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Andrew Jackson: “Those who can be so lost to the obligations of a soldier as to abandon a country which morally they are bound to defend…”

On the recordJune 11, 1830
Those who can be so lost to the obligations of a soldier as to abandon a country which morally they are bound to defend, and which solemnly they have sworn to serve, are unworthy, and should be confided in no more.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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