Jackson & Sectional Conflict I. Constitutional Views A. Strict interpreter in regard to internal improvements

B. Maysville Road Bill 1. Plan to extend Cumberland Road inside Kentucky 2. Jackson vetoed Bill a. Unconstitutional- Federal government no right to spend money on local transportation

3. South was in favor of Jackson & did not support internal improvements Road was Henry Clay’s state, a political adversary of Jackson.

Sectional Issues I. Daniel Webster & Robert Y. Haynes Debate A. Land Sales 1. Northeast wanted to limit sales in order to keep labor 2. South & West supported sales

B.Robert Y. Hayne(South Carolina) 1. Supported nullification 2. Followed John C. Calhoun 3. States formed the union & could leave it

C. Daniel Webster 1. Nullification would split the union 2. Constitution rested on the people not states 3. Ended Speech “Liberty and Union, now and forever one and inseparable”

D. Impact of Debate 1. 40,000 copies printed 2. Printed in school books 3. Read by Abraham Lincoln 4. Influenced Northern & Southern views toward the Union

Jackson was a states rights man, but did not deviate from upholding the Union “Our Union: it must be preserved”

John C. Calhoun “ The Union, next to our liberty, most dear”