The New York herald., 1850-05-03
guB LATE JOHN G. CALHOUN AND His FRIENDS
New YoRK, April 50, 1850.

II ''rH" - IectNtu your COMMUNICATIONS, Gu
closing the Nao York Express, of the 18th inst,
with letter from its Washington correspondent,
concluding as follows -
~ have il from very crcditable authority that the
IfereIs has since received 800 from Southern demo-
srats for its support and that there is expect
sney cannot vouch for this though firmly believe
D. JUvENAL"
You ark me to state the facts, so far as known 10
me, in regard TO the motives You had in view in al
vocating the cause of the South, and which / sup
pose has given rise to the nonsenscal letter in the
Erpuss.
Y will do so most chccrfuy, aud in as brief
"A manner as possible and cannot do il better,
than by giving succinct narrative OF what took
l place my Southern trip, in reference TO the
4 it1ald, and It's course in reference to the great
I Southern question for the last twcle months.
1t is well known TO many here, that on
the first Of May, last year, my arrangements
were made to leave for Europe, to remain
abroad for long period. Soon AFTER, Mr..
Clemson, our Charge to Brussels, arrived in this
ciy, with his family, on his way to his
past. lie had some conversation with you in
gard to Southern affairs, and you sent for me
Immediately after he sailed. / remember
vcrsation very distinctly. You told me that you
, had made up your mind, that the people of the
Norh were most profoundly ignorant Of what was
passing in the Souh-what they were doing there
or the reel state of public sentiment and that you
believed there was serious danger To be apprehend-
! &c Cd disnnion you added, 81 don't care Ing Tor
ali the politicians in the country, or what they are
| about ; ! am independent OF .iem-norc 50 than
they of ne-and that fact is pretty well settled.
| But 10 care to know whetthe people oi the South
aTe about l believe they are in earnest, and that
they have serious cause mpla!n!,an the masses
ol The Northern people don't Know anythin about
them. | intend they shall Mr.. Clemson says
Dir. Calhoun would ike to see you in the South.
kow, give up your trip TO Europe, and 60 to the
Sonth, and spend the season until Congress meets.
viii defray all your expenses, and make il OBJ
4 Ject 10 ycu 10 60"
I ADVISED with several warm friends of the rights
| OF the South, among them Elwood Fisher AMI Col.
| Sioo, and told them what you had said. The an
| rwcY was. "Accept by all means. lou can do more
good To the Southern cause than you dream Of" |
did accept, and went 10 the South. had lived aud
been with Mr.. Calhoun in former years, anl while
IN South Carolina, went 10 his residence at For,
Hill. and remained there three mon,hslot writing
for the Herald, but devotng my time to writing for
| Mr.. Calhoun. He dictated to me his great work
| on 'the constitution" and his address to the peo-
| pie of the South" &c., while with him. visited af
tcrwards the Springs and other places of summer re-
sort, when met planters from all parts of the South,
| aud wrote to the Herald over forty letters signed
/ "Norihcmer, COMMISSIONER" ne, which were
published in the Herald, and returned TO the city OF
| w aslington at the commencement of this session.
| y fou again renewed your oier To have me devote
my time to the Southern exclusively. | did
so-not only did write for the Herald, but for
other Southern papers; and devoted my personal
| seyices 10 Mr. Calhoun 10 the time of his death.
have yet 10 receive the first dollar from any South
.rn person or press for services of any kind. did
u willingly aud cheerfuliy, and was enabled TO do
| itby your iibcrality, and that alone.
You hold in your possession letters from Mr..
Calhoun, respecting me- One OF the last notes
he wrote to you, was when ! was absent at
| io send for me, u he did not know where | was
When heard this from you, went at once TO his
room. 1t was Sunday evening. He said, when
came in, Well, | am glad you've got blck. |
am very much afraid that shall not be able to go
to the Senate, and have strength to deliver such
| speech as wish to make at this time. We had
that regard TO the comfort Of others, which never
| left him, he added, You couldn't have had much
sleep last night, 70 We will commence early in the
morning; and keep on until we get through" re-
| piled, mo, I am not tired" and took up pen,
| arranged my paper, Nc. He remarked, 1T seems
| odd 10 me cant write speech. ] must deliver
it, and he commenced, 81 have, Senator'S, be-
licved from the first, &c," and the work was con-
tinucd from day to day, his strength allowed,
until il was finished. Not a soul was in the room but
myself, when he was delivering this speech and
myself When | had done my part, he took
the sheets, revised them with his own pen,
and, a. fast he corrected il, | made a neat
copy. which was intended for his colleague,
Judee Butler. to read in the Senate The
latter could not very well, and selected a
Senator TO read il, who messed in the sanc house
with hm-Mr. Nason-to whom Dir. Calhoun
madc no objection, he thought IL matter Of
little consequence. II seems II Was not 80 ~ the
Vice President considered the fact Of Mr., Mason
having read that speech a. designating his most
confidential friend. The fact is not 80. X. vi. L.
Hunter the Senator that the Vice President
should have selected NJ chairman of the commit
tee, or w. X. King of Alabama. The relation BE-
tween the former aud MI Calhoun had been one
cr the closest and most confidential character for
the last 10 years and with the latter there hnd been
All unbrokcn friendship OF forty years. and there
no man in Washington that John Z. CM-
houn appreciated and esteemed higher thln w.
" X. hing. These two Senators were with him
together. but few mornings previous 10 his death.
death. II was scene that will never pass from
their meinones-tbe aged and feeble veteran OF 40
years, hardly able 20 sit up with his eye as bright
a. ever, commenced giving them his counsel. and,
~ reference TO his leaving Washington with X. X.
Crailc, began TO tell them what they must do
after hr gone. They saw how low he was,
and insisted upon his not convcr-ing, and his last
words to them were, Come and see me again be-
fore go" Mr.. King never saw him again alive.
Mr. Hunter babe him farewell the day before he
died. and Mr.. Calhoun sent me 10 his house 10 re-
ceive from him pant OF the manuscrp, Of his work
on the constitution, which he had given Mr.. Hun
Ter to examine. Yet both Of these senators were
kcpt oil from the committee TO 90 south with the
body of their friend.
Bui to return to Mr.. Mason the copy which !
| had prepared for him was not satisfactory. He
wanted Il printed. that he could read u easier
and. in consequence, had to race all over Wash
ington. ON Sunday morning. 10 fin1 Mr.. Towers,
and he had TO hunt up his printers, and then get
them to work on sunday. and keen them NJ " until
after midnight, and poor Mr.. Calhoun had to wait
.Ip until nearly daybrcak, to Instruct how To
,ropcrly corrcc, the proofs, TO have printed
orv tor MIR. Mason TO read from the next
prnnC.
The copy ns corrected by Mr. Calhoun-his own
ndwritng--was sent to you by him as a persons
mplmeni. for your independent course towards
South. That copy, as we'll as the minuscrip'
the address 10 the people of the South. corrected
hnself are in my possession now. and intended
for his daughter Mrs Clemson. who is IN Europc.
4 continued with Mr.. Calhoun until his death
uatll saw his body in the yault--and then came
back to New York. ! should have gone with the
corp4e 10 it, native aol. But my friend, the present
John &. Calhoun. wrote n letter to Mr.. Mason, az
chairman of the Senate committee OF six, asking,
as a favor, that might 60 with the body Of his
father, and stated strong reasons why the request
should be gran'ed-among them, that il was hi'
wish, ard he believed Il would be that OF all the
members of his family. Mr.. Mason refused per-
nseinn % allow ne 10 the nfnund thai % The