[Grand Old Partisan]

There was no conflict. President Andrew Jackson vetoed the Bank of the United States bill as was his right to do, while with regard to the tariff he declared his determination to uphold federal law.

[ggekko]

"President Andrew Jackson vetoed the Bank of the United States bill as was his right to do..."

Of course he had the legal right to do this and I did not mean to imply otherwise. In vetoing the bill, President Jackson sited, as one of his principle rationales, the potential violation of State sovereignty engendered by the operations of a National bank.