Ethics Research

During my ethics research I came across a relavent document in U.S. history. It was a message from Andrew Jackson to Congress concerning the Indian Removal Act. The general theme of the message was Jackson's approval of this Act. Throughout the letter Jackson makes mention of how this bill would benefit both sides of the issue, white settlers and American Indians. However, Jackson uses derogatory comments to describe the tribes people. These comments include such phrases as savage hunters, wandering savages, and the red man. The culture of these people is also referred to as savage habits. Jackson also seems to be perfectly at ease when making the statement, "the tribes which occupied the countries now constituting the Eastern States were annihilated or have melted away to make room for the whites."