Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-01-19

round and ,onnd he pivcs directions, hasens opera
tons and SCOUTS the whole farm, talking ana ac.
lnr as if he had thought OF, or practsea u,'y
thing else but the business OF u farmer. IL mas
such attention and industry, that he has estaohsheu
the reputation Of Icing the most practical ana success
ful farmer in the upper country, and al Tue same %
| has supported well, and educated ms ian'hy' LINZ
Perices he has never increased nor diminished MS LOT
TIME The gold mine, OF winch SO mucn mas oeeh a.'
N The papes he became possessed Of by an act OF pa.
rental kindness. His bought the lands, ano oes
n,;rinq of making them profitable, the father TOOK
Them off his hands lie affords rare specimen III
mr. country OF one content throughout NE WIN
competency in a cheap country, and has, tneie,o'e'
avoided those formations and specuaiions which nave
wrecke ed the fortunes and happiness oil SO many hons
of orr countrvmen The truth is, he mas 10" cea,
md oraccaa head not TO know the true value OF all
property. .p., ,,,, - 900 ~.
,ar !, hi; domestic habits His style of living is as
,lan as possible Although ascetc, he has not fail
ed to perceive that for The most eicent working aho
Improvement Of the mind, the bo'y must be subjected;
and the excessive indulgence IN the grosser aPpe''es'
mus soon lead to decay and not only repress the VIZ
tues Int impede the highest growth of the intellectual
movers He is therefore hahi;ualy water dfnker,
although no member of temperance society, and eats
ANYTHING apparently but little regardu oil The quality
of his food provided it is wholesome. a traveller
once visited him his farm, for few days Soon Ill
Ter his arrival he was invited in 10 dinner, when con-
sisted of bacon and its usual Accomplishments oil vege.
tables. white cornbread and beautiful butter. You
see he observed, :" / am no epcure; indeed, ! af d
barbarian according to the theory of civizauon by
some French philosophers, that il consists IN what we
eat But Tomorrow, for your sake, we will do better.
Accordingly the next day brought sumptuous feast.
But it is merely in tiscipning himself to the strict
est habits OF sobrety that his virtues consist SET &C.
NAL is powerful probably an indispensable auxiliary
to virtue; hut it is not necessarily virtue Activity IN
good as we'll as abstinence from evil is essential In oil
our conceptions of the highest excellence IN character
Such at least, the opinion of this distinguished man,
sneakinr through his life. We have been informed by
one who has lived many years together in his family,
and therefore in daily and hourly communication with
him. that he in hun the slightest emotion OF
anger or heard from him harsh expression 10 single
creature beneath his roof Always sell possessed pa
TENT ard kind, his gentle and aectionate nature MN
giles itself with the existence oil all around nim NJ
ors in the instruction. pleasures, and amusenents oil
d by his presence, Christening yet by his
heshtening and exhilaratIng their happiness. lhat
equanmity and buoyancy CT temper when is 80
able in his public equally chimes out IN his private e
his is not the equanmity OF the stoc-a wei raheo
Indifference that oil the epicufean-the result OF
refined and calculating selshness but is the calm Of
al abiding consciousness of duty performed oil comb
dence in truth, and trus, in God
Standing one day on the espanade OF the Capol al
Washington and conyersing with friend on The sub
ect of special Providence he cast his eyes down on
the pavement, "see that s;one SAID he: "mark the
curious varieties of that spot upon IT. lhere IS 'he
stamp Of the Deity, for some certain purpose PLAINLY
~ in our features "Duty is ours events belong 10
Cod he said on eventful and most trying occasion
in his life No one who mi ht have seen him, only IN
the Senate, 10 the fierce strife of men, stern, apparently,
among the sernest, could easily suppose that be would
sit up all night with child in his arms, or carry IL all
iay before HIM on his saddle into the fields or was SO
familiar with his children TO cast himself down when
returning weary from the Senate, and place his head
on his daughters lap, bidding her tell him OF The diver
sons and dlsappontments of the day and narrang his
own That to be great in little things s proverbaliy
10 lie contemplate may be the reflection OF stern cold
b!ooded philosophy; but is it not the greatest greatness
that which ministers most TO the happiness OF obers:-
The man of great events only IS Ike The sword, wheh
NAV rust away in its scabbarG but the every day con-
tLu,or 10 the happiness Of those around hun, IS like
the honely sickle, whose edge grows sharper by use,
and feeds the world.
