Andrew Jackson said...

The acknowledgment of a new state as independent and entitled to a place in the family of nations is at all times an act...

I can not approve the mustering or reception into the service of the excess further than it may have been done to secure...

But there are circumstances in the relations of the two countries which require us to act on this occasion with even mor...

I transmit herewith to the Senate, for their advice and consent as to its ratification, a treaty concluded with the Otta...