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凯尔宏为1850年妥协方案所准备长达42页的演说稿
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约翰．凯尔宏 (John
C. Calhoun) 出生
1782年3月18日
凯尔宏相信南方各州有权力保有奴隶制度。他终其一生都在为了保有奴隶制度而奋斗，甚至到他变成一个来自南卡罗来纳的老参议员，这个志向也没改变。他反对美国向西边扩张时所签订的1850年妥协方案 (Compromise
of 1850) ，因为该案限制了奴隶制度，要求废止买卖奴隶。为了在国会前表达意见，凯尔宏准备了长达42页的演说稿，表示他反对妥协法案的立场。当时他已经68岁了，即使他已经是一个将死的枯瘦老人，但他还是毅然走进会议厅，准备为自己的理想辩护。
Calhoun believed in the South's right to continue slavery. He fought to preserve slavery all his life, even as an old man at the very end of his career as a senator from South Carolina. He opposed the Compromise of 1850 because it limited slavery as the country expanded westward. For a gathering of Congress, Calhoun wrote a 42-page speech against the Compromise. At 68 years old, a dying man, ghost-like and bony, he walked into the meeting still prepared to fight.
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