Calhoun's Speech to Congress, December 29, 1811

Calhoun – SPEECH ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

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John Caldwell Calhoun

America's Great Divide

America’s Great Cultural and Political Divide

POSTED BY: BARRY JULY 2, 2018

America is more divided culturally and politically than at any time since the 1850’s.  Real and authentic dialogue does not occur and violence and the threat of violence increase daily.  We are on a precarious path with potentially dangerous outcomes. (read more)

Annotated Secessionist Papers Amazon Best Seller

Annotated Secessionist Papers has made Amazon's #1 best seller in Constitutional Law on both books and the Kindle store.  Thank you!

The Conservative Constitution

"A nation’s constitution can be created overnight, claimed Clinton Rossiter incautiously at a symposium over thirty years ago. Witness, he continued, the guiding instruments composed by several European countries shortly after each of the two world wars. Present at that same symposium, Russell Kirk answered Rossiter’s statement with a simple question: “Where are those constitutions now?” Indeed, the framers of any enduring constitution must consider “the history, the moral order, the resources, the prospects of a country—and much else besides,” states Kirk in his latest book, The Conservative Constitution. Furthermore, writes Kirk, 'Those framers must have some understanding of what Edmund Burke called ‘the contract of eternal society.'"

excellent post at The Imaginative Conservative

The Calhoun Institute Homepage

The Calhoun Institute website is up and running and the first edition of The Calhoun Review is published. 

Secessionist Papers

Annotated Secessionist Papers - Book 109 pages

Abstract

Why is it important to talk about secession? Few people that believe secession is a legitimate political theory, right and recourse also believe that in a practical sense it is achievable, reasonable or even preferable. Devolution is a complicated matter and requires a more or less united political will among a people within a region or area – within the confines of modern America it seems unlikely any such will of a sufficient majority will soon emerge, anywhere. The question thus remains, why even discuss the subject? 

It is important to honestly discuss the matter because it goes to the very heart of how the Union of States was formed, what the Constitution was to mean and what relation the central government was to have to the people. Many of our contemporary political problems stem directly from a failure to understand foundational principles. Perhaps in engendering more honest discussions about foundational principles we might actually see contemporary problems more correctly.

Authors

Barry Lee Clark, Brian McCandliss, Michael Peirce, Walter E. Block, Thomas E. Woods Jr., Kevin L. Clauson, Kirkpatrick Sale, Forrest McDonald, Gene H. Kizer, Jr., Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Donald W. Livingston

Keywords

• secession

• Political History,
   
• Constitutional Law and
   
• Political Theory

Publication Date

February 20, 2016

Editor

Barry Lee Clark

Publisher

The Calhoun Review

DOI

10.13140/RG.2.1.2347.2405
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2347.2405
ISBN: 9781310188398
ASIN: B01C8UBMXI
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Publisher Statement

Secessionist Papers (February 20, 2016). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2735290

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2347.2405

Published by The Calhoun Review, 2016

First Edition

Citation Information

Clark, Barry Lee and McCandliss, Brian and Block, Walter and Woods, Thomas E. and Clauson, Kevin L. and Sale, Kirkpatrick and McDonald, Forrest and Kizer, Gene H. and DiLorenzo, Thomas J. and Livingston, Donald W, The Secessionist Papers (February 20, 2016). B. L. Clark, ed., The Secessionist Papers, The Calhoun Review, February 2016. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2735290