The injury of such a warfare must fall, though unequally, upon our own citizens, and could not but impair the means of the Government and weaken that united sentiment in support of the rights and honor of the nation which must now pervade every bosom.
Jackson emphasizes the negative impact of trade warfare on American citizens and the government's ability to maintain national unity.
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It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.
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