 | Arthur L. Kopit - 2015 - 82 Seiten
...occupants of the land They had to be vanquished by us! It was, in fact, our moral obligation*. For the earth was given to mankind to support the greatest...have a right to withhold from the wants of others! For example — SITTING BULL. (Very softly.) I am Sitting Bull — (Almost inaudible.) and I am —... | |
 | Edward Lazarus - 1999 - 532 Seiten
...sections 12, 19, and 28 of the 1889 act. "The earth was given to mankind to support the greatest numbers of which it is capable, and no tribe or people have...than is necessary for their own support and comfort," James Monroe had admonished Congress in 1817. In a century, nothing had changed. As the guardian of... | |
 | Jeffrey F. Meyer - 2001 - 382 Seiten
...population; and, of right, it ought to yield, for the earth was given to mankind to support the greater number of which it is capable; and no tribe or people...wants of others, more than is necessary for their support and comfort."25 Ironically, even tribes that did develop a prosperous agricultural economy,... | |
 | John Curtis Samples - 2002 - 260 Seiten
...dense and compact form and greater force of civilized population; and of right it ought to yield, for the earth was given to mankind to support the greatest...is capable, and no tribe or people have a right to withold from the wants of others more than is necessary for their own support and comfort."11 Madison... | |
 | Stuart Banner - 2005 - 366 Seiten
...dense and compact form and greater force of civilized population, and of right it ought to yield, for the earth was given to mankind to support the greatest...others more than is necessary for their own support and comfort."11 The motives behind such statements varied. John Sevier was democratically accountable to... | |
 | John A. Andrew, III - 2007 - 450 Seiten
...President Monroe's annual message in December 1817 further heightened expectations. Monroe argued that "the earth was given to mankind to support the greatest...than is necessary for their own support and comfort." In addition, the War Department agreed to remove interpreters who opposed tribal cessions, and in 1818... | |
 | Jacob Lassner, Selwyn Ilan Troen - 2007 - 416 Seiten
...notion became a staple of American thought. Typically, President James Monroe would write in 1822: "The earth was given to mankind to support the greatest number of which it is capable, and not tribe or people have a right to withhold from the wants of others more than is necessary for their... | |
 | United States. President - 1858 - 802 Seiten
...dense and compact form and greater force of civilized population ; and of right it ought to yield, for the earth was given to mankind to support the greatest...support and comfort. It is gratifying to know that the reservation of land made by the treaties with the tribes on Lake Erie, were made with a view to individual... | |
 | 1818 - 482 Seiten
...form, and greater force of civilized population: and of right it pught to yield, for the earth w»s given to mankind to support the greatest number of...is capable, and no tribe or people have a right to with hold from ill* wants of oilier* more tlian is neces sary fur their own mip;>ort mid comfort. It... | |
 | 1818 - 642 Seiten
...; and rf right it ought to yield ; foi the earth was -irn to mankind to support the greatest camber of which it is capable, and no tribe or people have a right to withhold from the mats of others more than is necessary for dun own support and comfort. It is gra:ifr»5 10 know, that... | |
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The hunter state can exist only in the vast uncultivated desert. It yields to the more dense and compact form and greater force of civilized population ; and of right it ought to yield, for the earth was given to mankind to support the greatest number... 
