ENTERED, according to act of Congress, by JAMES E. CALHOUN, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the district of South Carolina. ·BODE ମାତ ADVERTISEMENT. THE collection of the Speeches of Mr. Calhoun, here offered to the public, includes, it is believed, all delivered by him in Congress of any general interest-or rather, all, of which any reliable reports have been preserved. Many, no doubt, especially during the war of 1812, through carelessness and the want of competent reporters in the House of Representatives, have been lost―a fact the more to be regretted, as the period was marked by events of much moment to the country. For the comparatively few which have been preserved, the public is chiefly indebted to the Hon. Mr. Simkins, at that time a member of the House from South Carolina, who, for his own gratification, took notes and drew out the sketches (for they are by no means full reports) which appear in this collection. For the use of these, the Editor is indebted to the kindness of the Hon. Francis W. Pickens to whom he takes this occasion to return his acknowledgments. Others, belonging to the same period, have been copied from manuscripts found among the papers of Mr. Calhoun, though not in his handwriting. Of the Speeches delivered in the Senate, between the years 1833 and 1850, a much larger number has been preserved. They are, for the most part, better reported; and not a few were published in pamphlet form at the time, under his own inspection. Still, so constant and pressing were his engagements-so incessant the demands on his time, that it is impossible he could have bestowed much attention, except on those connected with the more important subjects of discussion. Many were left to be drawn out by the reporters; and his peculiar position, in regard to the two great contending parties of the country, was any thing but favorable to fulness and fidelity. Not a few (and among them some on questions of much interest) were never reported at all, or otherwise so mangled and garbled,-to serve a temporary purpose, as to render them unworthy of this collection. A sufficient number, however, it is hoped, has been preserved from the ravages of time, and the still more ruthless spirit of party, to insure, as a tribute to his virtues, the love of the Patriot, the admiration of the Statesman, and the gratitude of the Historian and the Philosopher. As many of the questions discussed during the war of 1812, both of a foreign and domestic character, have probably, to some extent, faded from the public memory, the Editor has prepared a brief introductory note to the Speeches delivered in the House of Representatives, which he hopes will be acceptable to the general reader. It was deemed unnecessary to adopt the same course in regard to Speeches of a more recent date. April 8, 1853. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. Page Speech on the Petition of the Citizens of Albany, Speech on the Repeal of the Non-importation Act, Speech on the Repeal of the Embargo, Speech on the Increase of the Direct Tax, Speech on the Internal Improvement Bill, Speech on the Bill to Repeal the Force Act, Speech on the President's Protest, Speech on the Circulation of Incendiary Papers, Speech on the Bill to regulate the Public Deposits, Speech on the Bill to extend the provisions of the Speech on the Application of the Surplus Revenues, |