 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - History - 2005 - 318 pages
...issuance of the veto gives an indication of his political designs: We are in the midst of a revolution, hitherto bloodless, but rapidly tending towards a...the pure republican character of the Government, and the concentration of all power in the hands of one man. . . . The premonitory symptoms of despotism... | |
 | Sean Wilentz - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 1114 pages
...banks to help consolidate his rule. "We are in the midst of a revolution," Henry Clay told the Senate, "hitherto bloodless, but rapidly tending towards a...the pure republican character of the Government." Three months later, Justice Joseph Story thought the revolution had been completed: "[T]hough we live... | |
 | Morton Keller Professor of History Brandeis University - History - 2007 - 350 pages
...said Henry Clay, "towards a total change of the pure and republican character of the government, and the concentration of all power in the hands of one man." The Bank war hastened the coalescence of Jackson's opposition into the Whig party, much as the Jay Treaty... | |
 | Gene Healy - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 386 pages
...deal of apocalyptic rhetoric. Henry Clay warned in 1833 that Jackson's rule threatened to bring about "a total change of the pure republican character of the Government, and . . . the concentration of all power in the hands of one man."104 The occasion was the fight over the... | |
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WE are in the midst of a revolution, hitherto bloodless, but rapidly tending towards a total change of the pure republican character of the government, and to the concentration of all power in the hands of one man. 
