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| Webster wrote to his brother: 81
hope that all New England will sup
| port Mr.. Calhoun for the Vice-Presi-
lency. If so, he will probably be
| chosen, and that will be a great
ching. He is a true man, and will
do good to the country in that stu
atom" Webster's hopes were not
disappointed, for the Jackson and
Adams parties united on Calhoun,
and he received one-hundred and
eigthy-two electoral votes out of two
hundred and si%:1ty-one. Although
Jackson received the plurality of
electoral votes, Adams was elected
oy the, House of Representatives.
Party spirit now arose between the
two factions. and Calhoun did not
not know which party to follow, but,
finally, decide to support Adams.
He did not lose anything by his
choice, however, for when Jackson
was elected President in 1928, Cal
houn was reelected Vice-President.
When the South Carolina Conven-
ton passed the Notification Ordi-
nance, November "a, 1882, Calhoun
Immediately resigned his office of
Vi~ce-President in order to take the
seat in the United States Senate va
Gated by General Hayne, and thus,
unrestrained by any ties of office, de-
Tended the actions Of his brave little
State. His spirit of loyalty was un-
precendented, and, in a flow of Ian
guage unsurpassed in the history of
America, he proposed a compromise
to the Tariff of Abomination," and,
after a lengthy battle, came off VIC
tor over Congress and President
Jackson.
In 1886 Calhoun took the stand
in opposition to the Abolition of Slav-
cry in the District of Columbia. He
was cheered on and applauded by
some of his Southern Colleagues, but
a few of them censured him for his
action, and stated that he was en-
~deavoring to stir Tip sectional ami
mostly and to drive his country into
the throes of a But such was
not the case, for he frequently as
serted that he always wished to per-
petuate the institutions of the Union,
and that he only wished to see that
his section was given it's rights. He
failed to carry his point, but, never
theless, he made the Northern Sec
ton realize that they had as strong
an opponent on the Slavery Cues
ton as they had previously had on
the tariff.
In the year 1874, when the country
was wrought up over the question of
admitting Texas into the Union,
Tyler realized that a man
of keen intellect and natural diplo-
matte ability was needed at the helm
of the nation. In John C. Calhoun
he found these requirements, and he
urged him to accept the office of
Secretary Of State. Calhoun ac-
cepted, and commenced at once with
the task. He manoeuvred his
plans with such tact that he virtually
had Texas admitted into the Union
at the expiration of Tyler's term of
office.
He now returned to his seat in the
Senate, which was made vacant BY
the resignation Of his successor. He
was held in such high esteem by his
people that lie might we'll consider
the seat in the Senate his, as long as
he remained in politics. He was now
the acknowledged leader of the Pro-
Slavery Party, and, as such, was al
ways pitted against the northern
statesman and leader of the Anti
Slavery fact;oH-Daniel Webster.
The country now witnessed such
lengthy and eloquent battles of
words, as have never before been
heard, and, il all probability, will
never be heard again.
In 1850, while the Union was
trembling on its foundation and Sc
cession was threatened from all
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