The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-09-23
VAR. CaIhenn and Di..,.ssn.

Wa copy with pleasure, and would call the |
attention of cur readers to, the following able
and iorcihle remarks on Mr.. CalhotIn's iaie
threats Of disunion. They from tbs Paris |
Citizen, one of the most respectable of our
country Journals, aud published in one of the
largest sIaveh,lding coi antics in the State, and
are, we are satisfied, q very fair specimen Of
the feeling of Kentuel;y on the subject. No
Northern State Is niush farther from sympa-
tIising with the views Of this Southern fanatic,
than Kentucky. We rejoice TO such able
and judiciOus exposure of the folly of his
schemes in the eolaInni' Of our country press
Mn. CALnoGN AND mrs SOUTHERN PARTr.-Mr
Calhoun, upon his return home, after the close
Of the late session Of Congress, delivered an adj
dress to the people Of Charleston, in which he
discussed the merits OF the several candidates
for the Presidency, AMI the subject Of slavery
in the territories. lie de clared in favor of neith
er Of the three candidates. He a,sSised South
Carolinians 10 remain calm aud take no stand
at present, in the approaching election. lie
regarded the question Involved in the w ilmot
prOyiso as Of infinitely more importance TO
Southern men than all other questions of ma
tional politics. He advised the formation Of a
southern party to protect southern rights, and
plainly Indicated u preference for dissolution
| Of the Union 10 a surrender Of the right TO take
slaves to New Mexico aud California lie con-
eluded by announcing ais Willingness TO take
cart in any struggle that might grow out Of the
course be advised, should such struggle occur
/ in his life time.
| In a man less distinguished for ability than
Mr.. Calhoun, all this would seem like the gross
est folly;-in him il looks like madness. He
ia willing to peril this Union, and not only TO
peril il, but absolutely to destroy n,-and for
WHAT To prevent the passage Of a law pro-
hibiting the extension of slavery into terrific
ries thousands Of miles of, and TO which, the
probabilities are, no slave ever would be taken,
or could be taken with safety, even II the insii-
tuition were invited BY laws the mest favorable
La New Mexico, all agree, thai from the char
acter Of its soil and climate, slavery could not
that country, excepting the river and creek
bottoms, ai all susceptible Of cultivation, and
those only by artificial irrigation. Those now,
under syiiem OF culture quite equal 10 that
Of Slave labor, barely support tho scanty Pop1-
lation By which they are occupied. A larger
part, but still very scanty part, OF California,
In proportion to the whole, is susceptible Of
lcnltrati,,n, but its chief productions wheat,
1c0fn. grass and STOCK. There Is very little OF
it, if any, upon which cotton and sugar, (crops
supposed TO require slave labor,) can be profit
aIdy grown. Slavery could not, therefore, be-
leome a permanent and profitable institution
there In addition to the character of the soil
and climate, the present inhabitants Of Califor-
MIA are hostile, in the extreme, to the introduce
tioA Of slavery into their territory and will use
their utmost endeavors TO exclude it.
i Mr.. Calhoun's plan, then, even should he
succeed, can have no practical influence in
streng thening the institutions Of the South, or
in extending the privileges OF Shareholders
But II is commended that great principle is in
yolved, and that IL would I've dishonorable 10 the
South TO surrender IT,. II we were contending
with some foreign nation for II national right,
we should incur every danger rather than yield;
but In a contest between members Of the same
great family Of States, there must be something
involved in IL OF far greater importance than a
mere abstraction, TO induce us, or we believe,
any considerable number Of sensible men in the
South, to take part in anything tending 10 i'm
pair the good feeling which has existed and
which still does exist, between the different
parts of this Union, much more 10 endanger the
integrity of the Unionitself
Mr.. Calhoun advises the formation Of a South
ern party to protect Southern rights. Well,
suppose it formed, and the whole North will
unite against him. II will ont vote him in
Congress-it will elect every President from its
own midst-it will take the Government and
all the powers Of the Government into its own
hands---and then how much nearer 10 the ae-
complishment Of their objects are Mr.. Calhoun
and his party2 Their only resource will be
dissolution, and perhaps civil war, with the
army and navy under the command Of north
ern President. VIII that add to the strength Of
} the southern institution, or enable us 10 send
our saves to California; The whole thing is
an absurdity, and only worthy the half-cracked
cnivaIry Of that Don Quixote Of the Union,
South Carolina.