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Step By Step A Powerful And Enterprising Race Has Driven Them Back From The Atlantic To The West Until At Last There Is Scarcely A Spot Of Ground Upon Which The Indians Have Any Certainty Of Maintaining A Permanent Abode.

If The Graves Of The Thousands Of Victims Who Have Fallen In The Terrible Wars Of The Two Races Had Been Placed In Line The Philanthropist Might Travel From The Atlantic To The Pacific, And From The Lakes To The Gulf, And Be Constantly In Sight Of Green Mounds.

These Are Hallowed Moments, When Every American Has Reason To Express His Gratitude To Almighty God That It Has Been Our Good Fortune To Witness The Light Of This Auspicious Morn.

The Intrusions Of The White Race And The Non- Compliance With Treaty Obligations Have Been Followed By Atrocities That Could Alone Satisfy A Savage And Revengeful Spirit.

For A Time During The Early Settlement Of This Country Peace And Goodwill Prevailed, Only To Be Followed Later By Violent And Relentless Warfare.