The national policy, founded alike in interest and in humanity, so long and so steadily pursued by this Government for the removal of the Indian tribes originally settled on this side of the Mississippi to the W of that river, may be said to have been consummated by the conclusion of the late treaty with the Cherokees.
Jackson reflects on the government's policy of relocating Indian tribes west of the Mississippi, marking its completion with a treaty with the Cherokees.
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no further delay in the acknowledgment, if not in the redress, of the injuries complained of
But amid this general prosperity and splendid success the dangers of which he warned us are becoming every day more evident.
The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.
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