popular vote that he had received in 1824. His inauguration brought the rabble into the White House, much to the distaste of the established families. There was a strong element of personalism in the rule of the hotheaded Jackson, and the Kitchen Cabineta small group of favorite adviserswas powerful. Jackson stood firmly for the Union and had the Force Bill of 1833 passed to coerce South Carolina into accepting the Federal tariff, but a compromise tariff was rushed through and the affair ended. Jackson, on the other hand, took the part of Georgia in its insistence on states' rights and the privilege of ousting the Cherokee Nation; he refused to aid in enforcing the Supreme Court's decision against Georgia, and the tribe was illegally removed. Jackson's long fight against the Bank of the United States put him down in history. Although its charter did not expire until 1836, Henry Clay succeeded in having a bill to re-charter it passed in 1832. Jackson vetoed the measure, and the powerful interests of the bank were joined with the other opponents of Jackson in a bitter struggle with the anti-bank Jacksonians. Jackson promptly removed the funds from the bank and put them in chosen state banks (the pet banks). He was despised as a high-handed and capricious dictator by his enemies and revered as a forceful democratic leader by his followers. Although he was known as a frontiersman, Jackson was personally dignified, courteous, and gentlemanlywith a devotion to the American working-man that led him into history.Our history is growing larger every day, producing many more great people. These people will continue to shape our country into a superior nation....