| In his intercourse with men, Mr. Calhoun man
ners are those OF his cline and section-warm simple,
frank and impressive. or that poteness, which con-
ss,s in leaving false impressions that men may be
pleased with us because he can make them pleased
with themselves, he has none His direct truthuness
| leaves room for Hypocrisy Hence, ahhousn all
admire, but few, on transient intercourse, love MIN
tie speaks TOO much TO The head lie seems IN his con
yarsalon to be surrounded with an atmosphere oil lucid
thought, like clear Sky in frosty night, and often in
cncron as the head pressed with truth, The heart
IL chilled InGeej, lie hardly be SAID TO CONVERGE
because conversation implies an interchange oil ideas
He discourses rather iouIlng cut his riches OF orr
CinGI thought, III CVsG t"As W.
ton OF his hearers is often weared, and the comprehen
sion a, fault Whilst rapidly slrnging his consequent
ces link after link member 0! Congress, and seeing
hesitation in his eye, he put in h's usual quick en1n
ry with which his conversation is nersPersed "I"u
understands" "So,' replies, the member, relieving
himself with long sigh, 81 don't understand nor can
] | ever understand while you talk SO closely lie
once messed with Senator in Washington, and SO in
cessant the operation OF his mind and SO aoorlous
the attention necessary 10 keep up with and conpre-
..zS rhon,x nIh 80 l.Iy
inns On being asked why be had removed, he replied,
"Io escape thought and Mr.. Calhoun Ot course,
he has no wit III conversation. VII, if not ialsshcod,
IL too often truth in trayeais or exaegealon and the
essence of things presses too heavily on such .aho,
to admit orng i;s grave realities lie can also pos
no poetry his composition; al least none such as
me books cal! poetry yet there cheerful hopeful
Mesa burning enthusiasm :or The high desi'nies OF
ma n, especially connected With our terms OF Tree
Government which never wearies IN lis fght tnroush
time and Nature, looking ever upward and reoicng IN
lis anticipated consummaton OF 'peace on earth and
rood will towards men," II IS this enthusiasm-ths
intensity in every thing connected with our Govern
ment which has occasoned the sheer, thai with nun,
every turn of the public affairs is "crlsls he looks
10 fuuriiy as il it present. and conscious oil his
mnb,y powers speaks as he graspsd it. Events and
the questions they evolve press more weishtiy upon
! him than other men, because he sees TURNER nto
their consequences His zeal for truth; his long ex-
perence Government, which teaches hIn mat every
mite after results canno, be estimated understood by
shallow political fopngs, or unprnciped charlaians
The question with them often merely personal one
-"ilow shall be affected '-"What shall gam
or i, is question of immediate effects only; for they
can see no further But, with him. the question ia,
The country and what is its whole effect immediate
and remoie-but especially lis remote, which, like
the oceans wave often most fatal and violent in lis
recoi!. This intensity and self abandonment IN public
AFFAIRS hes also rendered him obnoxious to the charge
of being indifferent to results, when fatal to h'S
his friends. When standing, according 10 his concep
ton in the way of his public duty, lie rides over them
remorselcssy and great public seem to absorb
cut ruth No man who enjoys his friendship, need
pect that his private esteem and altc ion will con-
troll his public course but ii IL no. true. whatever
may be external appearances, that he does nor deeply
de- iore The loss fall of friends lie has seemed un
moved, because he has felt himself TO be the victim !;
and the altar at which he served, required cheerful
sacrifice 1t is hard to gain and harder still 10 give
confidence and to it broken at blow, ny one fierce
current Of political evens-dashng into collision and
STRIFE those who once took sweet counsel together
is indeed the mcst wre;nled Of all LIES experience;