Andrew Jackson Quotes
FDR even admitted that very wealthy men and corporations controlled most U. S. governments including the administration of his own political party. Roosevelt did a great deal to improve the situation but by the latter years of the 20th century, private financial entities gained back much of the influence and control. The result was the Meltdown of 2008 and the Great Recession, where another set of regulations and laws (Dodd-Frank) was made law by the Obama Administration. However, the financial corporations still had enormous political influence as a result of unlimited campaign contributions to politicians and unlimited lobbying.
Although the Jacksonian Democrats were the political successors to the Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans, Jefferson found Jackson wanting as a potential president. Although Jefferson had made this statement during the 1824 Election, it did not become public until the Election of 1828 — Jackson’s second term. At that time Edward Coles, Formerly James Madison’s Secretary, disclosed the quotation.
His Indian Removal Policy forced Native American to leave their lands which were theirs by treaties signed by the United States and marched to the poorest land in Oklahoma where they were "resettled". This is often referred to as the "Trail of Tears". What made his actions evern wors was the fact that The Supreme Court had already ruled that such land belinged to the Cherokee Indian Tribe and the government of the United States may not force them from it. Jackson was the only President in Amrican History to defy a Supreme Court order.
President Andrew Jackson had been censured by the Whig Controlled Senate for withholding documents related to his defunding of the Bank of America. When the Democrats gained control of the Senate, they voted to erase history by expunging the original censure from the records and journals of the Senate. This is one of the worst examples of naked partisan politics in American history. In all of American History there have been two Congressional censures of American Presidents. This was one. See {620951} for the other.
President Andrew Jackson was the first President who went after them. The mechanism of these men has been bribes, much more common in early and middle America than today where campaign contributions are a legalized way of the wealthy having more influence on the control of the country. The other way was by the control of the money supply, the markets and banking. Jackson would not go along with allowing a small number of very wealthy bankers to control the monetary policy of the country. In modern times, there are a number of left and right wingers who see the private Federal Reserve Bank and its secrecy as an example of what Roosevelt was referring to,
Jackson ignored the decision of the Supreme Court and forced at bayonet point the Indians in the South East to leave their land and relocate to Oklahoma in what has been known as “the trail of tears”.
Crockett has been a major supporter of Andrew Jackson. However, after Jackson became president Crockett broke with him over some of his new policies and practices. For example, he disapproved of the Indian Removal Bill, which allowed for forced expulsion of the Cherokees and other “civilized tribes” from the southeastern states. Indian removal went along with the unfair treatment of squatters, who were expelled from the public domain and were barred from securing land that they had settled and improved. Jackson supporters castigated Crockett for his “disloyalty” and Crockett was equally critical of them for going along with Jackson like a pack of dogs without daring what his policies were. This quotation was made in this context.
