Address of the Hon John C Calhoun in the Senate of the United States On the
Address of the Hon John C Calhoun in the Senate of the United States On the
Calhoun John Caldwell
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But I professed from the first an utter opposition to bring her with her territory into the United States; and having occa- sion, in 1837, to meet some friends in New York, on some political occasion, I stated my sentiments on that subject. It was the first time I had occasion to advert to it; and if I might ask a friend near me to read an extract from that speech, I think it would be proper to present it to the Senate, though it may be rather tedious. It was de- livered at Niblo's Garden in 18...37. Mr. Greene read as follows : '• Gentlemen, we all see that, by whomsoever possessed. Texas is likely to he a slaveholding coun- try ; and I frankly avow my entire unwillingness to do anything which shall extend the slavery of the African race on this continent, or add other slaveholding States to the Union. " When I say that I regard slavery in itself as a great moral, social, and political evil, I only use lan- guage which has been adopted by distinguished men, themselves citizens of slaveholding States.
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