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The Papers of John C. Calhoun
The first portion of Calhoun's service as U.S. Secretary of State.
John C. Calhoun
The conflict between power and liberty in a free government was the passionate concern of this most articulate, and often prophetic, orator and writer.
Calhoun
A new biography of the intellectual father of Southern secession—the man who set the scene for the Civil War, and whose political legacy still shapes America today. John C. Calhoun is among the most notorious and enigmatic figures in American political history. First elected to Congress in 1810, Calhoun went on to serve as secretary of war and vice president. But he is perhaps most known for arguing in favor of slavery as a "positive good" and for his famous doctrine of "state interposition," which laid the groundwork for the South to secede from the Union—and arguably set the nation on course for civil war. Calhoun has catapulted back into the public eye in recent years, as some observe...
John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union
John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) was one of the prominent figure of American politics in the first half of the nineteenth century. The son of a slaveholding South Carolina family, he served in the federal government in various capacities—as senator from his home state, as secretary of war and secretary of state, and as vice-president in the administrations of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Calhoun was a staunch supporter of the interests of his state and region. His battle from tariff reform, aimed at alleviating the economic problems of the southern states, eventually led him to formulate his famous nullification doctrine, which asserted the right of states to declare federal laws nul...
Union and Liberty
"A Liberty Classics edition"--T.p. verso.Selected speeches: p. [401]-601. Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Papers of John C. Calhoun
Calhoun's last weeks as Secretary of State & the intervening months before he returned to the U.S. Senate .
John C. Calhoun
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John C. Calhoun
'. . .provides far & away the most detailed, vivid, & convincing personal characterization of Calhoun we have.'--Nation.
