before he even left kentucky, he said he wanted a favor john quincy adams for the president. adams had the same viewpoint at that time, jackson he called a mere general, and he always feared the napoleons of the world. he thought that america might elect a general and they would use some pretext to take over and become a dictator. clay with the washington knowing he was going to support adams. his mistake was not in supporting adams. adams did not carry but nine states. 13 were needed. clay-and adams was elected in the enclave made a big mistake, he accepted the offer of the secretary of state position from john quincy adams. that was a steppingstone to the presidency. half of his people said he should not do it in half of them said he should. he could not turn it down. and it was then used against him as a corrupt bargain. >> andrew jackson was his greatest nemesis. what was jackson's position on slavery? >> much more hostile than probably one of the first presidents. he marched into the floor to clear out what he considered a threat from florida. one of his major campaigns i

as john quincy adams who fought tirelessly to end slavery in the southern states said posterity you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom i hope you will make good use of it today our lawmakers could learn a lot from our founding fathers these were people who didn't send others kids off to war but fought it themselves these were people who didn't give kickbacks to the bankers and robber barons but fought to restrain the power of banks and business these are people who didn't get richer and richer the longer they stayed in office but who usually retired from public office broke these were people who risked it all and in some cases gave it all up for the best interests of this nation we need that same mentality from our lawmakers today to put our government back into the hands of the people go to move to amend to work. that's the big picture for tonight for more information on the stories we covered visit our website some thom hartmann dot com free speech dot org and archie dot com also check out our two you tube channels there are links of thom hartma

happened to be amazing because everyone knew andrew jackson would be running against the incumbent john quincy adams and the next election. but fillmore does include into this. he gives speeches, and he buys into this year of a huge masonic conspiracy. of course next time we see the shriners' riding around in their little motorcycles with enhance. we can begin to wonder what he was thinking. >> but it gets him elected to the state legislature. and he is elected to the state legislature in 1828 and 1829, and 1830 running as the anti masonic and it from here county. his great accomplishment and the legislature is to propose a bill to ban sending people to jail if they are in debt, sending people to debtors' prison. the old english law notion of debtors prison was this, most people who went into debt in medieval england were, in fact allow the people who borrowed money to get more wealth. they did not pay their debt. the assumption was their were hiding their wealth, hiding their accepts. if you put them in jail that would fess up and suddenly find money to get themselves out. that may have made sense

happened to be amazing because everyone knew andrew jackson would be running against the incumbent john quincy adams and the next election. but fillmore does include into this. he gives speeches, and he buys into this year of a huge masonic conspiracy. of course next time we see the shriners' riding around in their little motorcycles with enhance. we can begin to wonder what he was thinking. >> but it gets him elected to the state legislature. and he is elected to the state legislature in 1828 and 1829, and 1830 running as the anti masonic and it from here county. his great accomplishment and the legislature is to propose a bill to ban sending people to jail if they are in debt, sending people to debtors' prison. the old english law notion of debtors prison was this, most people who went into debt in medieval england were, in fact allow the people who borrowed money to get more wealth. they did not pay their debt. the assumption was their were hiding their wealth, hiding their accepts. if you put them in jail that would fess up and suddenly find money to get themselves out. that may have made sense

happened to be amazing because everyone knew andrew jackson would be running against the incumbent john quincy adams and the next election. but fillmore does include into this. he gives speeches, and he buys into this year of a huge masonic conspiracy. of course next time we see the shriners' riding around in their little motorcycles with enhance. we can begin to wonder what he was thinking. >> but it gets him elected to the state legislature. and he is elected to the state legislature in 1828 and 1829, and 1830 running as the anti masonic and it from here county. his great accomplishment and the legislature is to propose a bill to ban sending people to jail if they are in debt, sending people to debtors' prison. the old english law notion of debtors prison was this, most people who went into debt in medieval england were, in fact allow the people who borrowed money to get more wealth. they did not pay their debt. the assumption was their were hiding their wealth, hiding their accepts. if you put them in jail that would fess up and suddenly find money to get themselves out. that may have made sense