Farewell Address, Andrew Jackson
Farewell Address, Andrew Jackson
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Farewell Address

Author: Andrew Jackson

Narrator: Adriel Brandt

Unabridged: 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/13/2018


Synopsis

President Andrew Jackson bid farewell to the nation at the inauguration of Martin Van Buren, his friend and former vice president. Jackson talked of the nation’s successes in the past several years and warned against sectionalism that threatened the nation’s unity. “At every hazard and by every sacrifice, this Union must be preserved,” he urged his listeners; “What have you to gain by division and dissension?” His speech was so great that it led Senator Thomas Hart to remark, “for once, a rising has been eclipsed by the setting sun.”  

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex on March 02, 2024

This was a very good presidential speech. I think President Jackson identified the pitfalls ahead... and we fell into just about each and every one of them. Not his fault... at least not for most of them, but still, we managed to do so. I found it laughable that he gave a lot of advice on banking af......more