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? { c t>:; , ; 111 pt nj jf* tiA "\ J.-. . f' "IDEA IS A SHADOW 1 "V Vol. 1. W. L. T. PRINCE. J. K. MALLO PRINCE & MALLOY, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. TERMS: Thk Pkk Dkk Hkrai.d is published eve Tuesday, at $2 per year, strictly in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS Of 15 lines, or leas, (which is a square,) w b<* inserted at $1 for a single insertion ; oi square continued, 75 cents for tho first, a? 66 cents lor each subsequent insoition. It ncwal or ohange, 20 cents per square. Advertisements inserted monthly or quai erly, $1 per square; semi-monthly, 75 ecu per square. The following deductions will be made i favor of stauding advertisements: One square, for three months, $ 1 " " " six " 7 ' " " " one year, 10 ( .v Two squares, for three .nontlp, 7 JmXfr " ? 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It is to wand* among the tombs, and remove the mos if any, which thirteen years have throw rvcr inscriptions which should be coi tinued legible for all coming time- M ta.sk will be brief. Eulogies huvc a, read * ween spoken. My offering will be on however humble, of hiah admirat:c - y Jo4_j: v uuu tmuj tux ti icutnuip. ocunuiii^ u side their grave T recall them such i they wore in life; I see them as former! at the Cabinet board, undisturbed b the ravings of faction or the roar of tl political tempest, intent only on tl public good, and-earncst to record the names on the pages of history as puhl benefactors. Spinjere /lores, *par<jt braes rosas?and to whom can this olhi be more appropriately assigned than myself? Wc wero comrades?sat the same table?broke bread and a salt together?bared our bosoms to tl same storms, and when the angry clou so far parted as to admit a ray of su shine, we basked in it together. I co ' fided in them while living, I revc their memories now they $ro dea Let no man fear that I shall so il acquit myself of my task as to introdu into my address any thing that ci excito party iceiing. I shall do i such injustice to tho memory of the of whom I design to speak?what th wore politically is for others to menti ?I dofcign no more than to draw th< daguerreotypes?upon the historian * devolve the duty of drawing their f length portraits- I shall speak of th< in the order in which they bade adi to the world and closed their career usefulness?and tho name of Hu, Swinton Lcgaro is the iirat on the ca logue of the dead. I remember the first time I ever si him. It was in the infancy of stei power, and a slicht froet .sufficed prevent tiao running of the steamer tl plied between Weehington and Potom ereek. The stage ooeeh km at t time the oni/ means of cMre/aneo o> the almost impassable roads bet we Washington and Fredericksburg, waa returning to mj home in Virgin in She winter of 1819-20, during a bri < respite from service as a me taker of t ' Hoes* of Representatives. Chan w*U4 n? by tho ?i<J? of o yatm* m whom l soon learna* had but af days before returned to the Unit Statee ftosrhos BSrepStm travels. V W?f itrnagcritoeaofc other; but w .ysSBrv#rli ' *flVy %' 1 : -my [lie I * r THAT DEPARTETH, SPEECH IS CIIEIIAW, S. i V. waits for introduction in a sUgo coach? 1 It* chief recommendation consists in ? the absence of all form and ceremony. J Each passenger feels himself bound, in a rv some sort, to contribute to rolicve tho I fatigue of the journey. The convcrsa- * tion thus bcoomes general, and beforo ? 1(1 the journey is ended good fellowship is t established among tho passengers. ( So was it upon the occasion I have 1 rt mentioned. The slow progress of the t lg | coach gave full leisure Ft?r conversation, a ln i and the passengers were indebted to t ! tho youthful stranger for mach to in||| I torest them. He was full of hittravels. )0 i France, Italy, England and Scotland ' t HI were spoken of with graphic powers. I in The sun of the i/reat Nannloon kul ne t ' W and the glory which had flashed from i )0 minaret and tower had sunk into the 1 twilight of the ancient regime. The I )0 enthusiasm of the young\raveller found 1 >0 | its only excitement in tko marvels of j a sr i the times