LAD #11: John Calhoun's Speech

The Compromise of 1850 was a set of resolutions that Henry Clay supported in the controversial debate over slavery. John C. Calhoun was the Senator of SC at them time and prepared a speech that discussed the resolution that’s were proposed. Clay was proposing that slavery be abolished in DC and that California would be admitted into the union as a free state. These possibilities weren’t supported by Calhoun and negotiation possibilities were scarce. In his speech he discussed that the sovereignty of the states were in trouble because of the northern aggression. There was an emphasis on the face that two separate countries were created somewhat because of the discussion of slaver being abolished. Calhoun didn’t see a future of resolving the problem therefore he proposed that the regions should either agree to disagree and move on or become separate nations.