Mr. Calhoun very justly complains of this want of clearness and precision in the positions of his great antagonist. “After a careful examination,” says he, “of the notes which I took of what the Senator said, I am now at a loss to know whether, in the opinion of the Senator, our Constitution is a compact or not, though the almost entire argument of the Senator was directed to that point. At one time he would seem to deny directly and positively that it was a compact, while at another he would appear, in language not less strong, to admit that it was.”
