In 1830 two senators, Robert Hayne and Daniel Webster, got into a massive debate about Callhoun's ideas. Robert Hayne was the Senator for South Carolina and he was a supporter for Calhoun's ideas about states' rights and the power of a state to nullify a law/tax. Daniel Webster was the Senator for Massachusetts. In his debate with Hayne, he had three main points that the union stood by. They were:
1. The states never made up the nation, the people made up the nation.
2. The federal government had control over the state government.
3. Supreme Court had the power to decide if a law was unconstitutional.
"Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable."
-Daniel Webster
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