LAD #13: Calhoun's Speech

This is the most famous speech by John C. Calhoun, who died shortly after having it read. He brings up right away, "How can the Union be preserved?" He saw that the slavery issue was escalating and something needed to be changed. However, he completely rejected the Compromise of 1850. He brought up that the Constitution said that the South had the right to own slaves. And then offered a solution to the question he posed about saving the Union, only the North could save it by recreating the balance once held by the North and South. He used ethos and logos to help prove his point as correct. Even though he made this great speech on not passing the Compromise, it was still passed.