Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-19
MR.. CALHOUN AND HIS OPINIONS.

,umher of the RifmOnd Times cohtdihs SOME re-
factions well wdthy Of consideration:
aAbboueh Gen HAsILrOs's revelation Of Mr. CALHoUs's
... on,s ons policy Of his State may justly be deem
ed interesting sd may, we hope tend to exert whole
some in nuence npon public sentiment in South Carolina,
ce,,anlv eives surprise. We carefully studied Mr.
C.1Kos st speech in the Senate. when twas first publish
"a ,b,ougb and formed the opinion that although
indicated evident desire to produce ultimate separation
Of the slyehodng from the nonsavehodng States it clearly
Disclose the speakers unwilnsness to hazard any issue in
whche want Of Southern harmony might prevent peace
able Assoution. In the number of the Times which
ard the speech briefly summed up Interpretation o.
nAs follows:
"The drift Of Mr.. Calhouns effort seems to US be- that
the South and the North dssmar in interests and
sentiments to remain under the Government that the
South can look for no security in future without an amend
ent Of the constitution gusrsntyng perpetual equality in
the Senate and that this amendment is utterly hopeless
the sections should part In peace. We think it
clear that Mr.. Calhoun is dsunon per Sc provided it
be effected peaceaby and must his speech
doubt extremely his readiness for any other kind of epara
ton.-7ames Of March 9: 1851.
There wss vaclaion of purpose evinced in Mr.. CAL
HouS subsequent explanation Of his position which strongly
confirmed this understanding Of it, When pressed by Mr.
FoorE and Gen. CAss with inferences that his arguments
proved him to be in favor Of dsunon he declared tha in
proposing guarantees by way Of amendment to the
slituion, be did not to insist that they should be i'm
ediately demanded, mat Affirming that the adms-
sion Of California would become "G test question" he did
not undertake say the would be followed BY dis
solution but le it his constituents determine what
course they would take"
SIN view of these remarkable qualifications Of declarations
that appeared be entirely explicit remarked the I'd
of April in the of observations elected by his
death, that she seemed to not only to take extreme
ground, but to maintain it very nadequaely."
I'VE to these contemponneous deductions from Mr.
CAIHouxs public auooa for the purpose of showing
the perfect consistency Of Gen. HAMILroSs present dsco
sure with probability 1t only requires candid study Of
Mr. Cshouns speeches various OCCASIONS for ten yeas
preceding his DEATH to be convinced that his chief aim
persuade the people Of the savehodng States form
great sectional party This counsel he impaired to the ci
Of his State long before the questions incident to
Mexican acquisitions The ultimate object Of the poll
cy be proposed have always been convinced the for
nation Of Southern Conederacy But that he fear
full Of attempting the enterprise, long its peGceabk
complshmen could be counted upon fully per-
suade by his last speech and the explanations which the
comments Of other Senators elected from him. There is no
question that Mr.. CALHOUN for "separate State action
in the notification crisis but the experience Of that mpor
an period his may, very possibly have contributed
produce the greater caution Of his subsequent views
not unmeanng coincidence that the commander Of the
notification forces should be vndcang the greatest
nul6caon statesman from the mputation Of contemplating
the secession of their State from the Union long her
Southern confederates are disposed to adhere to it,"
The perusal of these comments by the Times
brings to our recollection that amongst the Letters
received at this Office Immediately after the publ
cation in this paper, two or three months ago, Of
several articles concerning the Past, the Present,
and the Future Of public affairs, was one from
resident of the State Of Mississippi, to which the
engagement of our columns, at the moment of re-
ceiving it, prevented us from giving all the attention
which it deserved; the material part Of which,
however, this seems to be an apt occasion for in
Producing to our readers.
Promising that the name Of the writer is known
to US, and that he assures US that the facts which
he states concerning Mr.. CALHoUN's agency in the
" Protest" are within his personal knowledge, we
shall allow him to communicate them to the Public
in his own language, without changing word as
follows:
81 consider the celebrated South Carolina Pro-
test against the Tariff in 1923 to be the embod-
tment Of those dscrepant and MISUNDERSTANDING
1ciples which have of late exhibited such an ex-
'plosiye tendency in the affairs of that State. That
the political sentiment of that State has become
thoroughly vtiated, its national affection poisoned
and its legislative counsel dementated, must be
obvious to any eye that exercises the blessing of
natural unperverted perception. $ The Protest
is the fountain-head of it all. And happen to
! know that when that great man (Mr. CALHoUN)
penned that document, he was so distrustful Of
the soundness, purity, and catholicity of its doc
trines, that he desired the concealment of its true
authorship from the world. If il contained and
: was designed to inculcate the true doctrine of
State-rghts and restrain Federal aggression within
Just limits, why did he not unfurl that banner
upon his own standard, and come before the
people for that lofty eminence Of Office to which
: the splendor of his talents entitled him Why
did ne shrink from the anticipated opposition Of
Mr.. TAzEwELL and others, if he felt no mis-
'givings of the orthodoxy Of his creed? But Mr..
CALHOUN is gone, and the seed of his sowing
is likely to be reaped by his State in the bitter
harvest Of inappeasable discomfort with Federal
Legislation, unreasonable and incessant clamor
against imaginary wrongs, and frantic tossngs to
get out Of the Union against the rebutting sense
of the intelligent world. Modification is an evil
doctrine, and seeks alliance with its kind. Here
tofore it has found no meet associate in the body
polite but Reputation. From the legitimate
issue of such an amalgamation good Lord deliver
all who wish it, and especially
I" A MIssIssIPPlAN."
The Government of CUBA appears to be actively
awake to the designs of the invaders, is prepared
Tor them, and watching their movements vipantly |