Do you really think that? If taxes were as low as you thought they should be, would it be commendable for me to insist that they be lower? Would freedom be served if there were no taxes?
Don't get me wrong -- the Federal Government is way out of control today and we pay way too much in taxes. But it is impossible to even make an analogy between today and 1832 or 1860 when the Federal government's total taxation amounted to an average of $2 per year per citizen.
South Carolina was not upset about taxation in 1832. Taxes were simply an excuse by the Calhoon anti-American lobby to establish unilateral nullification and secession as "states rights". Federal policy toward slavery was what they were really concerned about and it was anti-slavery laws that they wanted the power to nullify.