Andrew Jackson: “The operations of the Navy during the year and its present condition are fully exhibited in the annual report from the…”

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

It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.

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

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