20x25". Silk. Features the full text of Jackson's Nullification Proclamation. Horizontal and vertical fold lines, as well as scattered faint staining, most notably along the left and top margins. Retains bold contrast. Silk remains sturdy and stable. VF. Rex & Patti Stark Collection.


  In 1832 South Carolina Sen. John C. Calhoun declared Federal tariffs of 1828 and 1832 nullified. Both laws were seen as favoring Northern industries and the detriment of the Southern economy. The South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification stated that federal laws deemed unconstitutional within a states borders could be nullified by the state. Jackson, an ardent support of States Rights, viewed this action as a threat to the Constitution issued a Nullification Proclamation, printed here on silk, that denied South Carolina's right to nullify federal law espousing the supremacy of the Federal Government. The events were an early Constitutional crisis that saw Congress pass the Force Act authorizing the President to use military force to collect tariffs. Henry Clay brokered a compromise tariff that gradually lowered over time helped avert a Civil War.