Andrew Jackson: “I therefore nominate the said Hampton Westcott to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States from the 17th of May…”

The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.

It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.

Mutual suspicions and reproaches may in time create mutual hostility.

If we turn to our relations with foreign powers, we find our condition equally gratifying.