Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-08
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST :. lsia
M. Calhoun and his Suppressed Snecch

| Mr.. Calhoun and his Suppressed Speeches.
! We have NOT published the suppressed Speech
es of Mr. Calhoun; but we have referred to them,
and in justice to that gentleman, copy his eNpla-
nation.
Nr. Calhoun excerpts To the term suppress
ed rs implying deliberate fraud upon the public
But that is mere bubble. He does not DENY that
the speeches, which contained his views in relation
TO the Bank, Tartfand Internal improvements from
1915 10 lS33-have been omif,ed-and that too
by himself, and that the effect of that omission so
far as depends ON this publication. is to keep the
public in ignorance of oil his opinions 1t is rath.
er a curious mode OF advising the World ofwhat a
man has said and done, by publishing only one
half of his speeches-and this half in direct con.
tlict with the other half.
MIR. C's. disclaimer of any intention of suppress
sing his speeches, and resting the absurdity of
such an attempt on the fact that his speeches are
contained in the file OF the National lnteigencer
and various other papers, is not satisfactory. There
is not one man IN fifty thousand who has file of
the lntclligencer or thc other papers not named
His speeches, therefore, were a sealed book TO the
public, and would have continued so, but Tor the
groSSncSs of the "blundcr in the title 10 ms pub.
ished speeches, which attracted the attention OF the
Editors of the Intclligcncer, and induced them To
explore their files.
There is, too, view of this matter " hch makes
n strong case against Mr.. Calhoun. That gentle
man has, on all occasions, stoutly maintained that
he has never changed an opinion. He almost faced
Mr.. Clay ont on this point in the presence OF the
Senate. His consistency has been his great and
unvarying boast. His principles have been fixed.
and hnN i
ing. Always and at all times he has been opposed
to Bank, 10 Tariff-and to Internal Improve
ments-those odous and detestible measures of
Federalism Upon the heel ofthesc declarations.
again and again made by himself and repeated by
all his adherents throughout the union;-he him.
self makes compilation of his speeches, which
carefully omHs every speech which exposes this
very great mistake of himself and his friends No
clcw is there afforded the public for detecting the
error-he stands forth the man q! uniform principle
and unvarying consistency! 1t may have been all
accident-vcry innocenty done-wth no design
whatever TO deceive; hut, it must be confessed, il
does look rather queer to a man up a tree!
Well, well; after all, then, it turns out. when
the fact could no longer be concealed. that
this great champion of CoaSiSieRcy of PriRci-
pie. of State Rights, and Democracy, has changed!
He contcsSeS the fact himself-he has changed
This immaculate Democrat, and strait-aced State
Rights man was actually rebuked for his ldiituird-
rianism by old Timothy Pickering the head of the
old Federallsts We object to no man for chang
ing his opinions, when convinced oferror. He is
rather TO be commended for it. But it is due To
candor and TRUTH when he has changed that he
shall avow it, and not be permitted TO face down
the world with the assertion of his fixedness and
consistency. Such one, too, ought TO exercise
little charity towards those who were with him
in the bonds of darkness, and have not been 50 for
tunate TO their way out, or have not the same
capacity for someretting which he has. He may
by his ability and earnestncss, have led many of
them into the mirc. as was doubtless the case with
Mr.. Calhoun; ard they, therefore, have peculiar
claims upon him for tenderness and considera
ton.
Mr.. Calhoun not only admits that he was Il sire.
nuou> supporter of the Bank, the Tariff and Inter-
nal Improvements: but he admits another import
ant matter to wit-that his support of these things
was heartily concurred in by The Republican Par.
~; his speeches were aPplauded by that Party
This is directly in the teeth of the common slang
of the day. Richie will tell you and swear to il
if necessary, that the Bank and Tariff and Inter
nal Improvements were all Federal measures, vt.
terly abominatcd 10y the Democracy Here, how.
ever, we have it from Mr. Calhoun. and he is s,ls
tanned by history, that these were great leading
measures Of the Republican Party of lsIGil
Mr.. Calhoun now concurs with the modern De.
mocracy in regarding these measures mcoas'itu.
tonaI. In 1916, he advocated them with great
ability, and then deemed them constitutional, be-
cause they were expedient in counteracting the
Holy 0Hiaacci This rule of constituting the
Constitution is pretty much upon par with that Of
GenI Jackson and Mr.. Van Buren,, which made
It constitutional to improve rivers bcior ports of
Entry, and unconstitutional 0Jore thus stretch
ing contracting the Constitution to suit circum-
stances. But we never before heard Of the IIoly
Alliance furnishing a rule of construction to our
Constitution The idea is entirely original with
the seli.consttutcd Leader of the State Rights
Party. Alas in view of this fact, to what me.
lanchoIy pass has the old State Rights Party come,
when it leans upon such a broken reed