Andrew Jackson Pros And Cons

American fellows! While we are enjoying the air of patriotic pride and the fortune to be one of the most intelligent and thoughtful citizens of the United States, we must stay alert to the critical problems that block our way to establish a divine and peaceful nation. However, the condition and ulterior destiny of the Indian tribes are trembling because of the absolute control of our president Andrew Jackson, regarding his brutal, arbitrary forces and various unjust acts towards Native Americans. His policies resulted in the usurpation of land, attempts to destroy tribal culture, and the forcible removal of Native Americans from homes in Southeastern of our nation to a designated territory west of the Mississippi River. Therefore, in order to save our Native American friends …show more content…
Thousands of Indians died fighting for their belief in the tribal entity and divine cultures. The exodus of Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma, which resulted not only in the uprooting of their nation but the death of eight of every ten emigrants. It is as cruel as inhumane to compel the aborigines to abandon their ancestor’s graves and seek a new shelter from the other side of Mississippi. In the names of providing Indians a promoting union, permanent harmony and the arts of civilization under Jackson’s policies, he alternatively removes Indians to unwanted lands where marshlands and extreme environment severely affect their survival. To weaken the power of Indian chiefs, who seriously oppose the removal, Jackson proposed the annuities for tribal capital improvements and tribal education, however, are currently terminated. Moreover, the Cherokee receives only forty-four cents per cents, which are obviously insufficient to their survival. Is it worth it to deliberately cause all the slaughterous bloodshed in the Seminole War for “the nation’s interests” for lands? Are Indians lives negligible enough to