Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . itsdischarge with conscientious respect for its responsi-bilities, and a deep anxiety firmly to establish thosefundamental principles which are embraced in thecomprehensive expression of the rights of constitution which was established, asserts amongits provisions two great and leading propositions,which he always defended as maxims, and followed asthe guides of his political fife—the inherent, indefeasi-ble, and uncontrollable sovereignty of the people, andthe injustice and enormity of perpetuities and mono-pohes—those insiduous and cruel instrumenta
Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . itsdischarge with conscientious respect for its responsi-bilities, and a deep anxiety firmly to establish thosefundamental principles which are embraced in thecomprehensive expression of the rights of constitution which was established, asserts amongits provisions two great and leading propositions,which he always defended as maxims, and followed asthe guides of his political fife—the inherent, indefeasi-ble, and uncontrollable sovereignty of the people, andthe injustice and enormity of perpetuities and mono-pohes—those insiduous and cruel instrumentalities bywhich the prosperity of the many has been subjugatedto the unjust advancement of the few—the bane ofpeace, and of all private, and therefore of all 90 LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL LIFE. In the formation of this constitution, Andrew Jack-son took a conspicuous part; and the principles whichhe avowed on this occasion furnish the foundation onwhich were based the leading features of his
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