To guard against the possible recurrence of any similar act I have thought it indispensable to call out a portion of the militia, to be posted on that frontier.
Martin Van Buren: “To guard against the possible recurrence of any similar act I have thought it indispensable to call out a portion of the…”
On the recordJanuary 7, 1838
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