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Measures were taken to subject this unrighteous sentence to the revision of the Federal courts; but in the mean time the missionaries were compelled to undergo the punishment of felons, which was submitted to with consistency and patience. Much imagination was manifested throughout the Country at this gross violation of personal right, super added to a complete disregard of the Federal compact and the faith of Treaties. The decision of the President, however, sustaining Georgia in the ground she had assumed ,she proceeded to carry her policy of expelling the Cherokees from their territory into effect, with as much deliberation, as if [she?] had been a party to the Federal Constitution, and as if they were a conquered enemy and not a faithful ally. The chief [unclear] compromising the legislative and executive council of the tribe, did not, however, shrink from the performance of the duties which belonged to their stations. Aware of the disparity of force, they carefully abstained from all violence, and appealed to the American tribunals, in defense of their rights. A bill was filed in behalf of the nation, on the equity side of the supreme courts of the United States, and process was