But the people of those States and of every State, actuated by feelings of justice and a regard for our national honor, submit to you the interesting question whether something can not be done, consistently with the rights of the States, to preserve this much-injured race.
Jackson poses a question about the possibility of preserving Native American rights while respecting state sovereignty.
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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.
There is too much at stake to allow pride or passion to influence your decision.
The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.
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