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Proclamation to the People of South Carolina

President Andrew Jackson issued a formal proclamation repudiating South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification and declaring nullification incompatible with the Constitution.

Proclamation to the People of South Carolina

The proclamation asserted federal supremacy, rallied national opinion against nullification, and escalated the Nullification Crisis toward a constitutional and political showdown.

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