1832: Andrew Jackson Re-Elected President
Institutions vs. Disorder
The Whigs decidedly campaigned on legislative supremacy, arguing that Andrew Jackson acted tyrannically. To Clay and the Whigs, public office represented a public trust.
“Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.” – Henry Clay
Speech at the public dinner at Fowler’s Garden, Lexington, Kentucky, May 16, 1829, printed in Niles’ Weekly Register, Vol. 36 (1829), at p. 399