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invested them, they could not claim such jurisdiction;- they only claim to stand on equal ground; they ask for no concession, not for any admissions which wouldbe in the slightest degree humiliating. They have no wish to trample on their laws, nor to disregard their rights: as a proof that they entertain no such disposition, they have not availed themselves of the advantages of their superior numbers in their intercourse with them. When they refused to mingle community with them for free conversation on their affair, & requested that their wishes might be reduced to writing, they offered to meet them on equal ground; but their just and reasonable "[[not clear]]" were unconditionally rejected and their communication treated with contempt. They have no disposition, however, to stand upon punctilios. But | invested them, they could not claim such jurisdiction;- they only claim to stand on equal ground; they ask for no concession, not for any admissions which wouldbe in the slightest degree humiliating. They have no wish to trample on their laws, nor to disregard their rights: as a proof that they entertain no such disposition, they have not availed themselves of the advantages of their superior numbers in their intercourse with them. When they refused to mingle community with them for free conversation on their affair, & requested that their wishes might be reduced to writing, they offered to meet them on equal ground; but their just and reasonable "[[not clear]]" were unconditionally rejected and their communication treated with contempt. They have no disposition, however, to stand upon punctilios. But they ask what they are to understand by the propositions now made; which even, rigorous as they are, it appears are yielded with reluctance through the influence and at the instance of the General & the Agent. They ask if all the rights | ||
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1830 June 30. invested them, they could not claim such jurisdiction;- they only claim to stand on equal ground; they ask for no concession, not for any admissions which wouldbe in the slightest degree humiliating. They have no wish to trample on their laws, nor to disregard their rights: as a proof that they entertain no such disposition, they have not availed themselves of the advantages of their superior numbers in their intercourse with them. When they refused to mingle community with them for free conversation on their affair, & requested that their wishes might be reduced to writing, they offered to meet them on equal ground; but their just and reasonable "not clear" were unconditionally rejected and their communication treated with contempt. They have no disposition, however, to stand upon punctilios. But they ask what they are to understand by the propositions now made; which even, rigorous as they are, it appears are yielded with reluctance through the influence and at the instance of the General & the Agent. They ask if all the rights