Andrew Jackson: “History offers too many lessons of the fatal result of such a measure…”

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History offers too many lessons of the fatal result of such a measure not to warn us against its adoption here.

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Democratic · Tennessee

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Jackson warns of the historical dangers of adopting a large standing army, advocating for caution.

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Andrew Jackson: “History offers too many lessons of the fatal result of such a measure not to warn us against its adoption here.”