Jack of Harts

The fall of the Republican Party initiated a time of crisis in America.  Andrew Jackson’s Democratic Party promoted Slavery and a strong Executive branch.  John Adams’ National Republicans and the Anti-Masonic Party stood against Jackson, a very high level Mason, until falling apart.  Then the Whigs fought a campaign to give Congress primacy over the Presidency.  My family was divided between these views.  Our dinner conversation was sometimes very lively.