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ANDREW JACKSON – 7th President of the United States. American military officer, judge & politician – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE<\/div>\n


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\u201cI was born for a storm, and a calm does not suit me.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Andrew Jackson<\/strong>, 7th President of the United States, judge & military leader<\/p>\n

Cited by fellow military officer James A. Hamilton in a letter to Martin Van Buren (23 February 1829) Letter reprint in Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History<\/em>, ed. S.G. Heiskell, Vol. 3, Nashville, TN: Ambrose Printing Co., 1921, p. 166; online via Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Spelling and punctuation as it appears in cited source.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cI have just left the General, he is annimated by the shew of opposition which has appeared against Eaton and the Tennessee Delegation and he consequently is more like himself. He said to me this makes me well. I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.<\/span> He wrote a letter to one of that delegation in which he spoke of you as the person to whom all eyes were turned and upon whom the nation had fixed for the first place; I anim-adverted upon this opposition in a sever but becoming maner.\u201d\u00a0(p. 166)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Context note<\/em><\/strong>: James A. Hamilton<\/strong><\/span>, the son of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, served alongside Jackson as an officer in the War of 1812. In March 1829, shortly after the letter cited here was written, Hamilton was named as acting Secretary of State (ad interim<\/em>) by President Jackson. He served for less than a month until appointee Martin Van Buren could assume the role.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History<\/em> (1921) Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=wikWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cIf [government] would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Andrew Jackson<\/strong>, 7th President of the United States, judge & military leader<\/p>\n

\u201cMessage from the President of the United States, returning the bank bill to the Senate with his objections\u201d (10 July 1832) Washington, D.C.; 22nd Congress, 1st Session, U.S. Senate; in United States Weekly Telegraph<\/em>, 16 July 1832, Vol. VI, No. 18; in volume Weekly Telegraph, Vol. VI [June \u2013 December 1832], Washington D.C.: Duff Green, 1832, p. 576, column 1; online via University of Michigan & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Veto message and letter opposing national bank legislation]: \u201cIt is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just Government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth, cannot be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages, artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer, and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society, the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government. \u201cThere are no necessary evils in Government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing<\/span>.\u201d (p. 79, column 1)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: Weekly Telegraph<\/em>, Vol. VI, June \u2013 December 1832 (1832) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=waZYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA576&dq=There+are+no+necessary+evils+in+Government.+Its+evils+exist+only+in+its+abuses.+If+it+would+confine+itself+to+equal+protection <\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cIt is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Andrew Jackson<\/strong>, 7th President of the United States, judge & military leader<\/p>\n

\u201cMessage from the President of the United States, returning the bank bill to the Senate with his objections\u201d (10 July 1832) Washington, D.C.; 22nd Congress, 1st Session, U.S. Senate; in United States Weekly Telegraph<\/em>, 16 July 1832, Vol. VI, No. 18; in volume Weekly Telegraph<\/em>, Vol. VI [June \u2013 December 1832], Washington D.C.: Duff Green, 1832, p. 576, column 1; online via University of Michigan & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Veto message and letter opposing national bank legislation]: \u201cIt is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.<\/span> Distinctions in society will always exist under every just Government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth, cannot be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages, artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer, and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society, the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government. There are no necessary evils in Government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. In the act before me, there seems to be a wide and unnecessary departure from these just principles.\u201d (p. 79, column 1)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0Weekly Telegraph<\/em>, Vol. VI, June \u2013 December 1832 (1832) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=waZYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA576&dq=regretted+that+the+rich+and+powerful+too+often+bend<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cT<\/strong>he brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Andrew Jackson<\/strong>, 7th President of the United States, judge & military leader<\/p>\n

As military commander during the Battle of New Orleans, \u201cAddress of the major-general commanding the 7th military district, to the troops stationed on the right bank of the Mississippi\u201d (8 January 1815) Calmette Plantation, near New Orleans, Louisiana; text reprint in Major A. Lacarri\u00e8re Latour, Historical Memoir of The War in West Florida and Louisiana<\/em>, trans. H.P. Nugent, Philadelphia, PA: John Conrad & Co., 1816, Appendix, No. XXX, p. lxv; online via Library of Virginia & Internet Archive, archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Speech to troops]:<\/p>\n

