The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-03-20
Mr.. Calhonn's Speech.

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We lay before our readers this week, NJ.
Colhoun's speech. II is long but we mag.
iucI The reader would prefer having i, ea,re,
and hsvc bu' s.mall space for any thing else.
We have given tho speech so that the p.o.
pie may see bis reasons for the pasiiion TO
has taken. Ia our opinion some of them arc
mons:rous instance, placing the North
nnd South in the position they were ia al
The f1sna,io1 OF Govornmcn,--ihai is, redu.
cling he population Of The north and ncreas.
ing iha, of,he Seulh, foS tho purpose Of fes,of.
ing the" ,qu.,briu,n" that existed. Well may
the Republic say tho, Mr.. Calhoun rrescrbes
the sar ton Of the Uaion. The Richmond
Whig Of tho 7th instant, in noticing ,hi.
speech, makes the following sersre commsn:,
upon IL:
Mr. Calhoun in our Judgement. has completely
thrown o. thu mask, and stands besofu the country
nyowvd UIsunoSisr Theirs is noihi,g. in his
opinion which can tao Unian OF OH rht TO sava
~ nnf even Jp~ ~ : for no sayt tHaf iG las
promise 10 otFrs but tho Constitution aad thai 40
,nniter Of course, "as hs understands ~ III,
enemies OF this gentleman have always rrsintsinei
that no was disueion o.. and his fricnds have Is
s'eadl!y deaied 1 lie tpsaks To- bia.-s.f so~, .r4
all the world can Isdgs ut What ha 10. lie regards
the scuissien Of California Slate lasl groaad
FOR res,sahee al.haag. he himself offered lr.olu
,,an ia 'ho Senate not three years ses IN whieh he
declared ,hd Congress had NJ ri.hi 10 20 behind
The Constitution whea a state presented, SHEA Il
applied for admission
The gross iudoecncy Of shs siyic IN which he al.
dresses the Senate ought to have prssluded tsu
speech irsia bong heard by iha, body n, doe,
not address tho President tho manual rvauiTs.
bull app les hnse,f 10 tho body 81 tho Senate II.
stoad Of " Mr. President" j.. sssnatsfa." Tie
ntortgn 81 this violation OF doels " j. ahtioas ..
nough IL was meani 10 fcA tst on Si. Fillmore.
wLo Is Vice Ptssi4ens o. the Cuited States l. Pes
dent ct tho senate, and II ialicasss litleasss Of
mind which ought 10 mako his falogsst blush for
hs fame u Il excited 30 The bosom VI ttat oiierf
any other ice'iag than TIA, o. tie most sewerage
contempt his mnt Is iaf iRdiifsrcaliy ia aassI
than NC h-ve ever supposed It 10 To-
We "a d moro than year ago. that NC sbeald in
s'iRc'iveiy suspect any movement otieiastinx with
Mr Calloln, however ianaceot il nigas appear up.
on tho surface, because felt assured thst unless
he 5eESti al casi, that be could see 50 nsthing Ia
II Of dsanion tendency. lie would nevpr mako Il
We arc fully lus,lhud 80 a. our stsgieiana by his
speech. lie contptr4,of slsads pian Y revealed
o man can mstaka his features W.,en tho t,ioba
sL-A-4etignsto stn ss John CatAline Calhoun il
always excited DOR indignation. We have lived to
ace, 'Hai lie Globe not very w.de Of the mark
80 we al that time supposed
On Jung is Fortunate ior tie uuion, and for iha
world. THIS lnau has 10 lufacnre on. nf South Ga.
roina. Tie Is dia,ruF.cd every were else shrough
out tlg South. and arc certain That no coald MT
command a bakers dozpn of electoral vote. for ths
Presidency, which he has been aspiring to for TWEEN
~ eight years So well convinced are all pa-ttN
ha, he nnf,iend'y TO tho Union, thu, his as.oeis
ton m any cause, ia sufficient kali II dead At once
Tho esou'ons Of 90 incuca,cd the riat OF State
10 Jndgc OF the constilutloaaly Of law and 10 tc
stsl is execution w,thin her limits This dsetflbc
is the worry essence OF The Old Republican Greed aud
was considered OF so much Importance, that al
mot every VrRus Legislature teassered it. At each
sucecss've session Tor thry yeats. Joh. {. { a.
hOun got bod o 1t, tfansPlanled il 10 sonil csfa
ma, applied Ito law which Congress 1pressiy bad
the power granted by lie Constitution to enact and
aighlway made it Ofious. Yes this saeiflse
tho genuine State rights cteed-receised an inilrg
from John {. Calhoun from ehich II can never 70.
cover. Horror struck at the idea Of being
eiatcd with man, whose projects were believed TO
be- tfeasonlbr, not less than overawed by Jackson,
virginia Democratic Legislature. in 1899, at tho
very moment when 1t interposed between the State
OF south Carolina and the Federal Cover nmsnt,
TOOK caro- TO protest against notification, In other
words. solcmnly 10 ihs octrine put forth
in tho resolutions of '95-9 for that IL Modification,
II II Is any thing at all. so mach for the inf onca
OF John c. Calhoun ia Virginia We doubt very
mueL. whether II Is not less, out Of South Ca.
rolina, In every other Southern state. with ths
\ copion. pefhapi, of Al5hama. The Democrats 10.
gisaiots OF Virginia were sunneh afraid Of being
caught IN his company. that they even renouneed
the resolutions OF 9S-'9, on which they had been
trading tor thirty odd yolrs--which contained tho
true exposition OF the Constitution, according to OUT
view OF it, and which had proved it's stlya!inn, alta
time when tho Federal Government threatened 10
\ absorb all tho iosofs Of the states,
What an edfying spectacle did Mr. Calhoun pro-
sent TO the world wHon he preparing this speech
or rather lecture for as n contemporary properly
remarks. it.A quite in the Sly msgiscral quite N
the manner Of a professor to his class7 ils ""
confined II must 10 recollecled. to sick chamber
he was trembling on tho very verge Of the grave
Al such time, when ono would think tho heart
ought TO be filed with nothing but peace and good
viii, he thoughts Of this man wsrc employed upon
tao means OF most successfully filing this happy
connlry with the images Of war aud bloodshed- :,
The picture Is 50 shocking. that we forbsar to owen
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In connection with this speech wo give