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the objects in question ,. I hope they only are answerable for the ^ xces $ . Qn the grounds I have premise ed f and on no other that I can conceive , J . B . in his first letter
expressed his sorrow that our society f * dp not appear to give jbo « pour to whom honour is due , and therefore are guilty of injustice and piracy in jhe moral world , " £ pd in his reply to the few observations I offered in such an
accusation , I find him yet indisposed to acknowledge that ) it was advanced on a too superfic ^ l ^ fcrusal of the documents where ^ Pl sup-, pose it to have been founded . And however the judges to whom we now mutually appeal may
decide , this letter as far . as concerns jnyself , must close the ^ bjec ^ .. . Of the epithets ;{ hre {> J £ Cts toy I am sure I intended ( the application of neither to hi impersonally .
The term arrogant cotfld indeed Only apply to a | 5 retonsio © ^ avhich if proye 4 , I doubt not w ^ shall jreadily unite in reprobating ; and I did . not even suspecta difference in our sentiments of the
invidiousness of an attempt to appreciate | &e comparative merit , of those engage ^ in any benevolent under , faking , without a knowledge of the circumstances ajui sacrifices attendant on it .
| f I expressed royself jn ^ ny degree constructive of personal jjisrespect , \ wish to assure hi fit , jxothing was farther from my intention . I believe I am personally acquainted with the deputation he niet on tljeir way to -the
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Miainis in 18 G 2 v and that he may be equally confidentthat he , mis * understood then * , as to the aniount of any legacy left to the society for the purpose , stated .
As to the progress of Indian civilization in other parts of the United States , and . particularly in the extension of its benefits to the frontier of tht * Southern States *
I am sure our society both here and in America sincerely rejoice in the success of their national endeavours . And we should as gladly anticipate the extent
indicated bv some late intimations in the An > erican newspapers ^ that " the , Chejrokees ajpe anxiausr to form aa . additional state in the federal flnioix / ' Nor , I X \^ t have \ ye everj > een backward in ^
estowipg comjnendatipn on th& fprpiAr Ijatbourersin the . sameiiel f i . In thitt class ^ the n ^ pa es of Mat her Mey-. hewy Elliot , the Jirginefjds , ai > 4 of
xnai ^ y others various rel igious denominations as well as tfee ^ eryict ^ s jof the I ^ I o rayian br ^ th ^ e ^ ^ who , have alsQ ^ troxxg ^ y cyvncfld j benevolent at ^ pl ^ ment to /^ e aboriginal inhabitants of ~ my
native country , are yet graf # * fully i : ecoUfa < : red . And if J . IJ . lyiU favour the puiblic . wjih any } nt 9 lligci > cfe r of fa ^ thef vs ^ cri ffce ^ by iiyhomgoeyer ma ^ p , Pfl th » e
aJtar of humanity in their favour , sh $ Vll con $ idef it $$ ^ mply ^ ojn ,. pen ^ ating nie fp £ the little collision of opinipn whjch has introduced % correspondence of this kliUf * ; ,. ;• . s W ^ n . DILLWyN ,
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? 4 Mr » pittwifn * * further Remarks on the Ciyilizatiqn x of the Indians *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1809, page 74, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1733/page/18/
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