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Image 1 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: E93 E91 Copy 2- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 2 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians:- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 3 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians:- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 4 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: I- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 5 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: ESSAYS ON THE PRESENT CRISIS IN THE CONDITION OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, UNDER THE SIGNATURE OF WILLIAM PENN, Boston PUBLISHED BY PERKINS MARVIN. 1829.- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1829
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Image 6 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: Ml ADVERTISEMENT. In the letter, which contained the two first papers of the following series, addressed to the Editors of the National Intelligencer, an introductory statement was given, for the purpose of…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1829
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Image 7 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: PRESENT CRISIS IN THE CONDITION OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. No. I. Contents of this Number. Information needed Great interests at stake— The character of our country involved The world will judge in…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1829
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Image 8 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 4 there is any hardship in bringing the Indians under the laws of the States,*in the neighborhood of which they live or, as the phrase is, within the limits of which they…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1829
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Image 9 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 5 ain, will not be greatly influenced, in deciding a grave question of public morality, by the excitements of one of our elections, or the self- ish views of some little portions…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 10 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 6 sophistry can elude his scrutiny no array of plausible arguments, or of smooth but hollow professions, can bias his judgment and he has at his disposal most abundant means of executing…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 11 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 7 The Cherokees contend, that their nation has been in possession of their present territory from time immemorial that neither the king of Great Britain, nor the early settlers of Georgia, nor…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1829
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Image 12 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 8 say, God gave this country to our ancestors. We have never been in bondage to any- man. Though we have sold much land to our white neighbors, we have never bought…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1829
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Image 13 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 9 of the territory in question, he should pursue, the following delineation by the aid of a good map. It would seem that the Cherokees possessed land extending to the following limits,…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1829
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Image 14 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 10 the government of the United States may have held and promulgated on this subject, they cannot be binding upon the Indians, unless ac- knowledged by them to be binding, or unless…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 15 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 11 garded as a separate community from ours, having a national exist- ence, and possessing a territory, which they are to hold in full pos- session, till they voluntarily surrender it. I…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 16 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 12 literally and these will be distinguished by double inverted commas. Other parts will be abridged but where the principal words of any abridgment are taken from the treaties, such passages will…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 17 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 13 parties shall use their utmost endeavors to maintain the peace given as aforesaid, and friendship re-established. These articles were signed by the four commissioners of the United States, and by thirty-seven…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 18 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 14 or denied, the doubt, or denial, has never come to my knowledge. The treaty of Hopewell was negotiated by commissioners, all°of whom, if I mistake not, resided at the south and…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 19 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 15 giving peace, any such mysterious implication of superiority on the part of the whites, as should ultimately exonerate the superior from all obligation to keep faith with his inferior. Least of…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 20 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 16 the United States of America, and to the request made to them in his name, to permit the opening of the road Who is the superior here? Translate these passages faithfully,…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 21 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 17 right of regulating trade with the Cherokees. True but this was ex- pressly declared to be for the benefit of the Indians, and to save them from injustice and oppression. These…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 22 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 18 to have the right of declaring war upon their landlords 1 These ten- ants were also strangely allowed to possess the right of punishing, according to their pleasure, any of their…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 23 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 19 not only with great care, but with the concentrated wisdom of a cabi- net, which is universally admitted, I believe, to have been the ablest and the wisest, which our nation…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 24 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 20 It is a compact between independent communities, each party acting through the medium of its government. No instrument, which does not come within this definition, can be sent to the Senate…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 25 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 21 and the best definition of a nation is, that it is a community living under its own lawsT A nation may he a power of the first, second, third, or tenth…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 26 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 22 ington and Knox, Hamilton and Jefferson, compromitted the inte- rests of this country, by indiscreet and thoughtless stipulations, we must gain wisdom by experience, and appoint more faithful and more considerate…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 27 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 23 advisers made a solemn compact, which they called a treaty, with cer- tain Indians, whom they called the Cherokee nation. In this compact, the United States bound the Cherokees not to…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 28 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: No. VI. Treaty of Holston continued Articles of boundary and cession The nature of a cession Grant of a road Regulation of trade Article of guaranty Importance of this article Nature of…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 29 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 25 used but, it implies also, in the strongest manner, that the sovereign power of the Cherokees over their territory was unquestionable. The word cede is the most common and operative word,…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 30 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 26 pecially, to guaranty the integrity and inviolability of their territory. In a world full of outrage, fraud, and violence, it is a great advantage for a weak state to obtain the…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 31 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 27 The United States solemnly declare, iliat the ~Ckerokee Indians have no right nor title to any lands within the territory of the United States, as fixed by the treaty of 1783…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 32 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 28 canoe, would have been witnessed, before they could have been ex- pelled from their swamps and their mountains, their open woods and their impervious cane-brakes, and fairly dislodged from the wide…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 33 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 29 kee nation shall be bound to deliver him or them up, to be punished according to the laws of the United States. Thus it appears, that if a party of Cherokees…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 34 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 30 Cherokees. That they might be led to a greater degree of civili- zation appears to have been a favorite design of the American gov- ernment. With a view to this object,…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 35 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 31 Art. 1st declares, that the said treaty of Holston is, to all intents and purposes, in full force, and binding upon the said parties, as well in respect to the boundaries…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 36 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 32 United States to furnish provisions for a reasonable number of Cherokees, who shall assemble on these occasions. Art. 9. Horses stolen from Cherokees by whites to be paid for by the…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 37 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 33 It appears, moreover, in the preamble to this treaty of Tellico, that the misunderstandings had arisen, because white settlers had trans- gressed the Cherokee boundary, contrary to the intention of pre-…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 38 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 34 Fort Pitt, on the 17th of September, 1778. It contains the following very remarkable article Art. 6. Whereas the enemies of the United States have endeavored, hy every artifice in their…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 39 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 35 public 1 How can it for a moment be apprehended, that the co-ordinate branches of our Government our high, legislative, executive, and ju- dicial functionaries, will manifest so total a disregard…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 40 of Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians: 36 cautious not to compromit their territorial rights that they made the grant from motives of friendship, and a willingness to afford the desired accommodation. They guard, in a suitable manner, against…- Contributor: [Evarts, Jeremiah] - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1829