Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-07-22

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many to whom it was referred.
A bif to enforce and secure the lien OF
vendors of real estate sold under execution
has been introduced into the Senate.
The Revenue Bill is still pending.
SPEECHES OF JOHN C. CALHOUN
Harper g. Brothers have published a
book with the above title. The book itself
we have never seen: There is an article
in the National Intelligencer Of the sth
inst. made up of comment upon the fact;
that The book does not contain all the
speeches of Mr.. Calhoun. The book by
its title does pretend to do so. It is enti-
lied, speeches of John c. Calhoun" and
not, The Speeches, &c. The Intelligent
Ger exonerates the publishers from all
blame, bat makes feroctous attack upon
somebody, who, the editors say, has been
guilty ofsuPPressing speeches which make
part of the history Of the country. In all
probability, the publishers alone, had any
agency in the matter, They wished to
make a book to SSH. They may not have
wished to make larger volume, they may
have thought some speeches not so inter-
esting as others, they may not have been
able, at the time, to obtain the others from,
authentic sources, or any OF the thousand
nameless reasons known alone TO publish
ers. The Harpers may indeed have made
the omission complained Of, under the sup
position that the book in its present shape
would be more acceptable TO Mr.. Cal
houn's friends. II such was the case, it
was only the mistake OF publisher, for
Mr.. Calhoun's friends are not the leas,
afraid, that all his public acts, and speech.
es, should be held up before the world.
The Inteligencer forthwith publishes
one of what it calls "the suppressed speech
es," and italicises the following words 10
show that Mr.. Calhoun pronounced ma
tonal bank 10 be constitutional:
eThe constitution having given Con.
gress power to remedy these evils, they
we're, he contended deeply responsible for
their continuance.
pom reading the whole sentence II
will be perceived that Mr.. Calhoun alluded
to the constitutional right OF Congress to
exercise other powers than the creation of
a national bank. The whole sentence is
as follows:
"In what manner, he asked, were the
public contracts fulfilled In gold and sill
yer, in which the Government had stipula-
ted 10 payl No; paper, issued by these
institutions; in paper. greatly deprecia-
ted; in paper, deprecated from five to
twenty per cent. below the currency in
which The Government had contracted to
pay, &c. He added another argument,
The inequality of taxation in consequence
OF the state Of the circulating medium,
which, Notwithstanding the taxes were laid
with strict regard TO the constitutional pro-
vision for their inequality, made the people
in one section oil the Union pay perhaps
one.6fth more Of the same tax than those
in another. The Constitution having giu-
en- Congress the power to remedy these
erils, they rere, he con'ended, deeply res
ponSible for their cohtin Vance"
1t will be seen by the above quotation,
that, Mr.. Calhoun alluded 10 the constitu.
tional duty Of Congress to pay its contracts
in gold and silver, and to equalize taxation
in the different sections Of the country
In the same article the South Carolina con-
vention IS rated for ranking among Mr..
Calhoun's cardinal political virtues; hos
fifty 10 national hank, and for using this
remark, STEW men have been so efficient
in saving the liberties of the country from
the most dangerous Of al the instruments
of Federalism, a United States Bank"
Any one at all conversant with the history
Of politics-in which the editors of the In
lelligencer affect at one time TO be SO Deep
iy learned, and at another so profoundly
oiant-will know that the convention
alluded to the scenes of the extra session.
With great reputation for eandour and
iberAlity, the Intelligencer trades upon as
small capital, OF that sort; as any paper in