Author: William L. Yancey

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-11

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9780428841805

Excerpt from An Address on the Life and Character of John Caldwell Calhoun: Delivered Before the Citizens of Montgomery, Alabama on the Fourth July, 1850 In the midst of those grave and reverend Senators, was one of tall and attenuated, btit of most commanding form. Upon whose broad brow Dignity, Truth and sage Experi ence had set their impress - while genius flashed from the depth of those brilliant eyes, and Eloquence and Logic re cognized their own, in the tones of his voice. Though conscious that even then death was snapping asunder the cords of his life, and that eternity, with its vas ues, was about opening to his View, he still lingered u the scene of his renown, and once again essayed an effort in behalf of the rights of the South. That last effort was fit to crown the noble column which for long years the great Senator had been erecting to his renown as a statesman. An orator and a patriot. The simplicity and clearness of its statements - its calm and dispassionate reasoning - the conclusiveness of its deductions - its splendid analysis of the causes of the present evil and the undeniable justness o the remedy preposed - its chaste and fervid patriotism ant passionless style, so becoming one who but paused on the verge of eternity to counsel with his countrymen, combined to make this one of the mightiest and most effective speeches ever delivered in her behalf by the great cham pion of the South. It made the cause of the South the cause of the Union. It placed that cause high upon the altar of the constitution - only to be reached and displaced by a destruction of the temple of which that constitution was the palladium. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.