The American Nation: Jacksonian democracy, 1829-1837Albert Bushnell Hart |
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... candidate is sufficient to show the essential traits of his character . All but an insignificant portion of his fifty - seven years had been passed either on the frontier , or in communities whose frontier char- acteristics were still ...
... candidate is sufficient to show the essential traits of his character . All but an insignificant portion of his fifty - seven years had been passed either on the frontier , or in communities whose frontier char- acteristics were still ...
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... candidate for the presidency was , in view of his public career and of the conditions which had determined the selection of the first five presidents , not only natural , but inevitable . He stood high in the esteem of the people of ...
... candidate for the presidency was , in view of his public career and of the conditions which had determined the selection of the first five presidents , not only natural , but inevitable . He stood high in the esteem of the people of ...
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... candidate , though himself con- fident that Jackson's recent course in the Florida war had alienated support . " Jackson himself made light of the suggestion even as late as 1821. That his cause was skilfully urged , however , notwith ...
... candidate , though himself con- fident that Jackson's recent course in the Florida war had alienated support . " Jackson himself made light of the suggestion even as late as 1821. That his cause was skilfully urged , however , notwith ...
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... candidates , Jackson received 99 electoral votes , Adams 84 , Crawford 41 , and Clay 37. The popular vote , to which Jackson and his supporters later attached great importance as an indication of the " will of the people , " is at that ...
... candidates , Jackson received 99 electoral votes , Adams 84 , Crawford 41 , and Clay 37. The popular vote , to which Jackson and his supporters later attached great importance as an indication of the " will of the people , " is at that ...
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... candidates be sent back to the people , and all will be well . " A plan embodying this sug- gestion was reported , in the session of 1825-1826 , by a Senate select committee of which Benton was chairman , but failed to secure the ...
... candidates be sent back to the people , and all will be well . " A plan embodying this sug- gestion was reported , in the session of 1825-1826 , by a Senate select committee of which Benton was chairman , but failed to secure the ...
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Page 159 - 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.
Page 177 - The Cherokee nation, then, is a distinct community, occupying its own territory, with boundaries accurately described, in which the laws of Georgia can have no force, and which the citizens of Georgia have no right to enter, but with the assent of the Cherokees themselves, or in conformity with treaties, and with the acts of Congress.
Page 102 - While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that, in my day at least, that curtain may not rise. God grant that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind.
Page 45 - The recent demonstration of public sentiment inscribes on the list of executive duties, in characters too legible to be overlooked, the task of reform, which will require particularly the correction of those abuses that have brought the patronage of the federal government into conflict with the freedom of elections...
Page 157 - States, and the people of the co-States, that we are determined to maintain this our ordinance and declaration, at every hazard, do further declare that we will not submit to the application of force on the part of the federal government, to reduce this State to obedience...
Page 99 - I understand him to maintain, that the ultimate power of judging of the constitutional extent of its own authority, is not lodged exclusively in the general government, or any branch of it; but that, on the contrary, the states may lawfully decide for themselves, and each state for itself, whether, in a given case, the act of the general government transcends its power.
Page 138 - Every member of the Union, in peace and in war, will be benefited by the improvement of inland navigation and the construction of highways in the several States.
Page 217 - ... and the use of the naval force of the United States by the Executive against Mexico to enforce them, in the event of a refusal by the Mexican Government to come to an amicable adjustment of the matters in controversy between us upon another demand thereof made from on board one of our vessels of war on the coast of Mexico.
Page 125 - ... no means to operate on the hopes, fears, or interests, of large masses of the community, it would be shorn of the influence which makes that bank formidable.
Page 107 - The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by allowing them a direct representation in the Senate, and leaves in their possession certain exclusive and very important portions of sovereign power.