tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641473647873767935.post6787736921519959399..comments2023-09-22T05:25:18.096-07:00Comments on Loblolly Log: Clay’s Objectives in Settling the Nullification CrisisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14177267684105105969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641473647873767935.post-75062193237338078332016-12-28T04:40:43.422-08:002016-12-28T04:40:43.422-08:00Hi Stephen. I think it was basic greed. Those who ...Hi Stephen. I think it was basic greed. Those who supported the tariff had interests which needed protection or were "supported" financially by those in the shadow who did. The whole concept of government support to the economy (American System) bred corruption and anti-republicanism. It's as old as time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177267684105105969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641473647873767935.post-83758481413190751642016-12-26T04:41:22.980-08:002016-12-26T04:41:22.980-08:00This article shows how secession by South Carolina...This article shows how secession by South Carolina in 1861 did not come "out of the blue" but had a history and was the result of consistent federal overreach and Northern industrialists taking economic advantage of the South. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15525686507075560185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641473647873767935.post-67333837749611174432016-12-23T03:06:21.358-08:002016-12-23T03:06:21.358-08:00I wonder whether Clay and the others in favour of ...I wonder whether Clay and the others in favour of the tariff may have been thinking time was running against them - hence their desire to shore up protection as long as they could. From memory it was at this time that Britain was entering a period of almost non-existent tariffs, and the German lande were taking tentative steps towards creating a customs union. From the northerners' perspective there may have been a degree of desperation born of fearing they were on the wrong side of history.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086934814887206453noreply@blogger.com