The Nullification Crisis continues: Whig (nationalist) Senator Henry Clay, of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, proposes the Compromise of 1833: One bill which will significantly lower tariff rates; the other makes it a federal crime to interfere with tariff collection.
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Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 6 [Clause 1]
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References:
Paul Johnson, A History of the American People, (New York: HarperPerennial, 1997), 348.
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