The Statesmanship of Andrew Jackson as Told in His Writings and Speeches (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Statesmanship of Andrew Jackson as Told in His Writings and SpeechesOne result of the predominance of the Hamiltonian School, at least in American literature, has been the general hostility of historians and biographers to Andrew Jackson. Eulogies of Jackson are as plentiful as blackberries, but most of them were written by standing political candidates who sought by praising Jackson to be suffered to gather up some of the crumbs which fell from the White House table.It was the zeal of Jackson's followers which weakened him and laid open his administration to the contempt and the attacks of his political enemies. But this body of pamphlet ¿attery long since vanished into the Obscurity of collections, only the resolute now glance at them, only the intrepidly enthusiastic read them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.