Emersons letter to Martin Van Buren

Hi everybody, I'm Darryl, and this is for Mr. Wallace's course, American Literature. My post is going to be about Emerson's letter to Martin Van Buren, which of course we know as the 8th President of the United States. One thing I want to point out in the beginning is that despite Emerson's extremely genuine letter that was meant for the 8th President of the United States, Martin Van Buren, the Cherokee people were still removed from their homeland in 1838 in an event known as the Trail of Tears. Now there is no doubt that the average modern American understands that this was unconstitutional and that America shouldn't have removed these people, these native people, from their land, but it happened anyways. In this course, we all know Emerson's ideals on not conforming to the world and how to be self-reliant in all that you do. In order to be successful in Emerson's bold letter, he wisely opened with saying, Sir, the seat you fill places you in a relation of credit and dearness to every citizen. By saying this, Emerson was telling the President Van Buren that he could stop this illegal action if he wanted to. He also went and wrote, Sir, does this government think that the people of the United States are become savage and mad? Although Emerson was extremely upset about writing this letter and he remained professional and called the President, Sir, at every moment he could have while still letting the President know that he felt he was making the wrong decision, Emerson was asking for the President to consider the Indian side. Thank you.