LAD # 11: John Calhoun Speech

In 1850 on March 4th John Calhoun gave a very important and informative speech to the senate which talked about what caused sectionalism between both the Northern and Southerners in the United States especially slavery and expansionism. John Calhoun strongly believed that the Northerners who believed in slavery were inhumane and immoral. Calhoun felt there was much reason to abolish slavery as the Northerners saw slavery as a crucial part of their economy! While Calhoun showed his dissatisfaction with the actions being taken the completely erase the issue of slavery, he did believe that the southerners were being dominated by Northerners beliefs, and had been talking to others to erase this very important issue of slavery. Nothing angered Calhoun more than having to realize the North domination of Southern territory, as they were thought to be stupid and uneducated in the south, and a bunch of people who bought lands with loans that only hurt the nation inevitably. While northerners believed the Southerners to be one way, their was no way the South would let the North get away with domination and didn’t think the North had any say in South issues toward expansion or even their economy. Calhoun even threatens a civil war by showing how the North had no reasons for their actions, and for what the North had infringed upon due to other more passive dems. After his speech it was included that John Calhoun resign from the senate which was also most likely caused by all the pressure between the Northern and Southern territories.