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1849 · [Washington
by [Southern Rights]
[Washington, 1849. 15, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lightly foxed, Good+.
An early attempt, after the close of the Mexican War and just before Zachary Taylor's inauguration, to organize the South with a single pro-slavery voice. Drafted initially by John C. Calhoun, the Address was deemed by some Southern congressman "too drastic" [Potter] and modified accordingly.
As finally issued, it is an articulate, dignified assertion of the South's complaint that the North had breached the original constitutional bargain to protect slavery. It was signed by only 48 of the 121 southern congressmen, hopes of unity shattered by Southern Whigs, who refused (truncated)
An early attempt, after the close of the Mexican War and just before Zachary Taylor's inauguration, to organize the South with a single pro-slavery voice. Drafted initially by John C. Calhoun, the Address was deemed by some Southern congressman "too drastic" [Potter] and modified accordingly.
As finally issued, it is an articulate, dignified assertion of the South's complaint that the North had breached the original constitutional bargain to protect slavery. It was signed by only 48 of the 121 southern congressmen, hopes of unity shattered by Southern Whigs, who refused (truncated)
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