Jackson Debate (democrat Or Dictator?)

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The “Old Hero”, “Old Hickory”, the “people’s champion”, all these names were bestowed upon out former US president, Andrew Jackson. Jackson was the true leader and preacher of democracy. His democratic leadership presided over the decision for the future of the Bank of the United States and through the tariff crisis of 1832.
Jackson’s vetoing of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States had much democratic reasoning behind it. The “monster monopoly” was undeniably plutocratic and run by an elite moneyed aristocracy. It was this rich and selected class of people who held stock within the bank that benefited from the federal funds of the government. Jackson didn’t believe it to be democratic to allow only the rich minority of people to have more weight in government related issues than the common man. He said that all people must be seen as equals under the law. The Bank of the United States did not equalize the American people; it made the rich richer and the poor poorer. Jackson decided to withdraw the federal deposits for the BUS and spread the funds to smaller state banks. This gave the states more power and enforced his principle of democracy.
During the tariff crisis of 1832, Jackson’s military instincts were ignited with threats toward the South Carolinians “nullifiers” and John Calhoun. Fortunately Jackson knew enough that if he wanted to preserve the Union, the threats would remain as threats and not turn into actions. With the birth of the favored Compromise tariff of 1833, Jackson was able to end the crisis without an armed clash, induce the South Carolinians to repeal their ordinance of nullification, and preserve the Union of his people.
Jackson fought for the common people of his country that often times got over looked or trampled on by the rich and more powerful. The Jacksonian democracy promoted the equal participation by all people in government. The reasoning behind his remov...