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To: rockrr

Lincoln and Congress passed the highly protectionist Morrill tariffs.

As Douglas stated, trying to construct a centralized State that betrayed the Republic.


147 posted on 06/24/2013 11:25:13 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (Happily in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own guardians.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Incorrect.

Congress passed the Force Bill (remember this was 1833) authorizing the Jackson administration to use military forces against South Carolina to bring them back to the fold. Lincoln wasn’t even in the picture yet, President Jackson was a southerner, and both the Tariff Act (the “Tariff of Abominations”) not the Morrill tariffs) and the Force Bill were passed with votes from southern states.


150 posted on 06/24/2013 11:36:22 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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