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In a battle of toasts, Hayne proposed, "The Union of the States, and the Sovereignty of the States." Jackson's response, when his turn came, was, "Our Federal Union: It must be preserved." To those attending, the effect was dramatic. Calhoun responded with his own toast, in a play on Webster's closing remarks in the earlier debate, "The Union.
Calhoun wrote to Jackson on June 4, 1826, informing him that he would support Jackson's second campaign for the presidency in 1828. The two were never particularly close friends. Calhoun never fully trusted Jackson, a frontiersman and popular war hero, but hoped that his election would bring some reprieve from Adams's anti-states' rights ...
Senator Henry Clay Senator John C. Calhoun. The Tariff of 1833 (also known as the Compromise Tariff of 1833, ch. 55, 4 Stat. 629), enacted on March 2, 1833, was proposed by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun as a resolution to the Nullification Crisis.
In addition, Calhoun was becoming the focal point of opposition to Jackson; Calhoun's supporters opposed a second term for Jackson because they wanted Calhoun elected president. In addition, Jackson favored and Calhoun opposed the protective tariff that came to be known as the Tariff of Abominations. U.S. tariffs on imported goods generally ...
Jackson and Calhoun began an angry correspondence which lasted until July 1830. [122] By the end of 1831, an open break had emerged not just between Calhoun and Jackson but also between their respective supporters. [123] Writing in the early 1830s, Calhoun claimed that three parties existed.
In Washington, an open split on the issue occurred between Jackson and Vice-President Calhoun. On July 14, 1832, Jackson signed into law the Tariff of 1832 which made some reductions in tariff rates. Calhoun finally resigned. [16] [18] The reductions were too little for South Carolina—the "abominations" of 1828 were still there.
In the 1828 presidential election, both parties supported Jackson but, to attract voters to their specifically their slate, the faction nominated Jackson with Crawford, while the Clarkites kept Jackson with Calhoun. While the Troup slate won, two of them cast their vote for, with the other seven votes throwing away their votes for William Smith.
Henry Clay's final draft of the revised resolution censuring President Jackson. The proposed censure was backed by Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun. [13] It was debated over a period of ten weeks. [8] [9] Clay, leading the effort to censure, described Jackson as a "backwoods Caesar" and his administration a "military dictatorship". [14]