the time, not
70 he binding their constituents. did believe,
aAa do believe, that, having provoked threat OF
coercion. Sosth Carolina was bound 10 put il 10 the
proof, whether sovereign State ui this Union c9md
be eoerced. She had taken ppsilio1 which had
brought the doctrine OF State Sovereignty into dis
reptile. She bad bee Instrumental IN casting IL
fusion over the public mind. which nothing but the
sight and scent of blood could dispr She had
made the sacrifice necessary, aud she bound to
furnish the victim. She shrunk from the aibltrd-
ment she bad herself invited aud certain oil her
delegation in Congress, returning home. amid the
hootings of thei. enemies and the pity of those who
wished them well, claimed the COMPROMISE
triumph OF Modification, and had lhelr claim allowed
by their constituents. #A
In all these things Mr.. Calhoun was prime mover,
and in none of these his follower. Yet | can
not deny, that when il February 1898, saw hun
standing almost alone, the mark OF detraciion and
lnalevolence:
When the whole hos, hatred stood hard by
To watch aud mock him shrinking"
though could not compliment him on his irniness
under this persecution, my sympalhies were strcng-
Iy drawn out towards him. The in which he
suffering, though lost. as believed, by his mis-
management, was my cause, and all his laults were
forgotten. had before seen him actively engaged
in the support of every one Of those measures, the
pernicious effects OF which be then axious
move but Undermined il should be enough, that
he had repened Of his errois, and striving to
repair them. In that noincut, they botted
iJojn my mind. as 1 hoped, forever. A
lufc and manlier bearing would have commanded
more Of my respect, but he had all NJ, sympathy
When / saw hun thus set before the Philistines
~ mske-ihem sport, could he base braced his nerves