Arizona republican., 1920-10-03
IV.-THE MARTIN VAN BUREN, HARRISON RACE OF 1886.
 By Frederic J. Haskin

WASHINGTON, D. C., oct. Mar | tin Van Buren was practically ap- pointed by Andrew Jackson to suc- ceed him in the White House. but the l appointment did not take effect until after it had been ratified by the peo- pie at an election which marked the close of one of the most bitterly con tested campaigns of our history. The e-election of Jackson in 1892 upon the issue of his veto of the bill to recharter the Bank of the United States had practically destroyed the National Re- publican party. So in 1884 the ele- ments of opposition to Jackson or ganized under the name of "Whig which, to some extent. had been the popular appellation of the National Republicans. Henry Clay was the heart and soul of the new party, but it could,not unite even in opposition to Van Buren.
 In all the northern states but Mas sachusetts the Whigs supported Will liam Henry Harrison. In Massachu- setts Daniel Webster was the candi- date. In the South, except South Carolina, Senator Hugh Lawson White of Tennessee was leading the anti Jackson battles. South Carolina was looking out for itself, the legislature ready to instruct electors to vote for anybody to defeat Jackson's man, Van Buren. If the anti-Nan Buren leaders had managed to get a majority of the electoral votes, they would have de- serted their candidates to combine upon Clay or some other leader, put that scheme was never put into effect. Van Buren had a clear majority Of both popular and electoral votes and Andrew Jackson's administration was once more endorsed.
 The second Jackson administration had been even more stormy than the first After Jackson was reelected the altitude of the opposition was reflected by such papers as the Boston Courier. which said: "Yet there is one comfort left. God has promised that the days of the wicked shall be short the wicked is old and feeble and he may die before he can be inaugurated. It is the duty of every good Christian 70 pray to our Maker to have pity on us
 The Fight on the Bank
 South CaroIins found out for certain that Jackson was reelected by the middle of November. 1882. and on No vember 23 the famous Ordinance oi Notification was passed. The Tarfi of Abomination was largely the work of Henry Clay and had not much sup port from Jackson. But Calhoun and the nUilllleIS, III llSnAil6 AnN AAAs "
 cIaring it unconstitutional and nun and void, were in the same political bed with Clay so far as opposition to Jackson was concerned.
 The burning words of Jackson proclamation of December 10 was the first great and broad denial of the righ' of a state to oppose its single VII against the power of the federal gay ernment. and Jackson's stand on tha | 4t~n TTrafh notification question was one whlci affected only a small portion of th' people. The bank question vas na ton wide issue.
 The bill to rechaEter the bank haS veen vetoed during the campaign O 1882 and the voters had ratified th' veto. The bank had exerted ever possible effort to elect Clay. It dl' l not take Jackson long to decide to us' all his Dower to end the bank. withou waiting for its charter to expire II 1886. His secretary of the treasury | William J. Duane, would not order th removal of the government deposit in the bapk without authority iron congress. He also refused to resign hl position. WhereUpon he was remove. and his portfolio given to Roger E Fancy of Maryland. who had been at l torney general. Fancy removed Tn
 
 warded by appointment to be chic justice of the supreme court.
 Strictly speaking. the deposits wer not removed from the bank. lncon ing funds were deposited in certai
 state banks and the balance in tn United States bank was gradually eX hausted by drafts for current eX penses. The selection of certain stat
 banks as Repositories gave rise [ charges Of favoritism and in the cam
 paign of 1886 much was made (
 "Jackson's Pets as such banks wer
 known. But in spite of all these radi
 cal things and the entire destrucuo
 of the financial system upon whic
 the country had been conducted, every
 body prospered. The people weI
 more prosperous than ever before, tf
 government was in better financr
 condition than at any time, before
 since in it's history. By January lS3
 the national debt was all paid off ar | the country had to face the question