Andrew Jackson: “It is in this as in other respects our duty to avoid all unnecessary expense, as well as every increase of patronage not…”

There is too much at stake to allow pride or passion to influence your decision.

At every hazard and by every sacrifice this Union must be preserved.

Local interests would still be found there, and unchastened ambition.

If we turn to our relations with foreign powers, we find our condition equally gratifying.