Jackson & Sectional Conflict

1. Jackson & Sectional Conflict • I. Constitutional Views • A. Strict interpreter in regard to internal improvements

2. B. Maysville Road Bill • 1. Plan to extend Cumberland Road inside Kentucky • 2. Jackson vetoed Bill • a. Unconstitutional- Federal government no right to spend money on local transportation

3. 3. South was in favor of Jackson & did not support internal improvements • Road was Henry Clay’s state, a political adversary of Jackson.

4. Sectional Issues • I. Daniel Webster & Robert Y. Haynes Debate • A. Land Sales • 1. Northeast wanted to limit sales in order to keep labor • 2. South & West supported sales

5. B.Robert Y. Hayne(South Carolina) • 1. Supported nullification • 2. Followed John C. Calhoun • 3. States formed the union & could leave it

6. C. Daniel Webster • 1. Nullification would split the union • 2. Constitution rested on the people not states • 3. Ended Speech • “Liberty and Union, now and forever one and inseparable”

7. D. Impact of Debate • 1. 40,000 copies printed • 2. Printed in school books • 3. Read by Abraham Lincoln • 4. Influenced Northern & Southern views toward the Union

8. Jackson was a states rights man, but did not deviate from upholding the Union • “Our Union: it must be preserved”

9. John C. Calhoun • “ The Union, next to our liberty, most dear”