Andrew Jackson said "Their present condition, contrasted with what they once were, makes a most powerful appeal to our sympathies." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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Their present condition, contrasted with what they once were, makes a most powerful appeal to our sympathies.

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Democratic · Tennessee

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Jackson reflects on the tragic decline of Native American tribes and appeals to the sympathies of his audience.

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