Hold up, this video didn’t even bring up slavery once?! That and states rights were the major focus of his life following him stepping down from the vice presidency.
There's a john c Calhoun statue downtown where I live,and there's a vote to take it down. I've always known who this was, he was at the forefront of trying to keep slavery legal.
Andrew Jackson said that one of the three things he regretted in his life was that he didn't hang John C Calhoun. He almost did when Calhoun threatened threatened succession.
@William T. Anderson I don't know if there was legal cause to hang him. He backed off sufficiently from nullification to assuage Jackson. After Jackson canned his as Vice President he became a malevolent force. Certainly he was not nearly the statesman that Webster, Clay, and John Quincy Adams were.
@William T. Anderson Well we'll have to agree to disagree. He was a brilliant man who wasted his talents seeking to divide the nation of which he had been Vice President and in defending the institution of slavery.
@Thomas Jefferson His support of nullification and his doctrine that each state was a sovereign community which could resist, within its territory, Federal Law (1832)was a recipe for Civil Strife. He regarded racial slavery a "positive good" (1836-37). I don't blame him for regarding the plight of industrial workers as analogous to slavery, nevertheless over the long haul he was mistaken about that as well.
@@GiordanDiodato You can sum up an entire person using just one word? Either that's a remarkably simple person or you're a bigoted simple-minded idiot.
Ignore the tariff of abominations and his opposition to them , ignore that South Carolina nullified those tariffs in 1832 and even funded the state guard with 100k to purchase weapons to defend against a federal attempt to collect the tariffs at the ports …. In 1832 some 30 years before the war between the states . Muh white peoples bad
John Calhoun is 1st cousin 7x removed. His grandmother was my 7th great grandmother. My grandfather looked so much like V. P. Calhoun. I do not agree with some things he stood for.
My father spoke of this before on how we are related to John calhoun. Times were very different back then, and i cant say I agree to alot of it. But researching and finding out your history is a really cool feeling. I am also the last male in my family with the name Calhoun. And I plan to keep it going.
Kyle Clark just because views and beliefs were different back then don’t mean shit. Did the whole world think the way America did in the past? No. And there were good white people back then, John c Calhoun not being one of them. So yeah, pretty sure I’m justified in saying I’d be ashamed. You have a confederate flag as your profile picture dude, you LIVE in the past. Don’t preach to me about that please 😂.
@@directsound4962 You are wrong. Both the Whig and the Democratic were a national party. Confederate Vice President, Alexander H. Stephens was Whig from Virginia. Confederate States Secretary of State, Judah P. Benjamin was not only a Jew, but also Whig from Louisiana. The only sectional issue that pushed those men to join the sectional conflict was slavery. It was slavery, slavery and slavery. It was the same for John C. Calhoun. I think you feel somehow ashamed that the sectional issue was slavery, but even until 1860 - pro-slavery was a respected view, both in the South and the North.
@@directsound4962 No they didn't. A plenty of Southern men fought for the Union. American Nationalism existed even before the Civil War. John C Calhoun was one of American Nationalists before he had realized that the nationalist policies he spearheaded go against the interest of, wait for it, slavery. It was slavery, slavery and slavery. Don't look away from the truth because it makes you feel uncomfortable.
@directsound4962 Stop lying to yourself about tariffs. The tariff rates were at historic low during 1850's. Both John C Calhoun and Confederate Vice President, Alexander H. Stephens said slavery, not tariffs was the real issue. The only sectional issue that couldn't no longer be compromised on was slavery. It was slavery, slavery and slavery.
@@directsound4962 Nobody caned a senator in the Senate over tariffs. Nobody started shooting in Kansas over tariffs. Nobody wrote a best selling book over tariffs. Slavery was the single most valuable asset in the entire country. It was slavery, slavery and slavery. The view that tariffs somehow played a major role in the Civil War is part of typical Lost Cause myth.
I find it funny how a president can say in his Inaugural address that he wanted to make slavery express and irrevocable and to make it a Constitutional right but then it is Calhoun that people like you say gave the most famous pro slavery speech. I will not defend Calhoun on that at all but I mean come on. The most famous speech on slavery ever in our history? That is absurd.
