Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-04-04
MR.. CALHOUN.

calhoun is dead. lie has heard the summons
.,a in obedience to the call of an Almighty Ru.
Ter he has left the scenes of earth and now reads
,be rath, of "unseen and untried eternity
.,prace to his ashes"-rest to his soul-consola.
ton 10 his friends. He is in the tomb, and there
y,.,, rest, unmolested by us.
Mr.. Calhoun, notwithstanding his political
blunders and many ultra ideas had many endow-
ments, which adorned him as man, and eeva-
ted him as a statesman. Justice awards TO him
the title of genius; nature made him such;
exertion, in the development OF his native
mowers, proved him to be such. Amidst the bright
TIGHTS OF the American Senate, Calhoun shone
most: conspicuously. Our love for our principles
has not yet deepened into that palry spirit of par
ty, which withdraws our admiration Of genius and
so uammeis our judgment as TO make the advo-
eacy of principles the test of ability and intel
lectual strength. Calhoun was mortal, and as
such was heir TO the evils of nature; he was but
a man. and as such erred. But when we speak
Of him, after this manner we would not be so un.
kind and ungenerous, as not TO On him high
position among the sons Of fame, and TO award tc
him that honor which is due from Americans
After all he was NEST, he was fearlessand while
no doubt, led on by too enthusiastic zeal, he
did injury to the causes which he espoused, he
aimed at good, strived to effect objects which
he conceived to be productive Of benefit TO his
section. And the adoption of mistaken policy,
in eifecting this result, should not be made a
charge against the capacity and integrity of the
man. In common with the American nation, we
mourn his loss, and are willing to attribute his
faults to their proper source, and do him the JUS
lice to applaud the schemes, which he has Insti-
tuted and executed for the good of the nation
We have but thing TO regret, and we ask par
don for its introduction but justice requires that
we should indulge in no false eulogies of the
dead. We, then, have to regret that Mr.. Cal
houn served not the Union with as much zeal
as he served South Carolina. We are will
ing to admit his honesty in the pursuit of this
course, but we must be permitted to speak the
promptngs OF impar,iality and justice, and say
however honestly he may have pursued his course
It was founded in error and if adopted would re-
suit in injury TO the nation at large. Now, thai
he is gone, we leave his faults upon the record
which the faithful historian must make and unite
with his friends in gliding his mertorious deeds
and handing to future age his name rendered
immortal by the possession of great native powers
of intellect and the brilliancy Of genius. He is
in the tomb, and let no unfriendly hand disturb
his remains let him rest and rest in peace. Hi
labors are over; opposition cannot impair his inhu
cnce. death has effected more than opposition
and we have no malice, no malignity, prompting
us to pluck from his brow single laurel. No
let him, wrapped in his mantle of glory, rest il
peace, and the walls of his sepulchre should new.
er echo The sounds of words, which complain o.
his course