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Ths fionhsills fAiahamal southern Gaso-
cafe, sOnasailng spsn Mr. cslAoaas soarss,
saya-.sThsre h eas feature In Mr.. caihouns
Edgshsld letter vkirk Is worthy o. especial,
s0ls and hat =. Ils hsrh and 1ngrsiefsi
tone towards Ais hate silica DuriaHshs Extra
'ssssiOa. sitAs eonslssloa Of bis great speech.
''bs parted wish them IN peses.p But nov
he takes a hossils stiiiuds, and The war Of do
cancellation h begun. he dsprseslss wsA he
mosi fsrvsni zeal the AsesodaDes Of What he
calls the National Republican doctrines md
eonjares up The features Of grand eonsoll-
daisd system In The Bank, Tarla. Internal Im-
7rovsnents, sc. land he hss been, fsom time
10 tins. the FOREMOST advocate Of all these
nsassrssD q Is suiis obvious that Mr.. Cal
hoan intseds an iavidiess assault upon Msssrs.
Clay aud " -Istrr, AMI that he proposes, By
the creation Of a SOUTHERN PARTY, TO
josile the foriaer, particularly, from the dis-
liDgaisLsd place which be now holds in tie
eonGdceee Vf his country. AD5,tion, envy,
and Jealousy. il is feared. prompts Sir Cal.
bois's PrsssDt singular cOarss. more than any
other consideration. .Findiax lie could No,
be the leader u tho whig. hs must rally a
neS party 70 his standard. whOss iiess object
is, the run u bis late siies. This attempt to
bring into di-rePute The character aad prinel.
pies Of Mr.. Clay. Psriskes both Of ihja.liee
and ingraiiiiido. For strange Us il may sound
10 the ears Of some, the elevated po,iiiou
which Mr.. Calhoun occupied, until The mo-
nsnt he gave IN hi. adhesion to Mr.. Van Bu-
rem, he 0'eod in gTsat rasssHrs 10 Ifeary Clay.
Mr Clay came TO his rescue, when he was
overwhsimsd by tho dark and porientous
clouds Of Nuilihcation. The Tariff Compro-
mise Was presented to his graphic embrace
ed the hand OF National paeinestion; and
ihenesforward he took that rank in the eoun-
ellis Of bis country to which his genius entl-
lied him--and from tina, hour John C. Cab
bopn rose in public estimation.
No one (says the Delaware Journaf) who
has accurately traced the career Of Mr. Cal
houn from its outset TO the present time. can
have failed to observe, that Of all the pubic
men in this country, he has been the most re-
markable for the Inconsistency Of his opin..
ions. and for the violence with which he la,
run into the most opposite extreme within
the last twenty-five years, he has been on eve
~ imPortant political question. and has been
equally positive and periinaelou. in all the
phases he has worn. When he set out in POI
liiicai life, he was liberal on all constitutions
al questions. lie was the warm champion OF
the Bank Of the United States, the leading
advocate Of the - tective System in,Isi6-
an 1924, as Secretary Of War, he deliberately
advocated 4 magnificent system Of Internal
Improvements, and of National Fortiieations.
Now, BIO Is the reverse Of all this. Hewas,
too, warm Jackson men. end as warm an
anti Jackson mamie was bitter opponent
| Of Martin VaR Buren-he is now his prime
champion in the Senate. He was violent a.
gainst the Proclamation. the Protest, the Man.
ifesto,-and.O OF the enormous aud sooumuIat-
ing abuses, through the agency Of ofiee-the
FSPunging process, SC. Ee.-And now he has
virtually surrendered his opposition To ali
these doctrines,