ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by D. APPLETON & COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. ADVERTISEMENT. THE present volume contains, it is believed, all the Reports of general and permanent interest, made by Mr. Calhoun, during his Congressional career, and while Secretary of War. There are, indeed, many other papers emanating from this Department during his administration, of no little interest; and which the Editor would gladly have included in this collection, if it could have been done without rendering the Works too voluminous. He hopes the selection he has made will suffice to show the principles which governed his administration of the Department, and which rendered it the most memorable in the annals of the country;-as well as his views, constitutional and economical, on subjects of a more general and comprehensive nature, during his services in the halls of Congress. The Editor cannot dismiss the volume from his hands without remarking that some of the Reports contained in it, originally appeared before the public under the sanction of other names. He feels, however, very confident that, in now assigning them to their true author, he does no injustice to any one. The Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations (November, 1811), ought, perhaps, to be excepted. The Editor is not fully assured that it was drawn up wholly by Mr. Calhoun. Yet there is one circum stance, independently of its style and the general opinion at the time, which would seem to strengthen the conclusion that he was its author. Mr. Porter of Pennsylvania was, indeed, the Chairman of the Committee at the time, and presented the Report to the House; but the circumstance referred to, if true, goes to show that he only held the position nominally. On the meeting of Congress, the Speaker (Mr. Clay) felt himself greatly embarrassed in deciding on the relative claims of Messrs. Lowndes, Cheves and Calhoun,-all members from the same State,-to prominent positions on the most important Committees. Mr. Calhoun, - the youngest of the three,-being told of this, immediately waited on Mr. Clay, and requested that his colleagues should be preferred. He was, however, placed second on the Committee of Foreign Relations; and, at the first meeting of its members, during his absence, he was, on motion of Mr. Porter, unanimously chosen to preside over their deliberations. This account, if true, and the Editor (though he speaks not on the authority of Mr. Calhoun) has no reason to doubt it,—will at least excuse the error, if any there be, in placing the Report amongst his productions. MEADOWGROVE, Dec. 10th, 1854. 5. Letter in Relation to an Additional Military ...Jan. 29, 6. Letter containing Estimates for the year 1819. Dec. 22, .Jan. 15, 1819, 61 8. Letter in Relation to the Yellow Stone Expedi- tion..... .Dec. 29, 1819, 9. Report on the Civilization of the Indians............Jan. 15, 1820, 68 .Feb. 23, 1820, 62 72 80 partment for 1820-21....... .Jan. 16, 1822, 94 .Jan. 22, 1822, 99 13. Report on the Expenditures for the Civilization 14. Report on the Condition of the Several Indian Tribes..... ..... Feb. 11, 1822, 104 15. Report on the Account of Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Michigan and Missouri..Feb. 11, 1822, 108 17. Report on the Expenses of the Army and Mili- tary Academy, 1818, '19, '20 and '21.......March 5, 1822, 115 18. Report on the Condition of the Military Estab- lishments, &c... . . .Dec. 3, 1822, 123 19. Report on the Execution of the Treaty with the 20. Report on the Condition of the Military Estab- .Feb. 6, 1823, 127 .Dec. 2, 1823, 133 1824, 137 1835, 148 .May 18, 25. Mr. Calhoun's Land Bill.... 1836, 190 26. Report on the Memphis Memorial... ....June 26, 1846, 246 27. Correspondence in Relation to the Annexation of Texas.... 28. The Oregon Negotiation. 29. Letter relative to the alleged Errors of the 311 414 458 |
