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The Compromise Tariff and the Force Bill
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stricts, however, the Union party made a better showmg than ever before. In Charleston the party decided not to run a candidate, knowing that it would be defeated and thinking that the people had been long enough harassed by political strife. In December the Nullifiers of Charleston easily elected a man to take the place in the state legislature left vacant by the election of Henry L. Pinckney to Congress.[1]

  1. Mercury, May 10, September 5, 13, December 6, 12, 1833; Mountaineer, August 31, September 7; Messenger, September 4, 18.