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Entry: Loss of Independence Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/loss_of_independence#31713 Post contents: Jackson not a role model for Lincoln, his enemy Henry Clay was. Although hardly without fault, he was really more of a statesman than he is commonly portrayed as. He outmaneuvered his rivals rather brilliantly and did not cause the antebellum republic's decay, but came to power when it was already setting in and maintained order as best he could. His attributed "Judge Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it" quote is apocryphal and to the extent that it represents his view, it should be seen in light of the fact that he didn't send federal troops to remove the Indians (Van Buren did after him) but merely didn't interfere with the states doing so. Also, read "The British at the Gates" by British scholar Robin Reilly and it explains how the Admiralty had designs on New Orleans that would not have been prevented by the Treaty of Ghent. The Treaty did not mention the territory bought from Napoleon, which the British did not recognize. Jackson was a great man who rightly worried that his legacy of democracy would become the rule of rootless urban money, that America's founding stock would become soft and be displaced, all of which is exactly what happened. Sent at: 2008 12 05