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Document A

Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson

Document B

In administering the laws of Congress I shall keep steadily in view the limitations as

well as the extent of the Executive power, trusting thereby to discharge the functions

of my office without transcending its authority. With foreign nations it will be mystudy to preserve peace and to cultivate friendship on fair and honorable terms, andin the adjustment of any differences that may exist or arise to exhibit the forbearance

becoming a powerful nation rather than the sensibility belonging to a gallant people.



Document C Andrew Jackson Bank Veto Cartoon Drawing

Document DMaysville Road Veto Andrew Jackson Addressing House of Representatives

Such grants [of money by the federal government] have always been [passed] under thecontrol of the general principle that the works which might be thus aided should be "of a general, not local, national, not State," character. A disregard of this distinction would

of necessity lead to the subversion of the federal system.... I am not able to view [theMaysville Road Bill] in any other light than as a measure of purely local character.... It

has no connection with any established system of improvements; [and] is exclusively

within the limits of a State [Kentucky]....



Document E Andrew Jacksons Nullification Tariff

Document F

Indian Removal Act of 1830 Andrew Jackson



Document GForce Act Signed by Andrew Jackson

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the Presidentof the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the UnitedStates, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any state or organizedterritory, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished, as he may judge

necessary, to be divided into a suitable number of districts, for the reception of such tribes or nations of Indians as may choose to exchange the lands where theynow reside, and remove there; and to cause each of said districts to be sodescribed by natural or artificial marks, as to be easily distinguished from everyother.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the United States shall extend to all cases, in law or equity , arising under the revenue law s of the United States, for which other pro v isions are not alread y made b y law; and if an y person shall recei ve an y injur y to his person orproperty for or on account of an y act b y him done, under an y law of the United

States, for the protection of the revenue or the collection of duties on imports,he shall be entitled to maintain suit for damage therefor in the circuit court of the United States in the district wherein the party doing the injur y may reside,or shall be found. And all property taken or detained b y an y officer or otherperson under authority of an y revenue law of the United States, shall be irreplev ia ble, and shall be deemed to be in the custod y of the law , and subject only to the orders and decrees of the courts of the United States hav ing jurisdiction thereof. And if an y person shall dispossess or rescue, or attempt todispossess or rescue, an y property so taken or detained as aforesaid, or shall aid or assist therein, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour . ..



Document H

Farewell Address of Andrew Jackson, 1837

But in order to maintain the Union unimpaired, it is absolutelynecessary that the laws passed by the constituted authorities should

be faithfully executed in every part of the country, and that everygood citizen should at all times stand ready to put down, with the

combined force of the nation, every attempt at unlawful resistance,

under whatever pretext it may be made or whatever shape it may

assume. Unconstitutional or oppressive laws may no doubt bepassed by Congress, either from erroneous views or the want of due

consideration; if they are within reach of judicial authority, theremedy is easy and peaceful, and if, from the character of the law,

it is an abuse of power not within the control of the judiciary, then

free discussion and calm appeals to reason and to the justice of thepeople will not fail to redress the wrong. But until the law shall be

declared void by the courts or repealed by Congress, no individual

or combination of individuals can be justified in forcibly resisting its

execution. It is impossible that any government can continue toexist upon any other principles. It would cease to be a government,

and be unworthy of the name, if it had not the power to enforce theexecution for its own laws within its own sphere of action.



Document I

Dying words to family and slaves of Andrew Jackson

"I go a short time before you, and I want to meet all in heaven, both white

and black."´

Document JLetter of Margaret Bayard Smith to Mrs. Kirkpatrick

³Ladies fainted, men were seen with bloody noses and such a scene of confusion took place as is impossible to describe,--those who got in couldnot get out by the door again, but had to scramble out of windows. At onetime, the President who had retreated and retreated until he was pressedagainst the wall, could only be secured by a number of gentlemen forming

round him and making a kind of barrier of their own bodies, and thepressure was so great that Col Bomford who was one said that at one timehe was afraid they should have been pushed down, or on the President. Itwas then the windows were thrown open, and the torrent found an outlet,

which otherwise might have proved fatal."