Question

Compare and Contrast Webster’s and Calhoun’s response to Henry Clay’s plea “for the North and South to reach an agreement.”

Answer 1

In response to Henry Clay's plea for the North and the South to reach an agreement, Webster supported this plea while Calhoun was refused to compromise Southern demands.

As a result of increased tension between the South and the North over abolition in 1850, Henry Clay appealed for both sides to reach an agreement.

What was Calhoun's response to this plea?

• John Calhoun refused to compromise on the South's demands to permit slavery in the western territories.
• He also demanded that escaped enslaved people should be captured from the North and returned to the South.

While Calhoun was refusing to negotiate, Webster called for an agreement between the North and the South because he claimed that the South would not be able to secede peacefully.

In conclusion, Webster supported Henry Clay and Calhoun did not.

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