Source 5: President Andrew Jackson, Proclamation Regarding…

Question Answered step-by-step Source 5: President Andrew Jackson, Proclamation Regarding… Source 5: President Andrew Jackson, Proclamation Regarding Nullification, December 10, 1832. Adapted. Lexile® Measure: 1020LOn November 24, 1832 South Carolina issued an ordinance of nullification in which they declared the tariff was unconstitutional and would not be enforced. The state also threatened to secede (leave) the U.S. if the national government tried to enforce the law. Jackson issued the following proclamation in response.  South Carolina’s decision to nullify the tariff violates their responsibilities to the U.S. and is illegal and unconstitutional. If states can resist unconstitutional laws and decide which laws are unconstitutional they can resist any law. The judicial branch is the correct group to check an unconstitutional law passed by Congress. I consider the power to cancel a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union. Nullification is 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 goal for which it was formed.” South Carolina also threatens to secede from the Union if an attempt is made to enforce the tariff. The people of the United States formed the Constitution, not the states. Therefore, a state cannot secede from the U.S. The laws of the United States must be enforced. Disunion, by armed force, is TREASON. Are you really ready to be guilty of treason? How did Jackson respond to the Nullification Crisis?   History US History Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)