It being thus established by unquestionable proof that the Bank of the United States was converted into a permanent electioneering engine, it appeared to me that the path of duty which the executive department of the Government ought to pursue was not doubtful.
Jackson asserts that the Bank of the United States was misused for political purposes, indicating a need for action.
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The paper money system of this country may be used as an engine to undermine your free institutions.
It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.
It is from within, among yourselves--from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power--that factions will be formed and liberty endangered.
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