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The United States Have Fulfilled In Good Faith All Their Treaty Stipulations With The Indian Tribes, And Have In Every Other Instance Insisted Upon A Like Performance Of Their Obligations.

Is It Possible To Be Anything In This Country Without Being A Politician?

It Affords Me Sincere Pleasure To Be Able To Apprise You Of The Entire Removal Of The Cherokee Nation Of Indians To Their New Homes West Of The Mississippi.

There Is A Power In Public Opinion In This Country - And I Thank God For It: For It Is The Most Honest And Best Of All Powers - Which Will Not Tolerate An Incompetent Or Unworthy Man To Hold In His Weak Or Wicked Hands The Lives And Fortunes Of His Fellow-citizens.

If Laws Acting Upon Private Interests Can Not Always Be Avoided, They Should Be Confined Within The Narrowest Limits, And Left Wherever Possible To The Legislatures Of The States.