Essentials of United States history . crty and union, now andforever, are one and insep-arable. Later Haj^ne 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 lowe
Essentials of United States history . crty and union, now andforever, are one and insep-arable. Later Haj^ne 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 i)rincii)le of protection, and to this principle Calhoun andSouth CaroUna were Daniel Webster. JACKSONS ADMINISTRATION (1829-1837) 229 CollectionBill. 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 tliese 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 jj^ginsisting that the duties must be collected there Revenueas in the other states. Jackson then asked author-ity from Congress to collect the duties in SouthCarolina by force if necessary, and in response Congress passedthe so-called Force Bill. 279. Clays Compromise Tariff Bill.— In 1833 Henry Clayintroduced a new tariff bill, bywhich duties wer
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