I derive, too, no small degree of satisfaction from the reflection that if I have mistaken the interests and wishes of the people the Constitution affords the means of soon redressing the error by selecting for the place their favor has bestowed upon me a citizen whose opinions may accord with their own.
Jackson reflects on the accountability of elected officials to the people's interests and the Constitution.
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I communicate to Congress printed copies of the treaty of peace and commerce between the United States and the Empire of Morocco, concluded at Meccanez on the 16th day of September last, and duly ratified by the respective Governments.
It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.
I am constrained to retain the bill, without acting definitively thereon
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