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Federal Constitution must be obeyed, states rights preserved,
our national debt must be paid, direct taxes and loans avoided,
and the Federal Union preserved. These are the objects I have in
view, and regardless of all consequences, will carry into
effect." Jackson's first modification in office was rewarding
his political supporters with office positions, forming a
cabinet of close friends and family who became known as the
Kitchen Cabinet. This concept of rewarding political supporters
with public office positions had existed since the founding of
the republic. However, Jackson stretched this system and made it
a policy of his administration to prevent the growth of an
entrenched bureaucracy. Jackson replaced several experienced
political veterans with his own democratic followers in what he
called "rotation in office." In 1832, Senator William L. Marcy
of New York, defended Jackson and t