Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-03-07
LSSIPPk THURSDAY MARCH 4, 1871.

State of New York. and various attempts I
propagate it under the chilly skies of tina
Northern State have been made. The goo
people of the Empire State ogled 1t, smelt il
and even kissed 1t, but the chValry sickene
and faded away. 1t may, therefore, be la
down as an incontrovertible fact, that chivalr,
will not flourish unless 1t is shaded by the pal
metto.
But we must try to be little less philosophy
cal, and describe the outward signs Of chivalry
In South Carolina, they, who have fully taker
/, the infection, act very much like persons VIII.
! have inhaled exhIlerating gas. They assume
lofty port. look fierce talk distractions, and are
great sticklers for. their own rights, which how
ever, they surrender on the slightest provoca a.
ton. The most magnificent exhibitions o
, chlvalry are seen among the disciples of Mr.
Calhoun That brilliant though erring leader
of the chivalry does not exhibit all the fantas.
les ofthe school of which be is the founder
The lesser lights afford the lovers of the ride
ulous The rarest delight They seem 10 be
compounds half ancient Pistol and the
other valiant Falstaff. And the effect of this
compound, of this conglomeration of the blus.
ierer in conduct and the "King Cambyses
vein" in conversation, is to form character
original and altogether new on the stage of hu-
man affairs. John Gait, speaking Of genius,
says it can be better described by its effects
than by its qualities, and so we may cay Of
| chiValry. ct US contemplate 1t IN some OF
its eff cts.
Perhaps our readers may have seen dig
nified and stately turtle on shore, walking with
manly step and looking around on the plains of
this earth with an expression OF countenance
that seemed TO say pretty int iligibly that this
world was made for mud turtles. From his
! fiery red eve flashes forthadefiance. But, touch
his head, and he sinks within his shell, the
meekest of amphibIOus existences. Or, per
haps, you have seen dunghill chanticleer
sirutting among the hens of his native barnyard
Growing Justify, and stepping proudly along
scarcely deigDing TO touch the earth with his
dainty feet. How heroic he seems! But let
fighting chicken meet him and offer battle,
and his crest will fall. and will make speedy
exit from the scene. Or, perhaps, you have
seen naughty gander at the head Of family
| ofgoslIngs. waking with head aloft suddenly
pla ce his imperial head near the earth and hiss
| and run at an encroaching dog, and, returning,
boast in Cabling tone of his valorous achieve
ment to his admiring companions. OR, per.
haps. you have seen a venerable gobbler with
his feathers sticking out III all directions like
the "qulls of the fretful porcupine," looking as
grave as Roman Senator and stalking about
as proudly as Spanish Hidago He looks
| like an embodiment of all that is sublime in
| dignity and unyielding in heroism. But he is
the verIest'of towards, moi withstaning appear
ances. Well, like mud turtle, or dnDghiIl chick
| en-, or valorous gander. or paternal gobbler, is
Southern chivalry in the haughtiness of it's as
pect, and in its propensity to back OUT of its po.
sitIon whenever danger Of any kind occurs.
A few months ago, the political cIlivalry
| was staggering and boastful in an eminent
degree. 1t raved and swore. that. unIeess Lo-
cofocOlSm followed its naughty mandates, it
| would cease to cohabit with It. It asserted
that 1t stood on principles. and that it would
yield everything rather than desert its immu-
| table principles. Everybody believed it in
earnest for a while; out soon the ecrutnizIng
eyes ofcertain disciples of Locofocoism at the
North saw through all the buster of the chIval
ry, and discerned its real nature. These willy
politicians, foreseeing results, pursued their
own purposes, although threatened by the chiv-
airy with desertion if they persisted. They
did persist, and now, the chivalry, after all its
staggering and uenaces, has given in its adj
hesion to the plans of the Northers. 1t has
backed out more ingLoriously from its positions
than any party ever did before It has re-
nouced it's oaths, it has forsworn its undying
purposes, it has forgotten its curses, and fully
repented of all its denunciations against those,
whom, but short time since. it devoted to de-
struction. Leader and disciples have surren.
dered, thrown down their arms, entered the
enemy's army, and are now doing all they can
against the doctrines and course of conduct to
which they most solemnly pledged themselves
SO lately. Talk of crabs and crawfishes, in
deed! Why the South Carolina chivalry can
advance backwards and climb downwards fas-
ter and longer than anything else that flies.
swims, or walks in air, earth, or sea.
On the third day of the present month, there
was a Locofoco convention at Richmond, Vir-
ginia, at which the chivalry, that is to say the
Calhounites, agreed to wed, "for better or
worse" their old enemies the Van Burenifes.
T he nuptials were duly solemniEed. and they
are now tone flesh" Thus ends the grandest
political farce ever enacted in this country.
Calhounism has been absorbed, and is now
part and parcel of Van Burenism. But not all
of it. 1t is true the intense chivalry has been
absorbed, but there are thousand of warm adj
mirers ofthe NuIlIfier, who refuse to be absorb
ed The leaders have gone over to the ene-
my, but the more honest portion of the party
obstinately refuse to revoke their decisions of
eternal warfare against Van Burenism.
The palmetto has cottoned to The cabbage.
at last. The Virginia Calhounites nave put
forth a very patriotic manifesto defining th cir
position. Hereafter. they are to cooperate
with the Van Bursnites 10 their efforts to re.
store the pETIty and disinteresiedn sss that
characterized the Office holders pri r to the
whirl%Ind which swept them from their off,
! ces in I64O They have embraced the Bal
timore convention project, so ably denounced
by Mr. Calhoun. They say, that, after the
Presidential election, they will renew Cal.
hounism, and vehemently oppose such conven.
tions as that they now agree to be regulated
by. They abandon their principles, it is true,
| but they mean to reclaim next year. Pretty
specimens of honesty these Virginia CAL
hountes present to the admiration of the
world! They act like a man who makes
bargain with the devil to serve him one year,
after which, TO satisfy his conscience, he
swears he will resume his opposition to SIN
They talk of "selErespect" but, If they can
look upon each other and themselves with any
.ther feeling than scorn, they must be very
strange fellows indeed.
These very same Calhounites have written
hundreds of articles in which they very cOuclu.
sively show that Van Buren, cannot succeed
With MIR, Clay as his opponent They be.
leye their own calculations. or they do not.
If they do not. they are guilty Of wiltul false
| hood ifthey do, they have sacrificed their honor
and their principles to cause which they con-
fesa Il hopeless. The MadisOnian is right for
once for Calhounism has ended ina '.fzzles"
Every one, acquainted with the history ofchiv'