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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· Dec 5, 1830

It is not to be supposed that they will object to make such comparatively inconsiderable sacrifices for the preservation of rights and privileges which other less favored portions of the world have in vain waded through seas of blood to…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· Dec 5, 1830

I have felt it my duty to recommend the adoption of some plan for the distribution of the surplus funds, which may at any time remain in the Treasury after the national debt shall have been paid, among the States, in proportion to the…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· Oct 4, 1830

Now, therefore, I, Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim that such evidence has been received by me, and that by the operation of the act of Congress passed on the 29th day of May, 1830…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· Jun 11, 1830

Those who can be so lost to the obligations of a soldier as to abandon a country which morally they are bound to defend, and which solemnly they have sworn to serve, are unworthy, and should be confided in no more.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· Jun 11, 1830

A free and full pardon is extended to those who at the date of this order stand in the character of deserters.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· Jun 4, 1830

In pursuance of law, I, Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that public sales will be held at the under-mentioned land offices, in the State of Louisiana, at the periods designated

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 30, 1830

I am unable to approve this bill, and would respectfully refer the Senate to my message to the House of Representatives on returning to that House the bill 'to authorize a subscription of stock in the Maysville, Washington, Paris and…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 28, 1830

It becomes my duty to call the attention of Congress to the fact that the estimates for that branch of the public service submitted to them at the commencement of the present session were made with reference to the pay, subsistence…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 28, 1830

Having approved and signed a resolution, originating in the House of Representatives, which provides 'that the pay, subsistence, emoluments, and allowances received by the officers of the Marine Corps previous to the 1st of April, 1829…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

I have maturely considered the bill proposing to authorize a subscription of stock in the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

There is every reason to believe, as the Senate will infer from the correspondence which accompanies this communication, that the proposed arrangement will prove entirely satisfactory to them.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

No less than twenty-three different laws have been passed, through all the forms of the Constitution, appropriating upward of $2,500,000 out of the National Treasury in support of that improvement, with the approbation of every President…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

After the extinction of the public debt it is not probable that any adjustment of the tariff upon principles satisfactory to the people of the Union will until a remote period, if ever, leave the Government without a considerable surplus…

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

The constitutional power of the Federal Government to construct or promote works of internal improvement presents itself in two points of view.

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Andrew Jackson
@andrewjackson· Democratic · TN· May 26, 1830

It is not my purpose to detain you by a minute recital of the acts which sustain this assertion, but it is proper that I should notice some of the most prominent in order that the reflections which they suggest to my mind may be better…

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