The Removal of the Indians: An Article from the American Monthly Magazine: an Examination of an Article in the North American Review: and an Exhibition of the Advancement of the Southern Tribes, in Civilization and Christianity ...Peirce and Williams, 1830 - 72 էջ |
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... civilized ; and his habits of weighing too often , and too exclusively , the good and the happiness which might accrue to the nation , if these stumbling blocks were out of the way , makes him write of them as if they were neither human ...
... civilized ; and his habits of weighing too often , and too exclusively , the good and the happiness which might accrue to the nation , if these stumbling blocks were out of the way , makes him write of them as if they were neither human ...
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... civilized population will not sweep them forever till they mingle in its depths . Better thus , than remain to be trampled as the serfs of Georgia - to have their faces ground by the pride and oppression of their slave hold- ing ...
... civilized population will not sweep them forever till they mingle in its depths . Better thus , than remain to be trampled as the serfs of Georgia - to have their faces ground by the pride and oppression of their slave hold- ing ...
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... civilized country . The duty , therefore , of providing a residence for them , where they could say to this ocean , heretofore as irresistible as the great deep itself , Thus far shalt thou come , but no farther , ' neither the ...
... civilized country . The duty , therefore , of providing a residence for them , where they could say to this ocean , heretofore as irresistible as the great deep itself , Thus far shalt thou come , but no farther , ' neither the ...
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... civilized society . " Experience has shown , that the Indians are steadily and rapidly diminish- ing . And causes of this diminution , which we have endeavored to investigate , are yet in constant and active operation . It has also been ...
... civilized society . " Experience has shown , that the Indians are steadily and rapidly diminish- ing . And causes of this diminution , which we have endeavored to investigate , are yet in constant and active operation . It has also been ...
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... civilized , the farther they are driven from the last glimmerings of a Christian settlement , and ( in reality ) the nearer they are reduced to " their original state . " We next quote his opinions on the causes of their decay . Gov ...
... civilized , the farther they are driven from the last glimmerings of a Christian settlement , and ( in reality ) the nearer they are reduced to " their original state . " We next quote his opinions on the causes of their decay . Gov ...
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Էջ 47 - That in all criminal prosecutions, the accused hath a right to be heard by himself and his counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, to meet the witnesses face to face, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and in prosecutions by indictment or information, a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the vicinage...
Էջ 17 - ... in his own? Could he look with affection and veneration to such a country as his parent? The sense of having one would die within him; he would blush for his patriotism, if he retained any, and justly, for it would be a vice. He would be a banished man in his native land. I see no exception to the respect that is paid among nations to the law of good faith.
Էջ 43 - State or person a right to treat with the Indians, without the consent of the General Government; that that consent has never been given to any treaty for the cession of the lands in question; that the government is determined to exert all its energy for the patronage and protection of the rights of the Indians, and the preservation of peace between the United States and them; and that if any settlements are made on lands not ceded by them, without the previous consent of the United States, the government...
Էջ 17 - It is observed by barbarians — a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may be bought for money, but when ratified, even Algiers is too wise, or too just, to disown and annul its obligation.
Էջ 17 - Refined policy ever has been the parent of confusion ; and ever will be so, as long as the world endures. Plain good intention, which is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last, is, let me say, of no mean force in the government of mankind. Genuine simplicity of heart is an healing and cementing principle.
Էջ 47 - ... and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state.
Էջ 47 - The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions from unreasonable searches and seizures, and no warrant to search any place or to seize any person or things shall issue without describing them as nearly as may be, nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation subscribed to by the affiant.
Էջ 47 - And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God, and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions...
Էջ 50 - Indian corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, oats, indigo, sweet and Irish potatoes. The natives carry on considerable trade with the adjoining States; and some of them export cotton in boats down the Tennessee, to the Mississippi, and down that river to New Orleans.
Էջ 47 - No person who denies the being of a God. or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this State.