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Andrew Jackson: “We insist that she shall pay us a sum of money which she has acknowledged to be due, and of the justice of this demand…”

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We insist that she shall pay us a sum of money which she has acknowledged to be due, and of the justice of this demand there can be but one opinion among mankind.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Jackson insists on the necessity of France paying a debt it has acknowledged, asserting a universal agreement on the justice of this demand.

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