. A history of the United States . He was a man of strong convictions, and, alwayssure he was right, could rarely be moved by argument. Henever forgot a friend nor forgave an enemy, and regardedevery one who differed from him, not only as his own enemy,but also as tlie enemy of his country. He was an honestman through and through, and undoubtedly thouglit he wasputting an end to a vast amount of corruption when he tookcharge of the executive office. 221. Removals from Office. (1829.) — In his inauguralJackson said, The recent demonstration of public senti-ment inscribes on the list of executiv
. A history of the United States . He was a man of strong convictions, and, alwayssure he was right, could rarely be moved by argument. Henever forgot a friend nor forgave an enemy, and regardedevery one who differed from him, not only as his own enemy,but also as tlie enemy of his country. He was an honestman through and through, and undoubtedly thouglit he wasputting an end to a vast amount of corruption when he tookcharge of the executive office. 221. Removals from Office. (1829.) — In his inauguralJackson said, The recent demonstration of public senti-ment inscribes on the list of executive duties, in characterstoo legible to be overlooked, the task of reform. He wenton to renew the charges made during the campaign againstthe late administration, though Adams had been unusuallysuccessful in liis appointments, and no one had suffered onaccount of his political opinions. Now that we are able toreview calmly the history of those times of excitement, it isacknoAvledged by all that, in economy and purity, the admin- 1. ANDREW JACKSON. THE SPOILS SYSTEM. 203 istration of John Quincy Adams has not been , however, believed not only that there was corrup-tion among the office-holders, but that it was his duty torew^ard with offices those who had been active in his behalf. ?New as this system was in national politics, it was well knownin some of the states, notably in New York. 222. The Spoils System. (1829-1831.) — Previous to Jack-son there had been, in all, 74 removals from office by thePresidents, most of them for substantial reasons. Of theseremovals Washington had made 9; John Adams, 10; Jeffer-son, 39; Madison, 5; Monroe, 9; J. Q. Adams, 2. Jacksonmade a clean sweep of all the offices worth anything; itbeing estimated that during his first year of office, includingthe changes made by subordinates, about 2000 appointmentswere made. Since his time the rule has been, to use thephrase of Marcy, then Senator from New York, to the vic-tors belong the
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