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1833
9th 2o/m

By the late Tariff Laws, called the protecting duties laid by Congress on foreign Goods imported, great uneasiness is manifested by the southern States, & particularly by S. [SOUTH] Carolina. They in their Legislative capacity have published a remonstrance against the obligation they are under to adhere to the Acts of the General Government. In their Ordinance they deny the authority of Congress to bind them the Acts subjecting the States to the observance of the Laws above alluded, & are determined to resist all attempts to subject them to the duties arising on imported Goods. And are preparing themselves to meet the whole force of the U. [UNITED] States in a Warlike attitude. There has never been a subject in the U. States that has appeared so alarming to the people generally as this since the late war between the U. States & Great Brittain [BRITAIN]. Congress now in session are very much engaged on the subject, which is pretty much confined to the subject of the Tariff. The people of the U. States generally manifest a firm determination to support the laws of the Government, even if the consequences should be the total anahilation [ANNIHILATION] of the State of South Carolina.

The people of South Carolina relinguished their intention of separating themselves from the Union of the Governmt. [GOVERNMENT], & all became quieted. They found that all th other States were united in supporting the Laws of the Government.