Editing Daniel Webster (section)

==== Nullification Crisis ====
[[File:Francis Alexander - Daniel Webster - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Portrait of Webster by [[Francis Alexander (painter)|Francis Alexander]], 1835]]
Though Congress replaced the "Tariff of Abominations" with the [[Tariff of 1832]], Calhoun and his Nullifier allies remained dissatisfied with tariff rates.{{sfn|Howe|2007|pp=400–404}} Shortly after the 1832 presidential election, a South Carolina convention passed a resolution declaring the Tariff of 1832 to be "null, void, and no law" in South Carolina, marking the start of the [[Nullification Crisis]]. Hayne resigned from the Senate to become the governor of South Carolina, while Calhoun took Hayne's former seat in the Senate. In December 1832, Jackson issued the [[Proclamation to the People of South Carolina]], warning that he would not allow South Carolina to defy federal law. Webster strongly approved of the Proclamation, telling an audience at [[Faneuil Hall]] that Jackson had articulated "the true principles of the Constitution," and that he would give the president "my entire and cordial support" in the crisis.{{sfn|Remini|1997|pp=372–374}} He strongly supported Jackson's proposed [[Force Bill]], which would authorize the president to use force against states that attempted to obstruct federal law. At the same time, he opposed Clay's efforts to end the crisis by lowering tariff rates, as he believed that making concessions to Calhoun's forces would set a bad precedent.{{sfn|Remini|1997|pp=374–377}} After a spirited debate between himself and Calhoun, Congress passed the Force Bill in February 1833. Soon after, it passed the [[Tariff of 1833]], the product of negotiations between Clay and Calhoun; the bill called for the gradual lowering of tariffs over a ten-year period. Although they symbolically "nullified" the Force Bill, South Carolina leaders accepted the new tariff law, bringing an end to the Nullification Crisis.{{sfn|Remini|1997|pp=381–387}}