... was common to them; a farmer, a slave owner, a westerner. He rose from the masses but was not one of them. As a democrat he swindled his party into full force with his spoils system. "Every man is as good as his neighbor," said Jackson. He brought corruption into the presidency as illiterates, incompetents, and even crooks were given high office positions. Sometimes the stature ... ...

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