by Trail of Tears, Abolition
Niles Weekly Register: No. 16, Vol. IV. Baltimore, June 18, 1831. Printed by H. Niles. Niles' Weekly Register, was founded by Hezekiah Niles in 1811 and published till 1849 with the idealistic mission of publishing accounts of "The Past, The Present, For the Future." 24 pages, [265]-288. Measures approximately 6.5" x 9.5". In 1831, the Choctaw became the first Nation to be removed, and their removal served as the model for all future reallocations .Niles' reported the goings on of the Congress, Senate, and the White House with reports on speeches made, laws proposed and day to day activity. Niles' also reported on economics, technology, science, medicine, geography, archaeology, and stories of human interest. In this issue: "Trail of Tears" and Indian news, Jamaican Plantation of 190 slaves interrupted by abolitionists, plus interesting news and politics of the day. Complete, 24 pages in good condition some loose pages and light toning From a report on a convention of the national republicans of New York" includes the agreed-upon resolutions: "That when a treaty is ratified according to the requirements of the constitution, it is the supreme law of the land; that when a bill has passed both houses of congress, and received the approval of the president, it becomes a law, and the president is bound to execute the articles of such a treaty, nd provisions of such law, and his omission or refusal to do so on the ground of the invalidity of the treaty or unconstitutionality of the law, is an usurpation of the power of the judiciary, and is in the opinion of this convention, an offense for which the present deserves impeachment; and this offense has general Jackson committed in his refusing to execute the plain articles of treaties between the United States and the Cherokee Indians, and provisions of the law now in force, designed to protect the lands of the Cherokees from invasion by the United States. (Inventory #: 17686)