Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-02-10
Of John O. CalhOmm. I.
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In the choice library at Fort Hill vase
small volume, which, as meas as can recolect
was called Recolectons Of Mirabeau, By
Dumont, bis private secretary. In speak.
ing of that distinguished Frenchmsn and the
book, one day, Mr.. Calhoun observed. That
is the proper method 10 give an idea Of great
man. His humble friend and secretary writes
what he remembers about the great dead, and
gives what he did and said as he happens to
remember il, without any ornaments Of his
own. Such a work is valuable, for il gives
real insight into great character"
| Those words made an impression upon me.
and since his death, when have had occas-
ion to write about Mr. Calhoun, Il Sss been in
this style-modestiy attempting to give what
he said sho did as briefly as possible, and just
as happcneu to recall this or that eircum-
stance connected with HIM to dny mind. as il
were narra,ing them to either Of his below
ed daughters, whose love for the memory Of
their great father would PROMPT them to lis
ten eagerly to what came from one who was
near their father the last months Of his life.
and could tell them thousand things about
| him they did not know before They would
not care much about the manner Of the tel
| ling; they would only think Of the things told
| by one who knew then.
| had black book at Fort Hill in which I
used frequently 10 make notes of conversation
with Mr.. Calhoun, and be would read them,
and not unfrequently correct them. On one
occasion, sp eaking Of Mr. Van Buren,, he said
d" He taught the mass Of the people TO hunt
! for Offices as they would for game, and the
same system has turned on himself and polit.
ically Killed him." Without the prospect of
| nj, n oopyanI;oc ~ ror,;nato a Dr.aidanA
would have no more weight than if 81 many
i1ders were to ssst mile at Baltimore to
play Aud Lang Syne."
The absurdty OF the mode of getting up
the census used to call forth some very sar-
castle remarks. "They will be obliged 10 act
for the whole ten years. The law vas inten-
dcd t1 get the amount Of population by taxi
ing census; but it has been extended so as
to embrace almost everything. and yet there
i. one very important commission among the
va uahles 4"
"What is that ?" asked
Fences, was the reply
H laughed, and who would not; but soon
stopped when he added. The fences are
more valuable than all The cities add d togeth-
er-Think ofit."
have since thought of il, and never saw
fence yet but what thought of Mr Calhoun.
5 Il doubt very much whether the valuation
could ever be accurately ascertained, but it
weuld amount to some huadre1s Of millions
of dollars.
Mr.. Benton had made several speeches at
y tacking Mr.. Calhoun early in ls49, and soon
: after my arrival the latter commenced to die
u tate to me reply, not to Bentcn, but in an
Address to the People of the Southern
n States" One copy of that address was CIV
o en- To the Pendeton Gazette, and the other
a was sent to you. When l had written
f /" With the ordinance Of Timeo Deanas, ct do
J. na terentss," he added" This is the first
n time have ever used quotation from the
classics, but it is very applicable in this ease"
h When he came to-"Job exclaimed: 'Oh, that
J. mine enemy would write bookp" he aug
n gested that had better examine and find
j. whether he had quoted correct. went to
N the house and got Bible, and after little
+ search | found that adversary was used in
b stead of enemy "Any word might have been
Is originally used for the whole Book Of Job
r most wonderful took-was never properly
T. translated. 1t has no correction whatever
t. with the rest of the Bible-not the slightest
n. reference to the Jews, their peculiar nstitu-
Is lions, or anything of the kind.-It bears no
is evidence Of Hebrew origin or connection, and
or was written long before these people were
.e known. Mahomet's Koran would be as suit-
10 ably located in a Hebrew Bible as the Book
C. of job, except one is as evidently antecedent
x to the Times of Moses, by few thousand
b. years, as the otheris is subsequent" And then
ed he proceeded to dictate.
no About this time the news of the death and
he funeral Of James K Folks body was placed
of in the coffin a copy of the United States con.
s sutton was placed under his feet. "Some
e. az must have done that, although il was ex-
b. iremrly proper for Polk had trampied upon
n the constitution during his lfe."
Us. 1t was known at Fort Hill that in the vii
ell lsge Episcopal church the rite OF confirmation
h was to be administered. Some members o.
I'd, the family were to be confirmed, and Mrs
n Calhoun was urgent that he himself should
to CO. il for no other reason than out Of respec
his Of Bishop Gaisden. The family carriage wa
He loaded; and the horses, driven by old Tom
The left the mansion for the village. rode in tn
ae buggy with Mr. Calhoun, who allowed me t
e's drive, and gave me some lessons about rever
led sing the usual order Of things, viz:-Alow
he ing the horse to go rs fast as he pleased up
nd. hill, and keep him close re ned up while GO
G . ing down one. When VIC reached tho churc
the service had commenced. Mr.. Calhoun sat !
'pt his seat with his eyes fixed upon the BshoI
md and looking precisely as though he was not q
ow home. There was prayer read by the Blst
bel, op, which had been composed by him express
eed y in relernce to the recent prevailing choler
ex- Qs49) Mr. Calhoun sat up perfectly ere'
in when h. heard the word "nston" used in
has and. by the way, the Bishop in his sermon u
its. ed it very frequently. After the service
ate were over and he had shaken hands with q
,er- of his neighbors. we got into the buggy au
om- started for home. "Nation nation nation! !!
: of he repeated as if to himselfi :" it is strane
OBJ that man like Gadsden. who ought TO kno
God better, would use such word. There is
Sep TRUTH no real meaning in it. All such thin
| 10 tend TO consolidate the government and pr
ller duce wrong impression. Gadsden know
dis. L.,,n. Whnn tha constitution ,xaa fnrnnl