Teddy Roosevelt: “As for laws and proclamations to restrain the white advance, he asked…”

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As for laws and proclamations to restrain the white advance, he asked if all the settlements in America had not been extended in defiance of such.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt critiques the effectiveness of laws aimed at restraining westward expansion, emphasizing the defiance of settlers.

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