of tho Consulate and empire. [ is j We visited, with him as our cicerone, t { those battlefields where crowns were the c sd j stakes, and whoreon kingdoms were A lost and won?luxuriated in the beauty t )Q 1 _ ... ! and fragrance of the itnperi&l gardens ?visited the great works which if all 1 else was wanting, would serve asendur- r 88 ing monumonts to tbo memory of the 11 m Emporor?conversed with tho great 1 Marshals, and shod tears at tho bloody i death of the "bravest of the brave," t a death which has left ufym the gar- t mcnts of v^ose who ordered it a stain t >F so deep thw nil the wators in tlie world ( t* j oannot wash it out, but tho blood then a ft shed.shall, in tho langusgo of Lady j a so | Macbeth, ''rather the multitudinous 1 I to ( seas incarnadine, making the green one j t if red." We crossed tho Simplon and;: ^ descended into Italy- Rome, as in j i i* the time of Augustus, rose up before us i c a- in all its majestic proportions, its seven i c y hills clothed with tho glories of the old ! i j republic; ami tueu biuiuhliug Over the ' 1 <N ruins of tho mighty past, we entered ( ?n with profound awe and reverence tho c ?- holy euincr of St- Feter?the creation 1t rs of tho ircnius of Michael Anflrelo. Thus ! t o u ly was represented tho imperial city at 1 ?y ! one timo glorying in her conquests t and almost universal power, and hold- i ic ing in her lap tho dowry of nations; at t ir . another, weeping, liko Niobo, over the 1 ic chiblren of her earthly glory, the off- i )re spring of her feverish ambition, besottcn < cc of policy and won by the sword, and 11 to then again rising from her ruins with i ' tho mitre on hor brow and the crosier < to in her hand, exercising a power far < greater than that ever exercised by her 11 da | consols and emperor in the olden time- j n"' Then passed before us Venice rising 1 n- from the ocean "a sea Cybelo," the i ro gems which glittered on hor brow, and < d- i the silks which adorned hor person, ? 'y brought from the far distant lands of > co j the Orient? her annual espousal of the j? ??* Adriatic the magnificence of her Doges | ' ao ? her gondoliers, and the songs of T&sso 1 ?the ltialto with its "prison and its < ey palace on each hand,"?all rose up | on before us at the plastic touch of tho < nr young Legare. We fought the battle i ill i of Hastings over again?saw the Saxon < all, banner go down bcfcro the Norman? *1 { witnessed the signing of the groat char- < ?? ; ter at Runnomede?rcjoicod in tho 1 of accession of William of Orango to the I f?b throne, and in the steady advances of ta- public freedom over privilege and i arbitrary power?and crossing the chansw nel, wandered over England's classic im grounde. Wo then cntffcrd Scotland to the.hottyc or his maternal ancestorsiat A now enthusiasm was awakened-?Sir ao Waltec Scott had peopled every hill he and glen with the old memories., The rer stoat Sir Allen Swinton had played his en girt in the battle of H?lli<lon hilL I Thero needed not to bhuon forth the Hwfhton in7 Hi* ancient bnrgoaet, the table .beer, jef Chained to the gnarled oak ao* Ifc proud Itep , Nor giant atature, nor ixjndemn* mace he Wbieh only Im in flcetlaad'scealta eawld wield f lCO Hi* discipline and 'ijtdun* uvk the l>?dec, an An doth hi* nana the Cham j/va. ew No wonder that io touo? m% the old end eU which had been eo proudly trodden by bit fe ?t?lwort race, the young trailer ahould ho have been awakened to a new troth two**# g ... l 1? -eas-a FLEETING AS THE WIND?] C., TUESDAY M rho mighty moo of tho olaymorc and th pear, armed as thoy were in lifo, rc-aj cared from the spirit-land. Tho Wal^ac nd the Bruoe and tho Campbell and th )ouglaa, ro-eoaotod their parts, an Jaines Pita James, the Common's King.' leld royal court at Stirling?and ther oo vao Ellen Douglas and tho devote irreuie. The unfortunate Mary, and th ast of her race who aspired to tho throm igoftd on the canvass, until hill top r< ponded to hill top in the national air c ho'cTiy? Wha will be king but Charlie ? j i- *? ?huihi vuuuuugu iu awaKflo mc Biun >ering echoes long after the fatal an >loody battle of Oullodcn. We parted at Richmond and T saw n noro of him