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To: Sam Gamgee

Andrew Jackson had nothing but contempt and enmity for nullifiers and secessionists.


222 posted on 08/01/2013 11:33:53 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
Andrew Jackson had nothing but contempt and enmity for nullifiers and secessionists.

I'd say a little more than "contempt and enmity". He told than flat out, that if they persisted, he would personally lead to Army to South Carolina and hang the ring leaders from the nearest tree. That included John C. Calhoun who had been Jackson's vice president.

Calhoun and the others wisely backed down because they knew damn well that Jackson would have hung them. No doubt about it. If you crossed Andy Jackson, one of you were going to die, and it probably wasn't going to be Andy.

250 posted on 08/02/2013 8:50:52 PM PDT by Ditto
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