National Republican Party
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...in Dec., 1831, and chose Henry Clay to oppose Jackson in the 1832...mechanics, who believed in Clays program of high tariffs, internal...bank. The main issue of the campaign was Jacksons veto of the second Bank of the United States . Clay was badly beaten, and by 1836...