Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-26
A MODERN cALHnnN-

Had John c. Calhoun lived in this Jay and generation, his ideas and con clusions would have been modified to sult the political changes which have taken place during the past twenty years. There is but one man-Robert Tombs-in all the South, of any promI- hence who adheres to the teachings of ante-bellum days. Patrick Calhoun, a grandson of John c. Calhoun, who IS connected with important industrial enterprises in the South, recently yls- ited New York, and while there freely expressed himself upon the sentiments of the South, and the results that have been brought about by natural causes
 Looking down the long vista of time, says NIT. Calhoun, "the South sees noth- Ing that will materially affect her that will not affect every section ot thls country. Indeed, she believes that for the first time she Is about tO share all Of it's blessings. Your interests and hers are becoming each day more identified. What legislation helps you cannot hurt her. But more, the capital of the South Is limited. She knows that alone she cannot rapidly develop her splendid re- sources. She must get men and money. Whence should both come most natural ly? From the North. But this could only be under the benign influences Of the Union. As great as Is the impetus of these forces to intelligent thinkers there IS a deeper and stronger cause why the South must cling to the Union. And this-such Is the irony of fate-ls the negro. Five million people, differ ing in race, habits and morals as widely as the negroes differ with the whites would wield a terrible influence upon the destiny of country whose total population WAS only l6,U0O.0IO. What l an opportunity would be offered to ambi- tious, designing and uuscrupulO us men! Would not country so clrcumsIanced d fit toward imIsrIallsm! Would not liberty perish? The satety of the SouIh lies ID the Union. ve million uegrue- ID a population of 5lOOOU01, which Iu- creases at the rate of more than L0.n. 00l 70 year, cannot offer much cause for ala-m.
 The change of sentiment which th, cguseS 1 have referred to have worked +
 
 of money, taxed her ?, sources until the, succumbed, left the bodies of thousand- of her nOblest sons lying dead on the field of battle, in an effort to establish a Southern cOnfederacy. To-day, if it were left to the States thst seeded tO determine by ballot whether they should have a separate government, [ ey would vote overwhelmingly for the Union. Consent to run national lines between herself and New York? Consent to being shut out of the West? Never"
 These are the words of thoroughly reconstructed Southern man one who Is direct descendant of the greatest leader the South ever produced. What the elder Calhoun said was for his day and generation what the grandson says, though radically at variance with the teachings of his iilustrious ancestor, eX- presses lis views of the new Union. after the stumbling blocks have been removed. The sentiment he expresses permeates the entire South. Yet, after all, it Is only a common-seDse, truthful view of the situation by a people who are in nowise different from Northern people. Circumstances had all to do with building up and causing the South to hang on to slavery, and in order to preserve that system it became neces- sary to adhere to stRte's-rights, and t e desire to extend slave territory. Hap pily all the "bones of contention" have been removed, and, while we still have political parties, 1t is a source of satis- faction to every true American to know that all the people love the Union.