Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the Americian Indians; first publ. in the National intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn1829 |
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... 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 that a majority of read- ers would regard its introduction as a matter of course , or as a ...
... 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 that a majority of read- ers would regard its introduction as a matter of course , or as a ...
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... authorities of any or all of the States situated in the neighborhood of the Cherokees . Against such an attempt , the Indians would have been protected by the faith of the Confederated Republic . This remark is made simply for the sake ...
... authorities of any or all of the States situated in the neighborhood of the Cherokees . Against such an attempt , the Indians would have been protected by the faith of the Confederated Republic . This remark is made simply for the sake ...
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... authority ; and they were bound by this treaty to do , what by the laws of nations they would not have been bound to do , that is , to deliver up criminals for punishment . Neither the United States , nor any particular State , had any ...
... authority ; and they were bound by this treaty to do , what by the laws of nations they would not have been bound to do , that is , to deliver up criminals for punishment . Neither the United States , nor any particular State , had any ...
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... authority of the United States . Again this treaty was negotiated by George Walton , a citizen of Georgia , in whom that State reposed great confidence , and by Thomas Butler , commanding the troops of the United States , in the State ...
... authority of the United States . Again this treaty was negotiated by George Walton , a citizen of Georgia , in whom that State reposed great confidence , and by Thomas Butler , commanding the troops of the United States , in the State ...
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... they refuse to be bound by the plainest and most solemn engagements , deliberately formed , ratified , acted upon , confirmed , ratified again and again by the highest authority of our re- public ? How can it for a moment be apprehended 34.
... they refuse to be bound by the plainest and most solemn engagements , deliberately formed , ratified , acted upon , confirmed , ratified again and again by the highest authority of our re- public ? How can it for a moment be apprehended 34.
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
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 82 - In the establishment of these relations the rights of the original inhabitants were, in no instance, entirely disregarded, but were necessarily, to a considerable extent, impaired. They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion...
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 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 28 - ... the United States will from time to time furnish gratuitously the said nation with useful implements of husbandry, and further to assist the said nation in so desirable a pursuit, and at the same time to establish a certain mode of communication, the United States will send such, and so many persons to reside in said nation as they may judge proper, not exceeding four in number, who shall qualify themselves to act as interpreters. These persons shall have lands assigned by the Cherokees for cultivation...
Seite 51 - The majority of the court is of opinion that the nature of the Indian title, which is certainly to be respected by all courts until it be legitimately extinguished, is not such as to be absolutely repugnant to a seisin in fee on the part of the state.
Seite 29 - If any citizen or inhabitant of the United States, or of either of the territorial districts of the United States...
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 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.