Resolutions Concerning the Improvement of Indian Tribes

              From: Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina ( re. Indian Tribes) ( 1849)
INDIAN TRIBES
______________________
RESOLUTIONS
OF THE
LEGISLATURE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
RELATIVE
To the provision of a permanent home for the Iindian tribes.
FEBRUARY 8, 1819.
Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
RESOLUTIONS concerning the improvemement of the Indian tribes
Whereas the condition of the various Indian tribes upon the western frontiers of the
United States appeals to the humanity and justice of the general government to devise
some plan, by which a permanent home may be secured to them; by which their existence
as a people may be secured and perpetuated; by which their moral, intellectual, and social
condition may be improved, and the blessings of civilization and civil liberty at length be
secured to them.
1. Be it therefore resolved, &. c That we recommend this subject to the serious
consideration of the Congress of the United States, that, in the exercise of their wisdom,
they may mature a plan by which the Indian tribes inhabiting our western territory may be
placed more directly under the paternal care of the general government, by which a
specific region of country may be set apart for their permanent abode, secured to them
forever against further encroachment, and undisturbed by the great current of western
emigration; by which their moral, intellectual and social condition may be improved and
elevated; by which the blessings of education, civilization and Christianity may be
imparted to them; by which they may all be brought together and united in one grand
confederation, and thus prepared for the enjoyment of civil and religious liberty, and if
found practicable, they may be ultimately admitted into our federal Union.
2. Resolved, That his excellency the governor of the State, be requested to transmit a
copy of these resolutions to each one of our senators and representatives in the Congress
of the United States, that the same may be laid before their respective houses.