The Arkansas banner., 1850-10-15
Bsap,iial Tribute is ar. calhoaa.

Of al that has heeu said and written nPon this illustrious patriot and pure naaN, we have ssea lhng wors eloquent aud beaatfal ann ai llse ssIus inc so iusa and tEae, as the following hF.ri com .aa aiaasiea taken lross the Msbils Register of Ie Hun September The aWtsoF is easSiy rvcagHisei as one sapobc sf aPprvoiasian tae greas aai aehte qaalities tn head HHd heart, Of such niaa as hF. Calhoun :--ftg. -fan.
 Death o,eRs wide the gates Of fame. and shuts close the deogs of envy after. CstaVnny, quick et scsat aad sharp ef t~esh stops it's haEt ths portal of the grave. This shining n.aFk waich has lately
 iIiem before the shaft of deth, covered a is sgaAl fali nation's heart, and takes from arRong the iv- iar all envy and transfers o the desd hs s'eed oI merit So has is been, aud wia it conuaas to he with the Giustrioas patriot and statesman. the latnenssd Caiseaas tlis life, character aad ssrvi. ess bsteng to peslerisy. Ia the grateful FemeRl- brspee of thal po-leFity, will they live as loag as " earth bcats plant, or the sea rolls a wave
 "NothiBg caa cover bls hsgti fsae but lIeaven
 No pyramid set of his memory
 Bat the eternal substance of hue owa greatness. V His private lifs was a model of virtue carrying
 it il iss simSticIiy of atlssswess, stripped ol sI- fsetaIioa and void of ggssr. 1b- philosophy of his moraia pinckcd ap vice by tse roots. aud ss'a'nis tssri to the soul that medicine which parties the imperfeelioas Of the flesh
 His pubic lif~ vas a counterpart of hts private, marked by steru fsIlexible integrity, N deep siaceftY oi mobtes aud stFaA toFWNfn1csS " paf pose. Hs was, in ihe most enlarged senss of the term the standard of m American statesman.
 Ia the discharge ol tte many aud arduous duttes devolved upoa him by his couatrv, while coming up to the highest expectations of hts friends, with the disrastfal morssty Of Tereace, he felt " hOHao sam; Rd AalAsai q ne aiisasm." However much others disseHted from his political views, all ded to hmPerfect exemption from duPlioily and intrigue.
 The Ieg'rdemsih of policy formed no part oT his life. Ills coars- was always opee, manly and hold; his sentiments pure, elevsted and Hohlr hiS lan- gnsg- terse, chaste aud poin'eh tis Ert,ssss nven hvs rapid and powerful; his analysis severe search ing and proGound hts logic eompaet stern and iron bound; hs arguments close, flushed and ioc ked ,o the premises; his capacity for genet fsl,zaioa sad condrnsng the largest amount or thought in the ewest pa'nheT of words, nnsurpassed. iiis speeches are ths highest monuments of inind known to any age, and wiH stand in their solid grandeur so long as the force of language and the triumph of intel ect survive matter
 C;saspiag the private worth. the soeia virfuss and the towering intellect of John Caldwell Cal honn iu p,ctIe, you have the beauties Of eAItl combined with the aiifibui~s oG Heaven. Ills country moHns his Ioes. and his country ha no ,o stand m his shadow! He di~si with hi' arms around The pillars of the constitution, and wiil prayer upon his lips that bls embrace could con tinus brief hour longer. The angel of Deali ins Norabie, ahd he tcru from the i.o at h political devotion. la the ssPaI atioa, The consIiu lion has lost of Us abest supporters; the Amer can nation one ni it's proadest ornaments; The rgh aG man fearless advocate aud his own na,ve cherished Souih, the champion oi her cause ih, right ol her strength. Ivtrtb.e Is such ca ianiy al this perous ianciurs The guiding sta oi the South has fallen, anu twilight rests uon th. horizon! But whatever may be the destiny Of th, southern States and the fate af all the States, hel have no trHeI irIend left behnd than the one w, has gone. In the ilIlness Of tune. hts services wil be owned. his sagacity appreciated, and the nsln ot John C. Calhoun enrolled in the capitol side bl s.de with the ConscFipt FAthe,s oi the republic RE