the jurisdiction and laws of the states." He was to remove the Indians from Florida, in particular the Seminoles, and send them westward along what would later be called the trail of tears. It was publicized that Jackson enjoyed killing Indians, which was a hard accusation for him to deny. Jackson was a superior General for the United States, and he was obsessed with war. The Adams administration had John Binns (Editor of the Philadelphia Democratic Press) publish a "coffin handbill" which was widely circulated and hurt Jackson a great deal before the election. It portrayed him as a murderer as the six coffins displayed on the handbill stood for the death of six militiamen who were tried and executed shortly after the Battle of New Orleans. Jackson authorized these executions as the men were charged with robbery, arson and mutiny during the General's campaign against the Creek Indians. According to the Administration newspapers in 1828, the men "had legally completed their military service and desired to return home." The intention of the handbill was to also demonstrate that Jackson was "a wild man under whose charge the Government would collapse." It was Jackson's turn to go on the attack. As Jackson was attacked for his lack of education, Jackson went on the attack of Adams' higher-class education. Adams was charged as an aristocrat, a king who was spoiled rich with privilege. (He had served as his father's secretary as a thirteen-year old boy with absolutely no qualifications.) Jackson explained that "Adams lived his whole life at governmental expense," and that Adams had been "extravagant and wasteful" of taxpayers' money. He called Adams a daddy's boy, and a person that is too educated for the common man. Jackson represented the common man, unlike Adams. Adams' Harvard education only appealed to the upper class of America, which Jackson was not for. Adams used language that was too advanced for the average middle...
