tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7129313235359634964..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Jackson on Calhoun and ClayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-40766468919769067632016-08-26T18:03:35.011-05:002016-08-26T18:03:35.011-05:00I've been surprised at how swiftly Andrew Jack...I've been surprised at how swiftly Andrew Jackson's star has fallen in the last three decades. Even standing up to Calhoun doesn't seem to save him from being reckoned as a villain rather than a deeply flawed giant in American history. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-34210530427967185672016-08-26T12:20:09.702-05:002016-08-26T12:20:09.702-05:00I certainly disagree with most of Andrew Jackson&#...I certainly disagree with most of Andrew Jackson's policies. But he may have been right about Calhoun...not Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956053583913278364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-71440567385160496862016-08-23T21:23:52.061-05:002016-08-23T21:23:52.061-05:00I tried to find any other reference to Jackson'...I tried to find any other reference to Jackson's "Pennsylvania reptile" but came up empty. <br /><br />My top guess is Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the U.S. With Clay's help, he fought off Jackson's attempts to close the bank, and between them they damaged the economy. There are even period cartoons showing Jackson fighting a snaky Hydra with Biddle as one of its heads. <br /><br />Kremer seems like too much of a nonentity to come between Jackson and Clay, and didn't Jackson actually believe in the "corrupt bargain" argument? J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-36283194656948764602016-08-22T21:02:47.296-05:002016-08-22T21:02:47.296-05:00"That Pennsylvania reptile": One presume..."That Pennsylvania reptile": One presumes Jackson was referring to George Kremer, who claimed authorship of the charge of a "corrupt bargain" in Clay's appointment as Secretary of State. Kremer was regarded as such a spineless nonentity that when he was revealed as the charge's author, Clay abandoned all thought of calling him out to a duel. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616106414422271836noreply@blogger.com