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Calhoun’s most important constitutional and political writings are
now available as complete, unabridged texts and in a single volume, many
for the first time since the 1850s. These writings address such issues as
states’ rights and nullification, slavery, the growth of the Federal judicial
power, and Calhoun’s doctrine of the "concurrent majority." This selection
presents twelve notable speeches, letters, and essays by Calhoun; among them
are his famous Fort Hill Address and his two great treatises on government
- "A Disquisition on Government" and the "Discourse on the Constitution and
Government of the United States." |
| Contents: EDITOR'S FOREWORD AND NOTE * FOREWORD * EDITOR'S NOTE o Note on Sources o Acknowledgments A DISQUISITION ON GOVERNMENT [c. 1850] A DISCOURSE ON THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES [c. 1850] SPEECHES PART 1 * SPEECH ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS [December 12, 1811] * SPEECH ON THE TARIFF BILL [April 4, 1816] * EXPOSITION AND PROTEST [December 19, 1828] o ROUGH DRAFT OF WHAT IS CALLED THE SOUTH CAROLINA EXPOSITION o PROTEST * THE FORT HILL ADDRESS: ON THE RELATIONS OF THE STATES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT [July 26, 1831] SPEECHES PART 2 * SPEECH ON THE REVENUE COLLECTION [FORCE] BILL [February 15-16, 1833] * SPEECH ON THE RECEPTION OF ABOLITION PETITIONS [Febraury 6, 1837] o FIRST REPORT o REVISED REPORT * PUBLIC LETTER TO J[OHN] BAUSKETT AND OTHERS, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, S.C. [November 3, 1837] * SPEECH ON THE VETO POWER [February 28, 1842] SPEECHES PART 3 * SPEECH ON THE INTRODUCTION OF HIS RESOLUTIONS ON THE SLAVE QUESTION [Febraury 19, 1847] * SPEECH AT THE MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF CHARLESTON [March 9, 1847] * SPEECH ON THE OREGON BILL [June 27, 1848] * SPEECH ON THE ADMISSION OF CALIFORNIA— AND THE GENERAL STATE OF THE UNION [March 4, 1850] Available at Liberty Fund Books |