[mdittmar]

Agree:

1828-1832 Taxes and Tariffs: The 1820s ushered the issue of taxes and tariffs. Following the Missouri Compromise, there were fears in the South that tariffs which protected Northern manufacturing profits were causing economic difficulty in the South to the advantage of Northern manufacturers. These tariffs, Southerners argued, resulted in much higher prices for imported manufactured goods. A recession in the South during the 1820s was blamed on the country's tariff policies.

In 1831 S.C. Senator John Caldwell Calhoun., introduced the 'Nullification' Doctrine' proclaiming, "the right of any state to overrule or modify ...... any federal government law deemed unconstitutional."

In 1831, over The Nullification Doctrine, The 'First Shot' of the Civil War was fired. On April 13, 1830: President Andrew Jackson, "Our Federal Union: It must be preserved"

Senator John C. Calhoun, " The Union. Next to our Liberties most dear".

With this proclamation, Calhoun thus began the fight for States' Rights.

[american spirit]

Since I went to public school a lot of this is news. Can you suggest any books on the truth about the Civil War and where they may be purchased?

[IronJack]

Actually nullification goes back even farther than John C. Calhoun. It was tried in the late 1790s over the Alien and Sedition Acts, and before that, in Pennsylvania's Whiskey Rebellion. There has always been uneasy truce between the states and the compact into which they entered, that came to be called the Union.

But it was Andy Jackson who crushed Calhoun's first stab at states' rights, when the two clashed over the Bank of the United States. At a fancy state dinner, Calhoun sought to embarrass Ole Hick, so he made a toast that celebrated a state's sovereignty. Andrew Jackson rose, and proposed "The Union. It SHALL be preserved." The guests raised their glasses and the battle lines were drawn.