New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-01
VOLUME *.

between Mr Calhoun and the President in tie
mean While became impaired, and, finally se2arat
q entirely upoa public questions and by private
Gi-ereoces. each devoted h,s bes; energies 70 tie
overthrow u tie other. 81 Cslao1n addressed -
the pubic a statement and vindicsti0n Of BIS pm
ciples, 10 which he SAID
TIE grea and ea5ngpr1c2leis .asf tns Genera GOV
erlnelt -lsnsLed from re people of seysrz ssies
fOrrs Gs1ci POllcs. cofaDlll's, si1 s,tiss 10 '-r
sersf.e sl1 severe 70 caP2cy snc not rom g. " me
geors io,m1g one sggegsie po.nca. eonmshliy "a
., c each Sg.s . psriy 10 1e Character ready d-
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fldge VI - llirecaOLs snt, 10 Of &c De -
PAL abe AID csn efOvs exercise Of power no. 9-4eEas
nsg lave he 10 he AS esort 20 Gee ne AZ r. 4s' ~
ne tlrslrI 4lOts n inrJse foy drre-ffs eB'o
gree. - hs er and fer 1i.1;af.g ritha ftey 'sDeets
fris ne 0atorrNs Tigtff, md hbsJ'ie. apJeyfatnag q
D, ea.e VIRGINIA b. q what u nav, s.stcf n
.st9 rG tr1.ou, n ~ any Otnef rsme CONCEIVE ~ ~
histories ts cer.sn RsvolgLOn l.sef AID dec1c
tohs as simple snd crnOasTaiye Gs nat o! any Polca
o. rl.la -fsu wnsiever
Tie mex, year be entered more largely .uto tie
sh re-. Ia letter 70 General Hamilton, tlel CIV
erno9 d South Carolina Gen Hayne having 10
consequence Of bis course IN the Senate been
elected Governor, an Place Of Hamilton. tae most
enc getic measures we're adopted by ths State
Legislature which pa sed an at 70 carry into r.
f-c, the " Ordnance o IA icauon received from
Convention assembled short lime pfevlousy
lor .he purposes preparation IL Was decided that
the Ordinance should go Ato effect ia about too
mo tbs tha. IS ia February, 1888. The President
Immediately issued his proclamation, IN which aa
escorted that the Ordinance was subyersIye o. tns
Constitution. AID that the object OF South Carolina
W. Dsunl00 sad. after giving his views ~
Tn Constitution, and the provisions OF the eXlst1E
laws applicable u the case. aud declaring tie
course he would pursue, he warned al the people
oil te safe against obedience 10 tie Ordinance.
u4Ier the penalty for treason Governor Hsy.e
i.suei his counter proclamation, maintaining TIE
& ouuds taken by tho Convention and rep yiug to
toe reasons assigned Tor those taken by the Pre-
dent
ia tins crsis Mr. Calhoun was elected t. Tire
place IN the Senate from which Gen. Hayne hed
been cal ed 70 the Chief Mssisirscy Of the State.
II was commonly believed that be would be
rested on his way to Warrington bat he was 1T.
aDd when he entered the assembly over which he
hal presided Tor seven years as the representative
OF a State pronounced by tce Federal Govcrnme .
IA rebellion, an extraordinary interes, was felt as ~
lis course He repeated the constitutional oa'h
IN calm rel gous tone. calling God snd the couA.
try to witness his fidelity to the federal law. g.. j
sat down amid his old political friends. OF whom
scarcely one now owned his fellowship
With a view 20 preliminary discussion, and 20
test the sense OF the Senate on the principles iu-
voved "a the issue Mr.. Calhoun prepared and
moved three resolutions which affirmed the
ssounds upon which South Carolina placed Ter
right Oh the one side, and negetiyed Oh the Other
those assumed in the proclamation and message oi
the President The debate which eusued was ore
Of the most remarkable IL legislative history. 1t
was broush, to p close, after nearly every otdtr
Senator had spoken upon the questions involved 10
it,. by Mr. Webster ami Mr. Calhoun TO whom, 81
mos, Involuntary, al eyes were directed. as { q
champions OF the hostile parties Mr. Calhoun "a.
tered into the reasons which induced his opposition
b. the Force Bill as unjust and unconstitutional
and Mr. W cbstcr with force OF logic and splei
doc OF coquencc that have rarely been oqualed ~
tho world. followed. bo.h upon the bill and upon
the resolutions Mr. Calhoun, az the author OF the
resolutions, had the privilege OF defending then'
and on the 23d Of FEBRUARY 1888, he delivered ilr
his purpose his most remarkable speech, the one
upon which will rest his highest fame IN reasoning
AMI eloquencc. The Force Bill passed bat wtle
IL was under discussion. efforts were made IN DO
Houses So to modify the Tariff as to terminate t.e
controversy amicably upon faith in these efforts
south Carolina postponed the execution Oh her Or
diaance from the frs, OF FEBRUARY until after the ad
i.arnmeut OF Congress in March aad the pens
of civil war were at length averted by the passage
OF Mr. C.ays Compromise Bill
The crowded state OF our columns will not Pc
nit us to speak, but in the brieiest manner, o! NJ
Cahouns subsequent and more familiar hlstory -
The debates upon the Removal Of the Deposits
called out the best abilities IN both Houses OF Con
Cress. and Mr. Calhoun. who was regarded al that
time SO belonging to neither o. the great psrIl's
spoke upoa the subject with all hls customary sti-
ity and osrnestness against the Admlnlsuat'
bat not with the Opposition Hsspeeches upon
the Gold Bill. and the Presidents Protest and rs
Report on Executive Patronage, which followed,
are among lbs more important efforts de also a.
posed in two elaborate speeches, the admission %
Michigan to tho Union, and in another denied Tie
ri hit Of the President 70 issue the Specie Ciroa.or
TIE suspension OF the Banks, in the Spring @.
so. marks an important period IN ms life BIS
specchcs in the sessions which Immediately FOL-
lowed. are prepared with more Than his usaa. care
and are among the cxaogcst and most io'cb.e spe
c,nens Of ms logic He declared himself IN is'cf
Of the entire separation Of the Government from
the Backs. but did not agree 10 the Sub Treasury
as an amendment to the eIH io'
It's establishment a system Of has own, which was
not adopted
In the beginning Ct SIS Nj Calhoun introduced
his celebrated Resolutions on the subject OF abv
Guon. which occssioned long and interesting Is
cossion by Mr. Calhoun Mr.. Buchanan, Mr. Clay
Mr. Webster and others and he also had lea-
INK part in the debates ca Nj Cuitendens b'l. 10
prevent the interference ct federal ohcers IN hec
t,ons On the Bankrupt bill &c &c AMI IN the ses
SION Of $50 90 he made ,hrce speeches an the Pah
lie 'ands. and participated in the discussion OF a..
.he most important legislation
He remained in the Senate until the death OF MI
l-pshar. IA 1874 when he accepted the place o
,hat gentleman as Secretary Of State. which lie
held until the close Of Mr. Tyler's administrative
Tnsn for the first time in many years, be was