Hello, My name is John C. Calhoun. I was born March 18, 1792 in South Carolina. I was the fourth child of Patrick Calhoun and Martha Caldwell. When I was Seventeen, I had to quit school to help my father's farm after he became ill. When I my brother gave me the money to return to my studies, I graduated college at Yale university and I studied Law. I eventually became Vice President under Adams and Jackson. I also was the secretary of State, and War. I was a senator and Representative for the great state of South Carolina. Issue: I have an issue with the Tariffs placed upon us in South Carolina. The Abomination tariff impacts my State negatively. I believe that this tariff has been placed on us unnecessarily, and I believe it should be removed. I have my set of beliefs because of the tradition, culture and economic tendencies of my state. We already try and get a lot of work done so we have more crops and livestock to export, but these tariffs reduce our income and profit, making it harder for us to import goods.
Solution: I wrote the South Carolina Exposition in secrecy. This document was to help acknowledge our great disapproval of the Tariff. We eventually would nullify the tariff, but that only caused smaller ones to come in and consume us. I'm starting to think that the only effective way to end this problem is to secede from the union.
Beliefs and Relations: I'm very Pro-state and Pro-Slavery. I always wanted the peoples voices heard. I would feel comfortable sitting around people who live in the south, and like Slavery. I wouldn't feel comfortable sitting around northerns against slavery, or African Americans in the crowd. I feel like I would feel most comfortable sitting by Henry Clay, because, after all, I helped him with his American System. and We were War Hawks together. I feel that I would die if I sat next to Jefferson, because of the South Carolina Exposition that I wrote.
Seeing as I was largely involved in the abolitionist movement during my time at Oberlin college, I would very much not enjoy sitting next to you at the dinner party. Sorry, chap.
ReplyDelete-Charles Finney
As Horace Mann I feel that a conversation with you at the dinner party would be counter productive. My strong beliefs in the abolition of slavery would keep us on opposite ends all night.
ReplyDeleteI, Lucretia Mott, would be uncomfortable sitting next to John Calhoun because he is pro-slavery and I focused much of my life on the abolition of slavery. I think we would have ideological differences when it comes to slavery.
ReplyDeleteI, Margaret Fuller, would be uncomfortable sitting next to John Calhoun because he is pro-slavery, and pro-traditional about culture and gender roles, and I am opposite of those beliefs I believe we need to abolish slavery as well as the women's right restrictions. I think we would have ideological differences.
ReplyDeleteI, Margaret Fuller, would be uncomfortable sitting next to John Calhoun because he is pro-slavery, and pro-traditional about culture and gender roles, and I am opposite of those beliefs I believe we need to abolish slavery as well as the women's right restrictions. I think we would have ideological differences.
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