Ya it’s funny how Lincoln can make racist remarks and policies and yet people are stupid enough to think he and people like racist General Sherman “fought to free the slaves and end slavery”
That haircut and look is because those photos were taken when he had advanced stages of tuberculosis. He is disheveled because he could not take care of himself very well. Before he had tuberculosis he was a very vibrant and good looking man. Once he caught tuberculosis then his face became more shrunken and his hair became more disheveled.
I get that there is some bias being South Caolina, the heart of the Confederacy but true history is knowing both sides of the coin, the good and the bad. He was a promoter of slavery and heavy racist - "I appeal to facts. Never before has the black race of Central Africa, from the dawn of history to the present day, attained a condition so civilized and so improved, not only physically but morally and intellectually"
Let me just say . Slavery continued up north after the 14th amendment- lincoln and most other Hero’s of the Union were racists and (or) slave holders . Lincoln did not oppose the institution of slavery and was a staunch racist. Sherman was a devout Racist whom thought slavery was fine and just needed tweaking to give impoverished slaves slightly better living conditions and that they should be taught to read & write . US Grants wife and her family owned slaves and he had no problem with it . There were whole company’s of union soldiers that deserted when the 14th was passed - one famous example is a solider who wrote home that he would rather lay down and his flesh Rot off than fight to free _______s or to make them his equal . The war was fought over tariffs , states rights and the ability to self governance plain and simple . The war could have been avoided. The union became Great Britain when they invaded sovereign states.
@@jakeergueta9009 , Howdy Jake, read Larry Tagg's The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln: The Story of America's Most Reviled President. Prior to his execution, the North HATED Lincoln almost as much as the South. He suppressed free speech, arrested enemies, violated the Constitution, etc etc etc. Just the opposite of what they teach in schools.
A staunch proponent of Jeffersonian limited central govt. Just like the constitution provided for and we had up until 1860, when A Lincoln was elected and the republicans took over the Federal govt. It became an all-powerful centralized govt. Thank you Abe. (Not)...
@@rumpelstiltskin8841 The Articles of Confederation did not work remotely well or even perfectly well. Honestly the fact you even said such nonsense marks your stance on the whole thing as unreliable.
@@altareggo You need to remember that slavery had been and still was legal in the US. If you had had the agricultural climate that they did in the South, you would have needed extra help too to grow their crops. Since it was legal, that's what was used. Slavery wasn't even brought up 'til Lincoln realized he needed another rallying cause other than not losing the income from 13 states in the south... Remember, the Southern states didn't want to bust up the union, they just wanted to go on their own to control their destiny. The rest of the union would stay intact. (Unless other states saw a chance to join them). A civil war is by definition a war to break up a government and take over control. That wasn't the intent of the southern states at all.
@@bonnieblueflag5104 "slavery wasn't even brought up 'til Lincoln" This. You sir are everything that's wrong with revisionist history. Slavery had been a main issue even BEFORE US independence!!! It was a can being kicked down the road that caused untold friction and suffering UNTIL the civil war, not because of it
"His ideas about state's rights and limited government ignited the Civil War" Really states' rights? A states' right to what, owning human beings? Limited government? Yes because forcing northerners to give up runaway slaves under threat of $1000 fine is limiting the government.
@@burningphoenix6679 I don’t have an issue with you being angry at his reasoning on why he seceded (which I assume you are) but being angry at him for pushing for secession is so silly and ignorant of the historical context about how people interpreted the constitution and statehood at the time. Obviously now we interpret this as treason now but this is because of the precedent the civil war set. Southern politicians like Calhoun (and some northerners) literally interpreted the United States as a being made up of states that voluntary chose to be apart of the union (like a contract). This means that they legitimately believed they had the right to remove themselves from the contract at any time they saw fit. This might seem dumb now but you have you consider how much central government power has increased since the founding of this country.
@@JungleJim737 Even then secession was a terrible idea, if many of his vocal opponents had emphasized. Context becomes moot when there are disagreements even at the time an idea is pitched. Succession would have been a terrible idea at the time, and would have made things worse. Never call someone so foolish based, because it makes you look foolish too.