for years. In tho meantiin te had risen to ominenoo, and his nativ Itate of South Carolina had bestowed upo rim distinguished marks of her esteoi Lnd confidence. Ho had embellished tb )8ges of the pnblio reviews bj oontribi ions from his pen, which the whol :ountry had read with admiration an Iclight, and whiob gave liita rank amon he beat writers of tho age. He ha ttained celebrity at the bar, aud had wo aurols as a debator in the House of lie; eseotatives. Upon a vacanoy occurring invited him to a Rent in tho Cabinet n Utornoy General. I had reason to rejoic n the selection. Familiar with all .qnoi ions of constitutional and munieipal lav it had also a large knowledge of iuternr ional law, which found in him at th Cabinet board on many interesting occi ion*, an able expounder. His mind wi , deep well whioh was in no danger c >eing exhausted by the popious drafl nade upon it. There never waa oouncillc nore faithful?patriot more sincere?state) nan with broader or more liberal viowi ir a man unassuming, yet of firmer or moi iecided charaotar. Tnsth waa the grei nagnet whoee influence he obeyed, an ritheisoever that guided, he followed. ] Congress placed a mistaken interpretatio in the force and effect of a statute, as lid iu a nuiauie instance, Lugurc, upu >eing called upon for his opinion, had i icsitation in pronouncing Congress i irror, and so accordingly at an after da; t was decided tcr be by the unanimoi opinion of the Supremo Court. It is n< >elicved that a single instance has ocourre wherein his teriatim opinion haa bee >verruled by that high tribunal. It ma >0 MUd without roar or miatakc, that h iras more deeply read in the oivil la ban any other man in :he Union. On a jucatioua Involving ite principlen, ho wi ho Magnus Apollo of the court. TV it dl hie reverence for tho common lai be had a etill greater for tho civil, aa store perfect system of justice. He sougl >n all ocoaaions to soften down the eoemiu is peri ties of the first, by an inftision inl t of the principles of the last, and in th respect followed tho oxatnple of Loi Mansfield on the bench of Euglam Several of the States of the Union hat jf late incorporated into their nutates t! principles of the eivil law, but wbath< experience will approve the innovatioi remains to be seen. For myself, X frank Bonfeee my attachment to the system < the oomtoon law, whloh has oome down i lus aum au ioojvm ?mi w?in|uuy? gufluil Forth in its origin from th? hearts of tl brave And untamed, And bearing nloa with it the principles of humdn right, tualain and adoru the great structare 1 public liberty?a system so perfect th to removo any single otdnaui is to eudsng the entire fabric. Nr. Legate thoogl differently, and I tsniSlbsr with wh exaltation he called upon me one morula not long bofore his death, to inftHh of his baying received the evening hefbr from Karope, an ancient work on tl civil law, which he bad been long aoxio< to obtain. He vmat the time the Beer tuy of Stale ad Attorim, having been a pointed to the plane on the retirement Mr. Webeter, In Mry, 100 4 QnaUte as hs was? to be ths exponent af she U and the Osnstit alien in his eSdr vf AUt ncy General, be wan an ieas an te ecnie the sftrfn of the Stele ' Deperttaent; bw alas, hew weak b the staff of life on whi< we leaal Our hopes hew delarory ' % \ti 1 HEAPING IS AN UNREMEMBEKEI ORNING, SEPTEM1 e ! the early promise of morning how fleeting j y- ! and transient! I was invited to Ronton t c , to bo present nt the delivery of the speech i r e ! of Mr. Webster on the completion of the c d i Bunker Hill monument. The journey ; 5 " was ootumenood some days in advance of t o ' that appointed for the delivery of the t d oration, and Mr. Legaro was prevented j i o from accompanying rnc hv some prossing v >, ; bu.sinoss in the State Department, and ; I i- only reached l)o?ton on the day set apart 1 i ?f * for the oration. He complained of being t too unwell to attend. Ancminont physi-1 o i cian was called in, who at first did not c i. 1 regard the attack as ofany norious moment, t d ; Fatal error, whieb a brief day served to ? dissipate. Death had seized upon its i o victim, and the commonwealth was called i a e upon to mourn the loss of one of its purest 1 p e aud noblest sons. That well stored inind, t n J which had shed broad light over the couq- ( c n | try upon so many occasions, was now ex- f o 0 tingushod; that calm and uuimpassioned j o 1 ' friend, on whoso counsel' I had leaned J 0 | in so muob confident e, and by whom 1 was t d j never dcoeived; war stricken from my side, ! \ g ! and an excursion commenced in buoyancy t d 1 and gladness, whioh had been accompanied c n on its whole lino by the greetings and bur.