2009-04
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Imprint "Speech of John Quincy Adams, on the Joint Resolution for Distributing Rations to the Distressed Fugitives from Indian Hostilities in the States of Alabama and Georgia." 8p. quarto, Washington, 1836, VG. This imprint is a transcript of a May 25, 1836 speech given by John Quincy Adams, former U.S. President (1825-1829), while serving as a U.S. Representative from the state of Massachusetts (1831-1848). Adams speaks on joint resolutions before the House of Representatives to appropriate funds for the relief of citizens of the states of Georgia and Alabama who were displaced by various Indian "hostilities" (specifically among the Creek and Seminole Indians). Adams first discusses the constitutional powers of war and peace and how these powers are related to House appropriations. He then discusses, among other things, the recent capture of Santa Ana in Mexico and issues surrounding the Texas territory and how these events relate to the recent forced removal of the southeastern Indians. "The war now raging in Texas is a Mexican civil war, and a war for the re-establishment of slavery where it was abolished. It is not a servile war, but a war between slavery and emancipation, and every possible effort has been made to drive us into the war, on the side of slavery..." Adams goes on to assert that although he intends to vote for the bill, he firmly believes that Georgia and Alabama are responsible for creating the violent situation through their cruel and dishonest treatment of the Indians throughout the Southeastern region.
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