The safety of the public funds and the interest of the people generally required that these operations should be checked; and it became the duty of every branch of the General and State Governments to adopt all legitimate and proper means to produce that salutary effect.
Jackson emphasizes the need for government action to protect public funds from speculative practices.
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The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.
If we turn to our relations with foreign powers, we find our condition equally gratifying.
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