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Andrew Jackson: “If the General Government is not permitted to tolerate the erection of a confederate State within the territory of one…”

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If the General Government is not permitted to tolerate the erection of a confederate State within the territory of one of the members of this Union against her consent, much less could it allow a foreign and independent government to establish itself there.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

He asserts that the federal government cannot allow the establishment of a foreign government within U.S. territory.

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