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Union Gazette vs. Andrew Jackson - Research Papers

Union Gazette vs. Andrew Jackson

Fellow citizens of the United States, our country is at a crossroads! Our choices, Freedom and rights of all men (the same ones we have fought and bled for!), or greed? The answer seems obvious doesn’t it? Well some people, who shall remain nameless (Jackson…. cough cough) don’t have the conscience nor brains to see this obvious. For the nation, for its beliefs, for its people, we must not follow through with this Act.
Our government is proposing to create a new law. Its name, “The Indian Removal Act”. They propose to move Native Americans across the country to the west of the Mississippi. This land, as many are aware of, is insufficient and holds no inducements. The land they hold now ...

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is such that should make you think twice about the approval of this act.
As Theodore Frelinghuysen said, “The confiding Indian [over many years] listened to our professions of friendship; we called him brother, and he believed us. Millions after millions he has yielded to our importunity, until we have acquired more than can be cultivated in centuries—and yet we crave more.......... our insatiated cupidity cries, Give! Give!”
Although I have my strong and immovable opinions on this topic, I will give some credit the act. The morale of Georgia is fairly low, because, well, they also have strong and immovable opinions. As James Monroe said in his speech to Congress in 1825, “For the removal of the tribes within the limits of the State of Georgia the motive has been peculiarly strong…. The removal of [these] tribes… would not only shield them from impending ruin, but promote their welfare and happiness…. [If this doesn’t happen] their degradation and extermination will be ...

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Added: 3/13/2011 05:17:18 PM
Submitted By: thorthundergod
Category: American History
Type: Premium Paper
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