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John Quincy Adams: “This state of things requires that a remedy should be provided--a remedy which, while it shall do justice to those…”

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This state of things requires that a remedy should be provided--a remedy which, while it shall do justice to those unfortunate children of nature, may secure to the members of our confederation their rights of sovereignty and of soil.
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John Quincy Adams
Democratic Republican · Massachusetts

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Adams calls for a remedy that balances justice for Native Americans with the rights of U.S. states.

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