The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-15

designed to precipitate an issue of r,
voiution, but was brou yht forward 8
u the means OF adjusting the equities
Il relationship between the sections {
l. the country having antagonizing il
o terests. He could see no way to hal
8 moniZe the conflicting interests of tn
agricultural aud manufacturing sec
tions OF the country. and resorted t
this measure as an expedient promis
3 ing at least a compromise, and as sue
, the best solution OF q problem whicI
, threatened then, as it does now, tn
stability OF our system Of government
, In discussing the question Of the gre
, served rights of the States he neve
" went beyond the limits Of the Fedora
constitution, and was never in though
| or l$nguage more pronounced thar
J was fMr. Jefferson, the framer OF the
Kentucky resolutions. The correspOn
a +dence OF Mr.. Calhoun with the repre-
sentative men Of all political parties
manifests his loyalty to the Fedora
SkU nion.
IA careful study OF history will dis
cover that there is behind every great
change In the political or social econo
my OF man some moral force which
with an irresistible influence moves on
to ultimate expression. Intelligent
genius antagonizing interests and war,
with Its seeming destructiveness, are
but the agencies Of this force insen-
sibly used to accomplish in the end an
evolution in this ever active age. From
Magma Charta to the Emancipation
Proclamation there is clearly mani
Tested movement forward in the
social and political relations of the
| Anglo-SaXon race n movement quite
as marked in its expressions as any OF
the series OF eVolutions which preceded
1T and which appear to have come as
the effects OF the great moral force
embodied in the philosophy of the
" Wonderful Nazarene," the Christ OF
history.
| Mr.. Calhoun came upon the plane
| OF thought and action at a time when,
In the order OF the law OF progress, his
intellectual strength and training
were necessary in the economy OF q
power greater than mere human
agencies could originate or direct. 1t
Is not necessary to enter the shambIes
OF speculative reasoning to determine
what that higher power was or is,
or In what manner it is made manifest.
Call 1T Providence, and be Christian
ca. 1T Fate, and be q Pantheist; call it
what you may, 1t was and it Is with us
today, the great causa causarum, a
my sterious yet certain force which
fro m the beginning has been "moving
up, the waters" and in it's own way
and through its own agencies has
br' ught about results by methods we
Cal not comprehend we may not sym-
pathize with, but must yield to, and
acc ulesce In or perish in trying to op-
pose the inevitable.
a the order OF development the time
ha come when slavery as an institu-
I'M ~
the newly formed Republic OF the
United States should have eliminated
fr'' M Its charter every uncertain and
ambiguous term. To reach this result
discussion had to precede action In
til, discussion Mr.. Calhoun SO forcibly
and so satisfactorily, to the people OF
tie s!ave-holding States demonstrated
tf' sovereignty OF the State and tie
right OF the State to assert that
Snvereignty that the question had
F,oasoG .o be debatablo In more than
one OF the Southern sisterhood. No
one doubted the right the question OF
eXpediency alone remained. The time
soon came when even the expediency
OF asserting the right was not debat-
ahle, ana the result was a desperate
conflict, a civil war unparalleled in the
annals OF history. The institution of
slavery was eliminated forever from
the perplexing problem of our national
existence, and the sovereignty of the
State surrendered to the power of the
General GOvernment--the United
States Of America became nation
and the development made complete
which had been steadily moving for
ward from the first gun at Lexington
and Concord to the last at Appomat-
toX.
FORT HILL HIS OLD HOME.
Fort HILL" the residence of Mr..
Calhoun is so called from its location
near fort, which tradition asserts
was erected by De Soto in his rambling
march through this section during the
early part of the sixteenth century
The building, in the colonial style, is
we'll preserved, and presents an attrac.
tive appearance. A wooden Office
chair In the main room once served
Gen. Washington, and for many years
was used by Mr.. Calhoun in his Office
From this seat one looks upon noble
portrait OF the great statesman, near
which Is an expressive likeness Of
Henry Clay. In front, and occupying
the centre of the room, is an elaborate
ly carved table OF rosewood with
a top of Egyptian marble, upon which
are to be found many letters from emf
nent men OF all sections-statesme
scholars and divines, some dicussing
the affairs OF State, others asking opin-
ions and advice, and all evidencing the
greatest respect for "the sage of Fort
HILL n the room are costly articles
OF furniture, presented by Kings,
and upon the walls hang rich paint
ings by Rem brant, Rubens and Sully.
In the adjacent building, used as an
Office by Mr.. Calhoun, Is the desk at
which for many years the great student
labored, and about it several articles
OF household furniture. About the
house there Is an atmosphere of great
mass that can never be disassociated
from it.