John Calhoun knew that the civil war was looming ahead over the heads of the Americans. His speech starts out by talking about the issues that the union is having, and then goes on further to discuss his ideas for possible solutions and how to prevent the civil war from actually occurring. He talks about how these problems arise from the growing tensions between the North and the South because the South feels powerless compared to the North; the North has most of the federal power or at least the ability to change the outcome of some things. The South grew angry, and Calhoun was speaking for them when he offered the North a deal: If the North does not do exactly what the South wants, the South will secede and the North will not be able to do anything about it.
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