But it seems to me visionary to suppose that in this state of things claims can be allowed on tracts of country on which they have neither dwelt nor made improvements, merely because they have seen them from the mountain or passed them in the chase.
Jackson argues against recognizing land claims by those who have not settled or improved the land, viewing it as unrealistic.
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It is from within, among yourselves--from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power--that factions will be formed and liberty endangered.
The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.
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