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    Evidence to Support Jackson was just trying to help the Indians within his legal power. "It will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites" "it will render the adjacent states strong enough to repel future invasions without remote aid"

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    Evidence to Support Jackson was just trying to help the Indians within his legal power. "It will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites" "it will render the adjacent states strong enough to repel future invasions without remote aid"

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    Impeachment of Andrew Jackson

    Debate Form

    Point

    EvidencetoSupport

    Jacksonwasjusttryingtohelpthe
    Indianswithinhislegalpower

    ItwillrelievethewholeStateofMississippiand
    thewesternpartofAlabamaofIndianoccupancy,
    andenablethoseStatestoadvancerapidlyin
    population,wealth,andpower.Itwillseparate
    theIndiansfromimmediatecontactwith
    settlementsofwhitesfreethemfromthepower
    oftheStatesenablethemtopursuehappinessin
    theirownwayandundertheirownrude
    institutionswillretardtheprogressofdecay,
    whichislesseningtheirnumbers,andperhaps
    causethemgradually,undertheprotectionofthe
    Governmentandthroughtheinfluenceofgood
    counsels,tocastofftheirsavagehabitsand
    becomeaninteresting,civilized,andChristian
    community.
    TranscriptofPresidentAndrewJackson's
    MessagetoCongress'OnIndianRemoval'(1830)

    VanBurenputitintoactionwhile
    Jacksonsuggestedit

    FederalpolicyunderJacksonhadsought,through
    theIndianRemovalActof1830,tomoveall
    IndianpeoplestolandswestoftheMississippi
    River.Continuingthispolicy,VanBuren
    supportedfurtherremovalsafterhiselectionin

    1836.Thefederalgovernmentsupervisedthe
    removaloftheCherokeepeoplein1838,aforced
    staggerwesttotheMississippiinwhichafull
    quarteroftheCherokeenationdied.
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    ActionbasedonwhatJackson
    believedwasfortheirownsafetyas
    conflictswould'vearoseas
    AmericansmovedWestward

    Itputsanendtoallpossibledangerofcollision
    betweentheauthoritiesoftheGeneralandState
    GovernmentsonaccountoftheIndians.
    TranscriptofPresidentAndrewJackson's
    MessagetoCongress'OnIndianRemoval'(1830)

    Jacksonsplanwasjustified.

    WhiteswouldhavekilledtheIndiansanyways
    andmorewarsprobablywouldvebeenfought
    whichwouldhavedestroyedthenations
    economy.

    itwillincalculablystrengthenthe
    southwesternfrontierandrendertheadjacent
    statesstrongenoughtorepelfutureinvasions
    withoutremoteaid
    (AndrewJacksonssecond
    annualmessagetocongress)

    Nottechnicallyillegal

    Whileitwasimmoral,everythinghedidhe
    thoughtwasbestforthecountryandwaswithin
    hislegaljurisdiction

    Themovementultimatelybenefitted
    Americanseconomicallyand
    increasedaccesstorawmaterials

    First,anexpandedsystemofcreditwas
    necessarytohelpentrepreneurssecurethecapital
    neededforlargescaleandriskynewventures.
    Second,animprovedtransportationsystemwas
    crucialfor
    RAWMATERIALS
    toreachthe
    factoriesandmanufacturedgoodstoreach
    consumers.Stategovernmentsplayedakeyrole
    encouragingbothnewbankinginstitutionsanda
    vastlyincreasedtransportationnetwork.
    http://www.ushistory.org/us/22a.asp

    Jacksonofferedtopayforthe
    expenseoftheirnewhome

    Rightlyconsidered,thepolicyoftheGeneral
    Governmenttowardtheredmanisnotonly
    liberal,butgenerous.Heisunwillingtosubmitto
    thelawsoftheStatesandminglewiththeir
    population.Tosavehimfromthisalternative,or
    perhapsutterannihilation,theGeneral
    Governmentkindlyoffershimanewhome,and

    proposestopaythewholeexpenseofhisremoval
    andsettlement.
    TranscriptofPresidentAndrewJackson's
    MessagetoCongress'OnIndianRemoval'(1830)
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