ABSTRACT
The purpose of the nullification proceedings in South Carolina was boldly and courageously avowed. It was to expel the authority of the United States from that State, and to prevent the collection of a single dollar of national revenue in any of its ports. The whole revenue system of the United States, in South Carolina, is obstructed and overthrown; and the Government is absolutely prohibited from collecting any part of the public revenue within the limits of that State. The nullification ordinance which brought about this anomalous condition of affairs was passed almost immediately after the Presidential election of 1832. Whether it would have been passed had the result been otherwise than it was, it would be only guess-work to say now. Herein he made some concession, but he did it from patriotic motives. By everything he said he exhibited a disposition to conciliate the people of South Carolina.
