The Era of Good Feelings

Between 1816 and 1824 was a time period in the United States known as "The Era of Good Feelings" since there was only one major political party at the time, but not everyone thought that it really was an era of good feelings. 

James Akin was one of these people. He drew this political cartoon which presents president Andrew Jackson as being attacked by monsters which represents the media. He stands tall and is not scaried of them. The primary focus of this political cartoon is to show how powerful Andrew Jackson is, but it also shows how much hatred there is in the media at the time. The Era of Good Feelings is not a fitting name of a time period where the media is so full of hatred that it is portrayed as monsters attacking the president. James Akin wasn't the only one that saw the negatives of the time period, Chief Justice John Marshall also thinks so too.

“The States have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operation of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress....
 “We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited....  That the power to tax involves the power to destroy... [is] not to be denied....”
Chief Justice John Marshall, Supreme Court decision in McCulloch v. Maryland.

He points out that the states have no power of the federal laws passed by Congress. When even the Chief Justice of the time points out the faults of the government, The Era of Good Feelings is definitely not a good name for the time period.