"Strictures on Nullification" by Alexander Hill Everett is a critical examination of the doctrine of nullification, which posits that states have the right to invalidate federal laws they deem unconstitutional. Everett, a prominent political figure and intellectual of his time, articulates the dangers of such a doctrine, arguing that it undermines the unity of the nation and the authority of the federal government. His work is a response to the growing tensions between state and federal po...

Strictures on Nullification by Alexander Hill Everett. FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. Published by STIMPSON AND CLAPP, 72 WASHINGTON STREET. J. E. Hinckley & Co., Printers, 14 Water Street in 1832.

The discontents on the subject of the Tariff, which have so long existed in several of the Southern States, and particularly in South Carolina, have at length reached a crisis. As soon as it was ascertained that the party in favor of Nullification had prevailed in that State at the late elections, the Governor immediately summoned an extraordinary session of the Legislature, which was held accordingly at Columbia, on the 22d of October. In calling together the new Legislature before the en...