Williams, John Mason (1780-1868) Nullification and compromise; a retrospective view
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01265.13 Author/Creator: Williams, John Mason (1780-1868) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1863 Pagination: 32 p. ; 22 x 14 cm. Order a Copy
Published by the Loyal Publication Society of New York. Number 27 in a series. Reviews the history of the Nullification Crisis as a means to demonstrate that South Carolina's actions were a "mere pretext" to slavery and civil war.
The Loyal Publication Society consisted of two groups, one based in New York and the other in New England. During the American Civil War, it published pamphlets and broadsides supporting the Union and blasting Copperheads, or Southern sympathizers. In addition to distributing materials "of unquestionable loyalty," the societies were active in both state and national politics, allied with the Republican Party.
John Mason Williams was born in Massachusetts, graduated from Brown University, and served as chief justice of the state court of common pleas from 1839-1844, and commissioner of insolvency from 1844-1856.
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