Special Message
05/20/1834
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Amid the duties constantly pressing on me, to give the subject that deliberate consideration which its importance demand...
I am constrained to retain the bill, without acting definitively thereon
The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.
The paper money system of this country may be used as an engine to undermine your free institutions.