Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-10-07

rs 'he Satisfaction Oh recelh Ing the thanks
W many who, at the time, were indignant {
his opposition. He differed from his pal
Of ty IN opposing the power Civ, TO Presi
d dent Madison, of transferring appropria
n 'lonS from one branch of service to anolh
d err III the War Department; and wha
d Democrat now doubts that he was right
e lie took decided ground against tariff O
d protection, while as yet it was not consid
= cred necessary part Of the Democratic
a lalIh. The party has since sanctioned
n this course. Whether the party will, a
S any future reriod, sanction his difference
a of opinion on the subject Of State interpo
/ silon, time only determine. The grca,
body OF the democratic party then agreed
, with jackson, Livingston, and other dis.
llngul,hed leaders, IN considering it as a
dangerous heresy, which might lead to
} most disastrous political consequences
The doctrine is still condemned by the
majority of the party; bat, since it has
ceased TO be practical question, and all
excitement has been alay ed, it is admit.
ted that 1t was, in the abstract, sanctioned
by Mr.. Jefferson, and other democrats of
old; and is a matter about which there
may very well exist an honest difference
Of opinion. He differed with the Demo.
cratic party upon the propriety of remov-
ing the deposites from The United States
Bank TO set of State and ioint-stock
banks, contending that the only proper al.
Tentative to the former was IA divorce te
tween Government and all banks--a re.
turn to the "strong box" And he sane
toned, when lhe democratic party oppos.
ed them the sub-treasury resolutions in
troduced into the House OF Representa-
lives by MIR. Gordon Of Virginia. The
party are now, on thes points, unanimous.
ly with Mr.. Calhoun. He differed again
from the party on memorable occasion.
AT the extra session of 1887, the Commit |
lee of Finance reported bill for the es-
Enlistment Of what was called the "sub-
treasury" but without provi ing for the
collection THE revenue in gold and sill |
yer. Mr.. Ca houn rose; and, mourning |
on the one hand the most rancorous hos.
lility of The Wings, by advocating the gen
eraI principles Of the till, he on the other
hand, alone and unaided, denounced the
bill Itself in the strongest terms, as
perIec, ab rti N. deprived Of all vitality,
toy the omission Of what was termed, at
The time, "the specie claUSe"-decArng
that, If that was what was meant BY IA
subtreasury, he washed his hands Of all
concern with it. The party has since, to
the fullest extent, ratified his Judgment
But, whether his differences with the par
ty have been wise or unWise, we repeat,
that no right Judging man can doubt thai
they were honest. What stronger proof
OF honesty than that, leading p litician's
lie and ambition, Gas we admit him to
be, } he should never once h we descended
10 The petty arts OF the demagoge? Wash
ington himself was not free from these
than than this iIlnstrious statesman. No
were do you find, in all his writings, in
his speeches, or in his conduct, an appeal
10 popular pr4judice and passion. He
seems ever to hold the language happily
applied 10 another great CaroIinian--J
stand by, and let Reason speak for me.
We have all hearI the pretty anecdote
Of Mr. Clay and the Kentucky hunter, ,
his constituent, on the sub ect of his vote
on the compensation blll--of his calling
On the old Misunderstanding not to break
his well tired rife because it had once )
sn"pped but 10 "pick the flint, and try it 4
again" Mr.. Calhoun voted for the same t
II his friends at home fell off; he met T
with violent opposition; and he, too, was t
rallied on to apo Ogize, and leg that his /
would "pick the flint and try
him again" He refused to apologize for t
what he considered as right, and vndica- c
ted his vote by argument before the peo- S
pie; and he, as well as Mr.. Clay, was re- ,
elected.
Who can seriously fear that John G. t
Calhoun will, ifeecled, fail to carry out S
The prlncipl,s he prot esses? What his J
principles are, we are at no loss to dis \
Germ. The volume put forth by the Har s
Ders contains them, written as with a sun q
beam. We may apply to all his speeches /
he language which William Plnkney, OF {
Mary land, applied to one mem-"The I
strong power Of genius, from higher re-
zion than that oil argument, has thrown a
On the subjects of which he treats all the t
light with which 1t is the prerogative Of a
renius to invest and illustrate every /
hing"
We would like to know, by the way, for '
what reason ills that the Wing press is :
80 indignantly clamorous against the /
Suppression" las they term iD Of por-
ion of Mr.. Cahoun's spec hes. I
Do the Wings believe that Mr.. Cal c
noun, if elected to the Presidency. would I
act upon The principles contained in The .
speeches." rather than those
avowed in the Published volume? And ii
so, and those speeches really contain good