![JACKSON, Andrew, President (1767-1845). Broadside, printed on silk: The Proclamation of Andrew Jackson, President, To the People of the United States of America. Whereas, a Convention assembled in the State of South Carolina, have passed an Ordnance...Washington, 10 December 1834..... New York: Printed by E. Conrad [1834].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/NYR/2011_NYR_02514_0033_000(jackson_andrew_president_broadside_printed_on_silk_the_proclamation_of095057).jpg?w=1)
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JACKSON, Andrew, President (1767-1845). Broadside, printed on silk: The Proclamation of Andrew Jackson, President, To the People of the United States of America. Whereas, a Convention assembled in the State of South Carolina, have passed an Ordnance...Washington, 10 December 1834..... New York: Printed by E. Conrad [1834].
Folio broadside (26 x 19 in). Printed in five columns, wide decorative Greek Key borders, American eagle woodcut at top center. PRINTED ON SILK, minor tears and fraying to margins, none seriously affecting text.
JACKSON'S NULLIFICATION PROCLAMATION, a rare broadside printing on fine silk. The Nullification crisis was a foretaste of the sectional divisions which ultimately brought on civil war. Opposition to protective tariffs enacted by Congress in 1832 grew to such intensity, particularly in the south, that in November 1832, South Carolina adopted a Nullification Ordinance proclaiming the Federal tariffs void in that state as of 1 February 1833. President Jackson responded with the present Proclamation, denouncing South Carolina's ordnance as treasonous, unconstitutional, and "uncompatible with the Union." While Congress granted Jackson emergency powers to employ the Army and Navy, if necessary, the crisis was narrowly averted. Before the Ordinance of Nullification went into effect, a Compromise Tariff of 1833--sponsored by Clay and acceptable to both Jackson and the South--was enacted. South Carolina promptly rescinded the Ordinance of Nullification. Afterwards, Calhoun and others argued that their actions had been justified and were in accordance with the principles of the Constitution.
Folio broadside (26 x 19 in). Printed in five columns, wide decorative Greek Key borders, American eagle woodcut at top center. PRINTED ON SILK, minor tears and fraying to margins, none seriously affecting text.
JACKSON'S NULLIFICATION PROCLAMATION, a rare broadside printing on fine silk. The Nullification crisis was a foretaste of the sectional divisions which ultimately brought on civil war. Opposition to protective tariffs enacted by Congress in 1832 grew to such intensity, particularly in the south, that in November 1832, South Carolina adopted a Nullification Ordinance proclaiming the Federal tariffs void in that state as of 1 February 1833. President Jackson responded with the present Proclamation, denouncing South Carolina's ordnance as treasonous, unconstitutional, and "uncompatible with the Union." While Congress granted Jackson emergency powers to employ the Army and Navy, if necessary, the crisis was narrowly averted. Before the Ordinance of Nullification went into effect, a Compromise Tariff of 1833--sponsored by Clay and acceptable to both Jackson and the South--was enacted. South Carolina promptly rescinded the Ordinance of Nullification. Afterwards, Calhoun and others argued that their actions had been justified and were in accordance with the principles of the Constitution.