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Sectional Spokesmen

Sectional Spokesmen. John C. Calhoun. spokesman for the cause of the Southern way of life avid supporter of slavery as a Southern institution and right supported the concept of states’ rights opposed high tariffs because he believed that they hurt the South. Henry Clay.

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Sectional Spokesmen

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  1. Sectional Spokesmen

  2. John C. Calhoun • spokesman for the cause of the Southern way of life • avid supporter of slavery as a Southern institution and right • supported the concept of states’ rights • opposed high tariffs because he believed that they hurt the South

  3. Henry Clay • western politician • although he was a slave owner himself, he was opposed to slavery • did not agree with states’ rights but believed that the federal government should be more respectful of the states • proposed several compromises which kept the nation together

  4. Daniel Webster • From Massachusetts was a staunch anti- slavery, anti-states’ rights, high tariff politician • believed that the United States was more important than the individual states themselves • in a debate over the rights of states to nullify a federal law within their borders, Webster made this famous statement: “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!”

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