ог JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN. BY JOHN S. JENKINS, AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORY OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO;" "LIFE OF Justum ac tenacem propositi virum, HORAT. Carm. iii. 3. AUBURN AND ROCHESTER: BEARDSLEY. ALDEN & Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by JAMES M. ALDEN. In the Clerk's Office for the Northern District of New York. RHODES HOU 6 JUL 1939 LIBRARY STEREOTYPED BY THOMAS B. SMITH 216 WILLIAM STREET, N. Y. 7 PREFACE. ONE after another of the remarkable men of our country has gone down to the tomb, until the number of the distinguished dead far exceeds that of the living who have become illustrious. The history and fame of the former constitute the glory and greatness of the country, and the promise of the latter is its hope and admiration. To portray the character of the one is to excite the emulation of the other; and to depict the virtues of a single individual, may be to scatter the seeds that will germinate, and bud, and blossom, and bring forth similar fruit, in due season. For more than thirty-five years, Mr. Calhoun has been one of the most prominent statesmen in the American Union, and during that long period their history is woven together. No important question has been agitated since he first entered Congress, in which he has not participated, or with which he |