The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-12-17

listen to the ringing tones OF tho war.bu-
giles sounding note; Calhoun, the multifa.
rious discord that makes an operate har.
mouy; and Webster, the still, deep rolling
solemn anthem.
IL. IL an element, Clay would glory in
personating n chafining. unclaimed storm;
Calhoun. the shifting and unsteady va,ia
ble winds; and Webster, the strong and
steady breeze, slow-'noving, as with its roll.
ing diapason il sweeps the forest, as when
the Almighty, with his resistless breath,
strikes Thunder Harp OF pines!
IL. In war, Clay, like Charles XII. of
Sweden, would prefer the fierce assault;
Calhoun, like Scott, would practice the
strategetic seige, or turn his enemies right
or left wing. instead OF breaking his centre;
and Webster, like old Rough and Ready,
or like Cromwell, would tell his men to
"trust in God, and keep their powder dry"
and meet the foe, in an open, pitched, fair,
field, and bull dog fight.
IL. Ii Clay WAS challenged 10 the field of
honor, he would fight at once, like the ad
mirable Crichton; Calhoun. like our Quaker
Revolutionary General, Nathaniel Green.
would reason out of it; and Webster would
look upon the challenge like gentleman
and n christian. and treat it with n cousc.
entious indifference.
IA. II they were called upon TO make a
treaty, Clay would endeavor TO force it by
intimidation; Calhoun automatically treat
it with Rchlieu like and MachicvelIiar Gun.
ming; Webster, by open, fair, straight-for-
ward dealing.
10. In Religion, Clay, if he had conse.
Grated his energies to teaching it, notwih.
standing he died an Episcopaian, would
have been an enthusiast, and, rs was the
exclusive and arStocratic habit Of his mind
he would have believed in the doctrine OF
Election or Pre1ostinarianism, and allowed
but a very select few TO be saved, and the
balance To he incoutineutly damned; Cal.
houn would have been Free Thinker; and
Webster, in favor Of the Established Consti.
tutional Church.
10. In Patriotism, Clay was for Compro.
mise. Conservatism aud Union; Calhoun,
for Secession, Nulitication-I loved him
too well to say Treason and
Disunion; Webster, for Union, Indepen.
dence and a common cause, at every hazard
II. In habits, Clay was dictatorial, magis-
terial and exclusive; and Webster, gentle,
selfpoised, and dignifed.
is. In Poetry, Clay would have been he.
roc and lyrical; Calhoun, ddac,ic; aud
Webster, like "the blind old Bard of Scio's
Rocky ISLE" would have esSayel an epic.
10. Ia Art and Architecture, Clay would
have faucrd Painting Gad Sculpture; Cal
houn would hase mr,ticmatic;Lly taxed lis
brain IL iabvIinthine structures. such , LNs.
ses threaded in the Il pckgirt Isle Of CFete,
where the Fa,cs held the Light, and the
bi>taif, and She Wheel, when Atropus clip.
ped the String OF Fate; aud Webster would
have bui'dci Monuments and Pyramids
20. Ii is remarkable, TIA; in all the
written papers left by Clay, there is but lit.
tie cleaning Grom tie fields of Ancient or
modern Li,"ralu'e-l in Cnlhoun'>; and
they a:e 10 lie found but sparscly in Web.
se''S, but when found, opposite and oppro.
pirate.
And now, leave these twenty-one points
Of contrasts for future additions, as they
may occur 10 me. until some modern Plu.
larca shall put the touchstone o! analysis
and comparison 10 them still further.