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It will be my endeavor to encourage those sentiments of amity and that liberal commerce which belong to the relations in which all the independent States of this continent stand toward each other.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Jackson expresses his commitment to fostering friendly relations and trade among independent states in the Americas.

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