The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-04-02
ss-r. r.~ TELEGRAP
XRI22Y-111S9 CoY01
FIRST SESSION.
9hs Effect In The Senate and nsuN Il ssprs
seatatiyes, Of M. Calhsun's Dsath
The RuIogics by hesrs. Clay, Webster Bufss,
Holmes, Winthrop, and venable,
g., 1se., lscs
III MoaSa's MAGNETIC TELroRAPG.
WAsHsrGrss. Aprtt I. 1850.
. rec Ting of the Journal wsa dispsassd With.
uVtocv ~ Nm. nurLxa.

rAs rea:ing of the Journal dispsassd With.
svloov . Nh. surLxa.
Mr.. BgrLEa rose and said.
Mr.. fasHDEsr:-I riss 10 disshsrss aolr,fll duty,
and one which involves In is soos,dsrssoss veil esL
eulatsd to srrest the attention Of this body s to
-John Caldwell Calhoun. He disd, 1t his lods,ass In
this city, ysstsrday morning, at ~ o'clock he vss
esssseus Of his sppsosshins cod and net death wth
lostituds end uncommon ssrsnisy. He had usay 81.
Donitiops approach, aud, without doubt, he had
not bssn inddeesnt to them With his usual aver.
sion profession he ssid little for ssos the world
and his las. hours ol,nostion OF bis life
and ehsraoter-truth and sinplci'y Mr Calhoun for
some years, had been suffering uudsr palnonsry
plsint and under is shsets csnd not have reokonsd
on long sxsesnes suoh ~as his Own oosvott,n. rhs
immediate sauss Of his death saseti,a Of tue
heart few hours before expired. -o.ms ssnsi
BE Of his stoatos, and when be unaois speak,
his eye and look svinosd recoguit,u aud iatss
Of what was passing One OF thu last dirsstious he
gave was TO . dut,fui son, who han been attending
him, to put away some msousorips which hal been
written short time before, under MS distston Mr.
Calhoun the least d. pendent knew: and
hs haA, In eminent degree, the ssif sustsi aiag
power Ct intellect HE last days and his rusrhs
we're On exsn plincstion Of What have just ssil =
Mental alton Sustained him, when all othsrs
in dsspair. ss~ him 10. dsyssso la III seat
which he bad long o,oupi-d iss the strue
gle Of great mind, sxsrting Itself 60 susiau ana
overcome the vesknsss and aarutss Of sinking body
II the exhibitoa Of eagle, With his eyes
turned to the hssvsns in ~hioa hs he'd scared bat
unto which his visgs could cary hin again. =
kir President, Mr.. ,slhoun hes lv-d In svsusful
period Of our republic aud he hes acted . aisrin-
-guiAhsd part I surely do NJ, venture too much
whom say. that hs rsputssi form, strisias part
ef glorious his,sry. Sioos isll until this tims, he
has been rs,ponsihly coLpectsd with the federal TO-
vernmsnt As representative, senator. osblpss min
istsr and Woe Prssidsp be hss ben dentiasd with
the greatest In the political history
try and hope may be peralttsd TO cay, that he
been equal TO all the duties which evolved upoa
hin In the many critical juactures In which he ~as
.plaosd Having to sss rsepoosbls part. he si~sys
astsd assi&sd psrt Is would no, become me, MS
friend. 70 vsaturs the judg psps which a~siss
HE memory that gill b. formed BY postsrity. Be-
fors the impartial tribunal hssoey, s msy BE- that
he vil have tAs fass snd sil have gwen him the
Judgment that has bean awarded TO CAarhAu and
-ehould DO TIE memory Of my friend injustice,
set 10 speak Of - life IN the spirit Of HISTORY. The
dignity Of his whole ohsrasssr voald rssaks aug
of ny rsussks which ussh and jsdsmsns would not
sanction. Mr.. Cslhoss wss . native Of soath CA-
solins, sad vss born In Abbsyvils dissriss. the
b father, fstriek Caih0sn born In irslssd. and
>st early sss 20 P.sssyivsss, ssd ssssss 70
ths vsstsrs part a. virSints sad sftsr srsddsss
-Ssat moved - sossh Csroliss i7Lo. he sd fs-
Usnsst, In Ass<y vine s.,riss m. soss ss Of sy soi
lsagns vas Mtss Cald~en, born Chssisssos. VIZ
sis'a Ths character Of h's p.rssts hsa no douss.
sensible infueoos the dsstpy of su-sr dssebg
sos; his fAshss had sssrsy snd -stsrprss, eo@oia.d
With psessvsrsncs ana greet moral Generalization;
heroes. Two q Ger brosAsrs ~-r. dissssu,sssd 10
the GER; their nance spa sshi-ssmsnss NOS left
Ss t;~.s -" cssoss ..s sSss IN 10. % o'
ssd In HIS ohildhevd hsd the nnss ses Of tts -xoit
iss xsditions. Hs esrissd froa TIE psssrssl
stock tstellses end selfrslssncs ana from tbs Csd
vsm's enshueiA<s and impulse. che srsssso,iohs
e the revolution had . s~ns,bs isnu-ses
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bat limited Of aortoa os sniids-s aud they
tnbbsd more Of the tnsn isssruo ioa from
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