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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... doctrine , it is sufficient to reply here , that it has no application to the case of the Cherokees . They are at present neither savages nor hunters . It does not appear that they ever were mere wanderers , without a stationary ...
... doctrine , it is sufficient to reply here , that it has no application to the case of the Cherokees . They are at present neither savages nor hunters . It does not appear that they ever were mere wanderers , without a stationary ...
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... founded in justice , they ought to prevail ; if not , they should be set aside . Now whatever doctrines the government of the United States may have held and 2 9 of the territory in question, he should pursue the ...
... founded in justice , they ought to prevail ; if not , they should be set aside . Now whatever doctrines the government of the United States may have held and 2 9 of the territory in question, he should pursue the ...
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... doctrine to our advantage , and declaring , that all the Indian nations within the limits prescribed by the peace of 1783 , were subject to the laws of the United States , and that the lands , of which they were in possession , belonged ...
... doctrine to our advantage , and declaring , that all the Indian nations within the limits prescribed by the peace of 1783 , were subject to the laws of the United States , and that the lands , of which they were in possession , belonged ...
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... doctrine is , that the Indians were regarded as a sort of non - descript tenants at will , enjoying by permission some imperfect privilege of hunting on grounds which really belonged to the United States . But who ever heard of tenants ...
... doctrine is , that the Indians were regarded as a sort of non - descript tenants at will , enjoying by permission some imperfect privilege of hunting on grounds which really belonged to the United States . But who ever heard of tenants ...
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... " living , " as they express it , " within the limits of a sovereign and independent State . " Thus , according to the present doctrine , General Washington and his advisers made a solemn compact , which they called a 22.
... " living , " as they express it , " within the limits of a sovereign and independent State . " Thus , according to the present doctrine , General Washington and his advisers made a solemn compact , which they called a 22.
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Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 29 - If any citizen or inhabitant of the United States, or of either of the territorial districts of the United States...
Page 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.
Page 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.