The Fort Hill Address protested its validity and opposition to it was led by Governor James Hamilton and Robert Barnwell Rhett.
The Fort Hill Address protested its validity and opposition to it was led by Governor James Hamilton and Robert Barnwell Rhett. Passed after the rejection of the Harrisburg Convention demands, a recommendation for its revision was written by Edward Livingston. Originally proposed by the House Committee on Manufactures, it included measures relating to iron, hemp, and flax. Its revision was opposed by the Columbia Convention and the original was designed as a campaign issue to discredit John Quincy Adams. Also described as "Black," John Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest against it. Revised by the Henry Clay's Compromise duty and passed with the Force Bill, FTP, identify this protective tariff that led to the Nullification crisis.
The Fort Hill Address protested its validity and opposition to it was led by Governor James Hamilton and Robert Barnwell Rhett.
{Tariff} of {Abominations} (accept {Tariff of 1828})