I5049: Julian A. AUBERTIN (14 Apr 1902

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Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782-1850) -- also known as John C. Calhoun -- Cousin of John Ewing Colhoun and Joseph Calhoun; father-in-law of Thomas Green Clemson. Born near Mt. Carmel, McCormick County, S.C., March 18, 1782. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1808; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17; U.S. Secretary of War, 1817-25; Vice President of the United States, 1825-32; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office 1850; U.S. Secretary of State, 1844-45. His portrait appeared on Confederate States $1000 notes in 1861 and $100 notes in 1862. Died in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1850. Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Calhoun counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Miss., S.C., Tex. and W.Va. are named for him. See also: congressional biography. Books about John C. Calhoun: Warren Brown, John C. Calhoun (for young readers); Margaret L. Coit, John C. Calhoun : American Portrait; Clyde N. Wilson, John C. Calhoun.

CALHOUN, John Caldwell, 1782-1850

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Senate Years of Service: 1832-1837; 1837-1843; 1845-1850
Party: Nullifier; Democrat; Democrat
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CALHOUN, John Caldwell, (cousin of John Ewing Calhoun and Joseph Calhoun), a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina and a Vice President of the United States; born near Calhoun Mills, Abbeville District (now Mount Carmel, McCormick County), S.C., March 18, 1782; attended the common schools and private academies; was graduated from Yale College in 1804; studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807, and commenced practice in Abbeville, SC.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member, State house of representatives 1808-1809; elected as a Republican to the Twelfth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1811, to November 3, 1817, when he resigned; Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President James Monroe 1817-1825; elected vice president of the United States in 1824 with President John Quincy Adams; reelected in 1828 with President Andrew Jackson and served from March 4, 1825, to December 28, 1832, when he resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate on December 12, 1832, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Y. Hayne; reelected in 1834 and 1840 and served from December 29, 1832, until his resignation, effective March 3, 1843; Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President John Tyler; 1844-1845; again elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel E. Huger; reelected in 1846 and served from November 26, 1845, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1850; chairman, Committee on Finance (Twenty-ninth Congress); interment in St. Philip’s Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
Bibliography: American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Calhoun, John C. The Papers of John C. Calhoun. Edited by Robert Meriwether, W. Edwin Hemphill, and Clyde N. Wilson. 26 vols. to date. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1959-; Bartlett, Irving H. John C. Calhoun: A Biography. New York: W.W. Norton Co., 1993; Wiltse, Charles M. John C. Calhoun. 3 vols. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1944-1951.

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"First of all, note that Jefferson referred to the "United States" in the plural, signifying the fact that the free, independent, and sovereign states were part of a compact of states and not a part of one consolidated empire ("The United States," singular), as they are today.

In all cases of a compact where there is no common judge, such as with the Constitution, Jefferson argued that each party has an equal right to judge for itself the constitutionality of federal government actions. James Madison concurred in the Virginia Resolve of 1798, writing that if the citizens of a state decided that the central government enacted a "dangerous exercise of powers," then the citizens "were duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil . . ."

Thanks to governmental control of education, the nationalists have so dominated American political discourse that today most Americans have only been exposed to the New England version of American history. Consequently, they are completely unaware of the Jeffersonian states’ rights philosophy and tradition. This philosophy has been so severely censored that William J. Watkins’s 2003 Independent Institute book on the Virginia and Kentucky Resolves is the first book to be published on the subject in over 100 years.

The Jeffersonian tradition was carried on in the quarter century after Jefferson’s death most forcefully by John C. Calhoun, who Murray Rothbard characterized as one of America’s greatest political philosophers. Unfortunately, Calhoun has been marginalized and defamed by the nationalists, who consider themselves to be the gatekeepers of America’s Official History. Nevertheless, Calhoun’s book, A Disquisition on Government, is one of the most insightful works in all of American history, filled with ingenious insights about the nature of democratic politics and forecasts that have all proven to be amazingly accurate.

A written Constitution is a good thing, argued Calhoun, but those who favor enforcing it "would be overpowered" eventually, by the "party of government." "At first they might command some respect, and do something to stay the encroachment; but they would, in the progress of the contest, be regarded as mere abstractionists; and, indeed, deservedly, if they should indulge in the folly of supposing that the party in possession of the ballot box and the physical force of the country, could be successfully resisted by an appeal to reason, truth, justice, or the obligations imposed by the constitution . . . . The end of the contest would be the subversion of the constitution." (See Ross M. Lence, Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun, Liberty Fund, 1992, p. 27).

Calhoun further forecast that all of the constitutional restrictions on government "would ultimately be annulled, and the government be converted into one of unlimited powers." This has certainly come true, despite all the efforts of "abstractionists" like Roger Pilon and several generations of similarly well-meaning constitutionalists. This is why Calhoun, like Jefferson, believed it was absolutely essential for the citizens of the states to possess "this negative power – the power of preventing or arresting the action of the government – be it called by what term it may – veto, interposition, nullification, check, or balance of power . . ." It is precisely such negative power, wrote Calhoun, that "forms the constitution" (p. 28). It is the very essence of constitutional liberty. This power, however, was destroyed in 1865."
From: http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo74.html
Constitutional Futility by Thomas J. DiLorenzo

The Papers of John C. Calhoun: A Disquisition on Government and a Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States (PAPERS OF JOHN C CALHOUN)
by Clyde N. Wilson, Shirley B. Cook, John C. Calhoun, ROBERT LEE MERIWETHER, WILLIAM EDWIN HEMPHILL, Clyde Norman Wilson
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press; (October 1, 2003) ISBN: 1570035024

John C. Calhoun: A bibliography (Bibliographies of American notables) by Clyde Norman Wilson Publisher: Meckler; (1990) ISBN: 0887363024 From Book News, Inc.
This new series will offer booklength annotated bibliographies of American innovators in social, economics, or political theory and practice, or scientific invention. This inaugural volume takes on a unique Southerner (1782-1850) who, both through his career and his writings, had an influence on every issue and aspect of national politics, and not merely on the questions of states rights and slavery with which his name is most commonly associated (our age would do well, for instance, to reconsider his thoughts on the dangers of majoritarianism). Wilson covers primary, secondary, and collateral sources, and does a fine job of piecing together a notoriously unsystematic body of material. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Julian A. AUBERTIN

14 Apr 1902 - ____

ID Number: I5049

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John BALLENTINE

BEF 1684 - 1733

ID Number: I1728

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Susan King BEDFORD

3 May 1831 - ____

ID Number: I85467

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BIRCH

ABT 1760 - ____

ID Number: I22514

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Benjamin BRISCOE

ABT 1761 - ____

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Hon. John Caldwell CALHOUN Vice Pres. USA

18 Mar 1782 - 31 Mar 1850

ID Number: I68947

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Capt. Thomas J. CRENSHAW Jr.

ABT 1680 - ABT 1730

ID Number: I104737

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Rebecca HATFIELD

1847 - ____

ID Number: I63580

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David KAIGLER

1790 - Jul 1830

ID Number: I35118

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Frances L. PENN

1835 - ____

ID Number: I24884

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Elizabeth SWARTZ

1828 - 16 May 1897

ID Number: I37488

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William VIA Jr.

ABT 1740 - ABT 1775

ID Number: I76184

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