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

,nstant-and those OF The recent Convention OF the
friends of MIR. Buchanan al Harrsburgh. We cannot
il s trne, give either OF these in all their BREADTH or
they are very extensive bu! we viii attempt in some
future paper place before the reader The kernel OF
the We confess, 1t is not very easy to keep tie
true line throughout but tina We will dove will at.
tempt to DO "equal and exact justice TO the candidates
within Inc line prescribe for ourselres-Editor.
(F,o~ asm: J: ;ryra%.g Postj
JOHN C. CALHOUN,
Ia his PERSONAL Noret, and Intellectual traits of
Character
The characters of public men belong to the People,
no, on,y for Their service but also for their love and
admiration: t,!ey ever justly comprehend Tie
which their pubic servants should be applied
or the positions worthy oi them, but from personal
and intimate view Of their whole moral as we'll in
tellecual characteristics Splendid speeches, eShi-
billions OF profound thought, may give the Appearance
of wisdom bot after all II is The wisdom OF te heart.
and That of the head only, which flu IDS out Truth.
True craftsmanship, in Republic, consists in carryn
out into public, affairs OF the highest principles of right
and justice and 10 practice, discern these
principles in The difficult affairs OF Government, i'm
plies not only the greatest intellectual endoW menls,
out the most exalted moral attributes. Hence the i'm
portamce to the people III selecting their agents for the
administration Of their AFFAIRS possible, know them
personally-to see the IN his social and domestic
relations we'll as in the discharge OF his public Gu
tes-and thus be enabled 10 udge of the patrioan OF
the statesman by his fidelity 10 duties nearer 10 him, as
y,
mul,itudes is comparatively speaking, abstraction;
hut the objects around Eea!hs, and the beating
bosoms i'll daily intercourse with us VIII call out what
virtues possess and 1t ~ difficult to believe
shat any exist for the former which are not disclosed
IN the latter relations. For these reasons have
thought it would be grateful 10 our readers, and ex-
pedien, for Notwithstanding long since announced
our preference Of John c. Calhoun the next Presl-
dent of the United S!aes-iron the most authentic
sources eneovcr briefly to delinc,te the PERSONAL
lof,1 Sttacn nj Ia
suished state sman.
Because matter is no; spirit, s'ihe human face di.
vine fully represent The soul within and,
instead ot open window, II Is but too often the
sell to the bright intelligence md noble nature which
fills being. Few faces however, more faithfully
reveal the ctlrGAiprStcs Of the nn than that OF the
great Southern Senator Ii is OF the same cast, and
strikingy resembles General Jacksons The thin,
hard pale fanturesl ultng toeheatcompressed reso.
iu.e lips-deep large eagle eyes, with his hair stand
ing up cured, i, would d.iorm him. all contribute
10 place before us high, Stern, and beamiIg coune.
nance. Yet, its light is no. TIE light of passlon-bu'
like the hea,ess rays OF the diamond, seems TO blaze
with the intense energy OF pure vehement intelligence
His BODY would seem 10 indicate original weakness
tall and spare, with high narrow shoulders, slightly
stoopng-hut, by habits OF temperance and industry,
ne has made it an admirable slave TO his will, and capa
bic Of immense labor, physical aud intellectual Miss
sIartineau called him e cast cn man, Tc suppose,
srom his stern and inexbe countenance bu, steei we
"a far smile for the tough endurance and eias-
ITCHY OF bls frame
We have thus briefly described the personal appear
ance of Mr. Calhoun, because although Tor more iaan
a quarter of a century of the greatest men OF The
Union or the age, influencing public sfalrs at every
turn and repeatedly crowned with the highest honor
The Republic bestow, onehc 10 probably less
known personally, to the people OF the u 5, hEn any
of cur distinguished statesmen Tie has never oreathed
any atmosphere but that of the IT, 5. lie has never
yisited the North we believe, since he wasa law STU
den; at L,chhe.d in Connecticut. lie has never been
in The West The truh is, nehc. his love oil home
nor his limited fortune, have allowed nm 10 pursue
any other paths than these of strict dciy and domestic
haopiness From Washington, Immediately at The
close or every Congress- he hurIss hiS home. unaeF
the mountains of South Carolina: and there devo'es
himself TO his farm and his family
MIR Calhoun has often been called thcorist an ao
straclonis probably only by those who are incapable
Of comprehendng any i1uii but those OH me surface
of things but more practical rian, one VINO more
clearly comprehepds the adaptation OF means to ends,
will hardly be found In early life his property lay IN
the middle and more fertile region OF South Carolina.
where il impossible for h'm to RAISE his lumy on
account OF its sckress and tho Lah''s al te CON.
unitv rendered large expenditures living, to Of
his personal distinction, almost unavoidable intent
on managing his own ai!ars, and rearing his cfdre
under his own eye habits Of usallty and virtue, he
sold his lands in Abbevl,e District and removed up TO
the healthy farming lands of Pendieton. Here he
built his hone aud if any wishes 10 know the Sc
crat of his wonderful administration IN Tue W ar De
partment Wills. Secretary OF War, let nun 90 win
Mr.. Calhoun ronnd his farm. None, however, out
an enthusiast in cattle bees, poultry, corn SC, with
a pair of well,ra'ned legs under him. should atemp,
the enterprise. With his long stick in hand, and
strides as long, he ahead talking all The time,
now on beautiful theory OF agriculture, lhen on d
practical result-down in the corn held, up on Tue
cotton hl round the potato atch through the rye-lot
here is bubbling spring, there prospect-turn the
bull into the pasture, hal!oo the poultry woman see
the gratis on the apple trees, hive those bees 1t
hapless neophye in these agricultural operations Is el
sny sense after fsc or six hours Of hard driving he
vii decline further courtesy and take the shortest cut