Statue of Hon. John C. Calhoun erected in Statuary Hall of the Capitol at Washington ; proceedings in Statuary Hall and in the Senate and the House of Representatives on the occasion of the unveiling, reception, and acceptance of the statue from the State of South Carolina / compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on printing

This publication is the proceedings of the unveiling ceremony for the statue of John C. Calhoun in the Statuary Hall in Washington D.C.

State of South Carolina : Governor Hayne’s message

Governor Hayne speaks of the superiority of individual state sovereignty and states’ rights over mandates by the federal government. Hayne’s speech comes after President Andrew Jackson’s Nullification Proclamation that disputed a state’s right to nullify a federal law, in response to South Carolina’s ordinances declaring the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional.

Governor’s message

Governor Henagan gives his message following his assumption as governor after the death of the previous governor. In his message, Governor Henagan addresses the status of agriculture, public education, state finances, and state military operations of South Carolina, as well as South Carolina’s role in the 1840 presidential election.

Memorial with the resolutions adopted at the anti-tariff meeting held at Abbeville Court-House, South Carolina, on Monday, the 3d of September, 1827

This document contains the resolutions adopted at the anti-tariff meeting held at the Abbeville courthouse following taxes imposed by the federal government, which members of the state believed to be unconstitutional.