John Calhoun Slavery Analysis

John C. Calhoun was a prominent U.S. statesman and spokesperson for the Slave-plantation system of the south. His stubborn attitude may not have been of his own choice but of the ideals he was round when he was younger. Slavery for him may not have been about mistreating people, it may have been fully economic and the Southern way of life. Being raised in the South himself, specifically South Carolina, he was raised with the ideals of slavery and how it benefited the south as a whole. Coming from a southerner, slavery was an institution that was not actually about human mistreatment and degrading. Slavery became more of an economic institution for the people of the South. With the growth of the industrial North, the north themselves had no …show more content…
This was not Eli Whitney’s intention with the invention of this machine, but the south used it to enhance and grow their economy that was strongly based on slavery. Then with slavery being the base economy for the people of the south, when people from the North would come down and argue to take it away without offering any solutions the people would be very defensive. I believe that this is the stance that John C. Calhoun took while he was in congress, and this is why he fought for the institution of slavery so much for the South. It was something he had been raised around his entire life, all the way into adulthood. Once the ideals of something are put into a person when they are young, there is no way to get them to change those ideals. This would have made Calhoun a very hard man to deal with in office and may also contribute to why he lost presidential races. Earlier in his political career, Calhoun helped to steer the U.S. into war with Great Britain. This was the War of 1812, because of his influence he was labeled a “War Hawk”. Soon after, he established the second bank of the United States. He went on to serve as the United States secretary of war, vice president, and also for a short time as he secretary …show more content…
But instead he stayed steadfast in his ideals and was never really open to the changes happening in the country, just as many southerners wouldn’t. But in reality who would want to change their ideals to the ideals of someone who is criticizing and bashing them. Calhoun was put into a tough spot and I believe he was very strong to stand for hi ideals against many, many men who wanted to tear him down in his political career. It may not have been the right thing to stand for, but it was the only thing he really