Address to the U.S. Senate, 1846 July 29.

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Address to the U.S. Senate, 1846 July 29.

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Manuscript text of speech delivered, 29 July 1846, by Calhoun before the U.S. Senate in debate over the Oregon question with Senators William Allen of Ohio and Lewis Cass of Michigan. The text of Calhoun's remarks was printed in documentary edition The Papers of John C. Calhoun, and in the contemporary publications the National Intelligencer, The Congressional Record, and a number of newspapers. This manuscript is in two hands, neither of which is Calhoun's; neither are the emendations in his hand, and there are other variants from the version printed in The Papers of John C. Calhoun.

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Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...