Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-15
THE STATUE OF CALHOUN.
Unveiled in Statuary Hall, Washing
inston, Last Saturday.
BY Associated Pre-.

by Associated Press.
Washington, March 12.-The Capitol
was the scene of notable event today
when in the presence of a distinguish
ed assemblase, a statue of John G. Cal
noun, the great South Carolina separa-
tist, was unveiled in statuary hall.
The unveiling ceremony took place
at IL o'clock, and was conducted wholly
by South Carolinians. The cords hold
ing together the drapery around the
marble figure were looSened by Mrs
Bratton and Miss Gist, both daughters
Of the Palmetto state, and Immediately
afterwards the verbal ceremonies were
begun. Governor Ansel presided and
principal grafton.
I he statue is d bold piece of work
depicting its subject in strident atti-
tude. 1t is placed on the south side OF
statuary nall between the figures OF
Etnen Allen and Lewis Cass, and di-
rectly, if not defiantly faces the effigy
of Webster, Calhouns great antaso-
mist, which stands calmly on its pedeS-
tai on the north side Of the hall.
Ceremonies of Acceptance.
The ceremonies of acceptance took
place in the senate and house after the
completion of the exercises in the hall
1t was in the two houses that the rep
resentatives of the two anti-belligerent
states met once more to bury the
hatchet. Senator Lodge and Represen-
tative Mccall speaking for the New
England commonwealth, and Senator
Smith and number of South Carolina
representatives for that state. An ad.
dress was made in the senate also by
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon
Ma.crc InIua an1 Mccall cpnka anln-
gistically of the personality Of the
subject Of the exercises.
The Calhoun family was represented
at all the proceedings by Patrick and
John c. Calhoun, grandsons of the
statesman, and by several great-grand-
children. They occupied especially as
signed seats in all places. In the SEN
ate the presidents and vice presidents
rows were reserved for them.
The senate exercises began at IL
o'clock and those of the house at
o'clock. In the house in addition to Mr.
Mccall, addresses were made by Rep
resentative Lamb of Virginia and Rep
resentatives Aiken, Finley, Lever
Johnson and Ellerbe of South Carolina
Senator Smith.
In his speech, Senator Smith attri-
buted Calhoun's attitude to his love OF
the Union, saying:
He loved the Union and it veXed his
soul TO know that the pride and honor
of his state was being so Inundated
that he foresaw that unless some
measure could be adopted by which the
oppression might be relieved, it would
lead to a disunion which to him, was
the greatest of all possible calamities. y
Representative Aiken of South Car
olina, who represents the district OF
South Carolina from which Mr.. Cal
houn was sent to congress, sketched
Calhoun's career, and compared him to
Lincoln.
Representative Aiken.
The two most conspicuous figures
and those who will survive longest
in the memory of mankind-of that
greatest contest over the conflicting
theories of our government are John G.
Calhoun and Abraham Lincoln" he
said. THE achievements of Mr.. Lin
coin are viewed through the glamor of
success and the halo Of the martyr,
while the cause for which Mr.. Calhoun
labored-the perpetuation Of the Union
as it came from the hands of the faith
ers-went down in defeat.
Notwithstanding defeat and disas-
ter, he continues to be regarded as the
Aristotle of American politics; and
with the mind of a seer and thought
of a hero he survives in the respect
of his countrymen, wept, honored and
sung.
If he had been endowed with less
integrity Of purpose and more policy,
he could surely have been president.
That great honor We believe ne laid
down, because he would be the tool OF
no man, and because it's experience
would have sacrificed principles, the
establishment of which had consumed
the greatest part of his life"
Representative Mccall.
In point of intellect and in purity
of character" said Representative Nc
Call of Massachusetts, in accepting the
statue. Calhoun ranks among the
very greatest of our statesmen, and,
although his name is more conspicu-
ously identified with the theory Of null
LITIGATION. a theory to which his great
power of logic gave practical force as
political principle, more than once
in critical times he devoted himself to
preventing a rupture between the cen
tral and the state governments and or
maintaining the Union. He was
throughout his whole life devoted to
his native state
Senator Lodges speech was an eulo-
gy of Calhoun, the man.
Senator Lodge.
We do well to place here statue
of Calhoun" said the senator. Il would
that he could stand with none but his
peers about him, and not elbowed and
crowded by the temporary notorious
and the illustrious obscure. His statue
is here of right. He was a really great
man, one of the greatest figures Of our
history. He was the greatest man
South Carolina has given to the nation.
He was one of the most remarkable
men. one of the greatest minds that
American public life can show"