Essays on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American IndiansPerkins & Marvin, 1829 - 112 Seiten |
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... taken place , or whether it has taken place at all , these persons admit themselves to be ignorant . Others pretend , that Indians have no other right to their lands , than that of a tenant at will ; that is , the right of remaining ...
... taken place , or whether it has taken place at all , these persons admit themselves to be ignorant . Others pretend , that Indians have no other right to their lands , than that of a tenant at will ; that is , the right of remaining ...
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... taken respecting them . ( The character of our government , and of our country , may be deeply involved . Most certainly an indelible stigma will be fixed upon us , if , in the plenitude of our power , and in the pride of our superior ...
... taken respecting them . ( The character of our government , and of our country , may be deeply involved . Most certainly an indelible stigma will be fixed upon us , if , in the plenitude of our power , and in the pride of our superior ...
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... taken , there should be the most thorough deliberation , on the part of all our constituted authorities , lest we act in such a manner as to expose ourselves to the judgments of Heaven . I would have omitted this topic , if I thought ...
... taken , there should be the most thorough deliberation , on the part of all our constituted authorities , lest we act in such a manner as to expose ourselves to the judgments of Heaven . I would have omitted this topic , if I thought ...
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... taken by the Secretary of War ; and , though not all of them expressed in his own language , they are in strict accordance with the tenor of his letter . In my next number , I shall proceed to inquire , What right have the Cherokees to ...
... taken by the Secretary of War ; and , though not all of them expressed in his own language , they are in strict accordance with the tenor of his letter . In my next number , I shall proceed to inquire , What right have the Cherokees to ...
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... taken by force , there will be no motive for retaining these .. of To every application made for their lands within the last ten years , the Cherokees have said , " We are not disposed to sell any more . We have betaken ourselves to an ...
... taken by force , there will be no motive for retaining these .. of To every application made for their lands within the last ten years , the Cherokees have said , " We are not disposed to sell any more . We have betaken ourselves to an ...
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Seite 101 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Seite 102 - That the United States shall, at their own expense, extinguish, for the use of Georgia, as early as the same can be peaceably obtained, on reasonable terms...
Seite 59 - And we do further declare it to be our royal will and pleasure, for the present as aforesaid, to reserve under our sovereignty, protection and dominion, for the use of the said Indians...
Seite 44 - When this party shall have found a tract of country suiting the emigrants, and not claimed by other Indians, we will arrange with them and you the exchange of that for a just portion of the country they leave, and to a part of which, proportioned to their numbers, they have a right.
Seite 12 - The ninth article is in these words: "for the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for the prevention of injuries or oppressions on the part of the citizens or Indians, the United States, in congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the trade with the Indians, and managing all their affairs, as they think proper.
Seite 18 - Whereas the people of the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio...
Seite 94 - We ought not, therefore, to separate the science of public law from that of ethics, nor encourage the dangerous suggestion that governments are not so strictly bound by the obligations of truth, justice, and humanity, in relation to other powers, as they are in the management of their own local concerns.
Seite 83 - It has never been contended, that the Indian title amounted to nothing. Their right of possession has never been questioned. The claim of government extends to the complete ultimate title, charged with this right of possession, and to the exclusive power of acquiring that right.
Seite 60 - Within the limits of the united States, as defined by the treaty of 1783...
Seite 101 - ... her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.