Federalism Post War of 1812

Federalism Post War of 1812

When John Adams explained how a government should govern he would always say, "Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree, that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and moral philosophers will agree that the happiness of the individual is the end of man. From this principle it will follow that the form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest numbers of persons, and in the greatest degree, is the best." Mr. Adam's political views was that of a federalist and that he believed the government needed to do what is best for the people even if the people don't agree or approve of the actions, as long as it's for the best of the people. Federalism is a political party and one of the main points is that the common belief is the Federal government should have more power than the Central (State) government. After the War of 1812 the Federalist Party was disbanded but the beliefs of the federalists still influenced the federal government on economic and judicial views, also with the idea of expansionism.

Economically, President Andrew Jackson passed a bill in 1832 that would renew the charter of the Second National Bank showing the same knowledge to Alexander Hamilton who was the father of federalism and the person who founded the First National Bank, "If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds. This forms a complete barrier against any material oppression of the citizens by taxes of this class, and is itself a natural limitation of the power of imposing them." In the 1820's, the North's economy started consisting of factories and mills so they started favoring a tariff on British goods, hoping that the American consumers would buy more American goods, so the Federal government put a tax on textiles, household goods, guns, paper, glass, tea, and paint. In order to uphold the tax Jackson in South Carolina, because they were not collecting tariffs, so he used a federalist belief, to create a federal army instead of a militia, to use force of an army or navy to close every port in the state if it interfered with tax collectors.

Federalism can be seen in the outcome of judicial interpretations on the power of State laws, the main three court cases are McCulloch v. Maryland, Dartmouth College v. Woodward, and Gibbons v. Ogden. In the case of McCulloch v Maryland it ruled that Maryland had no power over taxing the Baltimore Branch of the Second National Bank causing Maryland to be a menace to the sovereignty of the United States, which put a limit on the State's power to tax. In Dartmouth College v. Woodward Marshall came to the conclusion that New Hampshire did not have the power to take control

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