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On the recordDecember 6, 1896
The condition of affairs among the Five Civilized Tribes...has assumed such an aspect as to render it almost indispensable that there should be an entire change in the relations of these Indians to the General Government.
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Fourth Annual Message (second term)

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