Tell me you don’t know about all powers not enumerated being left to the states via the 10th amendment without telling me you don’t know …. Tell me you don’t know about the Hartford convention where 5 northern states wanted to secede in 1813 nearly 40 years before South Carolina seceded . Tell me you don’t know that South Carolina nullified the tariff of abominations in the 1830s which would have put a large import tariff on all goods entering the ports , and that the SC Governor authorized 100k to be spent on weapons to defend against a federal attempt to collect those tariffs . Tell me you don’t know anything about the constitution, nullification, states rights and that you only believe what your McMillan McGraw Hill text book indoctrinated you with
A woman should be mentioned three times of her life in public. When she was born, when she get married and when she get buried. He might have said that a bit differently.
The word abortion is also used zero times in this piece. Thank you for adding your propaganda. Tariffs at the time we're very detrimental to the southern states. "Calhoun Slavery Bad man Ahhh! " doesn't add any meaningful perspective and just shows you to be a low information virtue signaler.
@@jacobonline6994 You say champion of slavery, but the truth is that he was desperately trying to keep the Union together and ward off the coming civil war. I'd rather keep slavery if it meant no civil war.
@@EmptyMan000 John was a MAN not a boy like you, he fought wars, led his country, an accomplished great great things for his state and country, however like all men he was flawed. He understood the most important thing their is however which is that our state and country were created solely for and by White European Christian peoples. Then and Now an Forever.
@@troyott2334If America was a nation solely for white European people, why did a huge proponent of owning black slaves? He even called it a moral good and harmony.
Speak for yourself . Calhoun was a great man and he stood up for South Carolina during the tariff of abominations in the 1830s and he should be respected and revered.
2:52 that is not John Quincy Adams, that is John Adams the second president of the United States
this video helped me a lot thank you so much!
Hold up, this video didn’t even bring up slavery once?! That and states rights were the major focus of his life following him stepping down from the vice presidency.
@Irish Rebel I assume you live in South Carolina?
figures they'd change history
There's a john c Calhoun statue downtown where I live,and there's a vote to take it down. I've always known who this was, he was at the forefront of trying to keep slavery legal.
Is this the guy that they removed his statue ?
Yea
Should be put back up
@@memorieepritchard8815 why honor a known racist?
@@GiordanDiodato A TRUE PATRIOT.
@@GiordanDiodato There's no such thing as a racist.
2:52 you said John Quincy Adams but showed his father John Adams
His entire political philosophy revolved around the preservation and growth of the institution of slavery. How bout mention that?
A true patriot he was and a great good honorable Master of slaves
He is my ninth cousin through my moms side
Andrew Jackson said that one of the three things he regretted in his life was that he didn't hang John C Calhoun. He almost did when Calhoun threatened threatened succession.
@William T. Anderson I don't know if there was legal cause to hang him. He backed off sufficiently from nullification to assuage Jackson. After Jackson canned his as Vice President he became a malevolent force. Certainly he was not nearly the statesman that Webster, Clay, and John Quincy Adams were.
@William T. Anderson Well we'll have to agree to disagree. He was a brilliant man who wasted his talents seeking to divide the nation of which he had been Vice President and in defending the institution of slavery.
@Thomas Jefferson His support of nullification and his doctrine that each state was a sovereign community which could resist, within its territory, Federal Law (1832)was a recipe for Civil Strife. He regarded racial slavery a "positive good" (1836-37). I don't blame him for regarding the plight of industrial workers as analogous to slavery, nevertheless over the long haul he was mistaken about that as well.
Secession
Calhoun and Jackson both managed to pi** off about everybody!
bad and way too little information on the man and his thinking
I'll sum up him in one word: Racist
@@GiordanDiodato You can sum up an entire person using just one word? Either that's a remarkably simple person or you're a bigoted simple-minded idiot.
@@cordlefhrichter1520 fine. 2 words.
Racist. Traitor.
That’s what Calhoun was.
That was a picture of John Adams Sr.
He was right
I came here as the Calhoun Monument is coming down LIVE (on social media) but I know nothing of him (I’m not American). Now I know who he was.
They seemed to have left out some rather significant details concerning his thoughts about slavery, though.
Known as the "Champion of Slavery" they left heaps on him
A proponent of 'property rights' such as [slavery]...
