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I argue that Jacksonian Democracy could square its principles of state rights and slavery with the idea of the perpetual union.
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Nullification was incompatible
“I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which It was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed,” Jackson said.
The truth about nullification...
After the deal was struck, Jackson wrote to the Rev. A.J. Crawford in May 1833 that the tariff issue was a “pretext” and that the goals of the nullifiers were “disunion and southern confederacy” and “the next pretext will be the negro, or slavery question."
Jackson censored the mail... federal's job to protect the mail...
Jackson and his postmaster general allowed local southern officials to intercept and destroy the literature. The President also asked Congress to pass a “law as will prohibit, under severe penalties, the circulation in the southern States, through the mail, of incendiary publications intended to instigate the slaves to insurrection.” The bill never passed.
Blaming Abolitionist....
In his farewell address, Jackson addressed both of these situations. The outgoing President spoke about sectionalism in blunt terms. “We behold systematic efforts publicly made to sow the seeds of discord between different parts of the United States and to place party divisions directly upon geographical distinctions; to excite the South against the North and the North against the South, and to force into the controversy the most delicate and exciting topics--topics upon which it is impossible that a large portion of the Union can ever speak without strong emotion,” Jackson wrote.
State Rights...
However, Jackson also reinforced the concept of state sovereignty and the ability of people within states to control their own destiny. “All efforts on the part of people of other States to cast odium upon their institutions, and all measures calculated to disturb their rights of property or to put in jeopardy their peace and internal tranquility, are in direct opposition to the spirit in which the Union was formed, and must endanger its safety,” Jackson argued.
In the end...
More loosely, it alludes to the entire range of democratic reforms that proceeded alongside the Jacksonians’ triumph—from expanding the suffrage to restructuring federal institutions. From another angle, however, Jacksonianism appears as a political impulse tied to slavery, the subjugation of Native Americans, and the celebration of white supremacy—so much so that some scholars have dismissed the phrase “Jacksonian Democracy” as a contradiction in terms.
Jacksonian Democracy - Definition, Summary & Significance | HISTORY
Jacksonian Democracy refers to the ascendancy of President Andrew Jackson (in office 1829 –1837)and the Democratic party after the election of 1828. More loosely, it alludes to the entire range of democratic reforms that proceeded during Jacksons’ tenure—from expanding suffrage to restructuring...
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Nullification was incompatible
“I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which It was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed,” Jackson said.
The truth about nullification...
After the deal was struck, Jackson wrote to the Rev. A.J. Crawford in May 1833 that the tariff issue was a “pretext” and that the goals of the nullifiers were “disunion and southern confederacy” and “the next pretext will be the negro, or slavery question."
Jackson censored the mail... federal's job to protect the mail...
Jackson and his postmaster general allowed local southern officials to intercept and destroy the literature. The President also asked Congress to pass a “law as will prohibit, under severe penalties, the circulation in the southern States, through the mail, of incendiary publications intended to instigate the slaves to insurrection.” The bill never passed.
Blaming Abolitionist....
In his farewell address, Jackson addressed both of these situations. The outgoing President spoke about sectionalism in blunt terms. “We behold systematic efforts publicly made to sow the seeds of discord between different parts of the United States and to place party divisions directly upon geographical distinctions; to excite the South against the North and the North against the South, and to force into the controversy the most delicate and exciting topics--topics upon which it is impossible that a large portion of the Union can ever speak without strong emotion,” Jackson wrote.
State Rights...
However, Jackson also reinforced the concept of state sovereignty and the ability of people within states to control their own destiny. “All efforts on the part of people of other States to cast odium upon their institutions, and all measures calculated to disturb their rights of property or to put in jeopardy their peace and internal tranquility, are in direct opposition to the spirit in which the Union was formed, and must endanger its safety,” Jackson argued.
In the end...
More loosely, it alludes to the entire range of democratic reforms that proceeded alongside the Jacksonians’ triumph—from expanding the suffrage to restructuring federal institutions. From another angle, however, Jacksonianism appears as a political impulse tied to slavery, the subjugation of Native Americans, and the celebration of white supremacy—so much so that some scholars have dismissed the phrase “Jacksonian Democracy” as a contradiction in terms.
