John Ross and the Cherokee IndiansGeorge Banta publishing Company, 1914 - 212 էջ |
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Էջ 134 - Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government, the preservation of liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools, and the means of education, shall forever be encouraged in this state.
Էջ 98 - I fought through the civil war and have seen men shot to pieces and slaughtered by thousands, but the Cherokee removal was the crudest work I ever knew.
Էջ 95 - Families at dinner were startled by the sudden gleam of bayonets in the doorway, and rose up to be driven with blows and oaths along the weary miles of trail that led to the stockade. "Men were seized in their fields or going along the road, women were taken from their wheels and children from their play.
Էջ 8 - The Cherokees in their dispositions and manners are grave and steady ; dignified and circumspect in their deportment ; rather slow and reserved in conversation, yet frank, cheerful, and humane ; tenacious of the liberties and natural rights of man ; secret, deliberate, and determined in their councils ; honest, just, and liberal, and ready always to sacrifice every pleasure and gratification, even their blood and life itself, to defend their territory and maintain their rights.
Էջ 31 - The express stipulation of the compact that their title should be extinguished at the expense of the United States when it may be done peaceably and on reasonable conditions is a full proof that it was the clear and distinct understanding of both parties to it that the Indians had a right to the territory, in the disposal of which they were to be regarded as free agents.
Էջ 7 - ... envelop the valleys like a mass of clouds. There the rocky cliffs, rising in naked grandeur, defy the lightning, and mock the loudest peals of the thunder-storm ; there the...
Էջ 52 - must be executed. I have no discretionary power on the subject, — my duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution. Those who told you that you might peacefully prevent their execution deceived you. . . . Their object is disunion, and disunion by armed force is treason.
Էջ 47 - Things are yet young and tender here; but we hope for a growth as above in the best things. The great name of the Most High be praised for his merciful visitations; so be it sayeth...
Էջ 129 - That the lands now occupied by the Cherokee Nation shall be secured to the whole Cherokee people for their common use and benefit; and a patent shall be issued for the same, including the eight hundred thousand acres purchased, together with the outlet west, promised by the United States, in conformity with the provisions relating thereto, contained in the...
Էջ 91 - Cherokee delegation in the winter of 1838 was laid on the table in the Senate by a vote of...