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Nullification Controversy in South Carolina
As for the ordinance of nullification, the Union men asserted that they were somewhat at a loss what classification to give to that "mad edict of a despotic majority"; whether it was to be
Map VII.—House vote on governor's counter-proclamation, and Union vote in Convention, 1832.
considered as incorporated within the constitution of the state, as an act of legislation to be recorded
the law of nations any prince or potentate may of right do, Governor Hayne has issued a proclamation counter to the one lately put forth by the President...."
The accompanying maps (VII and VIII) show those districts whose delegates and representatives opposed the projects of the Nullifiers. See p. 107, n. 3.
