By reading his writings, one can very easily see that Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. was an advocate for Andrew Jackson. He supports Jackson's character and his methods. Although many of the good things Schlesinger says about Jackson may be true, I do not believe that Schlesinger presents an overall true picture of Jackson.
             One of the things that Schlesinger said he liked about Jackson was Jackson's "superb self-sufficiency." He wrote: "...when the moment for action came, he always made up his own mind...Once his mind was made up, no threats, no warnings of catastrophe, no dictates of prudence, could sway him. (P.145)" Schlesinger calls this "superb self-sufficiency." In the minds of most people today, this is simply stubbornness. Jackson may have indeed been a very self-sufficient man, but being stubborn is not the same thing. I see Jackson as a stubborn man, contradicting Schlesinger's beliefs.
             Many historians, as well as I, feel that Jackson was "uncontrollably irascible." Schlesinger writes, Jackson "would sometimes extemporize a fit of passion in order to overwhelm an adversary, when certain of being right. (P.145)" Schlesinger denied however that this showed Jackson's irascibility. He wrote instead, that Jackson used his anger as "ways of avoiding futile arguments. (P.145)" This could very easily have been an excuse by Schlesinger to cover up this fault in Jackson's character. Jackson scared many people with his anger and by fits that he threw. What Schlesinger says about Jackson's anger may be a cover up.
             Another thing Schlesinger quotes is, "General Jackson is the most rapid reasoner I have ever met with. He jumps to a conclusion before I can start on my premises. (P.146)" Schlesinger reasoned this characteristic by saying, "to him, knowledge was entirely unnecessary. He saw intuitively into everything, and reached a concl...