Mises Wire
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Chris Calton
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In 1828, Congress passed a tariff that raised duties on various imports to such extremes that it become pejoratively known as the Tariff of Abominations. In protest of these high duties, Vice-President John C. Calhoun secretly wrote The South Carolina Exposition and Protest , denouncing the “unconstitutional, oppressive, and unjust” bill. The