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The importance of the principles involved in the inquiry whether it will be proper to recharter the Bank of the United States requires that I should again call the attention of Congress to the subject.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Jackson stresses the significance of discussing the rechartering of the Bank of the United States.

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