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Quotation from Speeches on the Compromise of 1850 by Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster
“The South asks for justice, simple justice, and less she ought not to take.”
Speeches on the Compromise of 1850, Calhoun's speech, March 4, 1850, final section (The Works of John C. Calhoun, ed. Richard K. Crallé, vol. 4 (1854), Internet Archive OCR text)
Calhoun insists that only a full settlement on the principle of justice, not further compromise, can end the crisis.
Citation: "The South asks for justice, simple justice, and less she ought not to take." — Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster, Speeches on the Compromise of 1850, Calhoun's speech, March 4, 1850, final section (The Works of John C. Calhoun, ed. Richard K. Crallé, vol. 4 (1854), Internet Archive OCR text). (id compromise-of-1850-speeches-q6)
Virtues: Justice
Portrait: Henry Clay, Matthew Harris Jouett, Public domain.
