Proclamation Regarding Nullification: Law and Order Quotes

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Quote #4

Snatch from the archives of your State the disorganizing edict of its convention—bid its members to re-assemble and promulgate the decided expressions of your will to remain in the path which alone can conduct you to safety, prosperity, and honor—tell them that compared to disunion, all other evils are light, because that brings with it an accumulation of all—declare that you will never take the field unless the star-spangled banner of your country shall float over you—that you will not be stigmatized when dead, and dishonored and scorned while you live. (37)

Here's another reference to "disorganization." We love his use of the image of the star-spangled banner, that symbol of order and unity. We're surprised he didn't mention "E Pluribus Unum".

Quote #5

As the authors of the first attack on the Constitution of your country!—its destroyers you cannot be. You may disturb its peace—you may interrupt the course of its prosperity—you may cloud its reputation for stability—but its tranquillity [sic] will be restored, its prosperity will return, and the stain upon its national character will be transferred and remain an eternal blot on the memory of those who caused the disorder. (37)

The good guy always wins. Light always triumphs over dark. Law always checkmates disorder. [Insert any other cliché about enemies/foes/polarities here] and you've got Jackson's main message.