\u201cBut remember, that without obedience, without order, without discipline, all your efforts are vain, and the brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.<\/span> Private opinions, as to the competency of offices, must not be indulged, and still less expressed; it is impossible that the measure of those who command should satisfy all who are bound to obey, and one of the most dangerous faults in a soldier is a disposition to criticize and blame the orders and characters of this superiors.\u201d (pp.lxv – xvi)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The Battle of New Orleans was the final major battle in the War of 1812. The British fleet, led by General Edward Pakenham, had positioned themselves in the Gulf of Mexico in preparation for an attack on the port city of New Orleans. General Andrew Jackson prepared for the British attack by rallying support to defend the city and constructing earthen barriers in the swamps around the city to protect the American defensive weaponry.<\/p>\n

Gen. Pakenham was killed on January 8, and the British endured a high number of casualties and injuries. Tragically, neither Pakenham nor Jackson knew that the Treaty of Ghent had been signed in Belgium on December 24, 1814 \u2013 officially ending the war weeks before their battle.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Historical Memoir of The War in West Florida and Louisiana <\/em>(1816) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/historicalmemo00lato\/page\/n355<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Andrew Jackson<\/strong>, 7th President of the United States, judge & military leader<\/p>\n

Letter to John Quincy Adams (26 August 1821) transcript & image of original via \u201cAndrew Jackson to John Quincy Adams, August 26, 1821,\u201d Andrew Jackson Papers: Series 1, General Correspondence and Related Items, 1775 to 1885<\/em>, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; online via Library of Congress, www.loc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Letter]: I did believe, and ever will believe, that just laws can make no distinction of privilege between the rich and the poor, and that when men of high standing attempt to trample upon the rights of the weak, they are the fittest objects for example and punishment. In general, the great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble, require the arm and the shield of the law.<\/p>\n

Col: Callava’s powers having ceased here with the surrender of the Country, it was only a display, and so considered by me, of pompous arrogance and ignorance, in his claiming the privileges of diplomacy, which in fact he never possessed; and his powers having ceased, his Commission accomplished, the pretension which he sat up, was an insult to the weakest understanding.”<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cAndrew Jackson to John Quincy Adams, August 26, 1821\u201d (26 August 1821) via Library of Congress: https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/maj.01060_0244_0249\/?st=text<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Andrew Jackson<\/strong>, 7th President of the United States, judge & military leader<\/p>\n

\u201cProclamation by Andrew Jackson, President of the United States\u201d (10 December 1832) in Proclamation by the President of the United States<\/em>, London: John Miller, 1833, p. 11; online via The British Library & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Presidential proclamation]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next objection is, that the laws in question operate unequally. This objection may be made with truth to every law that has been or can be passed. The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.<\/span> If the unequal operation of a law makes it unconstitutional and if all laws of that description may be abrogated by any State for that cause, then, indeed, is the federal Constitution unworthy of the slightest effort for its preservation. We have hitherto relied on it as the perpetual bond of our Union. We have received it as the work of the assembled wisdom of the nation. We have trusted to it as to the sheet-anchor of our safety, in the stormy times of conflict with a foreign or domestic foe. We have looked to it with sacred awe as the palladium of our liberties, and with all the solemnities of religion have pledged to each other our lives and fortunes here, and our hopes of happiness hereafter, in its defense and support. Were we mistaken, my countrymen, in attaching this importance to the Constitution of our country? Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance, which this new doctrine would make it? Did we pledge ourselves to the support of an airy nothing-a bubble that must be blown away by the first breath of disaffection?\u00a0 (p. 44)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0Proclamation by the President of the United States<\/em> (1832|1833 John Miller ed.) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=4i2wfXEdBAsC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=1832+%2B+The+next+objection+is,+that+the+laws+in+question+operate+unequally.++This+objection+may+be+made+with+truth<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

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