Compromise of 1850
John C. Calhoun (1782-1850)
Manuscript in the hand of Joseph Scoville
with corrections and emendations
in the hand of Calhoun,
March 4, 1850
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
Autograph notes for introductory
remarks, March 7, 1850
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South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun prepared
his last speech during the course of the great debate over the
Compromise of 1850, a controversial set of resolutions sponsored
by Henry Clay that moved the slavery question squarely to the
forefront.
On March 4, 1850, too ill to deliver the speech
himself, Calhoun watched Virginia Senator James M. Mason read
for him. The emphasis was wholly on northern aggression and against
the trend for conciliation and compromise. Calhoun would return
to the Senate on March 7 to listen to the speech given by Daniel
Webster in favor of Clay's resolutions, but died shortly after,
on March 31, 1850.
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