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John C. Calhoun: “On the Slavery Question”

( 1850 ) Commentary by Kirk H. Beetz, UC Davis, Emeritus

Glossary

  • Autocrat of Russia the Russian czar, whom Calhoun cites as an example of a dictator
  • close of the sixth decade at the time of this address, sixty years since the first U.S. census, in 1790
  • conciliate appease
  • duties taxes
  • revenue and disbursements income and expenses
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