LAD #13

To start off Calhoun was much to ill to actually speak his most famous speech. He had another senator do it while he was in the room. The main issue he addressed in this speech was the growing problem of sectionalism. Which he thought was mostly attributed to slavery because the north and south had such different opposing views of it. The north hated slavery and the south needed it to run economically smoothly. Another reason for this harsh sectionalism Calhoun claimed was the fact that the north was gaining more and more power, especially in congress. The last was the tariff that the south HATED. Basically it only benefited the north while it economically hurt the south. Calhoun claimed that if these issues were not resolved soon then the Union itself would be in grave danger.