Memoirs of a Nullifier, with a Historical Sketch of Nullification in 1832-33, authorship attributed to Algerson Sidney Johnson, Noyes' Twenty-five Cent Serial No. II

New York, NY: James O. Noyes, Publisher, 1860. 11.8 x 17.3 cm. "An inimitable burlesque on Yankeedom"" is the publisher's description of this 61-page fiction. Originally published in 1832, this small volume contains a Publisher's Preface dated Nov. 27, 1860, and asks reader, in order for text to be applicable to 1860, to read ""Secession"" for ""Nullification"". This is a rare little volume, dealing with States' rights, particularly the situation in South Carolina during the presidential election of 1832. South Carolina objected to the high protective tariffs put into effect by Northerners, and threatened to secede from the Union. In spite of the fact that the South had elected Andrew Jackson President in 1828, now South Carolina felt he wasn't doing enough to help the South, as it suffered through its own recession. Henry Clay managed to save the day; he managed to secure the passage of the Tariff Bill of 1833, and tariffs began to decrease. Paper on board with cloth tape binding, worn, with pencil computations on cover, and with an embossed stamp on front free endpaper: ""News & Cheap Publication Depot, C.A. Pierce Eastern Express Office, Augusta, ME."" Good. . Catalogs: Civil War/History.