"I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, 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 object for which it was formed…Disunion by armed force is TREASON"
-- Proclamation, 1832
The quote above most likely represents the position of ________during the Nullification Crisis.
"I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, 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 object for which it was formed…Disunion by armed force is TREASON"
-- Proclamation, 1832
The quote above most likely represents the position of ________during the Nullification Crisis.
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
John O’Sullivan
John C. Calhoun