Andrew Jackson: “In further compliance with so much of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st instant as calls for an…”

In your hands is rightfully placed the sovereignty of the country.

The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.

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.