The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-02-17
MR. CALHOUN AND THE GLOBE.

lowing panegyrc, ON It's new ally, Mr. Calhoun
Mr. CAlHoUS delivered his views to-day OH the In
dependent Treasury bill ofthe Finance Committee. and
1 Mr. RivEs substitute. The members Of the House
and Senators who have known him longest consider y
The splendid aud powerful intellectual effort IA his
life. We listened 10 him with admiration. u requires
great mind and good cause 10 produce ,he impress
sion which Mr.. Calhoun made all around hun. On
former occasions, the extraordinary efforts Of Mr. Cal
honn were those oil +. a Sfr0Hg Han IN a DaOTass ne
! Is on firm ground, aud cover more o
/ il at single bound. repeat his flight With greater
rspdlty than Mr. Calhoun. Ills great faculty Is gene
ralization-s simplifying argument ~ the elearest All
oms.
I'VE consider his speech as decisive Of the question
| Mr. Rses substitute Is annlhldled.'
The old adage that misery acquaints a man
with strange bediellows" is most fully verified in
| the present ease.
| Whal honest and patriotic individual eGn review
the relations which have existed between Mr.. Cal
houn and The official organ for the last years,
and not turn with loathng and disgust from the pc
rusal of such articles as the lbove2
| We have turned back to the columns Of the Globe
for part OF the last year only, for the character
! II SO recently bestowed MIR, Calhoun. On the
10Th Of January 1887, il said IN isre,y clear thai
Mr. Calhoun longer relies his anlfeation as
means Of making him greatin The South, and that he
is byOachiag hs old sheaes and seeking % ally him
sy again NTH hemeyeeaayy system" What system
the Globe then referred to we know moi but i seems
TO to have been gifted with supernatural foresight
or prophetic power Is il possible for any scheme 10
be devised that can be more appropriately stigma
tsed as "msreeaary Than the independent Treasury
| scheme g. Or this, Mr.. Colhoun claims the pa
ternity.
On the 25.h February last the Globe said, "Mr.
CALHOUN how hopes he may, with the aid of aboli-
ton agitation, make the South hot enough for him,
BIZ the next Presidential election" in this prpba-
bly, he has been disappointed, and has allied To him
self the loco-foeo independent Treasury Schemes TO
aid in carrying out his aspirations
As lite tn, Ii Jlly last, the Globe announced
that Mr. Calhoun, the nullfer," (wiih others
which il named) were marching to their assaults
on The late and present administration" In less than
three months after this statement appeared, the
lums of the Globe contained euogy IL the patrio-
tism Of its new ally and present idol.
Has the Globe forgotten the allegation il made
against Mr.. Calhoun on The 9Th Of February 1897
declaring THERE is NOT ONE SYLLABLE
OF TRUTH IN ANY THING IIE Stated
Now, however this same gentleman is held up 10
| US as The model Of truth and perfection
| But in what estimation are these new allies and
friends Of Mr.. Calhoun held BY hm2 Let him
| speak for himself. In his letter Of the Sd day of
| November last to some Of his constituents, the OBJ
ject Of which was ID justify his course, he admitted
he had assumed "heavy responsibility under the
most favorable circumstances BUT TO BACK
| AND SUSTAIN THOSE in WHOSE WIS
| DOM, FIRMNESS AND PATRIOTISM
HAVE NO REASON TO CoNFIDE, and orer
icho Ihare coatrol is TO double that responsabty
This is The character given OF and the estimation in
which Mr.. Calhoun holds his new loco foeo inde-
pendent Treasury" alliesl They, however, hail him
| in their ranks with Joy AND GRATITUDE"
| When was there ever exhibed more perfect ring
artaked spotted and spcelled party than that which
now supports the Sub Treasury scheme
On The Alb Of Mlrch last, the Glyb, said " Mr..
Calhoun's leiter-wriers, as is usual with them,
spread abroad the report Of a glorious triumph on
the part Of their patron; but il contended that some
who heard him were impressed with opposite OPT
| Mons
/ similar feeling seems now toinfuencethe Globe,
with that at ibued in the above extract to Mr. Cal
houn's leuerwfiers. Glorious triumphs' accom-
plisheI by its various patrons are ed in rap
succession in its columns On Tuesday il annouEc-
| ed the most lucid, eloquent and CONCLUSIVE argu-
ment in favor of the independent treasury scheme"
delivered by Mr.. Miles, the "ei0qnent' orator from
i Connecticut. On Wednesday, it said, "They
(Messrs. Niles and Smith) have placed the subject
| in the STRONGEST LIGHTS" On Thursday in its :" adj
miration" il declares Mr.. Calhouns speech AS
DECISIVE OF THE QUESTION" Havingthus
reached the supcrlotirc degree with Mr. Calhoun
We listened 10 Mr.. Calhoun most aticntively, and, ,
| 10 our minds he was any where but on I" firm.
grouad" When he Stated that the bank capital Of
| the country was but one hundred millions, and on
that position maintained that the balance Of b4nk
| loans Of five hundred millions made on the
issues of the banks for which the people taxed
| some twenty or twenty five millions of dollars, il
arpearedt TO us he was feeble man " in moras.'
| When he made the bug Tear declaration, that Mr.
Biddes hank, he termed il, must be selected under
the plan proposed BY Mr. Rives and that il would be
the head Of and control all The others, il appeared
us, that he was covering ground at this Single
bound" which has existence except in his own
Imagination. Congress would have the power Of
controlling this matter under Mr. Rves'S PROPOSE
ton.
The political history of Mr. Calhoun, from 1915
to The present day. gives ample evidence Of the facil
" with which he can bound" and the roPday
Nth phichh, can rspcathis Righ" 10 which The his
tory OF the Globe during the last four years bars
strong affinity Of imitation.
The course ofthe Globe, since its advocacy of the
Sub treasury scheme its warfare on the merchants,
and its etfots 10 destroy the blnks and break up the
commerce ofihe country, is most APPLY illustrated in
the following description gave Of its present prolo
type on the 9Th of January 1887 Referring 10 the
Senate proceedings the previous day il said II,
(Mr. Calhoun) kept bObbing up and dorm makiHger-
paaatigns Attempting to reconcile his Inconsistencies
proposing afeyttoughs By ray Of corning misrPre
ssutotioas 1Rcrc,ras smiis o. ersrv face bm Cal
bo,,s ~ M he tried HIS cGoyts lrefe