Memoir of John Caldwell Calhoun to the City of Charleston Which Has Recently
Memoir of John Caldwell Calhoun to the City of Charleston Which Has Recently
Gustavus M Pinckney
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He made all the sacrifices which are thought dear to the human breast. He forcbore the pomp and advantage of a ma- jority, to array himself, with little hope of success, or promise of reward, in the ranks of a small and unpopular minority. May we not, without either approving or con- demning the opinions of this great man, yet give him the just award of possessing a resolute, a conscientious soul ? One which justified right, and contested for truth, in the midst of every disadvantage, and uphel...d what seemed the right amid the severest opposition ? At the same session in which he defended the war, Mr. Calhoun, against the precon- ceived opinions of the body of the Repub- licans, gave his enthusiastic support to measures for the increase of the Navy. To him, to Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Chevesand Mr. Clay, are due all praise for fostering, in its infancy, a branch of the national de- fence, which has won immortal glory for the American name. On the retii'ement of Mr. Portor from the position of Chairman on the Committee on Foreign Relations, the duties of that committee, all exceedingly arduous, fell on Mr.
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