…i have no motive, my friends, to deceive you. i am sincerely desirous to promote your welfare. listen to me, therefore, while i tell you that you cannot remain where you now are. circumstances that cannot be controlled, and which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. you have but one remedy within your reach. and that is, to remove to the west and join your countrymen, who are already established there. and the sooner you do this the sooner you will commence your career of improvement and prosperity…. — president andrew jackson, 1835 which group of people was president jackson addressing?