A history of the United States for schools . ould The elec- ?^ ^ • tionof have been elected. In 1824, Adams had 84 X82S electoral votes, while the other 177 were scat-tered among three candidates. In 1828, Adams had83 votes, while Jackson had 178, and was elected. 3iachgon0 ^Dmtnis;trattonsf. Democratic: l82g-l83J. 120. The Spoils System. Public opinion in Americawas all the time growing more and more democratic, andit was a common notion that there was something verydemocratic, and, therefore, meritorious, in what wascalled rotation in office. Jackson was the first presi-dent to apply this pr
A history of the United States for schools . ould The elec- ?^ ^ • tionof have been elected. In 1824, Adams had 84 X82S electoral votes, while the other 177 were scat-tered among three candidates. In 1828, Adams had83 votes, while Jackson had 178, and was elected. 3iachgon0 ^Dmtnis;trattonsf. Democratic: l82g-l83J. 120. The Spoils System. Public opinion in Americawas all the time growing more and more democratic, andit was a common notion that there was something verydemocratic, and, therefore, meritorious, in what wascalled rotation in office. Jackson was the first presi-dent to apply this principle to small federal officials,such as postmasters and revenue collectors, whose work ^ The Constitution also authorizes Congress to lay and collect duties,to provide for the general welfare of the United States; and to regulatecommerce with foreign nations (Art. I., section viii., clauses 1,3) ; and theNational Republicans held that these grants conveyed the power of lay-ing protective duties. §§ 120, 121. WESTWARD EXPANSION. 321. has properly no connection with politics. From 1789to 1829, the number of removals of civil service officialshad averaged less than two each year. During the year1829, Jackson turned at least 2,000 men out of office(including subordinate ^^^^ clerks), and filled theirplaces with his own ad-herents. This practicehas been continued byall subsequent presi-dents, although not withequal thoroughness. Inthis way there beganwith Jackson the badhabit of using publicoffices as rewards forpartisan political ser-vices, a habit which hasdone more to degrade and corrupt public life in ourcountry than all other circumstances taken Jackson was a thoroughly honorable man, and hadno idea of the harm that was to come from such a prac-tice. It came to be called the Spoils System, fromthe remark of a United States senator, that politicalwarfare seemed to be conducted on the principle thatto the victors belong the spoils. 121. Nullification. If Jacks
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