Andrew Jackson actually said...

"Now, therefore, I, Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim that such evidence has been received by me, and that by the operation of the act of Congres..."

"Those who can be so lost to the obligations of a soldier as to abandon a country which morally they are bound to defend, and which solemnly they have sworn to serve, are unworthy, and should be confid..."

"A free and full pardon is extended to those who at the date of this order stand in the character of deserters."

"It is published for the information of all concerned."