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Robert Hayne was a young senator from South Carolina he believed slowing down the growth to the west was a way way for the east keep its political and economical power. He wanted his stance to attract support from westerns in congress to lower the tariff he thought two regions might combine to defend themselves against tyranny (Brinkley,236), On the other hand a senator from Massachusetts and a Whig named Daniel Webster disagreed with Hayne. Hayne was coached by Calhoun he responded by saying “liberty and union, now and forever one and inseparable” (Brinkley,237) Jacksons response to this was that the federal union must be preserved this exchange between the two caused a rift between to important figures in the government Jackson and …show more content…
There were a number of events that fed the growing tension between nationalism and states’ rights. Tariff of Abominations was a significant event it was a tariff that protected the north but not the south. The south felt that the tariff was economically unconstitutional because it violated sates rights it passed due to new England’s favored high tariffs. The Webster Hayne debate was another event that fed the growing tension. Robert Hayne was a young senator from South Carolina he believed slowing down the growth to the west was a way way for the east keep its political and economical power. He wanted his stance to attract support from westerns in congress to lower the tariff he thought two regions might combine to defend themselves against tyranny (Brinkley,236), On the other hand a senator from Massachusetts and a Whig named Daniel Webster disagreed with Hayne. Hayne was coached by Calhoun he responded by saying “liberty and union, now and forever one and inseparable” (Brinkley,237) Jacksons response to this was that the federal union must be preserved this exchange between the two caused a rift between to important figures in the government Jackson and