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

which he deprecated the feeling whice,
made the very best talents OF thu
House. men OF the most aspiring char
acter. anxious 10 fiji the departments
or foreign missions" Yet in the fol-
lowing March H. accented the Mac,
Of Secretary of War i'm Monrse-s g4b-
met. His friends resretted IL see HIM
abandon his seat in 9ngre for they
thought he would lose the rvnoWn he
had gained in the Congressional arena
as Q Gebater and that the dialectio
turn Of his nina would render him un-
mt 10 become \ succeSsnfI administra-
tor Of 4 darartment Rut in tbi~ they
were ~Gisoup0inted for he Instituted
reforms brought order or ~ chaos
and the 6an.rtmapr racejvad an or
2anization So simple and effective that
il has bean adhered ~ ~ all his sue
cessors and stood ayen me fast ~ ina
Civil War. He nrcyed ffmseif IN hs
our greatest Secretary of VAR Dur
ing his term of offi..a there wau nor
a single defalcation nor the loss of
cent 10 the Government When Jeffer-
son Davis was confined At Fortress
Monroe q Yankee officer looking to-
ward the Rim PANS bu,lt hy alhou
asked Davis how much he supposed
Calhoun made out If IT, construction.
Mr. Davis rap1ied no, a cont for hs
was . MIRO honest man and never
received cont for, tba Government
eycept his salary Robhinp tho Cow
ernment was not the rule in that day
as il is now In his raport as Secretary
of War in 1919 he takes strong
gronnds for intarnal improyemen+ nv
the General Government. such as
building canals and public Dads.
which he said would cement the Tn
ion The policy of internal improve
ment was opposai BY the Democrats
in the early days. Madison. Monroe
and Jackson vetoed bills for this pur-
pose calhoun conId see further into
| the future than those Presidents. for
ne knew a judicious system OF Internal
Improvement would develop the coun-
try lust as the railroads have done in
these modern DAYS. In 1925 Calhoun
was elected Vice President with Adams
| as President and in 1928 he was elect
ed Vice President with Jackson. He
presided over the Senate with great
dignity and grace and was not sur
passed bv Burr who vas Vice Presi-
dent under jefferson. He was prompt
in attending 10 his duties. never miss
ing a session of the Senate. urbane
and courteous TO the Senators and
never shirked any responsibility that
devolved upon him. 1t was customary
for Senators to address each other as
gentlemen. but Mr.. Calhoun substi-
tuted the more appropriate and digni-
fled. term of Senators which has ever
since been the practice of the Senate.
He was never absent from his seat
when a tie vote was anticipated on
anv important question. During his
whole life he was fearless in the ex-
preston cf his opinions upon public
questions. regardless of what effect
they might have upon his political ca
reer. He had in him none of the ele-
ments Of a trimmer or trickster. bur
he was ever animated by the Hottest
natriotism and the most unselfish mo-
tive. How our public men have de-
generated in these latter days. We
now approach the period Of nullifica-
ton the most important and eventful
in the life and history of Mr.. Call
boun in which the great battle be-
tween States Rights and the CONSOLE
dalton doctrines of the Federal party
VIC fouah+ on the floor Of Congress-.