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Adams replied, "that we ought not to yield to Georgia, because we could not do so without gross injustice; and that, as to her being driven to support General Jackson, he felt little care about that.
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Quincy recounts Adams' firm stance against yielding to Georgia's demands regarding the Creek Indians.
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