South Carolina Democratic-Republicans - John C. Calhoun, Charles Pinckney, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Pierce Butler, Thomas Sumter, William Johnson (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: John C. Calhoun, Charles Pinckney, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Pierce Butler, Thomas Sumter, William Johnson, George McDuffie, Langdon Cheves, John Drayton, Stephen Decatur Miller, Richard Irvine Manning I, David Rogerson Williams, William Smith, Joseph Alston, William Harper, Paul Hamilton, John Taylor, John E. Colhoun, John Gaillard, John Lyde Wilson, James Hamilton, Jr., Andrew Pickens, James Burchill Richardson, Wade Hampton I, John Geddes, Samuel Hammond, Thomas Bennett, Jr., William Butler, Samuel Earle, Thomas Moore, Joseph Brevard, O'Brien Smith, John J. Chappell, John Kershaw, Eldred Simkins, Henry Middleton, Robert Witherspoon, Joseph Calhoun, James Ervin, Levi Casey, Starling Tucker, John Carter, William Lowndes, Samuel Farrow, Thomas R. Mitchell, John Wilson, John Hunter, John B. Earle, Joseph Gist, Elias Earle, Andrew R. Govan, David R. Evans, Lemuel J. Alston, James Overstreet, John McCreary, Robert Marion, William Mayrant, Joseph Bellinger, Theodore Gourdin, Richard Winn, William Woodward, Wilson Nesbitt, Lemuel Benton. Excerpt: John Caldwell Calhoun (pronounced; March 18, 1782 - March 31, 1850) was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. A powerful intellect, Calhoun eloquently spoke out on every issue of his day, but often changed positions. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist and proponent of protective tariffs; later, he switched to states' rights, limited government, nullification and free trade. He is best known for his intense and original defense of slavery as a positive good, for his promotion of minority rights, and for pointing the South toward secession from the Union. Devoted to the principle of liberty and fearful of corruption, Calhoun built his reputation as a political theorist by his redefinition of republ...