John C. Calhoun, the Antebellum South's Great Champion, Says His Life's Work Draws Him to a Conclusion that only State Sovereignty Over Federal Government Can Save the Union: Himself the prime proponent of nullification in 1831, he lauds the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 which claimed that states could declare federal laws void
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In the following letter, Calhoun articulates his core philosophy, one that guided his actions through_out his political career. Autograph Letter Signed, Washington, May 30, 1842, to John Letcher, later war governor of Virginia. ""Dear sir, I enclose copies of my speech on the veto, Mr. Clay's resolutions, and the loan bill. I have no spare copy left of my speech on the treasury note bill delivered this session, or of either of my speeches delivered at the extra session, or I would comply with pleasure with your request in full. The re_sult of your election gave great pleasure to our friends here. We regard it not only as a victory over Whigs and Whiggery, but indicating a thorough return to the old and long cherished doctrines of '98. The longer I live, the deeper is my conviction that they and they only can save us politically. With great respect, John C. Calhoun.""
An interesting and significant letter on a number of levels, and with its subject being states' rights, a very uncommon one as well.
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- John C. Calhoun, the Antebellum South's Great Champion, Says His Life's Work Draws Him to a Conclusion that only State Sovereignty Over Federal Government Can Save the Union
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