Documents by John C. Calhoun
Speech on Abolition Petitions
Source: John C. Calhoun, Speeches of John C. Calhoun: delivered in the Congress of the…
Speech on the Oregon Bill
Source: Speech of Mr. Calhoun, of South Carolina, on the Oregon Bill, Delivered in the…
Rough Draft of What is Called the South Carolina Exposition
John C. Calhoun, Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun, ed. Ross…
Fort Hill Address
[This is an abridged version of the document.] The question of the relation which…
Speech against Clay’s Compromise Measures
I have, senators, believed from the first that the agitation of the subject of slavery…
Speech on the Oregon Bill
[This is an abridged version of the document.] The first question which offers itself for…
Disquisition on Government
. . . To perfect society, it is necessary to develop the faculties, intellectual and…
Conquest of Mexico
"RESOLVED, That to conquer Mexico and to hold it, either as a province or to incorporate…