A history of the United States . Thomas H. Benton. 276 JACKSONS FIRST ADMINISTRATION, 1829-1833. [§355 Senator Eobert Y. Hayne ^ of South Carolina came to the helpof the Western men, since to most Southerners New England was now obnoxious on ac-count of the Tariff of Abomi-nations (§ 340), and sincethe West, being compara-tively unsettled, might, theythought, possibly be won toslaverys side. Webster re-plied to Hayne, and the latterreturned to the attack, but ona different line. He discussedthe nature of the generalgovernment and gave Avarn-ing that if the South werenot relieved of • tariff bu
A history of the United States . Thomas H. Benton. 276 JACKSONS FIRST ADMINISTRATION, 1829-1833. [§355 Senator Eobert Y. Hayne ^ of South Carolina came to the helpof the Western men, since to most Southerners New England was now obnoxious on ac-count of the Tariff of Abomi-nations (§ 340), and sincethe West, being compara-tively unsettled, might, theythought, possibly be won toslaverys side. Webster re-plied to Hayne, and the latterreturned to the attack, but ona different line. He discussedthe nature of the generalgovernment and gave Avarn-ing that if the South werenot relieved of • tariff bur-dens, the remedy of a stateveto would have to be re-sorted to. In other words,he advanced Calhouns doc-trine of nullification, which,as we have seen, was an extension of the principles enunci-ated by Virginia and Kentucky in 1798, and by the HartfordConvention in 1814 (§§ 279 and 315). Webster replied inhis most famous speech, and as an orator certainly got the. Robert Y. Hayne. 1813; was United States senator from Missouri, 1821-1851; was during thiswhole period deemed second in influence only to the great trio Calhoun, Clay,and Webster; was a stanch advocate of favorable land laws, of post roads,of the development of the West, and of conservatism in finance; strenuouslysupported Jackson and opposed CaUioun ; published valuable Thirty YearsView, and Abridgment of Debates of Congress, 1 Born in South Carolina, 1791; died, 1839. Served in War of 1812; memberof the South Carolina Legislature, 1814—1818; attorney-general of South Caro-lina, 1818-1822; elected to United States Senate, 1823; opposed the protectivesystem, denying its constitutionality; was chairman of the nullifying conven-tion of 1832; governor of South Carolina, 1832-1834, when the state preparedto enforce its ideas of nullification, — a movement which was prevented byClays compromise tariff. §356] THE NATURE OP THE CONSTITUTION. 277 better of his opponent, although Haynes d
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