Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-10-21
FtOm the OiObe.
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.


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!. we propose IN the present, 10 add, !
!. lulthcr connexion with The ground q
g lTNEss for nomination as the demo
a cratic candidate for the Presidency
4 n few renal ks rs TO his capabilitie,
]. II his principles are uuexccptionabl
/. 10 the party, his honesty above sus
:, Pleibn, and his stcadjness Of purpos,
worthy OF all reliance, the only re-
4 mining consideration IS his capacit,
, Tor giving TO those principles II prac
teal application.
No statesman in America Except
perhaps, Mr. Webster has his posi-.
ton, as to pure intellect, so univer.
sail conceded, as Mr.. Calhoun. lie
is not merely a man Of talents and
ability, but he i emphatically Il man
of genius-one who originates, and
who must, more or less, leave his i'm.
press on the age in which he lives
lie is not 10 be, considered merely or
even mainly, in so lar as he directly
and Immediately influences Others
Each speech ofhis inspires, suggests,
or gives material for hundreds ofoth-
err speeches; S, me Of which for gem
eral effect, may be superior to the
original. Trace to their source all
the new ideas and new arguments
which have been advanced for the
last sixteen years, calculating the
principles offree trade, the currency,
or the peculiar relations Of our State
and Federal Government s, and still
more, the grand fundamental princi-
pies of all governments-alld the
portion assignablc either directly or
indirectly to Mr. Calhoun, would be a
matter OF curiosity and establishment.
How often do we find in his speech
es an important truth contained in
some single pithy sentence, passing
unnotlced at the time, which by The |
progress of events, in years long af,
Ter, is brought prominently forth, and
made the turning point OF controyer-
s,! 1t is only a succeeding genera
ton which can do full Justice to his
efforts.
We are very far from contending
That genius is Il necessary requisite in ,
well the duties OF the chief ,
executive Office of the United States.
Genius, indeed is so frequently mere. .
y speculative, tat, unless it has :
'cen tested, and, by actual expert !
nent, found 10 be connected with !,
PRACTICAL ability, we could scarce ven
ure to urge it even as a recommcn- r
alton. That it may, however, be !.
Connected, no one who reads his !,
Dry can doubt. Indeed, to the Il
ighest practical ability, genius, or ;,
ne creative faculty, is esscn'ial.- ;,
hannibal, julius Caesar, the Gar "
'eter, Frederick the Great, and Ma !,
oleoA were as unqucstionably pos. >,
essed OF genius as Homer, Plato, or ~
Iristotle, Newton, Bacon or Milton. :.
Mr.. Calhoun has been called "vis- u
mary 'metaphysical," and Sab IL
ract;' by Which it is meant that he 90
deficient in good sense. sound ~
dgment and executive ability r.,
herein, we would ask. has this de. 49,
cheney shown itself2 When, at the ~ -
,e OF fourteen, his edncatiort-lhen, ~ ~
deed, but just begun--was inter =,
pied, he is found sedulously and -; ::
eerfully devoting himself to the -.
slness ofhis fathers farm, reliey- 20
6 his labors with the appropriate 49,. 49,.
raj recreations of hunting and fish, ~
;. After four years thus content
ly passed, it was urged upon him e'N
choose one Of the learned profe,-
ms; TO which he consented, only Z
condition that Phfs little properly VII
aid be SO managed as TO allow him 70,
pursue preparatory course of picl
EN- years study. The arrange rs !
mt was made; and his resolution the
idly adhered to. He succeeded ma,
] IN college as he had before done due
his farm. He succeeded we'll in /"
practice OF the law, as long as he love
tinued in that profession. I How viii
he succeeded in Congress, IL is lass,
leceSSd[y 10 speak; and this not beer
as a debatant, but upon the i'm The
'"'t committees on which ne SER and
; lie has, throughout political abse
'er OF now thirty-two years, main. sphe
eu' "tnlouI . moments diminu- wheI
the confidence of his native the .
e. During a long life he has earlS
invariably esteemed and below last :
n proportion as he has been filled