Jackson Day

He would not bow down to the golden calf | Marvin Olasky

Democrats used to celebrate annually the March 15, 1767, birthday of their party's founder, Andrew Jackson. That custom largely has disappeared, perhaps because (as the great song goes) we don't know much about history-or maybe because some leaders of the current Democratic party know too much about the Jackson presidency.

President Jackson, after all, did not believe in expanding federal power. His goal was to "leave individuals and States as much as possible to themselves." He did not believe in forced redistribution of income. His plan was for government to "confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rain, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor." He did not believe in expanding the Constitution. His pledge was to veto bills "unauthorized by the Constitution, subversive of the rights of the States, and dangerous to the liberties of the people."

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