Documents by John C. Calhoun
Letter to Richard Pakenham, British Minister to the United States
Source: The Works of John C. Calhoun, vol. 5: Reports and Public Letters of John…
Debate on the Constitutionality of the Mexican War
Source: Congressional Globe, 29th Congress, 1st Session, vol. 15 (May 11–12, 1846), pp. 782–786, 795–797;…
Debate on the National Bank Filibuster
Source: Congressional Globe, 27th Congress, 1st Session, vol. 10 (June 12, 1841, July 12, 1841,…
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…