LAD #10 Calhouns Message

Calhoun thinks that the issue of slavery is putting our union in danger. He has tried to call the two parties together to help preserve it, but it did not work. It is hard to tell exactly what is breaking up the Union because he is unsure of how we can fix it. Calhoun said that the reason is because of the dispute about slavery and the dispute is not new. The South is mad because the North wants to abolition slavery and made many aggressions toward it. Another reason for discontent within the Union is that the two sections of government that were created when the constitution were created are now gone. The North is dominant in all departments of government. They have the most states and the biggest population. A census is to be taken soon and this will decide how many House of Representatives and Electoral Colleges the North can have. New states are about to be admitted into the Union as Northern states, this will increase the number of Northern states from 15-20 and increase the senators 30-40. Currently there are no new states being admitted in the South. There will now be 20 Northern states and 14 Southern states. The South might not have been as mad is this process had been slow and happened without government help. There is a lot of land for Northern states and not as much land for new Southern states. The South is also mad because the tariffs are unfair to them. The North is trying to take over all of the land that the U.S. has gained from the treaty with Mexico. The Northern states aren't giving any land to the South. Calhoun says that because of the tariffs the South has to pay way to much. The tariffs are made as protection and not to put more money in the treasury but to put money in the hands of the manufacturers of the North. These protective tariffs give a lot of money to the North and make the South pay. More Northern territory as well as more money to the North explains why the North dominants all the departments of government. The North are hostile towards the South having slaves and consider slavery a sin. The North also think that slavery in the South gives the U.S. a bad name. The South say that if they got rid of there slaves there whole section would be in poverty. Calhoun says that the South is going to have to choose between succession or abolition. The only way to save the Union is if the U.S. satisfys the Southern wants so that they won't succeed. The South cannot surrender anymore. The issue has to be settled so that we can preserve the Union. The North has to give the South equal opportunity to gain land. The North also has to stop arguing over the slavery issue. The North will be the ones who decide the fate of this Union.