The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-02-01

of Bunker Hill Monument is itself mont
ment of classical taste, of profound
thought, or elevated craftsmanship, which
will outlast the solid granite. Yet Mr..
Choate, who was on the platform with
. him, tells US that ho never suffered SO
much in his life, the delivery was such a
failure.
/ Much has been said as to the morality
of Mr.. Webster, but de naortuis Mill pisl
bonun,. Of one trait in his character 1
can. testify. I'mean his great reverence
for the Bible When first came to this
city, / found that buying malc slaves and
! sending them South was regular busi-
ness, and I was SO shocked that [ went
to Washington to see if anything could
be done to stop SO nefarious a traffic. In
conversing with him on the subject Of
slavery, I found that he-was most anxious
that some measure should be inaugurated
for its gradual abolition. He confessed,
however, that he could not see any rene
| dy and thought it a vulnuS ananaedecabile
| But whenever 1quoted a passage from
the Word of God, he always received it
as the truth to which allishould yield en-
tire obedience,
In this revorent submission to the sa-
cred Oracles, grieve to say Mr.. Calhoun
was as inferior to Mr.. Webster as he was
superior him in the unimpeachable purity
of his N noral character / knew him well,
both in Washington and at Fort Hill, his
residence in South Carolina. and / 1nevcr
knew a4man more upright, conscientious
and virtuous. He was, too, somewhat
regular attendant of the Episcopal Church
| in Pendleton, though never a communi-
cant in any church. But his intellectual
pride and independence made him intol-
Grant of any authority higher than his
own reason. lie professed to believe in
the inspiration of the scriptures, but for
getting that important part of knowledge
which informs US of the limitation of the
human Observation-Disclosures of faith,
lestsit should be credulity-accustomed
to inquire as to every doctrine, not
whether it was conformable to Gods will
but to his own; loving truth, yet loving
system more than that truth; satisfying
himself that he had established his point
|if he could show the objections to any
one position, without considering those OF
all others, in short mover suspccting his
own Judgment, always confident in his
own decisions, and therefore resolved that
no argument could be adduced which
might change his opinions, he knew moth
ling of that humble. teachable spirit which
is the great element in Christian faith.
He sincerely regarded slavery as divine
and bcnefcent institution. "The negro
and the white man." he said to me, (" are
both elevated by it,"
III quoted text which expressed his
views he would give it hearty assent and
dwell upon its certainty. But if it con-
demned his cherished convictions ne as
promptly questioned it. was with him
during his last illness, and upon one occa-
sion, when cited that command, " Honor
all men,o he turned quickly to me and
!. said. asyyhat, honor all men? Never, i'm
possible, God never said that. God can
not require me to honor the man in the
!. White House, nor the unprincipled poll
ticians, the selfish demagogues now in
both. Houses of Congress who are bring
ing ruin on the country"
OF his power of conversation great
| many have spoken; but in fact he never
conversed; he harangued as earnestly
when alone with you as when in the Leg
Iislatiye halls. He loved the society OF
/ Young mon, and won their hearts by the
courtesy and condescension with which
15he listened to them 1t was, however,
only that politeness which was striking
trait in his character. If he paused to
listen, it was but the interval between the
flashes of lightning, which soon blazes out
again, shifting and shivering all opposition
AS an orator he was q perfect contrast
to Mr.. Webster. Il is we'll known to bis
friends that he proposed Demosthenes as
his model, and studied closely those Gre
clan masterpieces to which all who know
. what eloqucnce means, how it is as high
above rhetoric as the heavens are above
: the earth, will ever look up in admiration
and rapture. If, in his wcllk remark
j. about aAction" as the essential ingredl
ont in speaking, Dcmosthenes meant