Manifest Destiny Vs Westward Expansion

As a southern land speculator, I would argue for Manifest Destiny and westward expansion. If our country is to be a powerful nation we must use any means to become powerful. By acquiring more land moving westward we can open up more land for slavery and create more jobs in new villages as well as public work projects like railroads and canals. With so much opportunity out west, I can acquire land and sell it so those eager for that land. Dealing with the problem of Native Americans, President Jackson is correct in controlling the problem because hey are inhibiting us in achieving our Manifest Destiny, so they should be pushed aside from our progress. As we move west, however, we may civilize the Indians, such as the Creeks, to make it easier
A man who wants to have our people pushed aside from our land is one whom I disagree deeply with. I do not want these white Americans to move westward. By them achieving their Manifest Destiny, us Native Americans will soon have no land. We are not Jackson’s children, we do not need to be civilized by his people, and the removal of our people is not for our own good. Even incorporating us into their civilization is not enough, they want us out of the picture in order for them to achieve their expansion toward the West. Unfortunately, we are being forcibly removed through the Trail of Tears, where the grueling journey has left a significant portion of our people to perish under frigid weather, illness, and starvation. The people of the United States seem ruthless in what they want. They are land hungry, and they will take what they want. They have waged merciless war on Mexico to claim Texas as well as other lands from the Mexican people. Their generals they label a ‘hero” like Taylor, who, just like many Americans will murder to achieve their expansion. As these Americans continued to move westward, our fellow Shawnees, Kaskaskias, Peorias, and others had to cede land to the white settlers so they can settle in their new land of Kansas. A place we used for living, now used for civil disputes and fanatic killing by the Americans. The white settlers have been chasing their destiny by
The process in which we desire to obtain this destiny is against my beliefs and is not for the good of this country. I am a firm believer that we should not tamper with the Native American people and that they have a legal right to their homelands. Trying to “civilize” them will not help either cause in the long run, as some Native American people like the Cherokees have acquired slaveholding. Fighting for land against Mexico is another issue I stand against because we abolitionists see this war as a war of aggression which is being fought to expand the territory of slavery in our country. As we acquired more land in the midwest, specifically Kansas, civil outbreaks and damages to the land occur because of the clash between pro-slavery and abolition. With John Brown leading abolition in Kansas, he may be portrayed as a radical murderer. Most if not all issues revolve around slavery and the fight against it. If the United States want to achieve American Progress, then they should do so morally without popular sovereignty causing problems for the new formation of states. Slavery is a thing of the past and this country should admit states as free. This is the only sane and moral option if we want to achieve Manifest