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the blessings of the gospel and of civil and religious liberty it is our duty to use our utmost exertions to civilize and place on an equal footing with ourselves the poor Indian the nature of their relations with the people of America gives them a strong claim on our charity we have taken possession of the country which they once occupied and to which as the aborigines they had an undisputable right and in most instances they have been dealt treacherously with receiving little or no pay for their ? lands yet there are some few bright exceptions as in the case of William Penn -- In our wars against us or with many of their tribes have become extinct and those that remain are miserable, degraded, outcasts if some judicious attempt were made by government to civilize them and bring them under the the protections and laws of the States it might save much expense and bloodshed and our happiness and security to.