Ignore the tariff of abominations and his opposition to them , ignore that South Carolina nullified those tariffs in 1832 and even funded the state guard with 100k to purchase weapons to defend against a federal attempt to collect the tariffs at the ports …. In 1832 some 30 years before the war between the states . Muh white peoples bad
John Calhoun is 1st cousin 7x removed. His grandmother was my 7th great grandmother. My grandfather looked so much like V. P. Calhoun. I do not agree with some things he stood for.
Sherry M I'm also a distant cousin to him as well! Just found out about it from my Great Aunt.
Brandon 88 my last name is calhoun
My father spoke of this before on how we are related to John calhoun. Times were very different back then, and i cant say I agree to alot of it. But researching and finding out your history is a really cool feeling. I am also the last male in my family with the name Calhoun. And I plan to keep it going.
Sherry Murphy Calhoun is possibly the biggest white supremacist in the history of America! Ouch, That’s a pretty bad taint on your bloodline.
Kyle Clark just because views and beliefs were different back then don’t mean shit. Did the whole world think the way America did in the past? No. And there were good white people back then, John c Calhoun not being one of them. So yeah, pretty sure I’m justified in saying I’d be ashamed.
You have a confederate flag as your profile picture dude, you LIVE in the past. Don’t preach to me about that please 😂.
Down comes his statue in Charleston!
Thank god
@@LoserBroProductions Is your god Satan?
if yall go to 4:15 every one is bond
This man just went from being one of the biggest nationalists in the union to being one of the biggest sectionalists
That's what slavery does to you.
@@directsound4962 You are wrong. Both the Whig and the Democratic were a national party. Confederate Vice President, Alexander H. Stephens was Whig from Virginia. Confederate States Secretary of State, Judah P. Benjamin was not only a Jew, but also Whig from Louisiana. The only sectional issue that pushed those men to join the sectional conflict was slavery. It was slavery, slavery and slavery. It was the same for John C. Calhoun. I think you feel somehow ashamed that the sectional issue was slavery, but even until 1860 - pro-slavery was a respected view, both in the South and the North.
@@directsound4962 No they didn't. A plenty of Southern men fought for the Union. American Nationalism existed even before the Civil War. John C Calhoun was one of American Nationalists before he had realized that the nationalist policies he spearheaded go against the interest of, wait for it, slavery. It was slavery, slavery and slavery. Don't look away from the truth because it makes you feel uncomfortable.
@directsound4962 Stop lying to yourself about tariffs. The tariff rates were at historic low during 1850's. Both John C Calhoun and Confederate Vice President, Alexander H. Stephens said slavery, not tariffs was the real issue. The only sectional issue that couldn't no longer be compromised on was slavery. It was slavery, slavery and slavery.
@@directsound4962 Nobody caned a senator in the Senate over tariffs. Nobody started shooting in Kansas over tariffs. Nobody wrote a best selling book over tariffs. Slavery was the single most valuable asset in the entire country. It was slavery, slavery and slavery. The view that tariffs somehow played a major role in the Civil War is part of typical Lost Cause myth.
Very bad biography ignores most important thing he did in his life as he wrote the most famous pro-slavery speech in the history of us
I find it funny how a president can say in his Inaugural address that he wanted to make slavery express and irrevocable and to make it a Constitutional right but then it is Calhoun that people like you say gave the most famous pro slavery speech. I will not defend Calhoun on that at all but I mean come on. The most famous speech on slavery ever in our history? That is absurd.
Ya it’s funny how Lincoln can make racist remarks and policies and yet people are stupid enough to think he and people like racist General Sherman “fought to free the slaves and end slavery”
im related to John C Calhoun, up through Major William Calhoun Love
You are my relative then sir. I'm a descendant of John C Calhoun and I'm African as well. My "roots" are in upstate, south carolina.
Ya just gotta love the haircut ! ;)
I think they cut hair with knives in those days. Maybe he cut himself and was afraid of getting it cut again. LOL
That haircut and look is because those photos were taken when he had advanced stages of tuberculosis. He is disheveled because he could not take care of himself very well. Before he had tuberculosis he was a very vibrant and good looking man. Once he caught tuberculosis then his face became more shrunken and his hair became more disheveled.
