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Tariff of Abominations
passed to protect the northern states’ new industrial centers from competition from the more established manufacturing sectors of Europe. It increased prices on manufactured goods in the South, and southerners were unwilling to suffer for the benefit of the North. -
Beginning of Hayne-Webster Debates
Robert Hayne and Daniel Webster began debating topics such as land policy, western expansion, and slavery. -
Hayne Delivers his Speech
Hayne spoke for South Carolina. He claimed the federal government was taking power from the state government constantly, and that the people of South Carolina were being forced to submit to the federal government. -
Webster Repsonds
Claimed the state did not have the right to decide what was and was not Constitutional of the laws created by Congress, and that they could either obey all of the laws put into place by the Federal government, or they could revolt without a valid reason. -
Proclamation to the People of South Carolina
Told the people of South Carolina they could not prevent the federal government's laws, and that their state government deceived them by stating otherwise. He also warned them that by disobeying the Federal government, they could be putting an end to the Union as a whole.