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exhaustion which followed II, hive
locked WITH n more favorable eye
upon an extension Of the powers OF
Ito Government, han he hns doUc
slncc his wisdom has been maturcd
by incrase Of ,oar', Varied cxpcrI'
cncc, aud farther opservalioa OF tho
undisturbed working Of our colnplica.
ted system during u long period Of
pcacel
Ills public life has leon well di.
vidcd Into two cpochs-he frs when,
in his youthful p ime, be CALAMITY
led tho van in defending his country
from forcign aggression; the second,
wien, In the matnri y OF his manhood
he threw himself in the breach to
project her from domestic usurpn Ion.
Il will 10 remembered, TO that du-
ring t former period it was The Fed
cralists--thc War party III peace, ~
Peace party in war--who we've the
STRICT CoNsrRucTIoNisTs using their
every effort TO weaken our Govern
ment; and that the Republic nus, IN
vindica,itg th.ir com rvs ho'or,
were thrown into necessary opp ST.
ton. Mr.. Calhoun has been, IN both
epochs, engaged in the defence OF the
SAME ClTIDEL from the same enemy.
bat from very different points Of
attack.
He would have heel more or less
than nan, who, under su,h con RE
~ Of circumstances, tou'd have pre-.
served au entire and thorough con-
sistrncy. Instead Of demin0ing a
miracle. we should rath r feel as on
ishmcnt that. in ,hirty-two years Of
active political lie, duing witch Mr.
Calhoun has stood prominently forth
on every leading m"asarc. there
should b. so little which, even with
his present experience, he need look
back TO with regret. after all has
been said, the OILY pract!' al purpose
OH account oil which we nee d inquire
into a Saesman's past views, is TO
enable US the better TO determine up
on the honesty and permanence Of
his present.
Now, Of that sort Of consistency
which inspires confidence in the
honesty Of his intentions, what pub
lie man has ever exhibited more than
John c. Calhoun! And we venture
the assertion, that no tead capable
Of understanding him can examine
the volume Of Mi Calhoun's speech
es lately published, which contains
his views upon every lead ng meas
ure for the last eighteen years, With
out perceiving gradual develope-
ment of principles in beautiful keep
ing with each other, and forming a
systematic and symmetrical whole,
more perfect. perhaps, than Is exhi-
hi,ed 10 the works of any living wri-
Ter. The earlier speeches arc incon-
sistent with the later, only AS the
first book Of Euclid is with those
which succeed, viz: because truth is
NOT followed outqaite so far.
But when have the alleged chan
ges in John &. Calhoun taken place!
AT times when he might expect that
thrift would follow fAwnihg?"
Was it because the tariff State of
Pennsylvania had just before nomi-
mated him to the Presidency, that
his friends in South Carolina took
such strong ground againsta tariff Of
protection in 1923 and 1924! Did
free-trade principles continue somuch
in the ascendant in the United States
from that period to 1928, as to sub
iect him to the suspicion Of preten-
ding a zeal he did not feell Or was
his position at this time SO humble,
as 10 make it his interest to seek ra-
Their q sectional than national popn-
larity? Was his notification remedy
so much Of popular favorite, that
we are bound TO infer 'ht hi. State
rights views were but hollow profess
sionsl Mr.. Jefferson, it is true, had
sanctioned The doctrine, in language
a. explicit as any used by Mr.. Cal
houn--dcclaring, expressly, ''that IN
all c,ses Of an abuse Of d l"gat' d
powers, the members Of the General
Cover ment being chosen by the
people, change by the people. would
he the Constitutional rem dy. hat.
where powers ase assumed which
have not been delegated, a NULL