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John C. Calhoun to Lt. James E[dward] Colhoun, August 26, 1827

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passed that body. It came

to the Senate, where it was

laid on the Table by my casting

vote. Since the adjournment,

an extensive scheme, originating,

as it is thought, with those

in power, has been got

up to have a general

convention of the manufact[ur]ing

interest at Harrisburgh [sic], avowedly

to devise measures for the

passage of this Bill; and

thus the dangerous ex-

ample is set of separate

representation, and association

of great Geographical

interest[s] to promote its

prosperity at the expense

of other interest[s], unrepresented

and fixed in another section,

which, of all measures