Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-03-19

discerning the deep and well Kept SecFe's
Of the heart. The fault is not ours Ou'
os.s IN the side of those who have such
secrets to keep. Why SO much darkness
,roroiIs in this matteris explained by
one whose knowledge of human nature
near two thousand years have borne wit
ness to /. Ambitio multos mortalis faIsos
icri subigit; aliuH -clan'um in Pect0re
aziua in Hngua promPtum ha6ere; am
jcitia, inimicitiasque non eX re- sed eN
commodo. astumare magisque vultum
guam ingenium bonum habere'
Perhaps, then, Mr.. Calhoun is not the
simply ambitious man we have supposed;
perhaps he is supported by convictions
that give him strength and endurance that
in fact lend linn that imposing mental and
,or,, exterior that, to his personal advan-
,age, so imy,esses :he locker on at his
course and career. Perhaps Mr.. Calhoun
thinks the agricultural-expOrtlng SCUM 10
hear unduIy the weight of the Govern
ment and to reap too little OF It's Dement'S
Perhaps he thinks that now is the time
when, if ever, the attempt is TO be made
n clear his section from political Union
with the North and its tariffs, and taxes,
and to open up close connexlon with
Old Mother England, now sofar advanced
in her conversion to free trade. Do not
the allegations made in his late speech Of
the afectionate regard entertained by
George Washington for the Mother Coun-
try give color to this hypothesis Does
he not seek to justify what he feels to be
otherwise an infdelity, on the ground
that Washington gave allegiance to the
Mother Country only so long as that con-
nexion was advantageous! Undoubtedly
this is his meaning, and this is the true
reason why he is so loud in his charges
against the North it's to establish par
allel between England and the North, in
order to plead the principles of the Amer
lean Resolution in justification of his
present action.
In this view then, the substance OF the
present charges lin many respects JUST
by the South against the North Is not the
real cause of the dissatisfaction the sla-
very question, California, &C., are only
reints, greediy snatched at and Pertlna-
ciously adhered to, but only feints after
all. Remove them all, and the true gist
would not be touched. Hence it is that
Mr.. Calhoun very nationally and necessa-
rily insists on an amendment Of the Con.
sttution; so that the South might tie per.
petualy at the helm Of the Government.
This demand has little or nothing TO do
with slavery directly, but it has to do with
the tariff, with the conflicting interests Of
the great industrial white classes as dis
tinguished from the interests of the export
ing South. Mr.. CalhOun's views are es-
sentiallv aristocratc, and althou Oh he has
for the most part Of his life been found
voting with the so calledDemocratic party
of the country, yet it has been only be-
cause lie has found that party more man
ageable, and plastic in his hands and bet
ter suited than the Wings to his purpose
Mr.. Calhoun would divide with the artist
ocrats and moncy.crats of Britain the pro-
ceeds Of the labour orthe millions of the
black negroes Of the South and the mil
lions of the white negroes of England,
each party to enjoy the luxury and wealth
and power this system would produce
with the least possible rcductionfrom taxes
and tariffs
SO much for to-day, we will pursue the
subject in our next.
The Speech Of the Hon. Richard Parker,
the Representative Of this district in Con
,roec IN rrburcIo1- tho oStb ,,lt hos