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The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key and bolt the door at once.

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Andrew Jackson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1767
Born: March 15
Died: 1845
Died: June 8
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