> I informed the Indians inhabiting parts of Georgia and Alabama that their attempt to establish an independent government would not be countenanced by the executive of the United States, and advised them to emigrate beyond the Mississippi or submit to the laws of those States.
The election of 1828 signaled a power shift that had been taking place over several years, and the arrival of Jackson in Washington was evidence of the rise of the South and the West to political power they had not enjoyed before. Jackson had spent much of his life chasing, fighting, and subduing Indians in an effort to open lands and provide security for white settlers who wanted to exploit the wealth of the land. He would seek to complete this task as president by removing the Indian as an issue in American politics. This is precisely what the people of the South and the West expected:
A Jackson presidency, they believed, would unlock the doors of opportunity and create an environment conducive to material gain without limitation or cont
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