The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-13
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.

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| @y-The following extracts from the able
and eloquent eulogy on Mr.. CALHOUN, by
the Hon. w. l.. YANcY Of Alabama, we
take from the Montgomery Gala. } Atlas:
aThe sounds Of the. American guns, as
they swept in tones Of victory over the wave
to our shores, not only cheered the great po-
pular heart, but their reverberation in the
halls Of Congress materially aided the friends
of the war in the unnatural and unhappy
struggles which they had to encounter with
its opponents In one Of those debates, taxi
ing advantage Of the termination Of the gi-
gantic contest in Europe, by which England
had become free to turn her undivided
strength against our country, armed in all
that terrible panoply Of war with which she
had led the van in the attack and triumph
over Napoleon, the opposition made renewed
and reinvigo. ated attacks on the conductors
of the war---in seemingly exultant tones
pointed to the apparently immense disparity
Of means possessed by the two powers Of
war, and proclaimed it hopeless longer to
contend in so unequal contest. Nothing
daunted, full or cheering hope and high
courage, his eagle glance piercing the lurid
atmosphere Of that dark moment, and seeing
the latent elements which were at work in
our favor, Mr. Calhoun replied at length,
with such power of argument, slch glowing
eloquence and fervid patriotism, as to kindle
anew the almost expiring fame Of hope.
Tempting as It is, must forego the pleasure
of quoting largely from that great effort, and
content with single extract, showing his
appreciation of those naval victories:
Sir, hear the future audbly announced
| in the past---in the splendid victories over
the Guerrero, the Java and the Macedo-
man. We, and all nations, by these victo-
ries are taught a lesson nsver to be forgot
ten, Opinion is power. The charm Of Brit
ish naval invincibiity is gone!"
Those brilliant victories had breathed teen
never-dying courage and hope into his own
bosom, enabling him to arouse his own great
heart to the magnitude of the crisis; to drive
back an opposition, encouraged by, it not
exciting in, the dangers surrounding the gov
eminent; and to struggle against the des-
pondency which was creeping over the coun-
try, overwhelming the feeble and appalling
the stout The clarion notes of the gallant
hearted statesman rang clear and loud over
the land, re-echoed from every hill-pro-
longed, in aspiring strains, through every
valley. The despairing and respondent were
revived; the faultering and the doubling
were firm. Few but undismayed," cur
warriors gathered to their country's stand
ard and when the battalions of yelling.
toms Wanted invincibles landed on ou
shores, covered with laurels, they were scat.
/ tered in defeat by the hardy riflemen OF Thu
West, who were inspirited by these lofty
sentiments, and were led by one who wa'
kindred in the great elements of courage, sa.
gacity and integrity, to the statesman, who
throughout that war, had been beacon-ligh
to the whole country.
JEFFERSON AID CALHOUN.
There was marked difference in thu
manner in which the two effected their pur
poses. The one brought to bear in thei
aid the combined intellect Of the whole coun
try by private corresponience-infused thu
sublime truths of his political creed into tn
able men Of the country, for he never under
took to speak.
The other wrote but little-and making
no calculations as to the opinions of other.
fearlessly announced the principles Of his ac.
ton, relying entirely upon his own exhaust.
less resources and the mighty power of the
truth he advocated.
The former had the advantage Of acting
his part in the early days Of the republic
when the Constitution was fresh from The
hands of its trainers, before government hac
become set in any particular path. TIE lat.
ter began his contest after the channels o
policy against which he struggled had beer
worn deep by an uninterrupted tide Of legis-
lation, for quarter Of century.
Mr.. Jefferson had the advantage Of con.
tending with open and avowed federalism
Mr.. Calhoun struggled with federalism II
disguise the cloak of Republican
ism to cover heart of consolidation.
The former asserted doctrines, while the
voices of the trainers of the Constitution
were yet to be heard in the land, strengthen
ing his policy-conirming his opinion. The
latter upheld them when the very name OF
the author Of their most celebrated exposi-
ton had been forgotten-when, as he disin-
tered them from the rubbish of the past,
they were branded as the abstraction OF his
own brain.
Mr.. Jefferson proclaimed them when
there were but half dozen banks, and no
great organized American system Of varied
interests TO array themselves against him.
Mr.. Calhoun wrestled for their ascendancy
with CHRONOLOGICAL monied corporation,
whose long and wiry arms wound around the
people and their government binding both
TO their affairs; and when the craving appe-
tites Of manufacturing capitalists and of 10
cal demands for internal improvements en-
listed most public men in their support.
1t is true, Mr.. Jefferson had to contend
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