...legislation, and the adoption of such principles as are embodied in this act. Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits,...man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union. It is time to pause in our career to review our principles, and if possible...

...content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by acts of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires...section, interest against interest, and man against man." Strange as it now seems, the message was rapturously received by the Whig party, which industriously...

...legislation and the adoption of such principles as are embodied in this act. Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by acts of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have, in the results of our legislation,...

...houses, but was vetoed by the President on the ground that it was a monopoly. " Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by the act of Congress." It was the old Jeffersonian protest against privilege legislation. United States...

...legislation, and the adoption of such principles as are embodied in this act Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits,...man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union. It is time to pause in our career, to review our principles, and, if...

...Legislature, and the adoption of such principles as are embodied in this act. Many of our rich have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by the acts of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desire, we have, in the results of our legislation,...

...the people (nominally his reasons for the veto) with the observation that " many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits,...Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires, we have . . . arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man 1 The Supreme Court's decision...

...CHART 1. people for whose approval he so eloquently appealed. No one more than Jackson himself had "arrayed section against section, interest against...and man against man in a fearful commotion," which he seemed to deprecate. It may be worth while to note that this criticism of President Jackson is made...

...besought u3 to make them richer by acts of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have, as the results of our legislation, arrayed section against...man in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union." Such were the sentiments which had weight with the mass of the people....

...legislation, and the adoption of such principles as are embodied in this act. Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits,...man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union. It is time to pause in our career, to review our principles, and, if...