The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . the Gen- THE HERMITAGE eral Government, holdingthat the Federal Government had no right to tax thepeople for such enterprises. Jackson set his face againstthe doctrine advanced by John C. Calhoun, of SouthCarolina, in his time, that a State could nullify a lawof the United States. The business of the governmentwith other nations was conducted during Jacksons ad-ministration with great spirit and abilitv, and the countrywas respected abroad. Jackson died in 1845. As the moderate and peaceful administration of Mon-
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . the Gen- THE HERMITAGE eral Government, holdingthat the Federal Government had no right to tax thepeople for such enterprises. Jackson set his face againstthe doctrine advanced by John C. Calhoun, of SouthCarolina, in his time, that a State could nullify a lawof the United States. The business of the governmentwith other nations was conducted during Jacksons ad-ministration with great spirit and abilitv, and the countrywas respected abroad. Jackson died in 1845. As the moderate and peaceful administration of Mon- Rise of theroe helped forward the dissolution of the old Federal and cratlc parties, so the administration of a man ofstrong party feehng and of stormy temper like Jacksonmade new party divisions. Jackson loved his friendsand hated all opponents. The country came to be di-vided into Jackson men and anti-Jackson men. TheJackson men claimed to succeed to the old Democratic-Republican party, and, retaining one of the names by 2 74 HISTORY OF THE UNITED C. CALHOUN Differences be-t\veenthe parties. which it was known, they werecalled Democrats. Thosewho were opposed to Jacksonwere called Whigs, a nameformerly applied in Englandto the party opposed to thearbitrary power of the principal feature of Amer-Run politics for about twentyvears was the rivalry of theWhig and Democratic main differences be-tween the Whig party and theDemocratic were: I. That the Whigs advo-cated the re-establishment of the United States Bank;the Democrats opposed it. 2. The Whigs were in favor of the building ofroads and canals at the expense of the United Democrats did not believe ^^ that the gov-ernment of theUnion ? shouldundertake in-ternal improve-ments, as roadsand canals werethen called. 3. The Whigs generally wished to increase the pow-er of the Federal Government; the Democrats weremore in favor of what were called States rights.
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