The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-08

AAAt2 VI artery aFIS Known As the
great trio. AT the suggestion OF CAL
noun the old revolutionary name ~
wing was revived and applied To this
com oinatlon. Benton defended Jackson
and defeated the triumvirs. Calhoun
was not an orator in the sense az a
mere declaimer or rhetorician. Clay
was more graceful In his attitudes.
more abundant in gesture. could mag
netize a Senate and thrIll n promiscu-
Gus assembly by his eloQuence Gen.
tllngman. who heard calhoun, say IN
his book: Instead Of WebSter's
calm, deliberate and seemingly stud
led words. alhoun thought appear
ed 10 flow so rapidly that he had not
time for gesticulation. His great pro-
positions followed each other 50 logi-
cally and SO swiftly that his mind
seemed TO be carried forward with
the directEess and speed OF a cannon
ball in its flight HIS quarrel with
jackson, how he lost the Presidency
and his acquisition OF Texas when he
was Secretary OF State in Tyier's cab
met. have been discussed in preceding
articles My father told me that Cal
noun visited Raleigh about 1888 while
he was a member OF the legislature,
soon after his dehate with Webster.
Nnen he was in the ull meridian OF
ms great powers, and that he met him
and that he was the finest converse
tonalist he ever heard. that n could
TO a room fun. and he seemed to talk
70 each one at the same time. and
the brilliant thoughts feIl from his
lips as profusely as the orien pearls
with which Aurora gemmed the
earth. When he made his last speech
in the Senate he was SO feeble that Il
was read by enato Mason, OF Viz
ginia. yet there was no cloud on his
intellect and his great mind still shona
III n -. A -
this last scene in his life. Pyron's
beautiful lines occur to\me:
Parting day
Dies like the Dolphin whom each pa1g
imbueS
With a new color as it gaeps away
The last still l~ovliest till It's goue and
all is gray"
Bacon has been universally regard
er as the most intellectual man that
ever lived, for he was a philosopher.
lawyer, statesman. scholar and orator
and was eminent in all. Pope said he
was the wisest. the brightest, the
meanest of mankind. The same re
marks that Macaulay makes in sum-
ming up the character of Bacon viii
apply to Calhoun. The great historian.
in describing the wondrouS and man
fold excellences' Of aeon mind.
has '~felicitously compared 1t to the
lClIl a lol1N Il dh' ~
Prince Ahmed. Fold ii and il seemed
a toy for the hand of a lady. spread
it and the armies of powerful Su'tans
migth repose beneath its shades Dur
ing Mr.. Caihoun's career south Caro-
lima was the most arlStoCratic State
in the Union. The common people
had no voice in the management Of
affairs of Government He ruled them
by the love they had for him with as
firm a hand as a despot controlled hy
force and he neHer abused the trust
they confided to him. 4 never KNOW"
he said, what South Carolina thinks
Of a measure. ! never consult her. ]
act to the best of my judgment and
according to my conscience. If she
approves We'll and good. If she does
not or wishes any one else TO take my
place, / am ready to Nacat.. We are
even DR.. Curry said in 4 sermon ~
Goldsboro that the Apostle Paul and
CalhOun were the Sreatcst ~reaSOuerS
who ever lived" His speeches are not
surpassed by DemostheneS on the
crow or PericIes before the open
ing of the Pelohonesian war. He was
as consummate a statesman "a Chat
ham. Pitt, Fox. Peel. Burke or Glad
stone, as astute a philosopher as Aris-
totle, Plato or Socrates and il he
had devoted himself to theology n
would have eGualIed Butler. Paley or
Jonathan Edwards. 1t is said that Cal
houn was so absorbed in his own
thoughts that at times he seemed To
have lost the art Of communicating
with his fellow men. and ons<uch oc-
casionS q TRANCE approaching could
SCARCELY avoid an emotion of fear.
and vet when aroused from his rc%erie
or state of abstraction the fires Of
genius blazed his eyes aud ill1minC2
his expressive features. \ gentleman
who was a page when Calhoun was in
the Senate said. he Was the most faS-
cinatjng man he ever mt and that
when he would greet hin in the morn
ing with a spile. il was Ike scattering
sunshine and produced a fe-vid glow
that lasted during the day" Webster
in his eulogy on him in tie Senate.
Apri, 1st. 1850. says: Tie had an
spotted integrity, uninneached hon
or and character. If he had as
nnrn+ionC thc, ue~n- hiuh hlnnr.Itr