Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-02-11

lie 81. vol Of Aunals If Medicine, observes
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cbpsicDm pile with the most marked surcess
aud oven where melena or black vonit hat
taken place, The capsjeum has shatebed tn
patent from the most in;neBt danger
Others lave made similar disc %yations.
The benefit derived from the eapsicum if
thr cyhHnths tn3llgua, suggested ito exhibit
ton IL typhus, and affords ar strong an argu
msht in fay II of the practice az analogy caf
SUPPLY Wilson on EUer, pog 1a p 2l1.
JoHS c. CALHoUs The following is ex.
tracted from an eh,to isl article recently pub.
Iished in the N. Y. Evening Post. We CON.
mend il tnathe ate ittva pefnsai Of our r aders.
Fer elsgarce Of diction, get q al beauty ef
style, good taste, deser ptive and %arguinshta-
live interest, It is not surpassed by any article
that has ever appeared in a political journal
" power, not right--distiDction. not useful.
beas, had been his aidi, who doubts, that long
since he would have obtained all that pnpu-
laritv could have bestowed IN q Republic 7
But The struggle Of his life has been, not 10
use our system Of Government. or lin himself
by liz abuses. but IN rave the system, by re-
forming its abuses, and correcting its dangs4
rsus and dissolving tendencies. In pursuing
this end, he has been stern 10 friends and
fosa and the former have probably ccntribu.
ted as little AZ The latter, in swayitg bis poll.
cy. Had he been Otherwise, he@eyer, he
might have have had troops friends (who long
sincs abandoned him. while falling into the
+" scrs and yellow leaf" Of ags, and have re-
yelled In houors bot he would not have been
what he id nun, in The midst # political
profigacy and corrnptior, fiji TO reform and
md sars n great Republic.
Our readers will easily infer from what We
have aid, that Mr. Calhoun !. no politician.
in the seuse the TEN is generattiiy Used. He
neitl1er Understands how to string tho wires.
/ nor 10 pull them. Dsspisipe indlreetion and
'rickery Of all kinds, hs Yields but one wea-
| pom for success in his me assures and ascen-
| dancy in hhs councils, and that is-optrfghf,
downright. naked truth. Yet it might have
been fortunate for him, if only for the bfrpusss
of defence, bad he possessed ffore Of that
arr, VII rh, IL public alters PRODUCES r~esflts,
whilst ofer .ng TO be Indifferent or opposed
To then, secretly itktiga'es and combines
lnst r%1tncnts apd caussy, and when the effect
is produced, cries out " behold the people !"
All art and eonrealment in conducting the
affairs Of a Republic are carff4ry 10 ito ge-
mus ard spirit. Descending and artifce are
The mean resorts Of conscious unuorthlnsss
or meditated treacbsry 10 The people, and may
suit ceuffs or harems, but are not favorable
to that just appreciation by the people, of pub
lie men and public Measures, which ere alb.
a~oEutely necessary for their proper control
H who loves them, and confdes in their Ca
paciiy for self 20, eminent, will deal openly
d II fairly with them. He will plant himself
on the great principles Of truth and liberty,
and II he fails to convince the people that
these require his policy TO prevail, he will
doubt the people. lie will wait in fIope-in
o~a,ience he will possess his soul. He will 60
down, If necessary. beneath the peoples
wrath confidem that their sense Of justice
and correct appreciation Of their interests and
houor, will ere long. tit him up again, and
sven for his hun,iliatiorls they will remember
him. This js craftsmanship. This 10 true
pal riotism. To serve the people when they
serve you to magnify them when they
exait yotl--to Iaud their omripotenee when
their onnjpo'ence is your glory, and their
favor your crown, 10 an easy task, that repays
sweefly in the performance. But to dare TO
be right whrn the pc op1e are wrong, and 10
fare them in frowns-to serve on when your
servit en- are gfiglted or sccrned--'o feel their
DtHC OF UTtFSftG INV VI yoH' ttFlbJ is'tSE "=l
men and bad counsels hurry them on IN a ca
reer Of folly and lniqlity to see that NEST
reward Of a high ambition, e. that 10 at mfr
lied, tramp!ed on and cursed and yc1 to hold
on: calmly, cheerfuiIy, and hopsfuily to hold
m 10 the truth. and hold it up and push it or.
inch by inch; until it mover and spreads and
flames in tie POPULAR mind and saves The land.
trt = = -. -al;r IL "a " - - =
The politician kn"ws nothing Of il, and per-
haps despises il. He laugl 8 in his sleeve at
the simplicity and folly Of those, wh,m. by
his inirigues ard meazures, he may have
driven into such defperate experiments OH
the popular intelligence. Personal success is
his principle, ard czpedieucy III all measures
(excepting whera professions O. principle are
expedtent,) is his INSCRIPTIONS instrument I'd
win his way. Tine s,ateefnan stands on great
principles of liberty and government, and
knows no succ sss brt in their ascendancv,
ard no reward but in fha blessings they in
part to the country. Need we say to our
readers that the efatesmsn, as We have debic-
ted him in character AID fate, is John C.. Cal
iloun.
Such is sha map we uphold for the first Of
fee in the gift Of the people Of these United
States; whor1 he has served for III rfy one
veaTs csrsea utiyng in the councils OF the
Tnias OF these services; although affnrdine
a brilliant chapter on biography, We propose
20 szy moth ng. They extend over a long
space, ihro"ch the most trying iaelaants, and
stirring ouhiie eveHts--frem the last war, the
declaration oil wt,Ich he penhed, to his spfan-
did career ior he last ten wears in the Senate
of ne Fnifef States. During so long a course
of public services If course be has committed
errors and it is possible that we are so fetni-
Inc in our attachment az to love him the
more for these very errors. They bring him
nearer on a level with lis in our common ma.
ture, whilst his moral e~xccllencies draw him
warmly 70 our tearts. We Uphold him for
the Presidency, not merely because we ad
fn;re the statesman. but because we 1--we the
man. No ole who has occupied, or pretended
to occupy the presidential chair, or corIcep.
tion Of his character is correct, can approach
him in his domestic tf ifa Washington, in
his personal & gnity aud pure moral grandeur.
stood Ike the solitary eagle on the mountain
peak. The clouds nf human tenderness and
passion, n1eyed fir befov him. Madison was
correct, aniable and kind. Monroe was
/ mi, VET considerable and honorable. But
nsither Washington, Madison or Monroe had
chjIdren,-aad me hidden but gushing streams
of p~a,erual lore never flowed over and softened
their natures. OF other living men who have
occupied or aspired 10 the Presidency, we will
saw noting, although We might say a great
deal in commentator. We wish 10 see in
the White House the same virtues which
make the cottage happy. We wish to see ia
the DrorIdancr fhaao r~,n,;-t.- r -. 4