THE SCENE OF JACKSON'S CAMPAIGNS
There was great rejoicing among Jackson's friends, and Senator Benton was the hero of the day. President Jackson gave a great dinner party in Washington in Benton's honor.
Nullification
For a long time South Carolina and other southern states had been complaining about the high tariff which Congress had passed. In 1832 South Carolina declared in a state convention that her people should not pay the tariff any longer. She resolved to fight rather than obey the law and pay the tariff. This act of the convention was called nullification.
THE TOMB OF ANDREW JACKSON
President Jackson's proclamation
President Jackson was very angry when he heard of this act of South Carolina. He told General Scott to take soldiers and war vessels to Charleston, and enforce the law at all hazards. The president published a letter to the people of South Carolina, warning them not to nullify a law of Congress.
Jackson a Union man
These acts made President Jackson very popular at the North, where the people all believed the president had saved the Union from breaking up.