The Essential Calhoun Book

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments and Note to Readers
	Introduction
1	On Government and the Concurrent Majority	1
	From A Disquisition on Government	2
	Letter to Baron F. von Gerolt	43
2	On the Constitution of the United States	51
	From A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States	52
	From The South Carolina Exposition	59
	From a Public Letter to Governor James Hamilton	60
	From the Speech in Reply to Daniel Webster on the Force Bill	63
	From the Speech on the Bill to Regulate the Deposits of Public Money	64
3	On Statesmanship and Republican Virtue	73
	From the First Speech on the Compensation Law	74
	Speeches on the Bill for the Admission of Michigan	75
	Remarks on the Bill for the Relief of the Heirs of General William Hull	96
4	On America and the American People	105
	Speeches on the Military Academies Bill	105
	Speech at Abbeville, South Carolina	108
	From the Speech on the Distribution of the Proceeds of the Public Lands	112
	From a Letter to Anna Maria Calhoun Clemson	113
	From the Speech on His Resolutions in Reference to the War with Mexico	114
5	On War and Foreign Relations	121
	Speech on the Military Situation	122
	From the Speech on the Proposed Abrogation of Joint Occupancy of Oregon	126
	From the Speech on the War Appropriation Bill	129
	Speech on the Proposed Occupation of Yucatan	133
6	On Taxation and Public Expenditure	163
	Speech at Montgomery, Alabama	164
	Speech on the Loan Bill	170
7	On Free Trade	189
	Letter to Micah Sterling	189
	Speech before the Passage of the Tariff Bill	191
8	On Banks and the Currency	219
	Speech on the Bill to Continue the Charter of the Bank of the United States	220
	Speech on His Amendment to Separate the Government and the Banks	245
9	On the Rights of the States	273
	From The Fort Hill Address	274
	Letter to John McLean	277
	Remarks on the President's Message on South Carolina	280
	Speech Introducing Resolutions Declaratory of the Nature and Power of the Federal Government	285
	Public Letter to Citizens of Edgefield District, South Carolina	293
10	On the Executive Branch	303
	Speech on the President's Protest	304
	Public Letter to Citizens of Albemarle County, Virginia	319
	From the Speech in Support of the Veto Power	322
	Public Letter to a Northern Friend	324
11	On American Parties and Politics	333
	From the Speech on the Bill to Reduce Certain Tariff Duties	335
	Public Letter to Democratic Citizens of New York City	336
	Public Letter to the Indiana Democratic Committee	340
	From a Letter to Wilson Lumpkin	341
12	On the Conflict of the Sections	369
	From The Fort Hill Address	370
	From the Speech on the Force Bill	371
	Resolutions on Abolition and the Union	373
	Speech on the Bill to Grant Preemption Rights to Actual Settlers on the Public Lands	375
	From Remarks on the Deposit Bill	379
	Letter to Thomas C. Reynolds	380
	Public Letter to a Committee of Citizens of St. Clairsville, Ohio	381
	Speech on the Slavery Question	382
	From the Speech on the Bill to Extend the Missouri Compromise Line	389
	From the Speech on the Compromise	390
13	On Himself	419
	Letter to Thomas J. Johnson	420
	From the Speech in Reply to Webster on the Subtreasury Bill	421
	Letter to A. D. Wallace	422
	The Public Man	423
	Duty	428
	South Carolina	429
	Personal	432