In 1828, Congress passed a high protective tariff that infuriated the southern states. This is because they felt it only benefited the industrialized north. Yes, President Jackson's arguments against South Carolina's attempts at nullifying federal laws persuasive. The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson that arose when the state of South Carolina attempted to nullify a federal law passed. The leader of the argument against nullification was Daniel Webster.