This decision angered many people, and in Daniel Webster"tms reply to President Jackson"tms veto(Doc. C), Webster states "It manifestly seeks to inflame the poor against the rich; it wantonly attacks whole classes of people, for the purpose of turning against them the prejudices and the resentment of other classes." Webster thought that Jackson"tms veto was a way to get the economic classes to clash together. He blames Jackson that he is trying to separate the country. Webster also states that the veto "extends the grasp of executive pretension over every power of the government.", implying that Jackson thinks that he can overpower any form of the government or any law that the government has made.
The Jacksonian Democrats and their president did, however strive to expand political democracy. President Jackson appealed to the working classes(Doc. A) and held the first nominating conventions. Jackson also used the spoils system and awarded those who were loyal to the party by assigning them a governmental office.
President Jackson completed so much that in a visit to the United States in 1834, British reporter Harriet Martiuneau had nothi
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All in all, President Jackson and the Jacksonian Democrats did not fair well in their attempt to guard what they thought was crucial in the country"tms survival. Even thought they did not support the Constitution in crucial areas, they thought it was better for the people, at least white citizens. They also did not succeed in preserving individual liberty . They did, however provide political democracy and economic opportunity.
In August of 1834, Phillip Hone witnessed riots in Philadelphia(Doc. E). The riots showed hostility towards the blacks in the city and anyone whose skin was dark. In the riot several houses were destroyed and police where wounded. This shows that even thought northern black citizens were free, they were still seen as lower than the lowest white class.
President Jackson and the Jacksonians did show virtue when it came to an equality in economic opportunity. With the bank veto(Doc. B), Jackson did save the people of the united States from a monopoly that would have been controlled by wealth Americans and foreigners. Jackson went against the Constitution, but actually helped America in the long run.
The Jacksonian Democrats and their president did, however strive to expand political democracy. President Jackson appealed to the working classes(Doc. A) and held the first nominating conventions. Jackson also used the spoils system and awarded those who were loyal to the party by a
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