Tariffs, Nullification, Secession

"The high tariff on foreign goods will force us to buy manufactured goods from the northern states instead of the cheaper ones from Britain. We end up paying more!"

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

"It is unconstitutional to pass a tariff that only benefits one part of the country while it hurts the other."

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

"We need to discourage the purchase of foreign goods with a high tariff so we can promote American industry."

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

"The tariff is obviously created to favor the interests of the northern factory system only. The factory owners get rich at our expense."

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

"Even if a tariff makes American goods more expensive, it is better in the long run for the American economy to buy the goods made by American workers."

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

"Attempts to collect tariffs within the border of our state will be viewed as a federal invasion and we will secede from the Union."

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

"If each state can accept or nullify laws as it pleases, the result will be chaos. The Union will fall apart like a rope of sand."

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

"If a state thinks a law goes against the Constitution, it can nullify that law."

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

"States have the ultimate power. This is so the states can protect the rights of the people from the national government."

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

"The Constitution is the supreme law of the land - states cannot nullify a law or secede from the Union.

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster