The Arkansas banner., 1850-04-09
nrAru Or IoHN c. CALHOUN.

DEATH OF hOAAN Cs CAAAV~As
 This ssd inteleeics, which eans to us not aBsx- is ann6uRsd in the islegraPhie dispa'ehes IscOplcaly and wiaout reference to the hSsi snf- ferngs of tAe distinguished patriot and statesman The calamity Whia has befaIlsn the ceuatEy, isl thus proclaimed
 ;. M.scw 3l, Is0.--JaAn c CsEheua died AisI sssrpiag af o'etsk."
 At,Asarh enfeeted and worn out by disease. and s;skipr under isspIow but inevitable doom. suchI was the sserEy an brilliancy of his intellect se the last rnorneas thA, s friends still hoped with cheer lfulness for his ssOrs,ioh. I. was but the last flicker from the trch-ught of life sOOs to be dar- kensd by the pail which sO~ sOshrssds him. HisI las, great appeal his eountrymsn, from the Sem ate, which he cold osly utter through another. was bn, meteoe emaRafion from mighty raind, now powersess d gone forever. He has departedI from scenes in atch, for period of forty years. he has been ointment actor, distinguished aliks
 for the zsal ~hic anmaled his love of country and the constant andervid sIoqusnce with which hsI kept alive in oths the same devotion 10 her inse
 rests The nampf the grea, South Carolinian isl identified, sinca s year lsli, with almost evsryl important nsovennt which has agitased the RePnb- lie. and none s,als out in boder and brighter
 lief as a eOatribsr to her glory and greatness. q Mir CAIHoUs es bora on :hs 18th March, l7s2
 in the AtbsvilIs istrict, SOa,h Carolina, and his
 biagraphet statsshat his parents were. like him.
 eminen;Iy exemPlry for their virtue and morality, {. and piacaas high xalas upon education. His fs- theP- f4nnh rai1 as 0Possessed a vigorous miRd; was rather promi-l
 neni is hsiay; was the first member ever elected &to the prOtncis legislature from the interior of aSoath orOlaa, d which body and, after the reyo-
 iuiion, oths Stah legislature, he cOn,inued mem
 ber, tAcarceiy any iatermissOn, Og thirty years g. He oPked the adoption of the federal constita- 4tien on ground that 1t conferred rights on Con. Egress, iutmpatibe with the sovereignty of the
 Sta.~s." sntimeuts which his son seemed im- APressed vi early in life, and maintained with a
 the force ohis energetic powers.
 in the ye,iso3, JoHS c. CALHous entered Yale MCollese, at ach period Dr.. DWIGHT was President.
 where he sOdatlained the greatest proficiency in This class, as subsequently, graduated with the Ahighest bono, Upon his departure from Yale he
 entered the lch6eld Law School, where he re- rnaned for eflesn months, during which period
 he adopted tlicnstom & which was characteristic aof him, thfOs,oat his long parliamentary career W-of preparis by reflection, and not by arrange meat pap, what he meant 10 say. good
 memory presved tas order of his thoughts, and a S wonderful Potr of analysis and classification en-
 abied him to aest rapidly, and dislrbate in their
 proper places.ae answer and refa,atien of all the Ssrguments of leaksrs, however numerous, whom ( he followed"
 a We take froithe N O. Crescent, the following N further interestg particulars of the biography of
 this great man.
 " His profesSna career from the outset, was at- 4tend-d with gressueees-; from which. however, he
 was in some In&ure very soon taken by his cleo
 tiea fer i've suiesxive sessoBs, 10 the State sgis
 atare, whore hsisliagaished himself for that fore sight and sagact for which he has ever been rs- ! n,arkahle la Il hs took his seat in Congress, where, ea accout of tine great reputation which ' had preceded hin he was soon placed at tue heal z of Inc committs on Foreign Afai-s--a position.
 at that time, of gAt importance and responsibility. His first report Acommendsd aa Immediate ap- $ peal to arms agaia the British Government, and bis first speech import of this recommendation. z was ia reply 10 JOa Randolph sn opponent oi the k var, aud one of tk most sagscious and powerful
 oIalers sf saicA is s,p speetIs saa Rssss ant, and at oncs distinguished him as '-oae of the
 lastcr spirits wh, stamp their on the age in \ wt,ieii they live"
 3 Ia this position E chiirmsn of the Committee on Foreign Relations, says one of his biographers) in
 complication of sf~ese circumsla uces during thr, gloom of tine contest. ccuiated to helm the
 nefoic, and appeal the toatest, against weight nd q srdor of opposition unknown 10 the Congress of
 the Revolution. h. neer faltered, never doubted.
 never desPaired st the Sspu bte bat by his genius
 and wisdom, Tatristisl aud unknown firmness, he rose conspicuous in De constellation of talents I which distinguished Aih sides, and arousisy his counlrymen to acien Y the most annatiag strains qf esoquenee, mad hiaef the chief support of the 'second war of .ndetBdence," and finally tri ] AumPhed in the saishie of glory which burst uponI his country st itsternsiation.
 There are few vho hvs any knowledge of our
 national history, Iut ae acquainted wit, the sub segnent portion q Mr.Calhsun's life. As Secre stary of State 10 AF. Foe, to which ofie, h. ys Il 5appoin,ed in lsl'; asyice PresiSen, durioo th. Administrations o Mir, Adams aud Gen Jackson taiter the rupture vi the latter ef their politi eal private felati0asl tb founde aud chap,pon off that system Of politics which -nizes the soy- 5eregaiy of the Snies nd their reserved rights ns
 the ouiy certain mean o srresting all restrictive 3irsislauon oy ts. Naooal Congress--a doctrine which was rendsred smons under ths mama oil Nallissssss';; s= svofs,Iy 0f Sta,. to Mir Tyier. I in which csPaci,yhs 3eparsd the way to the sub sequent snnexatia off exas and as the proiec,or oi the most compsheavs and striking scAems of internal improvement ihich has eve. been prese ! ted 10 the couRtry-n every capacity, and in re { gard to all thssa srbbcts, hs has exhibited in. highest powers of fintiecL For hts acts asa staesman, his name will eyc,|
 be regarded ss oHe effAs most illustrioas that be-
 longs to American hlory, for his virtues, as nan he has already the h$nage of Nations sorrow :l for his piety. asa Cnstan be now resps in. re-