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The Divisive Politics of Slavery - Caggia Social Studies

304 CHAPTER10 One American's StoryThe Divisive Politicsof SlaverySouth Carolina senator John C. Calhoun was so sick that he had missedfour months of debate over whether California should enter the Unionas a free state. On March 4, 1850, Calhoun, explaining that he was tooill to deliver a prepared speech, asked Senator James M. Mason ofVirginia to deliver it for PERSONALVOICEJOHN C. CALHOUN I have, Senators, believed from the first that the agitation of thesubject of Slavery would, if not prevented by some timely and effec-tive measure, end in disunion.

a state. In late 1849, California held a constitutional convention, adopted a state constitution, elected a governor and a legislature, and applied to join the Union. California’s new constitution forbade slavery, a fact that alarmed many Southerners. They had assumed that because most of California lay south of the

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