Andrew Jackson: “Nothing could justify it but the public safety, which is the supreme law.”

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

At every hazard and by every sacrifice this Union must be preserved.

The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.

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