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November 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

Clay’s Compromise Passes

Today's installment concludes The South Carolina Nullification Crisis,our selection from Life of Andrew Jackson by James Parton published in

November 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

Clay Introduces Compromise Bill

The object of Clay was to save all that he could save of the protective policy, and to postpone further action upon the tariff to a more auspicious

November 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

Congress Prepares to Roll Back Tariffs

We discover, therefore, that while the President was resolved to crush nullification by force if it opposed by force the collection of the revenue, he

November 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

Jackson Prepares Response

On the 6th of November the President sent secret orders to the collector of the port of Charleston of an energetic character.Continuing The South

November 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

South Carolina Issues Ordinance of Nullification

There was a Union party in the State, respectable in numbers and character but the Nullifiers commanded an immense, an almost silencing

November 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

John C. Calhoun’s Changing Views on Protectionism

The reader has but to turn to the debates of 1816 to discover that the discussion of the tariff bill turned entirely on its protective character and

November 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

The South Carolina Nullification Crisis

This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Federal Government Takes Up Protectionism.IntroductionPresident

July 31, 2019 Leave a Comment

Consequences of the Spoils System

Today's installment concludes Andrew Jackson Becomes President,our selection from Life of Andrew Jackson by James Parton published in 1860.If

July 29, 2019 Leave a Comment

Jackson Begins Spoils System

Partisan services should be rewarded by public office, though it involved the removal from office of competent and faithful incumbents.Continuing

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