Written during the Presidential campaign of 1828. Asserting that no man has rendered more important services to his country, than Andrew Jackson. Defends Jackson against various opponents and assertions, and calls the attacks on him prodigious errors. Title page notes that the pamphlet is attributed to Henry Lee, though at the end of the pamphlet the name signed is simply Jefferson. Originally published in the Nashville Republican. Printed by True and Greene. Inscribed on title page to Joseph Hammony from his fr[ie]nd Danl. D. Brodhead. Framington, N.H. also written on title page. Stab-stitched.

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Excerpt from Vindication of the Character and Public Services of Andrew Jackson: In Reply to the Richmond Address, Signed by Chapman Johnson, and to Other Electioneering Calumnies The following is a most ably written and conclusive argument. It has not had, in that respect, its superior during the present canvass. We solicit for it the candid perusal of all men, who are willing to know the truth, and knowing it, to vindicate it against error or designed misrepresentation. No man has rendered more important services to his country, than Andrew Jackson. They have shed upon that country and upon his own name, imperishable glory. For these services, his country is grateful; and for them and his merits, for his republican character and attachments, and for his determination to bring into the councils, of the nation the old Democracy instead of the Federalism and Aristocracy which now govern us, his country will place the highest of her gifts within his hands. But these great services and deeds of devotion to the general welfare, and the perilous defence of his native soil, are the sources of envy in the minds of malignant partizans and bad-hearted men. They hate what they cannot imitate; and in nearly all cases they condemn now what they condemned during a war which they opposed, and the defenders and supporters of which they then vilified. Such men have filled the country with gross misrepresentations of the character and conduct of Gen Jackson. Every act of his life is gainsayed or perverted. No man, elevated and noble as has been his devotedness under great emergencies and in the most trying times, has been so much traduced. No man has been more foully slandered. The inmost recesses of his family, the honor of his wife, his domestic peace, - all have been invaded, to serve the purposes and prop up the hopes of a falling party - to sustain an administration, which coming into power without the consent of the people, seeks by such means to deceive that people into its support. Like Tompkins, he has been hunted down by his enemies and the enemies of his country. Not content with these assaults and calumnies upon the private character and domestic life of a venerable citizen, they attempt even to scandalize the country, and in the very language and manner of the pensioned writers of the British press, de predate the honors and underrate the victories of the nation. These calumnies have called out the following vindication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"Lucid and well-researched." --The New Yorker In order to win the famous battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson believed that it was necessary to declare martial law and suspend the writ of habeas corpus. In doing so, he achieved both a great victory and the notoriety of being the first American general to ever suspend civil liberties in America. Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law tells the history of Jackson's use of martial law and how the controversy surrounding it followed him throughout his life. The work engages the age-old controversy over if, when, and who should be able to subvert the Constitution during times of national emergency. It also engages the continuing historical controversy over Jackson's political prowess and the importance of the rise of party politics during the early republic. As such, the book contributes to both the scholarship on Jackson and the legal and constitutional history of the intersection between the military and civilian spheres. To fully understand the history of martial law and the subsequent evolution of a theory of emergency powers, Matthew Warshauer asserts, one must also understand the political history surrounding the discussion of civil liberties and how Jackson's stature as a political figure and his expertise as a politician influenced such debates. Warshauer further explains that Abraham Lincoln cited Jackson's use of the military and suspension of civil liberties as justification for similar decisions during the Civil War. During both Jackson's and Lincoln's use of martial law, critics declared that such an action stood in opposition to both the Constitution and the nation's cherished republican principles of protecting liberty from dangerous power, especially that of the military. Supporters of martial law insisted that saving the nation became the preeminent cause when the republic was endangered. At the heart of such arguments lurked the partisan maneuvering of opposing political parties. Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law is a powerful examination of the history of martial law, its first use in the United States, and the consequent development of emergency powers for both military commanders and presidents. Matthew Warshauer is associate professor of history at Central Connecticut State University. He is the author of the forthcoming Andrew Jackson: First Men, America's Presidents. His articles have appeared in Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Connecticut History, Louisiana History, and New York History.

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