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John Tyler: “I have thus, fellow-citizens, acquitted myself of my duty under the Constitution by laying before you as succinctly as I…”

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I have thus, fellow-citizens, acquitted myself of my duty under the Constitution by laying before you as succinctly as I have been able the state of the Union and by inviting your attention to measures of much importance to the country.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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Tyler asserts his constitutional duty by presenting the state of the Union and important measures to the public.

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