Correct me if I’m wrong. But didn’t Jackson and Crockett have a falling out of the relocation of the Indians?
Yes, Jackson successfully advocated Crockett’s defeat in the TN congressional race of 1830.
“Correct me if I’m wrong. But didn’t Jackson and Crockett have a falling out of the relocation of the Indians?”
Indeed.
[snip]Some historians contend Congressman David Crockett’s political career ended because of his support for the Cherokee against President Jackson’s removal plans. Crockett explains his position in 1834:
“.......His famous, or rather I should say infamous, Indian bill was brought forward, and I opposed it from the purest motives in the world. Several of my colleagues got around me, and told me how well they loved me, and that I was ruining myself. They said this was a favourite measure of the president, and I ought to go for it. I told them I believed it was a wicked, unjust measure, and that I should go against it, let the cost to myself be what it might; that I was willing to go with General Jackson in everything that I believed was honest and right; but further than this I wouldn’t go for him, or any other man in the whole creation.
I voted against this Indian bill, and my conscience yet tells me that I gave a good honest vote, and that I believe will not make me ashamed in the day of judgment.”
From: http://jesusweptanamericanstory.blogspot.com/