Senator Henry Clay, though an advocate of…

Senator Henry Clay, though an advocate of protection and a political rival of Jackson, pilots a compromise measure through Congress.

Clay's 1833 compromise tariff specifies that all duties in excess of twenty percent of the value of the goods imported are to be reduced by easy stages, so that by 1842, the duties on all articles would reach the level of the moderate tariff of 1816.

The rest of the South declares South Carolina's course unwise and unconstitutional.

Eventually, South Carolina rescinds its action.

Jackson has committed the federal government to the principle of Union supremacy.

But South Carolina has obtained many of the demands it sought and has demonstrated that a single state can force its will on Congress.