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.
Columbia, S.C. Printed by A.S. Johnston, 1850. [4], 168pp, as issued. Disbound, tear at blank top margin of title leaf. 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 [with a sketch at page 103], and the Oration of Rhett, South Carolina's premier Fire-Eater, before the South Carolina legislature.
Rhett delivers a detailed, 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 defense of slavery, and his growing alienation from the national government.
FIRST EDITION. III Turnbull 90. Sabin 87480. Item #38396
Price: $275.00