I hold that the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as well as intellectual, are brought together, the relation now existing in the slaveholding states between the two, is, instead of an evil, a good. A positive good.


On the reception of Abolition Petitions, delivered in the Senate, February 6th, 1837
As reported in: The works of John C. Calhoun [ed. by R.K. Crallé] (1864), p. 631

John C. Calhoun Quotes

I hold that the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as...

I hold that the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as...

I hold that the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as...

I hold that the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as...