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... Specifically, Jacksonian disciples revered in the fact that their that their illustrious leader, Jackson, championed and guarded the United States Constitution to its strictest interpretation, especially by vetoing of the recharter of the Bank in 1832, declaring nullification of certain laws by southern states as treason, and the South Carolina exposition and Protest, as well as developed an equality of the economic opportunity, but all at the expense of individual liberty, especially in the case of the American Indians, and to the detriment of political democracy namely with Jacksons spoils system.
As a true Republican, Jackson upheld the United States Constitution to its literal and concrete statements, as well as interpreted it with tremendous stringency. ... " Despite these accusations and fears expressed by Webster and others, Andrew Jackson still went ahead and weaned the Bank of the United States out of existence by vetoing the recharter (Doc B). ... Constitution. In accordance with his belief, this was his attempt to protect the Constitution from the “evil monopoly of foreign and domestic exchange" that the Bank of the United States embodied. ... No where were these rights of secession and nullification mentioned in the Constitution. ... All in all, Jackson did preserve the Constitution to the best of his abilities by vetoing those bills that were not listed. ... This was also done through the dissembling of the national bank into numerous, small-scale pet banks that could release an abundance of money to the poor of society, namely to the west and south of the United States (Doc B).
Approximate Word count = 1177
Approximate Pages = 4.7
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