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Andrew Jackson: “But the bank is believed to be now striving to obtain for itself the government of the country, and is seeking by new…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1834
But the bank is believed to be now striving to obtain for itself the government of the country, and is seeking by new and strained constructions to wrest from the hands of the constituted authorities the salutary control reserved by the charter.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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