Question

Imagine that you heard the following quote spoken during the Era of Good Feelings:

"A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the . . . power of . . . the banks."
What best describes the speaker's views on the American System?

Answer 1

The speaker is saying that the American system of Government has its own special corporate interests deep in the pockets of the central banking system that has caused corruption against its own citizens.