, 1874-10-19

rroaBtng. .1an.alaugh,er.ng poopls, Of really
Puritan inntincts hui tho Puritan olennnt was
aubjoe.ed ; .hoo proximity Of tho West Intles
courage. nna not connolcnco, WAS tito guilou of
tho Province md partisan warfare, Infringing
out OF tho intolerance Of tho hesrt further do
yalupcd tho icrco INSTINCTS; wilo nIayerg,
wotos IN rcd n,cn Or blaul;, was tho orrlol ri,.-
cpo Of nl They built It Into 4 platitnea; thcy
lay In tho arms Of the mighty negro for ndarly
200 years; thov thought lilo WAS their subject,
but llo wns tlieir King.
South Carolina mover had loyal llcsrt. Thoro
and guasi-Barons OF tho land wero a1way. aclish
an,l fnoslnus, flom John Rutloago to Darnwsil
lthatt. In tho Revolutionary War they Mnro
hanging on both eidca before tho Revolution,
the lown-co,,nsry people gave tho tp.conntry
nsoplo no representation /; during and altar tho
lIevolution, tho public mon Of South Carolina
grew III the habit of complaint. aud wld-oyod
calhoun WA3 tho Statesman OF chat oomp[aint,-
fervld cgoibt, 'Slloso ruling principle was dis.
appointment.
Is nearly oblltornied by tae sponge Of events. !
aala to Charleston editor:
t'Whnt do they think Of him now2 !"
t. Tlloy don't think Of titn, At ALL ho said.
+" Ths present abHorbs all Thinking. Whoever ID
tload nov Is dead a1toRo.hor."
csllaoun's Irish tlaule wns Colquo'n. His
father, Patrick, wna an 1rlth Presbyterian, q
years OH At his departure from Donegal. Alter
twenty three yoara Of border rowing, no pitched
" P'a I, n %aica pa'e eahcuns 1a moet t' oEs Es
took to metaphysscs in spite Of the old mans
narrow Calyinia,n. Presbyterian In every ad-
tul.ct. lie was 1ataltst in the limo Of thought;
married lis wcaltI,ior cousin. FlorIdo Calhoun,
at the nse Of II. l1o went to Congress at n timo
OF evil llsputation, Hhen tho irrosolnts Madison
was the subicct Of abuae ansl the eemtto Of
cabal. Alilcsian tnRincerity married calhonns
life, III spite Ut his outward purity Of character.
1Ia vaA restless, reaentful, and Ambltions,-not
avarctous. At iirst Iio welcomed NsW-Englanl
condition against the Jcffersonian policy Of nom
intercourse with England, and in favor OF . Ma
tional baak he favored the protective tariff OF
1876 and internal improvements by Federal ap-
preparation. At tho ago Of 3G, le became Nom
roe'u fret Secretary of Mar, There ia snpcr-
sition TINT tho bil FOR the reorganization OF the
army, which bcArs his name, whs the work OF
held lin tho credit. Gnn. Jackson was now ono
OF the tno Major Generals Of the United States
army, aud Calhoun autagonizod him on tllo quos-
tiou Of his conduct IN Florlsla. Eotwitlssau0.ns
thu administration Of hi. colaaguom tho Exeon-
tive oIlico, Johu Quincy Adamn, coalition hardly
honorable, siuce It nus n4tnvut public patl!ot-
irm or private priuoiple, e,-t'alhoun, now Vice.
President At tha age Of 43, WIN found out by
and, although re-cicctcd Vice.pressiont with
jackson. tho frgd siao Of that great politician
was turned to hun, tho Tarnl front to Marin Van
Euren.
Calhoun hcncefo:.h subailcd to bo 4 mere
proylncinl. anti hlliit; upon tho firgnta and Acn-
tloiy 1caolutions Of thirty yoarA hcloro, the
HopAistry Of State-Sovcroixnty an1 Nullilicatlon.
Ua had tho Legislature Of ntB Slatn to adopt
this " "E1ruHisaon Ill 1923. Isaac Hayne brought
it forward III Congress. and melted Webster 10
hia memorable retnoNso. Cnlhuun's paper at
T5j4orfrf,t ]oI 1lp
Dlail's Globe ho Resigned tho Vice Presidency;
Lib fric,lds voro turned ont Of lhe Cabinet lie
succeeded 11aJne In tho Senate at the age Of ~.
