Political Grouping in the Twenty-Second Congress, First Session December 1831-July 1832 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ... Chapter IX. Conclusions. And now of the net result. Clay had planned to force Jackson to veto on the tariff bill. Jackson signed it. By so doing he maintained his rather half-way attitude upon the tariff, and he was as deeply committed as Clay in the eyes of Southern anti-tariff sentiment. Clay professed to hope that Jackson would veto the Bank bill. Jackson accepted the challenge and it is perhaps not too much to say that the campaign was a contest of popularity between Jackson and the Bank. The rejection of Van Buren may not have forced the nomination for Vice President; it certainly did not prevent it, and it served as one event in the long chain that finally led to the Presidency. Thus this session of leadership yielded Clay bitter fruits. Jackson accepted the bills on the tariff and internal improvements, and successfully rejected the Bank bill. Van Buren rose higher in popular favor. Calhoun found little comfort. He left the Senate several weeks before the adjournment, foreseeing the result on the tariff and anticipating the struggle over nullification now soon to come to its height. Jackson had no controlling party in either House. Sections were well defined; personalities yielded easy classification; differences on issues defied party rule. Clay, Calhoun, and Webster, seemed blind to the forees that made for Jackson's success. All three saw Van Buren's political death in the rejection by the U.S. Senate. Jackson and his group played up the "Coalition" and "Calhoun revenge" and denounced the Senate, and "The Insult to our Government in the eyes of Foreign Courts" The people seemed ready to give Van Buren the Vice Presidency in recompence for his injuries. Adams was wiser and in seeding this political blunder of the Senate Opposition, he saw things m...