Andrew Jackson

A country wide hero? Or public enemy primary?

historic figures are frequently arguable,

however few were as deified or vilified

of their lifetime

as the 7th President of the united states.

that is history vs. Andrew Jackson.

"Order, order, hm, uh, what had been we...ah yes, Mr. Jackson!

You stand accused of degrading the workplace of the presidency,

causing economic disintegrate

and wanton cruelty in opposition to American Indians.

How do you plead?"

"Now, Your Honor, i am not a huge metropolis attorney,

but I do recognize a few matters.

and i realize that President Jackson changed into

a self-made frontiersman,

a exceptional general,

a real man of the humans."

"Your Honor, this 'man of the human beings' became a gambler,

a inebriated, and a brawler.

Why, i have heard it said that

he would combat at the drop of the hat

after which drop the hat himself.

I ask you,

became any such guy in shape for the most prominent office within the nation?

can we overlook the debacle of his inauguration?

Who ever heard of inviting a drunken mob

into the White house?

It took ages to get the upholstery smooth."

"That drunken mob, sir, was the american humans,

and they should have a good time their victory."

"Order, order! Now, did this birthday celebration have pie?"

"very well. Mr. Jackson, is it not the case

that without delay upon assuming workplace

you delivered the spoils system,

replacing loads of flawlessly appropriate federal personnel

with incompetent birthday party loyalists?"

"Your Honor, the President did no such aspect.

He attempted to institute rotation in office

to avoid any profiteering or funny enterprise.

It changed into the relaxation of the birthday party

who insisted on giving posts to their lackeys."

"but Mr. Jackson complied, did he no longer?"

"Now, uh, see here."

"moving on.

Mr. Jackson, did you no longer assist to reason

the monetary Panic of 1837,

and the following economic depression

along with your obsessive war

in opposition to the financial institution of the us?

become no longer vetoing its reauthorization,

as you did in 1832,

an act of irresponsible populace pandering

that made no financial feel?"

"Your Honor, the gentleman has quite the imagination.

That financial institution was only a manner for wealthy Yanks

to get richer.

And all that money panic changed into brought on

whilst British banks raised interest quotes

and reduce lending.

to blame it on the President is preposterous, I say."

"but if Mr. Jackson had no longer destroyed the national bank,

it might have been able to lend to farmers

and organizations when other credit dried up,

wouldn't it no longer?"

"Hm, this is all particularly speculative.

can we pass on?"

"genuinely, Your Honor.

We now come to Mr. Jackson's

maximum horrible offense:

forcing entire tribes out of their local lands

through the Indian elimination Act."

"I resent that accusation, sir.

The U.S. of A. offered that land from the Indians

fair and square."

"Do you name coercion and threats

with the aid of a country with a far extra powerful military

fair and square?

Or signing a treaty for putting off the Cherokee

with a small institution that failed to consist of

their real leaders?

They didn't have time to correctly

deliver themselves before the navy got here

and forced them to march the path of Tears."

"Now, maintain on a minute.

This turned into all Van Buren's doing

after President Jackson left office."

"however Mr. Jackson laid the groundwork

and made certain the treaty changed into ratified.

All President Van Buren needed to do afterwards

became implement it."

"appearance here, Your Honor.

Our government's been buying

Indian land seeing that the start,

and my purchaser become negotiating those deals

even earlier than he changed into President.

President Jackson certainly believed

it became high-quality for the Indians

to get compensated for their land

and flow out West,

in which there was lots of space

for them to preserve dwelling

the way they were accustomed,

in place of stick round

and preserve butting heads with the white settlers.

some of whom, I remind our courtroom,

wanted to exterminate them outright.

It was a exclusive time."

"And yet, even on this one of a kind time,

there have been many in Congress

and even the ideal courtroom

who saw how wrong the removal Act was

and loudly adversarial it,

have been there not?"

"My client become below a tremendous deal of stress.

I say, do you observed it's easy

governing the sort of large usa

and preserving the Union together,

whilst states are fixing to nullify

federal laws?

President Jackson slightly were given South Carolina

to back down over those import price lists,

after which Georgia needed to go find out gold

and start grabbing up Cherokee land.

It became both get the Indians to transport

or get in any other fight with a kingdom government."

"So, you admit that Mr. Jackson

sacrified ethical standards to achieve

a few political goals?"

"I do declare, display me one chief who hasn't."

As societies alternate and morals evolve,

yesterday's hero may end up

tomorrow's villain, or vice versa.

history can be beyond,

but our knowledge of it is always on trial.