The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-09-24
4 FUGITIVE TRIBUTE TO THE MEM.
OEf Of JOHN e.. CALHOUN.

VA VI JolN.S. 1ihIloUIS,
Death opens wide the gates OF fame, and
.!ntS close the doors OF envy alter" Caium.
ny, quick ufscent and sharp of tooth, stops its
hunt at the portal of the grave. This shining
mai wIlci, has lately fallen before the Shaft Of
death. covered il its signal fall u na;on's heart.
and takes from among the living al! envy, and
transfers to the dead the true need of merit
50 has it been, and so will it'continus'to be
with the hlustrious patriot and statesman. the
lamented Calhoun His life, character and
services belong to posterity. In the grateful
remembrance OF that 'posterity, will they lige IS
long as ''earth bears plant, or the sea Io!ls
wave"
"No,hng can cover hishghifame but Heaven
No pyramid set off his memory
But the eternal subsanceof his own'gra.ness."
His private life was model OF virtue, carry.
ing with it the simplicity Of artlessness, stripped
of affectation and void of guile. The philosophy
of his morals plucked up vice by the roots, and
administered to the soul that medicine which
purfes the mperfectious of the flesh.
His public life was counterpart of his pri.
vate, marked by a stern infexible integrity, a
deep sincerity of motive, and strait-forward-
ness of purpose. He was, in the most 7enlarg.
ed sense of the term, the standard of an Amer.
ican statesman.
In the discharge Of the many and arduous
duties devolved upon him by his country, while
coming up to the highest expectations of his
friends, with the distrusttuI modesty of Terence.
he felt "homo sum: nil humdni a me alienun. "
However much others dssented from bis polt.
ical views, all awarded to him perfect exemp.
ton from duplcity and intrigue. Thelegerde.
main of policy formed no part Of his life His
course was always open, manly and bold; his
sentiments pure, elevated and noble; his Ian.
gnage terse, chastc and pointed: his genius in
yentive, rapid and powerful; his analysis Sc.
we're, searching and profound; his logic com-
pact, stern and ironbound; his arguments close.
finished, and locked to his premises; his capac.
ity for generalization, and condensiug thelarsest
amount of thought in the fewesi number of
words unsurpassed. His speeches are the high
est monuments OF mind known to any age, and
will stand in their solid grandeur, 50 long as
the force Of language and. the triumph Of intel.
lect survive matter. :. =
Grouping the private worth, the social vir.
tnes, and the towering intellect Of John cald. :
well Caiheu, ia one picture, you hayet The beau.
ties of earth combined with the attributes OF
Heaven.
His country mourns his loss, and his country
has no man to stand in his shadow! He died
with his arms around the pillars Of the constitu.
ton, and with prayer upon his'lips that his
embrace could continue one brief hour longer.
The angel of death was inexorable, and he was
torn from the idol of his political devotion. In
the separation, the constitution has lost one of
its ablest supporters; the American nation one
OF its proudest ornaments; the rights of man
fearless advocate; and his own native, cherish.
ed soutI,, the champion Of her cause, the right
arm Of her strength. Terrible is such calan.
ity at this perous iuncture hegniding star
OF the sonth has fallen, and twilight rests upon
the horizon! But whatever may be the destiny
OF the southern States, and the fate Of allthe
states, they have no truer friend left behind
than the one who has gone. In the funess OF
time, his services will he owned, hia sagacity
appreciated, and the name of John c. Calhoun
enrolled il the capitol, side by side with the
Conscript Fathers of the republic B. g.
The forty-frst Meeting Of the American
Board of Foreign Mission met in OSwego on
Tuesday afternoon, in Dr. Condit's church,
The meeting was called to order by the Hon.
Theodore Frelinehuyscn, of New Jersey, pray.
or by the Rcv. DR.. Bemau of Troy. Rev. Mr..
Shaw of Rochester, was appointed Secretary.
pro TEN.
The receipts OF the Board, during the year
ending July 3lst from all sources, S25l 1862 IS
--wnile the expenditures ier the same period
we're 1854 ,3329 35-the receipt being less-ttan
tive expenditures bv 80, ACT OF. The present
indebtedness olthc Board is on IS. The
Annual missionary Sermon wasihen preached
hv the Rev. DR.. Storrs
National hPrRorRIsTIoNs.--lh expenses
OF the Judiciary OF this country have become
enormous. In the Appropriation Bill there are
S697 ,937 to support the Federal Judiciary
S557, ,;,37 being for the judges, jurors, witness
es, safe keeping of prisoners, etc. There was
very great complaint expressed against the IL.
cility with which judges gave their certificates
ofmoney spent. and which accounts officers OF
the Treasury are compelled to allow. Mr. kay.
l., said he believed it was the most extrsvsgant
OF all the departments of the government, The
House, in freak of economy, struck ou. S4Oo
given to Collectors as Supesinteudents OF Light
Houses.
Mrs. Partugton wants to know if printers
c,u't find ANYTHING better TO publish than