on the other hand, politically unfortunately clueless, john c. calhoun, who i mentioned. brilliantly termed by a great american historian as the marks of the master class. because he saw society in terms of labor and capital or labor and slave owner. ... slavery as a part of the american dream and defined it in those terms. they loved slavery, no matter what you may have heard somewhere, they thought slavery was great. the speeches are thick, thick with reams, celebration of how wonderful slavery is. not only for masters but for slaves. what a superb expression it is a biblical values and of the intentions of the founders and of modern science and modern -- and so on. and you have also a guy whothers wasted no time to delve intonto some of the personalities. thomas hart benton who was a a loud, bullying ferocious, frightening guy. missouri, and others adamant against the expansion of slavery, the nuances and complexities of some of the men are quite fascinating. you don't find everybody where you expect to on the playing board, and thomas hart benton, i'm not searching fo