From speech by Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen of NJ:
True, Sir, many tribes have melted away—they have sunk lower and lower…
[However, the Cherokee] flourish under this culture…They have shown themselves to be highly [capable] of improvement, and the ferocious feelings and habits of the savage are soothed and reformed by the mild charities of religion…
For is it not clear as the sunbeam, Sir, that a removal will [increase] their woes…
[The Cherokee] have established a regular constitution of civil government, republican in its principles…The people acknowledge their authority, and feel their obligation. A printing press, conducted by one of the nation circulates weekly newspapers, printed partly in English, and partly in the Cherokee language. Schools flourish in many of their settlements. Christian temples, to the God of the Bible, are frequented by respectful, devout, and many sincere worshipers…
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