““Prejudice is the conjuror of imaginary wrongs, strangling truth, overpowering reason, making strong people weak, and weak people weaker. God gave us the large-hearted charity which "beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things," which "thinketh no evil!"” - John Ross
Chief John Ross, an appointed Cherokee negotiator and the United States of America’s seventh President, Andrew Jackson are clashing. This disagreement all over one document; “The Indian Removal Act”. The act was published on May 28,1830 and was made for -as the name implies the removal of Indians. This document cause was is now referred to today “the Trail of Tears” and “the Westward Expansion”. Chief John Ross, was strongly opposed of it, and Andrew Jackson (the one who signed and offered up the act) wasn’t; this caused major problems for the once close allies.…show more content… The Cherokee nation were not looking to fight, and expressed their views in a peaceful and tame way; a newspaper. This newspaper which contained both articles in Cherokee and English was the first newspaper produced by a Native American tribe. The Cherokee knew that if they were ever to have a chance in winning they needed their political views broadcasted, which is exactly what happened, The newspaper eliminated one barrier the Cherokee had to face: White allies. Since the Cherokee weren’t aloud to vote, their newspaper also had to appeal to the whites and make it so they empathized for them and wanted to help, and it worked out for the most part. John Ross saw their victory, and decided to further their luck. He decided to sue the United States, and during that time they actually one. However nothing was
