1. Andrew Jackson and Democracy
Calhoun lead the opposition to Jackson's tariff policy, and was the first American to fully develop the idea that the will of the majority can directly hurt the minority factions in society. ... Daniel Webster during the nullification process quotes James Madison from Federalist Paper 51 "if the majority is united by common interest the rights of the minorities will be insecure," and the Southern states experienced this directly (Federalist 51, p. 52). ... The court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a "distinct community" with self-government "in which the laws of Georgia can have no for...
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