Statesmen . in C. Calhoun, III. JOHN C. CALHOUN. There were three bright particular starsshining- in the political sky of the Americanrepublic during the first half of the nineteenthcentury. Each burned with a lustre of his , Clay, and Webster formed this con-stellation. The genius of John C. Calhounshone with the cold, clear frosty starlight ofa Northern atmosphere. Although Calhoun wasa Southron born and bred, there was nothingtropical in his temperament or his logic was pitiless and cold, his reasoning im-placable, his intellect calm. There is something melancholy,
Statesmen . in C. Calhoun, III. JOHN C. CALHOUN. There were three bright particular starsshining- in the political sky of the Americanrepublic during the first half of the nineteenthcentury. Each burned with a lustre of his , Clay, and Webster formed this con-stellation. The genius of John C. Calhounshone with the cold, clear frosty starlight ofa Northern atmosphere. Although Calhoun wasa Southron born and bred, there was nothingtropical in his temperament or his logic was pitiless and cold, his reasoning im-placable, his intellect calm. There is something melancholy, too, about hiscareer. He left very little material for a per-sonal biography, and not much is known con-cerning his individuality and private life. Thefire of his genius burned itself out in a hope-less defence of the darling institution of slavery,and he died just as the fabric which he had sopainfully reared was beginning to topple to itsfall. It is needless at this late day to make any ar-gument to prove
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