THE DEATH AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, CONTAINING THE SPEECHES, REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS CONNECTED THEREWITH, THE ORATION OF THE HON. R.B. RHETT, BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE &C. &C. by Rhett, Robert Barnwell: : David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC : Specializing in the social, political, and cultural history of the Americas.

Rhett, Robert Barnwell:

THE DEATH AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, CONTAINING THE SPEECHES, REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS CONNECTED THEREWITH, THE ORATION OF THE HON. R.B. RHETT, BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE &C. &C.

Printed by A.S. Johnston, Columbia, S.C.: 1850 Stitched in original printed wrappers. 168pp. Light wear, some corners turned, Very Good. The pamphlet includes the Message of the Governor, Speeches of Calhoun's Senatorial colleagues [Clay, Webster, Butler], resolutions and proceedings in other States, the funeral cortege, and the Oration of Rhett, South Carolina's premier Fire-Eater, before the South Carolina legislature. Rhett delivers a detailed and powerful political biography of Calhoun, emphasizing his resistance to overreaching federal power, his development of the doctrine of Nullification in response to federal tariffs, his staunch defense of slavery, and his growing alienation from the national government.FIRST EDITION. III Turnbull 90.

Book Id: 28742

Price: $450.00

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