Andrew Jackson: “I am happy to inform you that the anticipations which were indulged at the date of my last communication on the subject…”

It is from within, among yourselves--from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power--that factions will be formed and liberty endangered.

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

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

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