That was supposed to be a clincher, even in New England, until after power lifted him above the opposition of the supporters of a tariff.
"He was for putting down the monster 'party,' and being the President of the people.

Well, in one sense, this he tried to do: he put down every one he could who was opposed to him, either by reward or punishment; and could all have come into his notions, and bowed the knee to his image, I suppose it might have done very well, so far as he was concerned.

Whether it would have been a fair reading of his famous letter to Mr.Monroe, is rather questionable.

He was to reform the Government.

Now, if reformation consists in turning out and putting in, he did it with a vengeance.
"He was, last of all, to retrench the expenditures.