Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-05-13
Mn. CALllodNs CLAIMS TO
EHE Presidency.

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"To my mind II Is clear, tllit you
reasoning wiIlnccc.arily lead you !
the support Of he gtcal southron j, {
Calhoun; d cotsumltion admit, mos
dcvoutly wished by myself, and
hope not unacceptable 10 you. ~
not Sfartk,d ut this annunclatlon b!
me, my decided, and If J know my
SELF honest preference. There ha
been n time, and no man remember
It more wildly than yourself whol
the public character of this individual
was held by me as justly obnoxious
TO the scvered ceusure and condem
hatiCn-his private character | never
lmptgned--tbat, stands far above sus.
plcioE of spot or bIemlsh. 1t is
within your knowledge, that ! openly
and plblicIy, in private conversation
and through the press, denounce Mr..
Calhoun AS an inconsistent and wa.
vering politicians a man so thor
oughly imbued with an inordjnate
ambition, that he would stop at no
resting place, until he had supreme
power and rule in this country-or,
failing IN that, that he would, with
rhe spiri ofthe famed Catiline, plunge
his country in blood and carnage, in
revenge for his disappointment--in
Ill this, no personal enmity to Mr..
Calhoun was blended--for at that
lime ] had never seen him in my life;
md the cbscurity of my life had never
placed me in situations where per-
onal issues between him and myself
ould have had the slightest influence
q my structures upon his public con-
uct and character. The doctrine
Notification, as expounded by the
outh Carolina politicians, at the
cad of whom, stood MIR, Calhoun,
as promulgated--to this doctrine of
ate rights political faith | could not
bscribe, and waged war to the knife
sainst il. On this subject my opin-
ms arc unchanged--yet, as the re-
llts of the doctrine, only lead me to
early the same goal with the nulifi'
rs, upon my own remedial plan, for
ne enforcement in the last resort. of
tate rights, ! do not fecl-that it would
G Just and honorable, TO pronounce
t this stage of our history an irrevo-
able political curse upon the nulllii-
rs, unless we will admit, that for our
lotions of state rights. we have no
llterior remedies beyond the common
privilege of resort to the Ballot Box,
which, ! imagine, you nor | will for
moment concede. In this state OF
ceiling, in which ! now well know
md am not ashamed to admit, preju-
Ices conceived against Mr.. Calhoun
n his bitter warfare with Mr.. Craw-
ord had large share-l watched
lis course in and out of Congress,
With determination to ascertain ii. |
lally, whether ] had rightly appre-
lended his character. Anterior to
he noble and self sacrificing position
he assumed on the subject of the
Independent Treasury" had mis-
yivings, as to the correctness of the
grounds ! had occupied against him,
and on reviewing the data upon
which my deductions were drawn, |
became convinced that on one promi-
tent point at least | had done him
INJUSTICE, viz. on the Tariff Question.
carrying out the spirit of a just and
lnimpassioned enquiry, into all the
'ositions | had occupied against him,
felt a strong doubt in mymind arise,
whether momentary disposition TO
nd fault with him had not led me
1to other erroneous views of his pub
C career; and pending these rfec.
ons came on the famed Extra Ses-
on, when the Democracy stood
and waiting Mr.. Calhoun's
ecision on the "Independent Treas
ry." If he had been the man that
" prejudices induced me to poultry
i'm, all would have been lost! all his
len associations and his personal
pointed out TO him an easy :
lad to the summit ofpower. He had S
ply to play the character, or be it, {
hadpainted him, and hisllong sought |
BAL was attained. Did he succumb I
his idol' No! but fearlessly, no (
y, and honestly contended for the 7