The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-21

| Wn1Cn most 10 60mfre-tnP tAtnef'S Ten names, or
his sons SIX names. However, as m ,lorltles rule
IN this country, we cast our vote in favor Of the
old gentleman. BY The wav, we are enabled to
answer ms ,, the ausry "what's in name" by reply
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, l849.
Epen,mg Report-Mr. Cdlkoun-Fseble Condition
ofhas Heaith-Aearn,ng Report ofa Scene in the
Senate to- dny-- Indlsposit,on of Mr. D,r-Pots-
tics Of the day, &c.
The health of Mr. Calhoun Is delicate and pre-
canous For the last eighteen months the anxietes
he has INDUCED upon the great questions Of tho
day have doubtless Slapped his physical endurance,
and that strong, nervous, elastic constitution,
which has retained for him so long the upright
attitude and the quick walk and movements Of q
man of forty years, begins to sink under the
pressure of those anxIeties of the mind too in
tensely and constantly employed.
We have observed ia the Incidental discussions,
this session, upon the slavery question, that the
senslbllitIes of Mr.. Calhoun upon the subject have
been at once excited to an extreme degr ee. We
cannot undertake to appreciate his position; but 1t
would appear that he has felt most deeply that the
crisis OF submission or dlsunlon Is at the very
fhre shold of the Senate. We can presume that he
estimates the degradation of submission as supe;
nor TO the horrors of dissolution; and that while
he distinctly fOresees the rum that must follow
division OF the republic, the humiations of sub
mission to the dictatiOn of the North on the
slavery question are vassalage more awful
than the terrors OF intestine war. Stralning be-
tween these two extremes; esteeming as the
euarantyof peace, the preservation Of the Uaiou.
and dreadiDg the alternative of secession which
must lead 10 certain disasters, no mans mind in
this country has perhaps been completely alb
as the mind of Mr.. Calhoun. We can assure, and
we do believe, that he thinks, that he feels con-
vlnced, that the crisis is here, when the South
must choose between submission and lndepen-
dence, between disgrace and destruction. For,
while he Is convinced that it would be the dis
grace oI bondage to submit, he teels, perhsps,
equally raln that il would be to resist to the
fearful extremity OF dissolution.
We are free to assume all thls aud further, that
while he glories In the glory OF the Union, he
dssaiIs OF Its preservation except by the surrender
Of the State rights OF the South: sooner than
hnquish which, as he understands them to exist Ia
| the compromises OF the constitution, he would
dissolve the Union on the very day which bill
might be approved extending the Wllmot provlso
| To The territories OF New Mexico and California.
Turning TO the late Southern caucusses the
capitol, we find that he was the leading spirit ia
their or.anizailon and IN their proceedlugs-we
can readily believe that his whole faculties were
nary steps 10 recall the North 10 Cancellation.
and 10 organize the South for the last extremity.
! For ,tars gone by he has watched keenly the
growing spirit of anti-savery IN the North; and If
! he dreaded the Mexican with supprna ural
mIsgivIngs, it was h he foresaw the provisO az
an inevitable consequence OF peace. He foresaw
that territory must be acquired aud that the North
would retaliae without mercy for the annexati N
of Texas, in demanding tho exclusion OF slavery
from the new acquisitions He !oresaw that. these
demab DIS conceded, the balance of power in the
Senate would be given to the North beyond re-
clamatioD. and that step by step, the rights OF the
Southern States would b. Invaded till submission
10 sb' Ii,ion, or the inappreclable calamtles of
disnnOD, must he adopted.
No IN. fulh tho Ifaoor Eo,n
spirit ola rstrotc man in all these gloomy fors-
holdings He has dwtlt upon them as sick man
dwells upon shadow on the wall, till It assumes
the tangible proportions OF bona fde monster, a
griffin, or dragon, or iiend, glazing down npon
! HIM with lis malignant aid baleful eyes Had he
been an ambitions man, his aspirations light
have been oratliied in the simple act of obedience
! TO General Jackson The way was clear; he had
| only TO submit hut he refused. We can only ac-
count for biz seemingly cratic or eccentrc course
as "a statesman, on the plan OF an independent
mind following ITS own decisions, reckless OF re-
suits to himself No merely am ,itous pollt clan,
with his quick end TAR reaching ssgacity, would
have adopted such line of policy as the road to
success. The ambitious politician is flexible tn
circumstances, and moves with or tor the ma
Joiiy Mr.. Calhoun has always deserted the
Joi,ty WI en- lis power might be commanded by adj
kerDg Ia its measures ard its board OF IN igers.
We accord TO hun, then that h. has tOreseeo all the
way the consequences To hmseif that his conrs
has eiiected Dlsrrustiul OF parties, he must have
known that by parties he would be dls'rusted.
An eme rgehcy. however, APPEARS TO have arisen
for which he was not prepared. He had proved
his fidelity to the South; and, as the C. amioa OF
the North, when thus question between the North
and South was presented III the caucuses, he ex-
ptcltd perhaps, the South To rally around hlui,
without regard to pa ". But the wings unani-
mously dissent, and even the democrats Of Texas
plead the plea OF dis,rust. MIR Calhoun finds h m
cell almost alone; aud that submission, whch h..
dreaded as worse, tenioId, than the worst revuI-
sions OF dissolution, he perhaps now, in despair,
feels TO be the almost incvitibis consequence OF
this unexpected apathy Of his Southern brethrel
upon suoJect, and at a Crisis, in which he ex-
pected them 10 BE- iratrrnaDly united.
We believe that II Is thus harrassng question
slavery which haa weakened the physical strength
oil Mr. Calhoun, tor past seventy years OF age
natural rep Sc and ease Of mind eau lone sus-
tain the public man ~ hls ldborious duties
DUNG The present aston. Mr.. e ilhOun has ire
qncDy been all the session uf he day 10 the Senate.
when he should have been his room; and night and
Cny of late, has he been employed Ia his inveatigl-
nons upon this question Of slavery. We are, there
fore, surprised learn thar he tainted away tom
exhaustion IN the Senate. dirug ns execntive
sdjourDinP) weak aud Wostfated he was carried
home. We learn that he is better to-nlght, AID
hope that has health may he speedily restored ani
long preserved.
Mr. Dix has been absent from the Sen tie for
several dsys from sickness but we hope hr will
be able 10 return to bis post on Mo adiy IL isbIS
due to Mr.. DIX and Mr., Dickinson say. that no
members OF the Senate are more punclual II their
attendance than themselves.
We shall defer the topics of the day I'LL t1-uof-
row. Goodnight. W.
BALTIHoRE. Jan ~, 1919.
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