The Jacksonian Democrats had felt that they were "guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liverty and wquality of economic opportunity" and in a sense this is true. The Jacksonian Democracts occasionally violated the Constitution but they only did so to protect the common people. They were a government for the people and that is exactly what a Democracy is supposted to be. Because of Jackson's actions, he shifted the power from the Wealthy to the common man.
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Sectionalism had become evident in South Carolina during the issue of nullification in South Carolina. The "Acts and Resolution of South Carolina", said that if the national government does not do anything to prevent the postal service from delivering papers that might cause the slaves to rebel, South Carolina could take it's own "measures" to prevent these papers from being distributed. This would basically nullify the National Government's law. In response, Jackson placed troops on the State's border and threatened to invade if South Carolina did not begin collecting tariffs. This shows Jackson was following the constitution because the Constitution states that we would act as a single nation, not a league of states, which is what South Carolina was doing. This justified Jackson's action. (doc. F).
Jackson did violate the Constitution in order to protect the rights of the common man. For example, the "Trail of Tears". After Jackson issued the "Indian Removal Act" (doc. G) the majority of the people were in accordance and agreed with the Act. Though the Act violated the treat of New Echota, Jackson completely went against the Supreme Court's ruling and continued with the Act. These actions could have had him impeached but because the majority of the people were content with his actions, he was not. .
Jackson also felt that the National Bank was a problem. Jackson's main focus, the comman man, felt that the national bank caused the Panic of 1819.
