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On the recordApril 14, 1834
Without notice, unheard and untried, I thus find myself charged on the records of the Senate, and in a form hitherto unknown in our history, with the high crime of violating the laws and Constitution of my country.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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Message to the Senate Protesting Censure Resolution

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