... questioned not only his liberal bias views on Jacksonians and democrats but also his theory of class conflict being the cornerstone of American politics. Bray Hammond with Banks and Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War, views the Jacksonians as capitalists, people who concern themselves with the accumulation of goods devoted to the production of other goods. ... point, that the Jacksonians liberals were disguising themselves as compassionate, caring people only to advance their own selfish desires. Edward Pessen, a historian in the 1970's agreed with Hammond's views ...

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