Andrew Jackson actually said...

"The expenses of the agency have been defrayed out of the contingent fund for foreign intercourse."

"I appointed Mr. Edmund Roberts a special agent of this Government for the purpose of visiting those seas and concluding such commercial conventions as might have the effect of securing additional adva..."

"The reports and papers in relation to these removals are herewith transmitted to the Senate"

"This convention has been ratified by me, agreeably to the Constitution, and will be immediately transmitted to Madrid, where it will doubtless be ratified by Her Majesty."