History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . after 1830 such a device for nationalnominations began to be thought of, andthe history of national party conventionsmay be said to begin with the campaign of1832. Jacksons dearest foe while in office wasthe United States Bank. Magnifying thedishonesty which had, as every one knew,disgraced its management, he attacked itas a monster, an engine of the moneyedclasses for grinding the face of the Jefferson, like Madison at first, hedisbelieved in its constitutionality. In hisfirst message
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . after 1830 such a device for nationalnominations began to be thought of, andthe history of national party conventionsmay be said to begin with the campaign of1832. Jacksons dearest foe while in office wasthe United States Bank. Magnifying thedishonesty which had, as every one knew,disgraced its management, he attacked itas a monster, an engine of the moneyedclasses for grinding the face of the Jefferson, like Madison at first, hedisbelieved in its constitutionality. In hisfirst message and continually in his officialutterances he inveighed a;gainst it as apublic danger, using its funds and pat-ronage for party ends. This made himunpopular with many who had been hisfriends, so that in the campaign of 1832Clay forced the bank question to the frontas one on which Jacksons attitude would 1832J MINOR PUBLIC QUESTIONS 85 greatly advantage the whig cause. Heaccepted Clays challenge with pleasure,and from this moment gave the bank noquarter. We may call the contest of this. Roger B. Taney. year a pitched battle between Jackson andthe bank. In 1832 he vetoed a bill for a renewal ofits charter, which was to expire in 1836,and in 1833 he proceeded to break it byremoving the United States deposits whichit held. Such removal was by law withinthe power of the Secretary of the Treasury. 86 WHIGS AND DEMOCRATS [1833 Secretary McLane refused t5 execute Jack-sons will. He was removed and Duaneappointed. Then Duane was removed andRoger B. Taney appointed, who obeyedthe Presidents behest. The bank wasemptied by checking out the public moneyas wanted, at the same time depositing nomore, the funds being instead placed in pet state banks, as they were calledbecause of the governmeht favor thusshown them. The financial distress rightly or wronglyascribed to this measure throughout thecountry, instead of injuring Jackson, prob-ably, on the whole, made him still morepopular, as showin
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