Andrew Jackson Rhetorical Analysis

Although Jackson establishes the eviction of Indians, he also assures his audience that forcing the Indians to move is morally correct; therefore, his narcissist morals grounded in racism create longstanding effects that future generations will feel. Andrew Jackson’s use of contrasting positive and negative diction convinces his audience of his rightness, and his cockiness still rings true to today. In his address to Congress in regards to indian removal policy, he says, “What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic . . . ?” (Jackson n. pag.). The word “savage” is unambiguous. When one thinks of a savage, they think of a violent, uncivilized person, a hooligan with
In his appeal to Congress to let him uproot the Indians, Jackson states: “The waves of population and civilization are rolling to the westward” (Jackson n.pag). At first glance the metaphor makes an excuse for the eviction of the Indians from their land by saying that the Indians were in the way of, and therefore would be crushed by “waves” of westward expansion; moreover it can be seen that Jackson viewed the Natives as needing to be saved through eviction as they were not “civilized” enough to handle or protect themselves from America's territorial growth. Due to his disregard for Human life and dignity--specifically those of the Indians--it is clear to see the blatant attitude of superiority felt by the whites towards not only the Indians, but the African Americans as well. Their racism eventually started a war, caused many deaths within the future, and left lasting effects that people still feel today. They come in the form of hate-crimes, minor insults of racism, and “jokes” of bigotry; an evil seeping into society, rotting at it’s core, and preventing a complete and peaceful