Reflection on Letter to Andrew Jackson
Introduction
From the speech, I strongly believe that natives should be entitled with privileges of deciding whether to move without external pressures. That is if the Louisiana region had been awarded to the natives by their ancestors, it posed as a communal area, and it was unfair to deprive them their territories. Again, the Cherokees were allied to Andrew Jackson and the ungratefulness of removing them from their ancestral land compromised their land ownership positions. It is devastating to what Jackson did to American natives. Many died on their way to Oklahoma reservation. I do not believe it was right to push the Indians, which are like killing them completely out of certain land.
Most of Indians had guns but did not use them as settlers did due to the introduction of arts of civilization with an aim and hope of retraining their lives. Jackson’s perspective of civilization was based upon indifferent and unjust ways and how government thrives on ending their savage habits. Andrew Jackson is the first president convincing whites and requesting them for protection dividing and unifying American national identity aspects varied upon periods changing throughout the history of the inherent part of the country. The Choctaws and Chickasaw tribes’ unanimity were determined and availed themselves of the congress liberal offers. They agreed upon Mississippi River removal. He further insisted that all Indians must leave their land to the white settlers.
From my understanding; Cherokees could not be classified as few savage hunters. During the attempt to uproot them from geographical positions they had inhabited, they opposed the move through legal arguments and other diplomatic interventions. These models were vital for communal interest’s protection and used knowledgeable individuals like Major Ross, to delegate their demands to higher authorities. During the periods of 1820s, the Cherokee people made a historical breakthrough after developing a written language, building a capital city and adopted a constitution. Therefore, the Cherokees cannot be classified as savage since they developed a strong survival plan and embraced able and literate leaders to delegate on their well-being.
Jackson perceived the Cherokee’s as few savage hunters since after the majority ignored the potentials of the signed treaty and chose to remain behind despite the cruelty of white natives. He felt that their determination and poverty continued to trigger sympathy, but the removal course remained halted. Enslaved African Americans would have been demotivated and provoked by Andrew Jackson’s speech. During that period, most enslaved individuals had a great desire to be freed and build a normal life like the Native Americans. The struggling groups were irritated by the discernment that they lived as savage, and such perceptions and misleading leaders like Jackson impaired revolutionary interventions. African Americans were severely affected by the removal of Indiana since they diminished inspiring thoughts that their freedom was inevitable. However, the stories of heroes like major Ridge and John Ross boosted their fighting spirits.
In conclusion, according to Jackson, progress would appear as a result of important speedy removal of Indians from the United States for its development. The progress Jackson anticipated would trigger economic advantages and look promising for the native’s well-being. After the removal, Louisiana would pose as a dense and occupied by civilized individuals eliminating the few savage hunters who had occupied the area. Therefore, the white settlers were to be separated from the Indians, freeing them from state oppression and offering a chance to pursue their dreams and happiness. As a result, the number of Indians would decrease, causing gradual development influences through the government’s support, stripping them of their savage behaviours to make an interesting, Christian-based and civilized community.