. The great American book of biography . OLD GATES AT ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. JOHN C. CALHOUN, THE QREAT ADVOCATE OF STATES PEW years ago an elderly man, who had fought in theUnion army through the great civil war of 1861, was listen-ing to some schoolboys rehearsing their history was the first blow struck at the Union?asked ;^^ On April 13th, 1861, when Fort Sumter was fired J upon by batteries in Charleston harbor, was the answer. No ! thundered the old soldier, breaking in ; thefl:^y~ first blow at the Union was struck in 1832, by John C. Cal- houn; and if Andre
. The great American book of biography . OLD GATES AT ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. JOHN C. CALHOUN, THE QREAT ADVOCATE OF STATES PEW years ago an elderly man, who had fought in theUnion army through the great civil war of 1861, was listen-ing to some schoolboys rehearsing their history was the first blow struck at the Union?asked ;^^ On April 13th, 1861, when Fort Sumter was fired J upon by batteries in Charleston harbor, was the answer. No ! thundered the old soldier, breaking in ; thefl:^y~ first blow at the Union was struck in 1832, by John C. Cal- houn; and if Andrew Jackson had been President in i860, insteadof James Buchanan, there would have been no gun fired on FortSumter, I can tell you ! Dont forget ///c?/ bit of history, boys ! John Caldwell Calhoun is an absolutely unique figure in AmericanHis political life was devoted to the establishment and perpetuation ofslavery. He believed that institution beneficial alike to white and black, to Northand South,—in a word, that slavery was morally and politically right, and that thewelfare of the country was bound up with its continuance.
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