John C. Calhoun to Lt. James E[dward] Colhoun, August 26, 1827
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
Original document at the John Caldwell Calhoun Papers, Clemson University Library.
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