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Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen, speaking during Senate debate on Indian Removal Bill, April $1830$

"God, in his providence, planted these tribes on this...continent...before Great Britain herself had a political existence...we cannot rightfully compel the cession $[$Indian$]$ lands, or take them by violence, $[$without$]$ consent.

Do the obligations of justice change with the color of the skin? Is it one of the prerogatives of the white man, that he may disregard the dictates of moral principles, when an Indian shall be concerned? No$,$ sir.

The...Indian $[$over many years$]$ listened to our professions of friendship; Millions after millions $[$acres of land$]$ he has yielded to $[$us$]...$ until we have acquired more than can be cultivated in centuries$-$and yet we crave more. We have crowded the tribes upon a few miserable acres...it is all that is left to them of their once boundless forests: and still...our $[$never satisfied greed$]$ cries, Give! Give!

Question:

What, according to Senator Frelinghuysen, is the real reason why the U$.$S$.$ government wants to relocate the Cherokees and other tribes, west beyond the Mississippi River?