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Andrew Jackson: Anti-Nullification Silk Broadside. Not Listed in "Threads of History", though similar to #79 as found on page 82. It prints the text of President Andrew Jackson's 1832 "Nullification Proclamation", delivered December 10, 1832. It measures 28" x 20.5" with an ornate border design framing the central text. Signed in the printed text, "Andrew Jackson." Very nice overall condition with some minor fold separations. There is trivial water staining along the right edge and some offset ink, apparently where this broadside was folded back onto itself at one time. This proclamation's text reads, in small part:"... I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which It was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed..."
President Jackson's "Nullification Proclamation" as offered here, was written in response to an Ordinance issued by a South Carolina Convention that declared that the Tariff Acts of 1828 and 1832, in part:
"... are unauthorized by the constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof and are null, void, and no law, nor binding upon this State."
Led by John C. Calhoun, Jackson's Vice President at the time, the nullifiers felt that the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832 favored Northern-manufacturing interests at the expense of Southern farmers.
After Jackson issued his proclamation, Congress passed the Force Act that authorized the use of military force against any state that resisted the tariff acts. In 1833, Henry Clay helped broker a compromise bill with Calhoun that slowly lowered tariffs over the next decade. The Compromise Tariff of 1833 was eventually accepted by South Carolina and ended the "Nullification" crisis.
Condition: Some ghosting/offsetting at bottom. Excellent for the type.
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2025 July 12 Americana & Political Showcase Auction #32170 (go to Auction Home page)
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