The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-10-16
From the International Magazine.
PRIVATE LIFE OF JOHN C. CALHOUN
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G BY MISS NJ. BATES, (ADDEssED TO HER DRornER)
The funeral rites of the lamented Calhoun
8 have been performed. So deeply has the
! mournful pageant impressed me, SO wildly
: have memories ofthe past been recalled, that
t | am incapable of thinking or writing on any
c other theme. My heart prompts me to garner
. up my recollcctions of this illustrious states
d man. / can better reserve these invaluable
memories by committing them to paper, and
/, as you enjoyed but one brief interview with
b Mr. Calhoun, these pages shall be addressed
Is to you.
= An eloquent member of the House, of Rep
/ resentatives, from your State, has compared
/ this Southern luminary to that remarkable
] constellation, the Southern Cross. \ few
e years since, in sailing to West Indian island,
y | had perilous Voyages but have ever felt
A. that the sight of that Southern Cross, which
or had long haunted my Imagination, almost
repaid me for its excitement and suffering.
=. And thus do | regard an acquaintance with
~ this intellectual star as one great compensa-
- ton for separation from my early home.
h. 1t would have been a loss not to have seen
I'd that poetic group, which greets the traveller
or as he sails southwark, but how much greater
10 the loss never to have behcld that unique
D. luminary which has set to rise no more upon
our visible horizon.
Mr. Calhoun's public character is 50 wei
known to you that | shall speak of him princi
pally in his private relations, and shall refel
1m to his opinions only as expressed in CONVEX
S a sa ion-for it was in the repose of his happ1
mt in the freedom of social intercourse, that
cir knew him.
ad, While the clarion-notes of his fame resount
We among the distant hills and valleys of GU
ess land, while those who in political strife cross
ave ed lances with this champion of the Sout
the molly acknowledge his yalor and his honor
Is while Carolina chants a requiem for her dc
ell parted dead, may not one who knows hi
the moral elevation, and who has witnessed hi
use, domestic virtues, have the consolation of aC
the ding an unaffected tribute to his memory
De While his devoted constituents, with impre
the siye symbols and mournful pageants, perforl
ana funeral rites, erect for him the costly marble
ave weave for him the brilliant chaplet. be
Pill mine to scatter over his honored tomb simp
AIRY but ever green leaflets While in CLOWN
and colors the orator portrays him on his peerle
lei career in the political arena, be it mine
nee delineate the daily beauty Of his life.
lcal In Mr.. Calhoun were united the slmp
lists, habits of the Spartan lawgiyer, the inhexib
rth. principles of the Roman senator, the court
nus Gus bearing and indulgent kindness of Il
the American host, husband, and father. Th
his was, indeed rare union. Life with him "
the solemn and earnest, and yet all about hi
nted was cheerful. never heard him utter je'
rtes, there was an unvaring dignity and gravi
ody, in his manner; and yet the playful child j
old gardcd him fearlessly and lovingly. Fe
ac- men indulge their families in as free, CO
ty- idential, and familiar intercourse as did Il
Tally great statesman Indeed, to those who h
and an opportunity of observing him in his OF
him. house, it was evident that his cheerful a
g, as happy home had attractionsfor him superi
re Of to those which any other place could off
Here was a retreat from the cares, the obs
# all walton, and the homage of the world.
very few homes could the transient visitor f
His more at ease than did the guest at Fort H
flee, Those who knew Mr.. Calhoun only by
iatos Senatorial speeches may suppose that
ne to heart and mind we're all engrossed IN
ed to nation councils, but there we're nome
whenhiscourtesy, his minute kindness, m;
less you forget the statesman. The choicest fri
mean were selected for his guests aud IreIncnl
most seeing him at his daughter's wedding Il
mate the ornaments from cake and send them
VLiehla child. Many such graceful attentio
Il. an offered il an transformations manner to
a he about him, Illustrated the kindness and nc
liffer- simplicity Of his nature. His family 90
akinu not but ezult in his intel ectnal greatn
f and his rare endowments, md his lofty car
more yet they seemed to lose sight Of all thegl
lsnav their love for him.
5eb- Between himself and his younger dan
d.Savl ter there was peculiar and most ten
illpife. union As by the state OF hcr health
Soture was deprived Of many enjoyments, lel
ike 4 dulgent parents endeavored to compen
cause for every loss bY tlIeir affection aud deYot
witt as reading WIS her fayorite occupation
of th allowed 10 90 to the lettering VIII
7e fee eane from the Office, and select The ne
erican ne rged on one occasion, sue
lepen- taken fWo papers, eontalnin news 0t IN
b not tance, which her father was anxious "a
ctba but he would allow ao one 3 disturb
& and unit she had finished theip petsn
S home his ocial IS ell his dome