Andrew Jackson: “Gentlemen of the Senate: I lay before you, for your consideration and advice, a treaty of amity and commerce between the…”

The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.

The paper money system of this country may be used as an engine to undermine your free institutions.

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

The foundations must be laid in the affections of the people.