<P> The document was a protest against the Tariff of 1828 , also known as the Tariff of Abominations . The document stated that if the tariff was not repealed , South Carolina would secede . It stated also Calhoun 's Doctrine of nullification , i.e. , the idea that a state has the right to reject federal law , first introduced by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in their Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions . </P>
<P> The document was a protest against the Tariff of 1828 , also known as the Tariff of Abominations . The document stated that if the tariff was not repealed , South Carolina would secede . It stated also Calhoun 's Doctrine of nullification , i.e. , the idea that a state has the right to reject federal law , first introduced by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in their Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions . </P>
the south carolina exposition and protest was published in response to the
the south carolina exposition and protest was published in response to the
Tariff of 1828
Tariff of 1828