LAD #13

LAD #13-

John C. Calhoun

         Calhoun's address focuses on the continuing issue of slavery. Although the 3/5ths compromise worked for a wile, Calhoun saw that over time it caused for the North to gain the upper hand and ultimately be able to control the entire government. He supports this by saying that all a political party needs to control the country is a majority vote in the senate and support from the majority of the states. Noting that, the country is just about ready to accept five new northern states into the country because of territorial expansion, and no new southern states. Calhoun believes that the import tariffs are also unfair because the not only favor the wealthy northern elite but they also make the north a prosperous sector that will attract more immigrants, which will through off the balance even more. Majorly, the slavery issue was causing a lot of problems and strife between the north an the south. The north saw it and unjust and immoral, but Calhoun says that it had been apart of the Southern social and economical status and if you take it away it will destroy the South. He says the only way the US will survive is that if the strong party, the north, is willing to give the south it's rights to gain newly inquired territory, return slaves, and cease agitation over the morality of slavery. This will cause the political situation to balance out and put less of a threat on any party of the country to succeed.