The Whig standard., 1843-11-27
Mr.. CALHOUN.

This very consistent politician has recently ad-
dressed the following letter to the editor of the
Richmond Enquirer, who introduces the same
rather briefly aud coldly to his readers. If Mr..
c. means to employ himself, between now and
next Novnmber, in explaining, correcting and
revising his political acts, he will be obliged to
employ several amanuenses. 1t will be seen by
not SO strong passion as is his abhorrence Of abb
clifton; be will protect, not for the sake Of pro-
lection per Sc, but to spite the abolitionists.
This will do for Louisiana.
g " To remove any incorrect impressions, which
may have been undesignedly produced by our re-
marks, we cheeriully lay before our readers the
following letter from Mr. Calhoun received by
yesterday mornings mail - M 81
s "FoRT HILL, @l
f3e "Nou. IL, 1843.
" Dear Sir: | write this to correct the mis-
take you made, in supposing that, in my letter
to gentleman in North Carolina on the subject
Of the tariff, published in the Enquirer Of the
7th inst.) referred to my letter to Mr.. Nicho-
las, of Louisiana, published in the same article.
The letter referred to was to Mr.. Delaney, of
Louisiana, and was in answer TO one containing
an enquiry similar to one addressed to me from
North Carolina. The answer to Mr.. Nicholas
was to one on very different subject If you
had adverted to dates, you would have avoided
mistake. The North Carolina letter refers to
one recently written. 1t is dated the Oath Sep
tember last, and the letter to Mr.. Nicholas 7th
May; 1912, more than fifteen months before.
y 81 regret the mistake. Unauthorized liberty
has been taken with my letter TO Mr.. Nicholas,
by printing portions in italics, and the word pro-
tecting 10 glaring capitals, calculated to make
the impression, that /, too, am the advocate Of
the protective policy and that, too, by editors
protesting to be opposed to protection and friend
ly to me, as well those in favor, and POLITICAL
ly hostile to me. BY such means, hasty readers
of newspapers have been led to believe, that
admit the right Of protecting the Louisiana sugar
planters against foreign competition by the i'm
position Of duties the foreign article for that
purpose, directly against the plain import of my
letter. The protectien Of which | spoke is ex-
pressly stated to be, not against foreign compe-
tition, but against the Vaccinations of the OPP
ponentsIof slave labor intended simply to say,
that would resist in adjusting the tariff, any
attempt that might be made to take off or reduce
the duty, that foreign sugar ought fairly to pay,
on revenue principles, on the ground Of discour-
aging the domestic article, because it was the
product Of slave labor. i.
. w nat regret lu your miSlahe is, tnat ~ Is
calculated to strengthing the false impression
made by the unauthorized italics and capital let.
tiers, not only by publishing my letter with them
but still more strongly, by publishing it as the
one referred to IN my North Carolina letter, in
confirmation and elucidation of my opinion on
the subject Of protection.
"As it is my wish to be fully and explicitly
understood on that and all other public Subjects
I must request you to publish what have writ.
ten, in the Enquirer. M ..,e
"With respect, am, &c., &C., a.I Il
sast as8Fla 81. C. CALHOUN. /.
"THos RITcHIE, Esq" 4a