- 1 >- | ran of unnumbered thousands, wan termi-. e r, natcd in sorrow and mourning; that gene-1 1 is rous heart whose evory pulsation was i e e chaste and holy, bad ceased to bent. I ) i- ( saw him borne to his last resting plaoc, j q r, where be sleeps until the morning of the ' i i- resurrection. So passed away Hugh i i e Swinton Legarc in the morning of his ' t 1 primo, and broad daylight of bis useful- i 1 ls ; ncss. | \ >f i When I entered the House ot Repre- i & ' sentatives in 1816?'17, Mr. Calhoun j c ?r 1 bad acquired a high reputation by bia brilli- j n ? 1 act displays on the floor of the house of I, J which ho was still a member, and compct e cd with Mr. Clay, who was then Speaker, 1 it for the leadership of the commons. Before d the close of Congress he was called by Mr. tf Monroe to the head of the War Department, n in which station he exhibited an adininis- : it trativo talent of the highest order. We v J i j ? ?-v II AidHI UOWUiU MSMtJf MVMt ?N?VM ^ 10 other by reason oftli* of views j n in regard to the election of 1840, and be. ir, fore his retirement from the Senate, our is : intercourse consisted merely in the inter>t change of ordinary oivilitier My letter d , inviting him to a seat in the Cabinet for tbo ! n first time informed him of the pending iv negotiation for the annexation of T? xas. the < ? n - 7 ?w i * 0 knowledge of which had been oonfined to j | w Mr. Upshur, Mr. Nelson and Mr. Van f 11 Zandt, under injunctions of profound se- < u cresy, arising from the npprehenaioos of a j h formal protest from Great Britain and ] s, France, might hare inrolvod oonaequencoa { a of a serious import lie was particularly j < it urged to coioe to the aid of the adtmnistra-1 ] g tion for the adjustmentofthe Oregon boun to i dary, then an open qnastion, and he doubt i is lew sawin the adjustment of that question a ! d wreath of fame a3 bright ae that with which j 1 Mr. Webator bad encircled hie brow in the ro adjustment of that of the north eant. The I le same patriotic envoy wbowas the ropresen?r tativo of thia country for the timo of the o, earlier negotiation,was still at Loodon, and |y had plaoed tho jovornmeut, as I have be. of fore said,in possession of tho terms on which to i Great Jfrritain would probably be inclined ig ' to settle the Oregon boundsry. I confess ie to si anxious desire st that time, to alose [ ig my residence in Washington by the eonsoto , lidalion of the peace of the two countries, of1 through the adjustment of the only open fat quiMticn of moment existing at that day or between than. The important treaty with bt Texas presented no real impediment in the at way of its negotiation. The subject was 1 g, soon disposed of, and tbt treaty commgoi. ? cated to the Senate aboat the same time a e, treaty had been negotiated by ewr envoy at te Merlin, Mr. WhuaW, with the ZeMtercin, tie of great importance to the tobacco growing e- interest, by which the do^y on tobacoo from p- being alneetprefeibltory, was reduced t? of aa exaction, eocnpaied with what it bod d, been and Mill ie, merely of a nominal w dmracter, thereby frpeoftog the centreStatea if-* of Karope, to the introduction of the article ot and fnrwishtng elmeei a eerteialy thai the it,- enornMH-eimpoemlevied en It by adjacent jb- count ries, would ussucmlrtfjf have lo bar ' ?* relaxed. In exchange for this liberal ^ txm ) PASTIME; BUT A WRITING IS SER % 1856. >olicy on tho part of tho State.1} composing ope bo Zollvercin, the treaty provided for not nodoruto duties on enumerated articles plia sported from Germany into the United dur States, nono of whiuh were fabricated in ies bin country, or nt tho most, Borne 4#o' ot talil hreo of very little consoqiionco to tb?f in 1 nd.icim * ... 