Thomas Hart Benton introduced a resolution including its provisions in the Senate that was blocked by conservative Whigs, leading to its issuance as an executive order to curb the power of wildcat banks over land speculation.  
A Committee of Fifty chosen by New York merchants protested against it to Martin Van Buren, who produced a memorandum on the negative consequences of its repeal.  This presidential mandate resulted from the Treasury surplus after having paid off the national debt.  Thomas Hart Benton introduced a resolution including its provisions in the Senate that was blocked by conservative Whigs, leading to its issuance as an executive order to curb the power of wildcat banks over land speculation.  FTP, name this Andrew Jackson measure that required public land to be paid for in hard money.
A Committee of Fifty chosen by New York merchants protested against it to Martin Van Buren, who produced a memorandum on the negative consequences of its repeal.  
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