[DiogenesLamp]

I will point out that Jackson actually did crush the machinations of the Northern corporate cartel, (Bank of the United States) so perhaps he alleviated for a time, a major factor that was inducing the Southern states to want to leave.

We pay taxes now to create the illusion that a government printing and spending twice as much money as it takes in, has some credibility and ability to pay it's bills.

In all honesty, our government runs on illusion and printing presses.

[cowboyusa]

Yes, but he would NOT have tolerated the Southern States leaving th3 Union, he wad tougher on that then even Lincoln. I think that the English Banking power was trying to divide the US. They correctly saw a rising threat