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The issue of government subsidies for internal improvements was a key point of contention between the two major political factions in America for the first sixty years of the 19th century, specifically the mercantilist Hamiltonian Federalists and the more-or-less laissez faire Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans.
Goodrich, Carter. "National Planning of Internal Improvements," Political Science Quarterly, 63 (1948), 16–44. in JSTOR; John Lauritz Larson. Internal Improvement: National Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States (2001) Lively, Robert A.
The National System of Political Economy Archived 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine by Friedrich List; Federalist #7, The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton as Publius; The American System: Speeches on the Tariff Question and Internal Improvements by Congressman Andrew Stewart; John Bull the Compassionate
Led by Clay, the new party maintained its historic nationalistic outlook and desired to use national resources to build a strong economy. Its platform was Clay's American System of nationally financed internal improvements and a protective tariff, which would promote faster economic development. More important, by binding together the diverse ...
The Bonus Bill of 1817 was legislation proposed by John C. Calhoun to earmark the revenue "bonus," as well as future dividends, from the recently established Second Bank of the United States for an internal improvements fund. [1]
He advocated for the construction of internal improvements, which would become a consistent theme throughout his public career. [44] Clay's influence in Kentucky state politics was such that in 1806 the Kentucky legislature elected him to the United States Senate.
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Calhoun became disillusioned with Adams' high tariff policies and increased centralization of government through a network of "internal improvements", which he now saw as a threat to the rights of the states. Calhoun wrote to Jackson on June 4, 1826, informing him that he would support Jackson's second campaign for the presidency in 1828. The ...