They did so even though the bill would harm industries in the Northeast. Their goal was to keep alive the idea of protective trade taxes.

即使该法案会损害东北部地区的工业，但他们还是这样做了。他们的目的是让保护性贸易税收的概念能够继续流传下去。

If he signed the bill, it would show he believed that the Constitution permitted protective trade taxes. That would create even more opposition to him in the South.

如果他签署该法案，就表明他认定宪法准许保护性贸易税，这将使更多南方人反对他。