were using the Bank to line their pockets (Document B). Further, the Bank, from Jackson’s point of view, violated the Constitution, an argument that had been around for along time. Jackson’s opponent, Daniel Webster, believed that jackson was off on his assessment and, in fact, saw the veto as an alarming “pretension” by the executive branch “over every power of the government” (Document C). In Webster’s view Andrew Jackson was simply using the Constitutional argument to get what he really wanted…
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