1Icncoforward. for tie nineteen yeala Of his
Oh spoaxirE terms with Clay, 10 joined forcca
with him for National Bank, anu u.gcd, with
his usuul pirate making giss'noss, that great
bank was merely an "uDbanking OF tile ban,IR."
parties, Lear tho close OF Jackson's Presidential
career, with Calhoun in u ANAL separate body Of
Nullitlora, goaerally ecsing With the Wings. To
proclaimed corruption to bo tho destiny Of the
timcs.-a usual alternative with defeated aBpi-
rantB for Office; and. whom Van Duren bccAmo
President, III spite of his spleen, Calhoun did
not ac,rpls to start the Pro.Slarery agitation
iu order to sectlonnl.zo his enemy. fla sdyocat-
ed the searching Of tho matlR, restriction OF tho
right Of potition sn1 tho depoait OF Tho surplus
OF public moneys in Stale Repositories, whevo it
became corruption fund. In Ehors, Calhoun
yielded 10 tha worst part OF Ills nature, and grow
lunstc OF look and vehement in dlumal loquncity
Of prophecy. Ho was f.antic at tho OK
pngns p"s a,a 81 ao aos o s0enre eo
iirnstion; leriicd Hontou demanded
the admiration OF Taxns without urohation, whilo
objecting 10 llichigan because it contained
fallen +" cit.:ons; and, having libeiol Jackson,
tho President, a. \ land. .obher, used his intlig;
Tllcre waa 10 consistency in bis public old age,
except tile consistency Of mischief. 1lo covered
Slavery with benetlctions; COLLECTED materalG for
tho bonfire Of aiannion; eerrod rs John Tyor'a
Nobater and Clay; aud patched alp a truce With
Van Buren,, and broke with him again. Ho was
loft out Of Polka Cabinet, TO his modification,
and crowded South Carolina Senator out to re-
cover his riacc III the Upper House. In 1a47 hc
developed tho policy Which lle ealtol forcing
tho isyto on tho North," aud proclaimed 'srotal-
ihtion as oilhet to FREQ speech, petition, and
pross. to tho extent Of clostng Southern ports to
Northern vossc!g. Lilo last performance yas In
1B49. when ho proposed duality OF Confedcra-
tho other tno Stars, Of tile Union. + heard
Justice Campbell, Confederate Secretary OF War.
cay, two yearH ago:
''llo had tue Presidency -rnania bad. No man
loquacity. Wien he spoke with you, i. was to
transfer : shadow from lis life TO yourH.n
CALNOUSH GRAVE,
Mt Charleston, IL large stono ynult, nboro
ground, oblong, bearlng his fnnily.name alone.
stuod outside tie iron fence, under tho pres-
ence Of MI old battered clurch-apire, LOOKING at
it ene day; and, M means OF sounding opinion,
stopped eeveral pasacra.by, and asked them to
tell mo whore Calhoun was buried. Nobody
know. Ono man thought lie waa buriotl up
country; anothor TaH Hura Ito laid under tho
Capitol at Washington; third intimatel CO.
lnmbia. Aud there tho pour, wild man waa lying
few feet on, lilo Lonr IN the cavo,-a lone
some1ess, chl'rchyard.echo. Ho Was no worae
than Thousand disappointed mon who would pull
tne hessens down upon their species for tho graf
ll,eaton Of rage and build sensual quality to
pened to te their own. Fort Elmtor might voll
he Cashonn's Karcophagun,-the negro and tho
carpet-baggcr eculpturod like vulturef at his
henrt.
uent to
ft,ET SUMTER
with nownpapor- OIL tho sloop lsleanora,
--Cant- lon1Aso Naao, otherwise Tom Young,
Greek skipper. The passsge-monoy Haa that Of
ths boy wAo worked his fare out on the canal
lod tile 1,u!os. We got aground At tl,o fnrt-
wharf, ald had to pull ha!f an hour at hawaor