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  • Essay / The Failure of the Jacksonian Democrats - 1411

    Democracy, a new form of government, a government for the people, has been seen from different angles. Over time, the government becomes firmer in its regime and its doctrine, while maintaining the same orientation; for the people. The United States was created for the people and by the people, and it was crucial that the people continue to be the focus. However, once Jackson was elected president, the idea that citizens remain the priority of government began to weaken. Those who supported Jackson wanted something in return, and Andrew Jackson supported the rights of the spoils system, giving his people the seats they believed they deserved. However, over time, the focus on people slowly shifted to what those in those special seats wanted. Jacksonian Democrats, who saw themselves as guardians of the United States Constitution under President Andrew Jackson, claimed to have held the interests of the people in high esteem, changing not only the electoral processes of our ancestors but also the government in its whole. However, through their actions toward the people, the uprooting of Native Americans, and the inevitability of a national bank, they ultimately created a greater mess than a simple “kitchen cabinet” could support. Although Jacksonian Democrats had suspicions about the federal government's past. “good deals”, they too shared the evil. Contradicting themselves, after Jackson's inauguration, those who claimed to have supported him in his electoral efforts were rewarded with public office. The spoiler system was thus established in Jacksonian democracy, giving rise to conspiracies. The elected officials, who were unworthy of their position, barely had a positive trait in their name, as many were illiterate... middle of paper... people. Their rising action could be described as a child strategizing to achieve what he wants, like a cookie in a cookie jar located somewhere higher than the child's reach. Over time, they form a sort of ladder, and in some cases that ladder is made up of objects that should not go together, like land greed and the lives of settled Native Americans. If the child moves in the wrong direction on his fortune ladder, it will eventually collapse, like the national bank. The Democrats sought to do what they thought was right, just, and constitutional, but in the long run their plans turned negative, forming the Panic of 1837. The Jacksonian Democrats' main goal was to get their hands in the pot cookie jar, refusing to share government crumbs with those who needed them most. Thus forming, in the future, a bigger mess to clean up in the end..