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Editor says, what if by circumstance VP Calhoun was forced to prevent disunion by force in the American 1833 crisis? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).
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In 1832, in order to dissuade his hot-headed, rebellious comrades from prematurely seceding from the Union, John C. Calhoun (pictured) resigned the Vice Presidency and returned post-haste to his home State of South Carolina on this day. Of course his own position was a matter of timing rather than principle. Because from Washington he could clearly see that there was insufficient support from neighborough states to create the Southern Confederacy that he hoped to head as First President.
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Forcing Charleston Harbour, 1833 Crisis
Part 2 by Ed., Eric Lipps & Scott PalterHis arrival was none to soon. Because unbeknown to the Vice President, agents provocateurs of Her Majesty's Government had been stirring up some real trouble in South Carolina for the previous month. Because he was shocked to be presented with medals emblazened with "John C. Calhoun, First President of the Southern Confederacy".
Those medals had been manufactured in London under orders from the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Marquis Richard Wellesley. Worse, the Royal Navy vessels upon which the medals were transported had just forced upon Charleston Harbour. The USS Natchez would soon arrive upon the scene. Dispatched by US President Andrew Jackson for the purpose of seizing by force the federal tarrifs by South Carolinians, this vessel would soon become entangled in the first shots of the 1833 Anglo-American War. And the matter of South Carolina's nullification of those federal tarrifs became, rather rapidly, something of a non-issue.
Entry posted by Todayinah Editor
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: War of 1833 Source: Wikipedia Labels: Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, America, South, Confederacy. Editor says, The facts and sentences are from the source article with the exception of course that whilst Richard Wellesley did write these words, wasn't the Prime Minister.
~ Quite well done. USN would have done no better against the RN in 1833 than they did in 1812-15. However they would have been able to run enough guns in to enable SC's independent government to hold the lowlands around Charleston. Holding the Piedmont is of course quite another story. Wrapped in the flag and fighting the British Jackson could have raised enough troops to take them. The funny part is that the war destroys slavery in SC.
~ The second that British involvement becomes generally known, even a lot of SCarolinians would balk...anti-British feeling was still very common and bitter for almost all the 19th century.
~ Civil War 1833, great possibilities. Probably see Jackson as President leading the troops, a first for America.
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