The Democratic and Whig parties conceived individualism to be very different. The Democrats were still torn between what they felt and what society felt, where as the Whigs were very secure in their internal feelings. “The Whigs were comfortable with rational, self-interested human relations (Kohl 63).” “Most Jacksonians (Democrats) found that they could adapt their behaviors more easily than their feelings (Kohl 21).” The Jacksonian Democrats way of thinking was vastly different than the thinking of the …showed first 75 words of 696 total…

…showed last 75 words of 696 total…lost, now that it was no longer habitual or coerced (Kohl 64).” “To facilitate this unity, Whig preached that Americans shared a common destiny and that each man’s efforts could not help but advance the well-being of the rest (Kohl 64).” The Democratic and Whig parties conceived individualism to be very different. The Democrats were still torn between what they felt and what society felt, where as the Whigs were very secure in their internal feelings.