Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-05

for war. Cunning Mr.. Van Zandt, COW
ert friend of Engla nd And lucky Mr..
Upshur, who was killed, and so never
had to make that answer"
But John, another will have to make
it, the one way or the other" said his
| friend.
Yes" The long hand smote on the
| table.
president Tyler has offered you Mr.
Upshurs portfolio as secretary OF
state?"
"Yesl" The long hand smote again.
Doctor Ward made no comment be-
yond a long whistle as he recrossed his
legs. His eyes were fixed on Calhoun's
frowning face. There will be cvents!
| said he at length grinning.
Il have not yet accepted" said Cal
houn. IF l do, it will be to bring Tex
as and Oregon into this Union, one
slave, the other free, but both vast and
of mighty future for us. That DONE
l resign at once
viii you accept"
Calhoun's answer was first tn pick up
q paper from his desk. See, here is
the despatch Mr.. Pakenham brought
from Lord Aberdeen of the British
ministry to Mr.. Upshur just two days
before his death. Judge whether Aber-
deem wants liberty-or territory. In
effect he reasserts England's right to
interfere in our affairs. We fought one
war to disprove that. England has
said enough on this continent And
England has meddled enough"
Calhoun and Ward looked at each
other. sober in their realization of the
grave problems which then beset
American craftsmanship and American
thought. The old doctor was first to
break the silence. Then do you ac-
cept? Will you serve again, john
Listen to me. If do accept, l shall
take Mr.. Upshur's and Mr. Nelson's
place only on one conditiOn-yes, if |
do, here is what l shall say to England
regarding Texas. l shall show her
what a Monroe Doctrine is; shall snow
her that while Texas is small and weak,
Texas and this republic are not. This
is what / have drafted as possible
reply. l shall tell Mr.. Pakenham that
his chiefs avowal Of intentions has
made il our imperious duty, in self-de-
fense, to hasten the annexation of Tex
as, cost what it may, mean what II
may! John Calhoun does not shilly-
shally.
That will be my answer" repeated
my chief at last. Again they looked
gravely, each into the others eye, each
knowing what this might mean.
Yes, I shall have Texas, as l shall
have Oregon, settled before l lay down
my arms, Sam Ward. No, am not yet
ready to die" Calhouns old fire now
famed in all mis- mien.
The situation is extremely difficult
said his friend slowly. 1T must be
done: but how? We are as nation
not ready for war. You as statesman
are not adequate to the politics of all
this. Where is your political party,
John? You have none. You have out
run all parties. 1t will be your ruin,
that you have been honest"
Calhoun turned on him swiftly. You
know as we'll as | that mere politics
will not serve. 1t will take some eX
traordinary measure-you know men
and, perhaps. women"
Yes" said Doctor Ward, and a
| precious silly lot they are: the two
running after each other: and for
getting each other: using and
wasting each other; running and de-
spoiling each other. all the years. from
Troy to Rome! But yes! For Il man.
set a woman for a trap. Vice versa, l
suupose?"
| Calhoun nodded, with a thin smile.
| "As il chances, | need a man. Ergo,
and very plainly, | must use a wo-
mani"
,rbo,. ,ool,ed NJ each other for q mo-
ment That Calhoun planned some
deep-laid stratagem was plain, but his
speech for the time remained enigma
tic. even to his most intimate COM
nanion.
There are two women in our world
| TODAY" said Calhoun. LAS to Jack
| son the old fool was a monogamist,
and still is Not so much SO Jim Polk
of Tennessee Never does he appear in
nuhIic with eyes other than for the
Dona Lucrezia of the Mexican legation!
Now. one against the other-McXicn
against Austria"
Doctor Ward raised his eyebrows in
| nerpleyitv.
"Th,t ie to say England. and not
| Austria " went on Calhoun culdly.
"Thc omhassahress of England to
America WAS horn I'm Rudnurst, So I
soy Austria. or prrhaps Hungary. or
some other cuuntrv. which raised this
strange represcntaive who has made
some stir in Washington here these
st few weeks"
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