It favored manufacturing over commerce and agriculture.
John C. Calhoun
Vice Presiden John C. Calhoun, along with various southern states, opposed the tariff, believing it to be unconstitutional, favoring one sector of the economy over another. They felt the protective features on tariffs were harmful to southern agrarian interests.
They feared it would make John C. Calhoun a strong Presidential candidate.
Southerners were outraged because they felt they were being forced to pay for the norths prosperity
John C. Calhoun argued that the 1828 Tariff of Abominations was unjust and harmful to Southern states, as it favored Northern industries at the expense of Southern agricultural economies. He contended that states had the right to nullify federal laws that they deemed unconstitutional or detrimental to their interests. Calhoun believed that this principle of nullification was essential for protecting state sovereignty and preventing federal overreach. Ultimately, he viewed it as a mechanism to maintain the balance of power between the states and the federal government.
a pamphlet written by John C. Calhoun of South Carolinapublished in 1828denounced the Tariff of 1828 (aka the Tariff of Abominations) was unjust and unconstitutional
John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun was a southern political thinker who prominently justified southern resistance to the Tariff of 1828. The nullification crisis is the time period from 1828 to 1832 when South Carolina challenged the Tariff of 1828.
They thought it hampered the sale of cotton to Britain and France They thought the protectionist tariff was unconstitutional
Vice Presiden John C. Calhoun, along with various southern states, opposed the tariff, believing it to be unconstitutional, favoring one sector of the economy over another. They felt the protective features on tariffs were harmful to southern agrarian interests.
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress John C. Calhoun of South Carolina ... Later that year in response to the tariff, Vice President John C. Calhoun of South ...
South Carolina disliked the fact that they would have to bear the problems of the government. The tariffs were used to raise money for the government. The tariff was an abomination amongst the people whom lived there. They believed that Jackson singled South Carolina out just to make John C. Calhoun a stronger Presidential candidate.
The leader of South Carolina's reaction to nullify the tariff of 1826 by Andrew Jackson was politician John C. Calhoun from South Carolina
They feared it would make John C. Calhoun a strong Presidential candidate.
Helped the north at the expense of the south
Southerners were outraged because they felt they were being forced to pay for the norths prosperity
The South Carolina Exposition was a document written in 1828 by Vice President John C. Calhoun, asserting the doctrine of nullification - the belief that states had the right to reject federal laws they deemed unconstitutional. It was a response to the Tariff of Abominations, which Southern states felt was unfairly benefiting the North at the expense of the South.