President. as I have said before. when we can no longer maintain the purpose. We have done it by force. by standing armies. by proclamations. by indictments in court. But the strength of the tide of emigration surging westward has increased day by day. and the United States sees plainly that those unoccupied lands must be appropriated to the white man. and it proceeds. as was its duty. under higher considerations than those of any mere money. to so appropriate them. What damage. therefore. to the Choctaws and Chickasaws upon misappropriation? I confess. sir. that at this point I have had some difficulty. the only difficulty I have had in the solution of this matter.
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