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To: Oldpuppymax

“Andrew Jackson was an unabashed enemy of American nationalism. “

That is supposed to be a joke, right?

The same General Jackson who defeated the British at New Orleans?

The same President Jackson who threatened to use military force against South Carolina when SC threatened to secede during the Nullification Crisis?

The same Andrew Jackson whose support assured the election of James K Polk, the most expansionist President since Tom Jefferson? Manifest Destiny ring a bell?

Jackson’s involvement with Burr’s schemes is known to have been innocent. He was asked for assistance by Burr but he wasn’t inside the conspiracy of Burr and Gen James Wilksinson, a man he detested.


4 posted on 09/26/2014 9:38:48 AM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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To: Pelham
Louisiana and Florida Territories and Mexico could be seized by Burr

Hope he was planning to invent air conditioning first.

6 posted on 09/26/2014 9:55:37 AM PDT by Sparklite
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To: Pelham

Agreed. As he famously said about secessionist John Calhoun, “After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.”

As for the Democrat Party though, it has been a cancer on America since its inception. A party that has used race to stay in power. If any organization in America owes reparations to blacks, its the Democratic Party.


7 posted on 09/26/2014 10:00:04 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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