1 i uviukij vi vuv vj n ivyu. jLuai uvavjr nau ) nui rithsettled purpose, slumbered on the ta- 1 finif ilo of the Senate until tho period fixed for ; Up ts ratification had passed by, and thus the whi reaty itself had become a dead letter never j of t gain to bo revised. When to this, and Uni ontrary to all previous nssuranccs, the ped rcatv with Texas came to he rr-jected.thcra al ii raw, in tho secretary's opinion,cause to pause ; quit u the further effort at ncgotation on any ster ther suhjeot. It is true that a profoundly nog atriotio motive lay at the foundation of ' I sj liifS suggestion, but he soon after was indu- j Am iod to rally back to tho task, and probably \ inst ipuned the w?y to that sequel which devel- com pod itself uudcr Mr. Polk's administration, j trca ffr.Calhoun's despatches justly entitle him to c o rank among the most eminent political i judi niters of tho age, as his speeches in the j udh wo houses of Congress have long since The ilassed him among the ablest debaters, lie j diffi ingercd a few years longer in life, and ? St lied "with harness on," consecratiug a ! Urii ong life of puClic servico by his last great fori iffortson the floor of tho Senate. Mr. J ed ' iVebstcr was also there, and as they had also tfton been before, the two became antagon- seoi sts in debate. Neither ago nor infirmity to I mpared the abilities of Mr. Calhoun, al- "witl hogh it soon Imcamc obvions that bis end bin: ras drawing nigh His hair and cheeks tboi rero blanched and his form attenuated and , *bai rasted. But that groat-mind still shono P'a( >ut with undim.Dished splendor, its corru- tbe icatiout illumining the darkest and most, 1 >erplexcd problems. "When languishing ] rep >n tho bed of sickness and death, ono of | W8fl lis last wishes was, that ho could once CT'' nore address the 8enato and implore it to ^ca piard the oouutry against those very evils ! **fs vhioli now have grown into such magni- oau udo as to threaten the existence of its in- M 1 ititutioua. It may therefore be said, that con ? TtT?.l? *?-.? 1 _ 1..1 ,1 I . < I A*H iae truuaui x in., <jib iunt tuuugub was lor lis country; and thus went John G. CaltAtin nn fAftrl nf /luof ? iIakIK i t? . rnoi ?''T'-""! )f his two groat rivals?the three, while in , no8 ifo, constituting a triumvirate of talent i flui arely equalled by any trio of the name ago j ?**1 tud generation. W0T Some future Plutarch will perforin the , ^cu laskof running a comparison betwocn these , *,a<^ iwo gifted statesmen. Their faults, if any oro1 is well as their virtues, will be exhibited P?? jn the canvass. Such is no part of my be purpose. I seok only to present a daguer- P** reotype of the two, and that chiefly within oc Lho Cabinet sphere?a sphero in which ?^ narh was destined to shine with resplendent *? lustre. Notwithstanding their constant '*al warfare on quoatious of domestic policy,' yet it is not believed that subsequent to u**. the war with England, they differed mats- 1 rially on matters of foreign. Unswajed the by porsonal jealousy, and listening oni* to rj tho suggestions of a noble and * n patriotism, Mr. Calhoun being at 'h- no in the Sonatc, gave bia great udetit* to , a hoi ratification of the treaty of Washington, ! int which although carped st by aotno, was 1 pot ratified by tho Senate by a vote approach- j the lug unanimity. They were tho adruoutes we of peace on honorable terms with all who mo world, and tbey saw in the couquests to be aa made by commercial enterprise, richer and on nobler and more importanti triumphs, and th< a greater acquisition of power, than pro- pli v in oca oooquored by the sword oould bring, tiv That nation which contributes most to it i supply the,wants ef others, although tho sword may not glitter in her hands, or the Ca thunder' of h?. r oannon be heard in every coi breese, conaUtutes the most powerful of hi? Stales liar dependapoioesre to be found fit in every pert of the -earth, tad her dotuin- od ion isllmited only by uninhabitable deserts, rei or regions forevor boqod ia ley fetters.? ?o To axtend the commerce of the country la engaged the earnest attention of each dur- rn? log the period they respectively presided poi ovar tha Bute IVpertreeai. In this they 4 i vera seconded "by a diplomat*# corps of y?; MUAv&l ability, the namea of trnny of1 th< which Ml ooucpifflMMA place* in the liter*. tttr* and politics of the octfctry. There yrt ?M *? avenue of trade which fctoaM he \iu * 1 ^?B&aESSB*S?X?