LAD # 11 Calhoun

John C. Calhoun, a senator from South Carolina and the preeminent spokesperson for Southern exclusionism, was so ill at the time of this speech he had to ask someone else to deliver it. Calhoun strongly disliked the way the north was acting in that they were making the north much stronger than the south. The equilibrium was destroyed. He felt that the south could no longer be apart of the nation. The north has also been taking control of most of the new territory that the nation has gained, and if this continues in the new acquisitions then the south will take up about ¼ of the nation. Furthermore, the north was getting much more of the nation’s money than the south. Calhoun felt that the money should be going into the treasury rather than into the pockets of the manufacturer, as he put it. Due to the vast differences and the hostile opinions towards each other, Calhoun felt that it is the best thing, and the necessary thing for the south to secede. Unless something drastic is done the south will remove itself. They will choose secession over abolition. Calhoun also believed that the Union should be separate sovereign states in one confederation. But also he stated that the Union can still be saved. He even put it that if the North truly loves this nation they will do what is demanded to save it.