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t 4 iat ^ the Quakers in their publications on the subj ect , claim the credit of the rational mode of civilization , which is now carrying on among the Indians in the United States of America , without any reference to its govern , inent ; " and that by thus
withholding ^ honour from those to whom honour is due , they have incurred the guilt of i 6 injustice and piracy in the moral world . " A superficial perusal of the . publications quoted in the foregoing note , might have sufficed to protect the people called Quakers from so heavy and groundless an imputation .
With respect to the supposed fact which J . B . understood from a Ci Committee of three Quakers " on a mission to the Miami and Delaware Indians , in 180 ^ , it is clear , if he is correct , that they must indeed have committed
themselves in the assertion , that the Quakers had had a legacy left them of the sum of 50007 . to be up-plied towards civilizing the Indians , ( whether by one of their
own community is not mentioned . ) Of the falsehood of this , the least inquiry in Philadelphia or Baltinidre would have enabled J . B . to jutl ^ e . I am confident that no
legacy or gift of sucit an amount , or any thing near it , was ever contributed by any individual to the purpose in question . The much larger sum expended in it was furnished in America by the bounty of individuals , and mostly
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Mr . Dillwyn on the Civilization of the tndians . 603
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in small sums . And about 70 GQ ?* sterling since committed to their disposal by the Society of the Friends in this nation , including some small donations from others who voluntarily requested to sub ^ nut them to the same appropriation , was raised in the same manner ; none of the contributions
exceeding one hundred guineas , and very few being of half that value . J . B . is also under a great -mistake , if he supposes that the first proceedings in this important undertaking were not much anterior to the year 1 SO 2 . Papers in my possession , were I now at home to refer to them , would furnish abundant facts
which yet more clearly refute J . B . ' s charges ; but I am { willing to hope , the perusal of the lew'I have offered , will satisfy him they Jiave been too hastily advanced . To appreciate strictly the merit which any body of men , civil or
religious , may exclusively assume for the late benevolent exertions in favour of the aboriginal inhabitants of the forests of America ,
would be a Task as invidious as useless . Much is certainly due to the government of ihe United States , whose humane system for ameliorating ihc condition of the
natives within their limits , and oi which the J ' riends in Ameiica , have publicly declared ^ their thankful sense , in a late Address to t ^ he President , reflects on il the highest honour , it nd as its '\ vise institutions have essentially facSH-
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cil of Indian * , in 1804 : " We believe , Brothers , * say the persons deputed , " that it is in the heart of your Father , the President of the United States , to assist his Red Children in the cultivation of the earth , and to render ' them serviqes which will be greatly for their benefit and welfare . We hope that your exertions . to change your present mode of living , will be so plain to him that he will see them . * i'his wiJl encourage him to continue to aid you in your endeavours . " * —Baltimore Acvoynt , p . 31 . . _ . .....
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1808, page 603, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2398/page/27/
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