The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-03-09
His conversation was remarkable.

From 4 Jul nina, Win Ndiicu anu
accurate information, he discoursed on
numerous topics, adapted himself with
readiness ard tact to the capacities and
wishes OF those who were present. lie
had special fondness for youth, and
with aptness and skill would draw out
their am billions, and then give tone and
direction to there opinions and energies.
This facility Of converse made bin a
!.tyarite witt, lis neigilbors, who, u:l-
awed by fi:ne or genius, would gather
around him, after worship in the coun-
Try. Or at tie court ho:lse, ID hear i;',n
talk on politics, or farming, Or prices,
or neig boThood news, or on whatever
pleased those who knew him best and
loved him most. With outspoken can
dor, transparent motive, and gulleless
purity of life, he talked to the profit
and pleasure ofsshis auditors. Among
the "eallsfs" at Browns Hotel was
Mike Walsh, a "subterranean" po|!t!-
clan, dressed in plainest garb, and noted
for his ineorrnptlb!e integrity and his
espousal Of the interests OF the masses.
Such conjunction Of an original Rad
ical and the most conservative and
philosophical of statesmen, whose card
lnal principle, however, was that the
safety OF the State could only be found
in the security of property and protect
ion of the liberties of the people. was
a rare occurrence, and lnstinctlve1y al!
in the room were silent to listen to
those two remarkable men, between
whom prima facie there were few
points of agreement, and yet on econ
omy aud purity of administra-
ION, on divorce Of government from
banks, on the wickedness OF protective
tariffs, on the annexation of Texas, on
hostility to the "AIbany regency" they
harmonized perfectly, and 1t was
tribute to both men to see how they
we're drawn together by their mutual
frankness and concurring devotion to
the interests of the people. In this
nights entertainment-for such it was
Calhoun gave portraiture of Van
Buren,, and expressed in strong terms
his adherence of the spoils system and
to tie manipulating tactics through
al !,
which Van Buren, was supposed to be
identified. Calhoun made, years be-
fore this time, an exhaustive report to
the Senate in opposition to the grow
ing use Of executive patronage and the
consequent perils to good government.
It was TaIleyrand who said, in me-
moir read at the National Institute !:
"The art of putting the right men in
the right places liz, perhaps, the first in
the science of government; but the art
OF finding a satisfactory position for
the disconnected is the most difficult. T"
Van Buren, had been greatly chagrined
at his defeat Ey Polk for the preslden-
tial nomination, and his course after
wards, when he became the candidate
CT the Free Soil, Or Abolition, party
showed how bitterly and unforgivingIy
he cherished his hatred of and his pur-
pose Of revenge upon those, especially
of the South, who had comprised bis
overthrow. On Calhoun he poured
the walls OF his wrath, and nurtured
airesh the animosity which he had felt
and INDUCED against the Carolinian
during General Jackson's administra-
ton. Blaine, in his book, says Cal
noun chad every motive for distrnst-
| Ing, opposing, and even hating Van
Buren," and it was not strange, then,
that he should with vehemerce and
scorn and scorching epithet have held
up his enemy's insincerlty and faith
Iessness and selfish ambition.
Calhoun was brought up under the
influence of the Presbyterian church.
DR.. Waddell, a Presbyterian minister
who married his sister, was his instruc.
tor. With sincere respect for religion
and the Christian ministry, he never
connected himself with any church
In private and in public his life was
irreIroachable. His correspondence
has been placed in the hands of PROBES
sor Jameson, of Brown University
whose scholarship and fairness and his
toric knowledge justify us in expecting
full justice for one who has had the
misfortune to be much misunderstood
and maligned. It's a great honor to
America to have produced man who
may be truly said. to be the Aristotle Of
this century.
Before the discovery OF One Minute
Cough Cure, ministers were greatly
disturbed by coughing congregations
No excuse for it now.-E. T. White.
head & Co.
l