&GSaBKtUttH& I ETERNAL."?Tuppbr. No. Is. L-K L 1 Jliil1 ncd to commercial enterprise which did arrest atte.ition. If moro was eecotnhod during Mr. Webster's time, or if ing his two years and a half more treat' were negotiated through his instruments than fell to the lot of Mr. Calhoutl t n j???. < <u* kiiubjfvnuU) it laay UO TTfltl OODDIBU tthcr the advantage to (h* oouwtry of thing the negotiation began by Air. thur and completed by Mr. CaTho?n,by eh Texas, notwithstanding the rejeetiort he troaty, was ultimately seemred to the ted State*, does not place him on a cstai as proad and far as the materiutoreste of tho country are ooncorur.d, ic as lofty as that on which Mr. Webstands by reason of his successful otiation of the treaty of Washington, teak not of the skill evinrod by the erican negotiator in the one or the other ance. In that reapcot thero uan be no iparison. In the negotiation of the ty of Washington, Mr. Webster had ncounter on the leading feature, prcicea and passions which fifty years of ucccssful negotiation had engendered, i question of boundary, always the most cult to sottlo which had already placed .ate of the Union and a province of the tish empire in hostile array, each armed anticipated contost, had becomo involvnrith others of vast magnitude. It had ' assumed a politico-party aspect, and nod from its numberless complications >o almost impossible to settle; and yet, li unsurpassed ability, and k >ing tself unembarrassed by protocol and se formalities whioh rather involve n elucidate, and furnish at the moet a 30 of retreat for unsuccessful negotiation negotiator encountered and overcame difficulties. True, (bat so far as the toecntative of the British government i concerned, overy pouiblo desire was need to settle the long pending difficuh after a manner which would prove satctory to both countrioe, but yet the ses of complaint were numerous, and nuch skill was required to reooneile flict of opinion at homo as that whiefa ted between the two govsmmssts.^the other hand, no difficulty ofserioos mcnt stood in the way of a successful otiation of the Texas treaty. It rered only tho assent of the Presidents .he two Republics to negotiate, ana the k was all the same as done. The difltics arose afterwards, and the people I to interpose their authority in order to wn the measure with suocess, an interition, the necessity tor which I must pcrmittod to say, had not been anticied iu the remotest degree?nay, had n actually guarded against, before the r of annexation had been formally made Fcxas by assurance! from the only rede quarter that tbo treaty, when negotid, would be ratified by a constitutional jorit* of the Senate. [n order to secure the measure after i .ejection of the treaty,Mr. Calhoun a prompt in Hta fdvicc and energetic hia course of action. There was division of opinion at tho Cabinet ird ; or hesitation on my own part he choice between the alteruato propitious presented by Congress, and > last momentabt the administration re made available for the accomplishr;t of the measure. Its success was has since appeared, by inadvertence tho part of those who controlled' ? action of the Senate on the subject iced in the power of the then exccuo, and no moment was lost in making availableIn other matters of importance, Mrlhoun rendered valuable service, and ropreoecd witnm tuo short period of > premiership u much of public benem could well hare been* accocaptteh* His great mind could never be at k, and its pcrcptioon were oftentimes rapid as to outrun those of all others, illustration of this, I take fcave to ntion the expraeaion of one who m int of nmjpstTand poWoref intellect, ittrpesecd bjr no man living. Many are ago, fied before the exi#taece of g a# V 5 railroad between F-r^Li'Lchsbarg ^ . ! ^ s;'r Ki