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Where in any part of the globe can institutions be found so suited to their habits or so entitled to their love as their own free Constitution?
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Johnson praises the suitability of U.S. institutions to the habits and affections of its people.

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