1. Andrew Jackson and Democracy
... be taken, with the exception of morale issues. Daniel Webster during the nullification process quotes James Madison from Federalist Paper 51 "if the majority is united by common interest the rights of the minorities will be insecure," and the Southern states experienced this directly ... is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgement, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity" (Federalist 10, p.48). The inefficient distribution of this tariff was the most durable reason that this faction occurred. Understandably so because the industria...
- Word Count: 1680
- Approx Pages: 7
- Grade Level: Undergraduate