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It is my painful duty to state that in one quarter of the United States opposition to the revenue laws has arisen to a height which threatens to thwart their execution, if not to endanger the integrity of the Union.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Jackson warns of rising opposition to revenue laws that threatens the Union's integrity.

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