. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . ds ? The Southsaid, Let each state pay for its own; theNorth said, They are for the gain of thewhole country, and therefore the wholecountry should pay for them. When it was time to elect a new presi-dent, Andrew Jackson, the sturdy old In-dian fighter, was chosen. He was a straight-forward, upright man, with a frank, cordialmanner. He liked to please people and todo everything in the simplest way. Hisgood-heartedness led him to do one deedthat was an injury to the country. Reso-and];ew JACKSON lute as he was, it was always ha
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . ds ? The Southsaid, Let each state pay for its own; theNorth said, They are for the gain of thewhole country, and therefore the wholecountry should pay for them. When it was time to elect a new presi-dent, Andrew Jackson, the sturdy old In-dian fighter, was chosen. He was a straight-forward, upright man, with a frank, cordialmanner. He liked to please people and todo everything in the simplest way. Hisgood-heartedness led him to do one deedthat was an injury to the country. Reso-and];ew JACKSON lute as he was, it was always hard for him to Jackson and refuse a friends request. When he became president, every onewho had the least claim upon him begged for some position in thegovernment employ, and he could not say No. The only way tofind positions enough was to turn out the men who were then inoffice. This fashion of favoring ones friends is called the spoilssystem from a remark made in jest that to the victor belongthe spoUs. The hardest question that Jackson had to meet was in regard. the spoilssystem WESTWARD GROWTH 193 BPT^ * -^ ^ - ?* - -? ? TT ^ I91HI lllllli^ * tL f \ «% iilBBII ^^??1 ^l^nn I^^I^^H jt^^^^^^fflp^gi jiif^B ?r* HnJ^^H JmMI^^H ^^g;^J ?HI ^^^H jj^^l WEBSTER MAKINQ,HIS FAMOUS SPEECH(From the painting by Healy in Faneuil Hall, Boston) to what was called nullification, or making of no force. Con- Nullificationgress voted to impose duties large enough to make importedgoods cost more than those made in the United States. SouthCarolina said, This is an unjust law, for it makes us poor whileit makes the northern manufacturers rich. It is right for us torefuse to obey it, and therefore we shall nullify the act. Thisstatement was made in the Senate. Daniel Webster replied inthe famous speech that closes, Liberty and Union, now and for-ever, one and inseparable. President Jackson did not like thelarge duties, but he meant that the laivs of the land should beobeyed, and he sent forces to Sou
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