It may be most devoutly hoped that the good sense of the American people will ever be ready to repel all such attempts should they ever be made.
John Tyler: “It may be most devoutly hoped that the good sense of the American people will ever be ready to repel all such attempts…”
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Tyler expresses hope that the American people will resist any attempts to disrupt their unity.
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