Message From The President Of The United States, To The Two Houses Of Congress, At The Commencement Of The Second Session Of The Twenty-Sixth Congress Van Buren, Martin Americana

16 pp. 8vo. 2nd Session. Senate. Doc. no. 1. Covers the Seminole War in Florida and the removal of the native Americans. "The policy of the United States in regard to the Indians, of which a succinct account is given in my message of 1838, and of the wisdom and expediency of which I am fully satisfied, has been continued in active operation throughout the whole period of my administration. Since the spring of 1837, more than forty thousand Indians have been removed to their new homes west of the Mississippi; and I am happy to add, that all accounts concur in representing the result of this measure as eminently beneficial to that people. The emigration of the Seminoles alone has been attended with serious difficulty, and occasioned bloodshed; hostilities having been commenced by the Indians in Florida, under the apprehension that they would be compelled, by force, to comply with their treaty stipulations.These hopes have proved fallacious, and hostilities have been renewed throughout the whole of the Territory. That this contest has endured so long, is to be attributed to causes beyond the control of the Government. Experienced generals have had the command of the troops; officers and soldiers have alike distinguished themselves for their activity, patience, and enduring courage the army has been constantly furnished with supplies of every description and we must look for the causes which have so long procrastinated the issue of the contest,in the vast extent of the theatre of hostilities, the almost insurmountable obstacles presented by the nature of the country, the climate, and the wily character of the savages." Removed from a larger volume else very good copy with a small remnant of a seal on title.