LAD #13 John Calhoun's Speech

In the mind of John C. Calhoun, slavery is the biggest reason for the sectionalism tensions. There are a great gap in between the eyes of slavery in the viewpoint of the North and South. Calhoun would like to preserve the union and states slavery is separating it. Calhoun addresses other topics of sectionalism such as the tariffs and acts that supported certain areas of the country. The South is faced with many wishes to secede from the tensions that are rising between the North and South. Calhoun proposes that peace can be accomplished through making the South more equal with new laws and ways to accept slavery and the South to claim land. Calhoun adds that the South would like to add California to the South or it would be seen as disliking the South. Calhoun was a strong man to propose the Southern feelings and was fit for this job.