Jackson’s veto of the incorporation of the Second Bank of the United States, 1832.

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A bank of the United States is in many respects convenient for the Government and useful to the people. Entertaining this opinion, and deeply impressed with the belief that some of the powers and privileges possessed by the existing bank are unauthorized by the Constitution, subversive of the rights of the States, and dangerous to the liberties of the people, I felt it my duty at an early period of my Administration to call the attention of Congress to the practicability of organizing an institution combining all its advantages and obviating these objections. I sincerely regret that in the act before me I can perceive none of those modifications of the bank charter which are necessary, in my opinion, to make it compatible with justice, with sound policy, or with the Constitution of our country.

Citation Information
“‘An Act to Modify and Continue the Act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States,’ returned by President Andrew Jackson with his objections,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/4e52a27ab3181dc6aab4c42597fd8f1f.
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