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Domestic News
July 4, 1828
Rhode Island American And Providence Gazette
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
A gentleman recently in Columbia, SC, reports political excitement over the Tariff act, with some proposing to open Charleston port to foreign goods without duties, seen as rebellion leading to civil war or state separation, viewed as greater evils than the tariff.
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A gentleman of our neighborhood, who has recently been at Columbia, S. C. gives us information which we hear with much regret, the excitement produced in our sister-State by the passage of the Tariff, threatens consequences to the tranquility of the States of a serious kind. It was even proposed by some, as our informant has stated to us, to throw open the port of Charleston and permit the landing of foreign goods without paying duty. This would be a measure of rashness amounting to open rebellion, and would terminate in civil war or a separation of the States, either of which we view as a far greater evil than the Tariff act, much as we dislike that unjust, oppressive law.
A gentleman of our neighborhood, who has recently been at Columbia, S. C. gives us information which we hear with much regret, the excitement produced in our sister-State by the passage of the Tariff, threatens consequences to the tranquility of the States of a serious kind. It was even proposed by some, as our informant has stated to us, to throw open the port of Charleston and permit the landing of foreign goods without paying duty. This would be a measure of rashness amounting to open rebellion, and would terminate in civil war or a separation of the States, either of which we view as a far greater evil than the Tariff act, much as we dislike that unjust, oppressive law.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Rebellion Or Revolt
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Tariff Excitement
South Carolina Politics
Charleston Port
Rebellion Threat
Civil War Risk
Where did it happen?
South Carolina
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
South Carolina
Outcome
potential civil war or separation of the states
Event Details
Excitement in South Carolina due to the Tariff act threatens state tranquility; proposal to open Charleston port without duties seen as open rebellion.