1828 Georgia Objects to Federal Tariffs & Internal Improvements

Forsyth, John; Stocks, Thomas. Legislature of Georgia on Tariff and Internal Improvement : Letter from the Governor of Georgia, transmitting a report of a Committee of the General Assembly of said State, on the subject of the Powers of the General Government, for the purposes of encouraging Domestic Manufactures, and effecting a System of Internal Improvement. Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1828. First Edition. [11912] Removed, newly stab-sewn, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 14 pages. Good. Pamphlet. 20th Congress, 1st Session, Document No. 120, House of Representatives. Both Georgia and South Carolina were sending memorials to the US Congress at this time, condemning what they deemed to be encroachments by the Federal government on their State sovereignty, in particular by imposing tariffs and promoting internal improvements. Georgia argues that the Feds have no such authority and are overstepping their bounds.