Coit’s Calhoun
Want to learn about one of the greatest statesmen that the United States has ever produced? Then get hold of John C. Calhoun: American Portrait by Margaret Coit. When this beautifully-written book received the Pulitzer… »
A Deep Devotion to the Constitution
According to the modern historical establishment, John C. Calhoun is the ultimate American villain. These esteemed historians think lofty assessments from previous decades failed to account for his glaring inconsistencies in regard to federal power,… »
Russell Kirk’s Southern Sensibilities: A Celebration
. .the South—alone among the civilized communities of the nineteenth century—had hardihood sufficient for an appeal to arms against the iron new order which, a vague instinct whispered to Southerners, was inimical to the sort… »
The American President: From Cincinnatus to Caesar
The great body of the nation has no real interest in party. — James Fenimore Cooper, The American Democrat, 1838 The American presidency offers many fascinating questions for historical exploration. And by historical exploration I… »
Yale’s Folly
By H. Lee Cheek, Jr. and Sean Busick The effort to rename Calhoun College at Yale University has won the day. After initially deciding not to rename Calhoun College last year, a special presidentially-appointed taskforce… »
The Continuing Relevance of Calhoun’s Wisdom
I am always glad to talk about my favourite subject–-John C. Calhoun. I think it will become apparent that what he has to say has some relevance to our topic “Building Communities of Resistance”—and perhaps… »
The Oregon Question
[Extract from speech delivered in the United States Senate, March 16, 1846.] But I oppose war, not simply on the patriotic ground of a citizen looking to the freedom and prosperity of his own country,… »
John C. Calhoun: Anti-Imperialist
The mission of the Abbeville Institute, to redeem what is worthwhile in the Southern tradition, is an embattled one. The dominant powers in American discourse today have succeeded in confining the South to a dark… »
The Tariff and Other Tales from Alabama
My friends, there is one issue before you, and to all sensible men but one issue, and but two sides to that issue. The slavery question is but one of the symbols of that issue;… »
Calhoun’s Carolina
John C. Culhoon. Culhoon is the right pronunciation by the way. John C. Culhoon was an upcountryman. We upcountry people tend to suspect Charlestonians, like Dr. Fleming, of being somewhat haughty and dissipated. Calhoun studied… »
