President Trump recently instituted new tariffs on two allies and one adversary: 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% ...

In that region, it was termed the “Tariff of Abominations” and directly led to the Nullification Crisis of 1832, which planted the seed for secession and civil war a generation later.

When an additional Tariff Act in 1832 failed to soothe Southern concerns, South Carolina’s legislature put Calhoun’s precept into practice, adopting a Nullification Ordinance on Nov. 24 ...