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John C. Calhoun to Littleton Waller Tazewell, August 25, 1827, page 6

rigid economy in disbursements,

I considered them, not so

much as the remedy, as the

the means, by which a state

of things may be brought

about favourable to an

effectual cure. After

much reflection, it seems

to me, that the despotism

founded on combined

geographical interest,

admits of but one effectual

remedy, a veto on the

part of the local interest,

or under our system, on

the part of the States. If

the Representatives of the lo-

cal interest, or the State

governments be true to

themselves, and if the

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Original documents at the John C. Calhoun Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.

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