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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· Jun 4, 1830

In pursuance of law, I, Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that public sales will be held at the under-mentioned land offices, in the State of Louisiana, at the periods designated

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 30, 1830

I am unable to approve this bill, and would respectfully refer the Senate to my message to the House of Representatives on returning to that House the bill 'to authorize a subscription of stock in the Maysville, Washington, Paris and…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 28, 1830

It becomes my duty to call the attention of Congress to the fact that the estimates for that branch of the public service submitted to them at the commencement of the present session were made with reference to the pay, subsistence…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 28, 1830

Having approved and signed a resolution, originating in the House of Representatives, which provides 'that the pay, subsistence, emoluments, and allowances received by the officers of the Marine Corps previous to the 1st of April, 1829…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

After the extinction of the public debt it is not probable that any adjustment of the tariff upon principles satisfactory to the people of the Union will until a remote period, if ever, leave the Government without a considerable surplus…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

It is gratifying to me to be able to communicate to the Senate before the termination of its present session, for its advice and consent as to the ratification of it, a convention just received at the Department of State between the United…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

There is every reason to believe, as the Senate will infer from the correspondence which accompanies this communication, that the proposed arrangement will prove entirely satisfactory to them.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

The experience of the past has shown that the opinion of Congress is subject to such fluctuations.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

No less than twenty-three different laws have been passed, through all the forms of the Constitution, appropriating upward of $2,500,000 out of the National Treasury in support of that improvement, with the approbation of every President…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

As long as the encouragement of domestic manufactures is directed to national ends it shall receive from me a temperate but steady support.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

I have maturely considered the bill proposing to authorize a subscription of stock in the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

All that our responsibility demands is that the public good should be the measure of our views, dictating alike their frank expression and honest maintenance.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

The convention provides by compromise for the adjustment and payment of indemnities to no inconsiderable amount, long sought from the Government of Denmark by that of the United States, in behalf of their citizens who had preferred claims…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

The constitutional power of the Federal Government to construct or promote works of internal improvement presents itself in two points of view.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

It is not my purpose to detain you by a minute recital of the acts which sustain this assertion, but it is proper that I should notice some of the most prominent in order that the reflections which they suggest to my mind may be better…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 25, 1830

Any information in the possession of the Executive which you may deem necessary to guide your deliberations, and which it may, under existing circumstances, be proper to communicate, shall be promptly laid before you, if required.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 25, 1830

Should this branch of the negotiation committed to our minister be successful, the present interdict would, nevertheless, be necessarily continued until the next session of Congress, as the President has in no event authority to remove it.

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