All Posts Tagged With: "Andrew Jackson"
Barry Alfonso on the evolution of political oratory
With the inaugural address of the next president about to be delivered, I can’t help but reflect upon political oratory in general and the old fashioned kind in particular. I don’t mean the sort of folksy speeches Ronald Reagan used to give or even the reassuring talks Franklin D. Roosevelt soothed Depression-era America with. I [...]
29Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: Andrew Jackson's Proclamation regarding Nullification
On December 10, 1832, in response to an ordinance of nullification passed by South Carolina legislators in November, Andrew Jackson issued the Proclamation regarding Nullification. This proclamation rejected the nullifiers’ claims that the states retain sovereignty and the right of secession under the Constitution. Jackson maintained that such action was treason against the federal government. [...]
10Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: Andrew Jackson: On Indian Removal
On December 6, 1830, in his annual message to the nation—now commonly referred to as the president’s State of the Union address—Jackson praised Congress for putting into law an Indian removal policy that he had recommended for over a decade. In addition, in this speech he attempted to provide Congress and the public with justifications [...]
7Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification
On November 24, 1832, a special session of the South Carolina state legislature passed an ordinance of nullification, which declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null in the state as of February 1, 1833. It pledged that any effort by the federal government to enforce the tariff would be met by secession.
The issue of [...]
In the News: Native American Heritage Month
November is Native American Heritage Month. At our parent site, MilestoneDocuments.com, several featured documents relate to Native American history:
Andrew Jackson: On Indian Removal
Dawes Severalty Act
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Treaty of Fort Pitt
Milestone Documents publisher Neil Schlager has created a list at Amazon.com featuring these and other articles of interest from the Milestone Documents collection.
The [...]
Spotlight: Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was born on March 15, 1767, just south of the border between North and South Carolina. His birth marked the beginning of an extraordinarily eventful life. While an orphaned teenager, he was taken prisoner during the Revolutionary War, leading to a lifelong animosity toward the British. [...]
14Oct2008 | mdblogger | 1 comment | Continued
Karen Linkletter on political convention speeches
It is striking how many of the speeches at both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions used language to appeal to “average working folks.” Both of the presidential candidates, as well as their vice presidential nominees, positioned themselves as typical, everyday Americans (when this is, of course, not the case for any of them).
I was [...]
Doc of the Day: July 10
On July 10, 1832, Andrew Jackson vetoed the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States. Practically speaking, the veto meant that the Second Bank of the United States could not operate as a federal bank once its initial twenty-year charter expired in 1836. This left the young nation without a central bank until [...]
10Jul2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued