Such a violation of the individual rights of the claimants would impose upon the Government the obligation of making further appropriations to indemnify them, and thus Congress would be obliged to enlarge a provision, liberal and equitable, which it had made for the satisfaction of all the demands of the Cherokees.
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I submit it to your mature consideration whether, in view of the important benefits arising from the treaty to the trade and commerce of the United States and to their agriculture, it would not comport with sound policy to adopt that…
The country itself, thus obtained, is of incalculable value in an agricultural and commercial point of view.
I feel it to be my duty to communicate, for your consideration, the rejected treaty.
The responsibility of deciding this question is now devolved upon you.
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