Essays on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American IndiansPerkins & Marvin, 1829 - 112 Seiten |
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... United States and the Indians . I hope you will insert them . Permit me , as an inducement , to make the following ... United States are bound to secure to the Cherokees the integrity and inviolability of their territory , till they ...
... United States and the Indians . I hope you will insert them . Permit me , as an inducement , to make the following ... United States are bound to secure to the Cherokees the integrity and inviolability of their territory , till they ...
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... United States . The attention of many of our most intelligent citizens has been fixed upon the subject with great interest . Many others are beginning to inquire . Several public documents , which have recently appeared in the ...
... United States . The attention of many of our most intelligent citizens has been fixed upon the subject with great interest . Many others are beginning to inquire . Several public documents , which have recently appeared in the ...
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... United States owe it to themselves , and to mankind , to form a correct judg- ment in this matter . The questions have forced themselves upon us , as a nation : —What is to become of the Indians ? Have they any rights ? If they have ...
... United States owe it to themselves , and to mankind , to form a correct judg- ment in this matter . The questions have forced themselves upon us , as a nation : —What is to become of the Indians ? Have they any rights ? If they have ...
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... United States should feel power , and forget right ; " - if they should resemble a man , who , abounding in wealth of every kind , and assuming the office of lawgiver and judge , first declares himself to be the owner of his poor ...
... United States should feel power , and forget right ; " - if they should resemble a man , who , abounding in wealth of every kind , and assuming the office of lawgiver and judge , first declares himself to be the owner of his poor ...
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... United States are not altogether guiltless , in regard to their treatment of the aborigines of this conti- nent ; but they cannot as yet be charged with any systematic legisla tion on this subject , inconsistent with the plainest ...
... United States are not altogether guiltless , in regard to their treatment of the aborigines of this conti- nent ; but they cannot as yet be charged with any systematic legisla tion on this subject , inconsistent with the plainest ...
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Essays on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American Indians Jeremiah Evarts Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
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acknowledged admitted agree America binding bound boundary ceded cession character chartered limits Chero Cherokee chiefs Cherokee country Cherokee nation Chickasaws chiefs and warriors Choctaw citizens civilized claim colony commissioners Congress consent consideration Court Creek nation declared doctrine engagements executed extinguished faith Geor Georgia Governor granted guaranty hunting grounds independent Indian title individuals inhabitants jurisdiction justice king king of England lands law of nations legislature legislature of Georgia M'Intosh manner ment Mississippi nation of Indians negotiated neighbors never occupancy Oglethorpe parties peaceably possession preamble present President and Senate principles protection punishment ratified reasonable regard remain remove respect Secretary Secretary of War seisin settlements settlers six nations soil solemn South Carolina sovereignty stipulations Tennessee territory tion tract treaty of Holston treaty of Hopewell treaty of Tellico TREATY OF WASHINGTON treaty-making power tribes of Indians United Washington whites William Blount words
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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 107 - 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 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 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.
Seite 50 - States, shall be of any validity, in law or equity, unless the same be made by treaty or convention, entered into pursuant to the constitution : and it shall be a misdemeanor in any person, not employed under the authority of the United States...
Seite 101 - Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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 22 - The undersigned Chiefs and Warriors, for themselves and all parts of the Cherokee nation, do acknowledge themselves and the said Cherokee nation, to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other sovereign whosoever...