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John C. Calhoun argued that the tariffs violated equal rights. According to his perspective, tariffs not only favored the northern states, but also harmed the southern states. Imported goods hurt the income of all people in South Carolina. As far as Calhoun was concerned, helping support the northern industrial base was not the purpose of the federal government.
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∙ 9y agoHe argued that tariffs favored the northern states while harming the southern states' cotton industry. (His home state was South Carolina.) He wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest stating congress should not favor one industry or state over another. He also argued that because the states had formed the national government, state power should be greater than federal power.
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