Bernard. Dumb statement unless you’re a time traveler and met him first hand
When you showed John Quincy Adams you actually John Adams, his father.
You know the funny part is they left out Andrew Jackson wanted to smoke Calhoun with a hot bullet and regretted it ever since
I don't thnk Andy would have wasted the bullet...
Traitors are hung, not shot!
3:15 nullification...and slavery as a positive good
I get that there is some bias being South Caolina, the heart of the Confederacy but true history is knowing both sides of the coin, the good and the bad. He was a promoter of slavery and heavy racist - "I appeal to facts. Never before has the black race of Central Africa, from the dawn of history to the present day, attained a condition so civilized and so improved, not only physically but morally and intellectually"
Let me just say . Slavery continued up north after the 14th amendment- lincoln and most other Hero’s of the Union were racists and (or) slave holders . Lincoln did not oppose the institution of slavery and was a staunch racist. Sherman was a devout Racist whom thought slavery was fine and just needed tweaking to give impoverished slaves slightly better living conditions and that they should be taught to read & write . US Grants wife and her family owned slaves and he had no problem with it . There were whole company’s of union soldiers that deserted when the 14th was passed - one famous example is a solider who wrote home that he would rather lay down and his flesh Rot off than fight to free _______s or to make them his equal . The war was fought over tariffs , states rights and the ability to self governance plain and simple . The war could have been avoided. The union became Great Britain when they invaded sovereign states.
@@alexeubanks467 exactly...
@@jakeergueta9009 , Howdy Jake, read Larry Tagg's The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln: The Story of America's Most Reviled President. Prior to his execution, the North HATED Lincoln almost as much as the South. He suppressed free speech, arrested enemies, violated the Constitution, etc etc etc. Just the opposite of what they teach in schools.
Whataboutism
@@CrimeMinister1 Wow, genius. Do you get a monthly fox news pamphlet on what new phrases to say?
A staunch proponent of Jeffersonian limited central govt. Just like the constitution provided for and we had up until 1860, when A Lincoln was elected and the republicans took over the Federal govt. It became an all-powerful centralized govt. Thank you Abe. (Not)...
idiot
@Kyle Clark Thanks for the info Kyle. I'll look those books up.
How’d the articles of confederation work out?
@@siccwiddit69 perfectly well actually though even constitution itself was never seen as perpetual sacred document as now
@@rumpelstiltskin8841 The Articles of Confederation did not work remotely well or even perfectly well. Honestly the fact you even said such nonsense marks your stance on the whole thing as unreliable.
So he was a Trader... Got it
Trader of what ? Oh you mean traitor ? Oh that’s right he died BEFORE the “civil war” so try again
"involved in agricultural endeavors..." = owned lots of slaves
Antiquated farm equipment for sure
If you ever see a big steaming pile of shit on top of Calhoun's grave in Charleston, SC.......it means that I was just there.
John C. Calhoun was snapped by Shrek in Endgame.
This narration is making this slave owner sound like he was baking cookies on sunday.
lol no: he had slaves to bake cookies for him!!
@@altareggo You need to remember that slavery had been and still was legal in the US. If you had had the agricultural climate that they did in the South, you would have needed extra help too to grow their crops. Since it was legal, that's what was used. Slavery wasn't even brought up 'til Lincoln realized he needed another rallying cause other than not losing the income from 13 states in the south... Remember, the Southern states didn't want to bust up the union, they just wanted to go on their own to control their destiny. The rest of the union would stay intact. (Unless other states saw a chance to join them). A civil war is by definition a war to break up a government and take over control. That wasn't the intent of the southern states at all.
@@bonnieblueflag5104 "slavery wasn't even brought up 'til Lincoln"
This. You sir are everything that's wrong with revisionist history. Slavery had been a main issue even BEFORE US independence!!! It was a can being kicked down the road that caused untold friction and suffering UNTIL the civil war, not because of it
"His ideas about state's rights and limited government ignited the Civil War"
Really states' rights? A states' right to what, owning human beings? Limited government? Yes because forcing northerners to give up runaway slaves under threat of $1000 fine is limiting the government.
They were the liberals back than.
