If the principle involved in the obvious answer to these questions be abandoned, it will follow that the objects of this Government are reversed, and that it has become a part of its duty to aid in destroying the States which it was established to protect.
Jackson warns that abandoning certain principles would undermine the government's purpose of protecting states.
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The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.
There is too much at stake to allow pride or passion to influence your decision.
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