American Lion《Quotes》

1814 a leading hostess...backwoodsman?...He is a prince.

"Andrew if I should not see you again I wish you to remember and treasure up some things I have already said to you: in this world you will have to make your own way. To do that you must have friends. You can make friends by being honest and you can keep them by being steadfast. you must keep in mind that friends worth having will in the long run expect as much from you as they give to you. To forget an obligation or be ungrateful for a kindness is a base crime -- or merely a fault or a sin but an actual crime. Men guilty of it sooner or later must suffer the penalty. In personal conduct be always polite but never obsequious. None will respect you more than you respect yourself. Avoid quarrels as long as you can without yielding to imposition. But sustain your manhood always. Never bring a suit in law for assault and battery or for defamation. The law affords no remedy for such outrages that can satisfy the feelings of a true man. Never would the feelings of others. Never brook wanton outrage upon your own feelings. If you eer have to vindicate your feelings or defend your honor do it calmly. If angry at first wait till your wrath cools before you proceed.

Tennesseans could be socially insecure around old South arolina families. The fronteir was newer and rougher the silver not quite as old the oil portraits not quite as ubiquitous. (71)

杰克逊: 世宗 武皇帝

(刚强直理曰武，杰克逊扩大联邦权限，镇压印第安人，向西继续扩张，强哉矫) (http://www.hdubbs.com/viewthread.php?tid=255)

Van Buren son of a tavern keeper secretary of state under Jackson wrote: "You might as well turn the urrent of the Niagara with a ladies' fan as to prevent scehmeing and intrigue at Washington."

Strong believer in separation of church and state. Political foes.

Replaced 38 officials (John quncy Adams 2) due to his vision: he wanted a political culture in which a ajorityh of the votoers chose a president and a president chose his administration and his administration governed by its lights in full view of the people and the people decided four years hence whether to reward teh president with another term or retire him - and them - from public life. Clay (pondering on Jackson in the white house reviewing the capital punishment and who would retain office causing greatest apprehension among washington elite. "No one knows who is next to encounter the stroke of death; or which with many of them is the same thing to be dismissed from office."