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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... tion . Their consent to the arrangement will not be necessary . The revolution of the earth in its orbit is not more certain . It may be truly said , that the character which a nation sustains , in its intercourse with the great ...
... tion . Their consent to the arrangement will not be necessary . The revolution of the earth in its orbit is not more certain . It may be truly said , that the character which a nation sustains , in its intercourse with the great ...
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... tion on this subject , inconsistent with the plainest principles of moral honesty . At least , I am not aware of any proof , by which such a charge could be sustained . Nor do I , in these preliminary remarks , attempt to characterize ...
... tion on this subject , inconsistent with the plainest principles of moral honesty . At least , I am not aware of any proof , by which such a charge could be sustained . Nor do I , in these preliminary remarks , attempt to characterize ...
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... tion , and easily answered . The Cherokees are human beings , endowed by their Creator with the same natural rights as other men . They are in peaceable posses- sion of a territory which they have always regarded as their own . This ...
... tion , and easily answered . The Cherokees are human beings , endowed by their Creator with the same natural rights as other men . They are in peaceable posses- sion of a territory which they have always regarded as their own . This ...
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... tion they would answer , " God gave this land to our ancestors . Our nation has always been in possession of it , so far as history and tradi- tion go back . The nations of Europe are comparatively of recent origin ; the commencement of ...
... tion they would answer , " God gave this land to our ancestors . Our nation has always been in possession of it , so far as history and tradi- tion go back . The nations of Europe are comparatively of recent origin ; the commencement of ...
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... tion , from the date of the declaration of independence to the present day , applying the same doctrine to our advantage , and declaring , that all the Indian nations within the limits prescribed by the peace of 1783 , were subject to ...
... tion , from the date of the declaration of independence to the present day , applying the same doctrine to our advantage , and declaring , that all the Indian nations within the limits prescribed by the peace of 1783 , were subject to ...
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acknowledged admitted agree 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 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 peace and friendship 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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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 29 - If any citizen or inhabitant of the United States, or of either of the territorial districts of the United States...
Página 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.
Página 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.