Most based politician in us history
He literally attempted treason when he tried to make South Carolina secede.
@@burningphoenix6679 I don’t have an issue with you being angry at his reasoning on why he seceded (which I assume you are) but being angry at him for pushing for secession is so silly and ignorant of the historical context about how people interpreted the constitution and statehood at the time. Obviously now we interpret this as treason now but this is because of the precedent the civil war set. Southern politicians like Calhoun (and some northerners) literally interpreted the United States as a being made up of states that voluntary chose to be apart of the union (like a contract). This means that they legitimately believed they had the right to remove themselves from the contract at any time they saw fit. This might seem dumb now but you have you consider how much central government power has increased since the founding of this country.
@@JungleJim737 Even then secession was a terrible idea, if many of his vocal opponents had emphasized. Context becomes moot when there are disagreements even at the time an idea is pitched. Succession would have been a terrible idea at the time, and would have made things worse. Never call someone so foolish based, because it makes you look foolish too.
Tell me you don’t know about all powers not enumerated being left to the states via the 10th amendment without telling me you don’t know …. Tell me you don’t know about the Hartford convention where 5 northern states wanted to secede in 1813 nearly 40 years before South Carolina seceded . Tell me you don’t know that South Carolina nullified the tariff of abominations in the 1830s which would have put a large import tariff on all goods entering the ports , and that the SC Governor authorized 100k to be spent on weapons to defend against a federal attempt to collect those tariffs . Tell me you don’t know anything about the constitution, nullification, states rights and that you only believe what your McMillan McGraw Hill text book indoctrinated you with
A woman should be mentioned three times of her life in public. When she was born, when she get married and when she get buried.
He might have said that a bit differently.
Tf is that supposed to mean?
@@jonahbyrne8286 To show even other sides of this interesting character. Of course I am quoting J.C.Calhoun.
Who's here because of that idiot Katherine of Southern Charm, 2021?
Conveniently left out the slavery part I see
"spent his life keeping the south in the Union..." omg, do these people even listen to themselves.
Well this is quite the nice and thorough white-washing of his life.
@@directsound4962 only if you acknowledge the bad, instead of ignoring it. And the bad most definitely outweighs the good in this case.
The word "slavery" is said zero times in this piece of propaganda.
You just don’t understand historic relevancy
Exactly!!!! Funny how that fact just seems to slip the mind of the video's creators!!!!
The word abortion is also used zero times in this piece. Thank you for adding your propaganda. Tariffs at the time we're very detrimental to the southern states. "Calhoun Slavery Bad man Ahhh! " doesn't add any meaningful perspective and just shows you to be a low information virtue signaler.
"Agriculturalist" = Slave Owner!
John C. Calhoun did nothing wrong.
except for slavery, you Nazi patriot
John C. Calhoun did literally nothing wrong.
@@Lord-Commissar so being the "champion of slavery" is not a wrong thing to be
@@jacobonline6994 You say champion of slavery, but the truth is that he was desperately trying to keep the Union together and ward off the coming civil war. I'd rather keep slavery if it meant no civil war.
@@Lord-Commissar you would rather have slavery... Jesus Christ man
Great man Great South Carolinian it is a CRIME that his statue was removed in Charleston.
He was for slavery so I think it is justice that it had been removed
You would say someone like him was Great, as an apologist of slavers with the devilish cornfed smile in your profile pic.
@@EmptyMan000 John was a MAN not a boy like you, he fought wars, led his country, an accomplished great great things for his state and country, however like all men he was flawed. He understood the most important thing their is however which is that our state and country were created solely for and by White European Christian peoples. Then and Now an Forever.
@@troyott2334If America was a nation solely for white European people, why did a huge proponent of owning black slaves? He even called it a moral good and harmony.
Its not a civil war. Its northern aggression period
Dumb!!!
@@newvibes789 yes your mother during conception of you
Gotta say. He creepy looking. (Just saying)
The only john c we acknowledge is JOHN CENA
Speak for yourself . Calhoun was a great man and he stood up for South Carolina during the tariff of abominations in the 1830s and he should be respected and revered.
Slavery was a kindness.
Magnum Dong
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Goodbye monster
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slaver
Rabble rouser but smart and brave