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By Zachary Taylor
I shall look with confidence to the enlightened patriotism of that body to adopt such measures of conciliation as may harmonize conflicting interests and tend to perpetuate that Union which should be the paramount object of our hopes and affections.
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- Inaugural Address, March 5, 1849
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- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Taylor's inaugural address on March 5, 1849. 'That body' is Congress. He is asking for conciliation to keep the Union together.