The bill authorized the presidents use of force to collect federal tariffs. When South Carolina attempted to nullify the Tariff of 1828, Jackson was embarrassed. The "nullies" challenged his authority, by basically said that they did not have to abide by his laws by paying the tariff. By proposing the Force Bill he was not going strictly by the Constitution, but he was making an attempt to save face. .
One more incident in which Jackson did not protect the Constitution was his non-enforcement of John Marshall's decision in the Supreme Court case of the Cherokees v. Georgia. The case was brought about when Georgia declared the Cherokee Nation not real and made their own laws for the Indians. John Marshall ruled that Georgia had no right to make such a decision. Jackson, wanting the Indians" land opened up to white settlers, refused to enforce the ruling of Marshall saying, "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it." Were Jackson actually attempting to protect the Constitution, he would have upheld John Marshall's decision, for the Constitution stated it is the job of the executive branch of government to enforce laws. .
The second thing which Jacksonian Democrats claimed to be guardians of but were not were individual liberties. In "The Working Men's Declaration of Independence," (Doc A) George Henry Evans, a leader in the American Workers" Movement, basically states that he feels that the working class is treated in a much worse way than the upper classes. By saying this, Evans is making clear his unhappiness with the government's performance seeing after individual liberties. Evans feels his liberties are violated continuously. .
Another violation of individual liberties can be seen in Document G, a painting called "Trail of Tears." The picture shows the forced march of the Cherokee Indians from their homes to present-day Oklahoma. This was part of Jackson's Indian Removal Act.