Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-06-02
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l1ol oil their ldeatry. The arrival OF Mr. Calhoun
was the signal for great gathering. Large mum
oers came forth, old and young male and female to
Stee' the champion OF South Carolina, and annlhi'
late forever all who should dare question his
Impotence or lnfallibility. The Hon. Henry Deas,
an old ftderalsi, was very properly called to the
chair Resolutions were adopted, which cStolled
the Honest Nulhhcr" to the SHES; and the whole
meeting exhibited every symptom Of happy self
eonten,men, and self reliance, which only men born
nsensible TO fear lay claim to. They, little band
OF haming patriots, cnsconced in little house
Cross sifeei in the great Empire Of South Carolina,
worked themselves into the persuasion, that they
were the rulers .f the Univcrse-that their nod
could build up and pull down kngdoms-and at
their command, the sun would stand still. Happy
self'delusion! Onc canno. but admire the strange
Authorizations OF their brain, and envy their eSuber
ant felicity, so cheaply compassed
The great man of the occasion made one OF his
characteristic speeches. lie cxpatiated upon the
origin Of parties-dcnounceJ the Tariff and gank
as the quin,essence of Federalism, indicated his
own consistency, and ranted ard ravcd abou, the
'mOpshisus crisis" According to his troubled hrain
We have for years been in great "erisis"-eaeh
time more and more fearful. Now, are rejoieed
to hear, VIC are in the "fnAi struggle" Whcnit is
over we hope wo may boz some peace, and a ces-
sa,ion from disquietu( (alarms.
The Courier ,h2 Fnoiices his speech.
"The Hon JON C Calhoun, the crack actor Of
the political drama, came forward, in compliance
with the loud I'D reiterated calls OF the meeting
was received witti AN applause that made the
welkln ring, and saadc fiscal (Fiskal) speech. in
which he elaborated very ingenious, but rather
dry dlSquiSition on banking and finance, much to
of fhr ma e and ~,
edlhciuonb the female portion OF the audience, ia.
tusins al hGiium in his usual propensity for alb.
sirdciions, and performing sundry wonderful AMI
magical iteks OF financial lcstrdemIin with q
suppositiouS box of walters. He imagined that we
were again in the midst OF awful aud periluus
crsiS-one of those things that have been issuing
with wonderful rapidty and Pro,enn changes from
hrs prolific laboratory, Tor the last fourteen years
but to the great relief OF all he announced that we
had now arrived nj "the final s,rugg le"-the last
grapple with the bug-bear-the result of which was
10 DC the perpetuaion OF institutions the de-
strueilon OF our liberty. Tins state smen who
once declared that our liberty had been coyen
down by 'the Togues and royalis,s" lately elected
from power, true only 10 change and consistent on.
ly in inconsistency, now that the wings with hon.
est hands, are llShng those "rogues and rnyalists
naked thro' the land, bids us tremble for our
Liberties, unless those very "rogues and roya.ists"
shall be restored To the pow they abused. He told
the thrice told tale q. the old struggle between the
icderalISts and republicans N. origin of our pre-
sent form OF government and denounced protective
tariff and Ndiona! Bank as badges of /, ieralsm-
seemingly oblivious that he himself had more con-
splcuouSly worn those very badges than any states
man Of the present era-that he was the great
champion o. the protective tariff of 1916, and the
father of the National Bank OF that epoch. MIR
Calhoun IS great mana wonderful man-the
highest proof OF It Is that he can thus stand at anti
podes with his former and his better self and yet
WELD an lnvncibe mastery over the minds Of high
Souled aud generous men.
'.Nd'i1nn! BaHk.-All ye who doubt, listen TO Mr.
Cali oun,
81 might say with truth. that the Bank owes as
much 10 me any other individual in the country:
and | might even add, that had tt not been for nv
efforts, Il icciId no; hare been chartered"
- must content myself with saving, that having
been on the political stage without interruption from
that day to thIs-having been attentive observer
OF the question of the currency throug bout the whole
pcuod-'ihai the bank has been an inaisptEsaBle
agent IN the restoration spscie FGyaeHis; Ina, with
out H. the restoration could not have been effected
short OF the utter proS,raon of all the monied instI
tu'onS oil the country, and an entire depreciation OF
bank paper and that IS has only restored specie
payments, bat has given a currency far more uni
form, tei"een the extremes Of the county, than
was anticipated or even dreamed Of at the time OF its
creation"
Other speeches were delivered TO exc out the en-
tertiinmen,. The man Friday of the Mercury
mounted the tripod and uttered oraces. Like the
Editor OF the Enquirer, who, last summer, bored
the Sweat House" with Editoriis, which no one
would read, he palmcd off upon his audience some
OF ms iustan diariOcs. Judging from his paper of
the next day, he WAS infinitely delighted with his
performance, (Which the Courier says, was truly
"heauicai') and with tina, of every body else.
Charleston has spoken (he exclams in his
paper) and the feeble ,ffIri of the wings here is
I II
there ' fixed majority Of RepubIicanisni in the Pal.
metto State, which is unsbaken as tue basis Of her
mountains-unmoveabe as the solid earth OF her
soil"
This decides the fate of the Republic John c.
Calhoun and the Charleston Mercury have spoken
Let the world bc submissivcl
Again:
"1he most perfect order prevailed throughout the
pEocecdIng-uninterrupted, except by the thunJers
OF APPRECIATION as some truth cherished sentim,n n,
was uttered, and none were more cherished Than
those Of pride that small Carolina is-and rs that
congeniil nar, MessrS. Legarc and Preston tainted
her wl'h hens-hcr heart is hg-that she Is proud
10 be Isolated 10y refusing TO follow a multitude 10
evil that having nailed her Palmetto standard to
the shattered mast OF the Constitution when the
cry Is that the waters OF Federalism are rising and
that tie ship boarded Ivy pirates and scutted by
trHors Is sinking-she is ready to 90 down with it
with u, SINK or sl0im-never having purpOssd to
embark only
On the smooth surface 81 sumner sca
Eutl1 dc-srt the snip aud seek The shore
When tic wave rises ard the tempest roar'
That though the flying rack Of politicians Of "cir-
cums!arccS" Is strea ming the sky pioneering
the hast Of usurPation our flag will not take that
direction, but
sircanSAke tie thunder cloud against the wind
Thsis fearful TO con,onplate-but in this we have
display Of that spirit Of bravldo which has won
for the Palmetto STATE the proud appellaton OF
"LiWs Gassony" II is characteristic, and no nc.
count ofany proceedings in South Carolina could be
complete without dash Of this essential Ingredient
AL the politicians Of the Calhoun school partake the
general spirit. They are inflated nigh unto burst
ing with vanity and self love, and fixed idea Of
their own oversh'dowing consequence. They ex-
hbiI il in their speeches and in their writings
They are all born insousble TO fear, and the Ieas,
feat Of chivary they would think Of undertaking,
would Uo to stand ag inst a world in arms. They
each and of, have labelled on their hats
"Clms one. come ill-this rock shall ~
PROM ~ huu base NJ spUn AZ 80
They are a dangerous generationl
iLpA servant boy had hi, thigh broken on
Main street yesterday by the upgeuing Of cart,
which he had mounted and driven on IN the ab.
T. a.