Essentials of United States history . tion, they are the mastersof an empire, their union is indivisible, and the words which then rang out in the Senatechamber have come downthrough long years of politicalconflict and of civil war, untilat last they arc part of the po-litical creed of every one ofhis fellow-countrymen. Heargued with great power thatliberty and union, now andforever, are one and insep-arable. Later Hayne resigned his seatin the Senate and was electedgovernor of South resigned his office ofVice-President, and was electedto succeed Hayne in the Senate. 278. Sout
Essentials of United States history . tion, they are the mastersof an empire, their union is indivisible, and the words which then rang out in the Senatechamber have come downthrough long years of politicalconflict and of civil war, untilat last they arc part of the po-litical creed of every one ofhis fellow-countrymen. Heargued with great power thatliberty and union, now andforever, are one and insep-arable. Later Hayne resigned his seatin the Senate and was electedgovernor of South resigned his office ofVice-President, and was electedto succeed Hayne in the Senate. 278. South Carolina and Nullification. — In those days themost important question in the minds of the people was thetariff. Four years after the tariff law of 1828, a new tariffbill was substituted, more uniform and with a lower averagerate of duty. By this later bill the duties upon goods im-ported into the South were lower; yet the bill still held tothe principle of protection, and to this principle Calhoun andSouth Carolina were Daniel Webster. JACKSONS ADMINISTRATION (1829-1837) 229 A convention was held at Columbia, South Carolina, inNovember, 1832, which passed an Ordinance of declared the tariff acts null and void in South Carolina, for-bade the payment of duties under these acts, and threatenedto withdraw from the Union if the Federal government shouldattempt to enforce these laws in that state. Jackson, how-ever, determined to preserve the integrity of the Union. Thenext month he issued a proclamation to the people of SouthCarolina, warning them that the general government couldnot and would not yield to their demands, and Theinsisting that the duties must be collected there Revenueas in the other states. Jackson then asked author- Collection Bill ity from Congress to collect the duties in South Carolina by force if necessary, and in response Congress passed the so-called Force Bill. 279. Clays Compromise Tariff Bill. — In 1833 Henry Clayintroduce
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