Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-10-21

bnt, ioflunntely, we nrg not loli a.,
conjecture, inference, or nnnlogy ~
Judging of the administrative t,lrn,'
OF Mr.. Calhoun ~ n statesman, IN.
administration Of the War Drna,,
mcnt afforded ample demonstrated
IL true thnt he introduced tbc,"
chnnges, which the roiine. men Of u,',,
day pronounced visionary, wild. a"d
impracticablo. Ills system OF bco"'
rcaus was thus denounced, ana !,
was with difficulty that ho oycrcnna
tho violence Of the opposition, ThI.
Wild and visionary measure hns slood
the test Of twenty-five years exper,
encc, and remains through Nil tho u
cisltudes Of party, to this day unchon.
ged, and an admitted Improvement,
When he took charge Of the depart
ment, II was literally without anv
organization, and every thing amer.
tanning TO II Ia apparently iiextric,
bic confusion. In few months
complete organization was establish
ed, regulated by a new code of rnln.
and the whole working in perlec,
harmony. And for the seven vcars
ofhis administration OF it, ii contin
ued as completely arranged and efy
cient a military establishment A.
any of its size in the world.
He found the unsettled accounts.
OF the department running back Una
ny of them,) almost 10 the origin of
the Government, amounting to nm
wards OF $4o,ooo,oo0. These he re-
duced 10 less than $4,000, 900 Of
$4,57l,96l drawn in ls22 by the de-.
Partment, which pass d through oe1
disbarsing officers, not one cent was
lost to the government-not one de.
falcation occurred. He found the
army proper costing $45l per man
and he left the cost per man $sS7-
The gross annual saving, during his
administration Of the department ont
IF an expenditure Of 50 ,O0o, 900. was ,
about 81, 100000. And yet, with tha
army, and all connected with the do.
Mr.. Calhoun maintained
IN unexampled popularity through
ut all his reforms.
And this is the man whom If isat
empted to represent as mere dealer
n abstractions--a skilliur skirmisb.r
4 scholastic subtleiies Very differ
Mt was Gen. Bernard's estimate If
lr. Calhoun. This favorite aidc-de.
amp of the French Emperor, who.
chief of the United States Enp;-
eer Department, had the means Of
moving Mr.. Calhoun intimately.
ten declared that his extraordinary
administrative talent constantly r..
inded him Of his beloved chief.
e great Napoleon,
The truth is. that to pronounce Mr.
alhoun deficient in prncticarabilitv
TO oppose mere gralutous assertion
an unbroken series of facts, spread
roughout long life; which, at each
sp We take, stamps the assumption
tn impudence and Ealschood.
y ~"iA'''t 'HtAh tudI we are hn.
any injustice to the Other vcrv
lie and distinguished Democrats
lose names have been presented.
tn Mr.. Calhoun's in connexion with
Presidency, when we declare that
point of peculiar fitness for the
&c, Mr.. Calhoun has. something
advantage ofany other individual
eat as are the acknowledged abiH.
OF the other gentlemen named,
'ethlng more in The way ofre.
'chment, reform, and improved
of the various depart.
ats OF Government, might be OK.
ted from Mr.. Calhoun, than from
one else. In oar view, HE Is
ennnenty the man tor the crisis.
our nextnunber we shall dis.
the question OF availability.