John Calhoun Quotes
Jackson's Secretary of War, John Henry Eaton, 1790-1856, had been having an affair with a married woman with a proclivity toward promiscuity. Her husband committed suicide and Eaton married her causing one of the great scandals of American history. It split Andrew Jackson's cabinet and ended with Jackson, who supported Eaton, replacing the entire cabinet except the Postmaster General. Vice President John C. Calhoun's chances for the Presidency died as he and Jackson broke over this scandal.
The editorial was in response to the pro-slavery speeches in the Senate of John C. Calhoun.
Warning to John Calhoun and other South Carolinians about the implications of their nullification of the Tariff Act of 1832:
In the first open slavery debate in the Senate the usual courtesy evaporated. John C. Calhoun attacked Hale's sanity for arguing against slavery.
Benton hated John Calhoun, and when the latter died, a reporter asked Benton if he cared to make any comment about his departed Senate colleague. Benton replied:
California was then Mexican Territory. Castro gave permission to Fremont and his troops to buy supplies and provisions but then insisted that the foreign troops leave California. Fremont did not want to be seen as being ordered about by Mexico. He ordered his men to the top of a small mountain, constructed a makeshift fort on Hawk’s Peak, and raised an American Flag at the summit. See {634736}.
Jackson's Secretary of War, John Henry Eaton, 1790-1856, had been having an affair with a married woman with a proclivity toward promiscuity. Her husband committed suicide and Eaton wished to marry the lady, but did not wish to bring any scandal to Jackson's administration. He consulted the President. He did and there was a huge scandal. It split Jackson's cabinet and ended with Jackson replacing the entire cabinet except the Postmaster General. Vice President John C. Calhoun's chances for the Presidency died as he and Jackson broke over this scandal.
In the Civil war General Fremont had charge of the state of Missouri. He issued a military proclamation freeing all slaves in the state. Lincoln still had 2 slave states in the Union—Kentucky and Maryland—and wanted to work out a way that the slave owners there could be reimbursed for emancipation. Fremont, a politician who had been a Presidential Candidate in 1856 and always looking for a way of getting headlines, ordered the emancipation. Lincoln wrote this very mild letter explaining his strategy but Fremont wanted to be known amongst the Radical Republicans as a “man of principle” on the slavery issue and instead of rescinding his proclamation asked Lincoln to override it which the President did by Presidential order thus taking the heat from the radical wing of his party for interfering with slave emancipation.
