Enforcing New Tariff Laws
Jackson sailed late in the year to Charleston, South Carolina, to be on hand there to support the Federal Government during the nullification crisis over new tariff laws. She and four other cutters forced ships arriving from foreign ports to anchor under the guns of Fort Moultrie and store their cargoes in the fort until the duties on them were paid at the newly established customs house at Castle Pinckney.
Tension subsided before the advent of spring, but the cutter -- which carried the name of the President who had championed the Union cause during the Constitutional crisis -- remained in Charleston harbor for regular duty. She apparently served there until relieved by Jefferson on 25 November 1834.
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