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To: Donald Meaker
One party to a contract can not make unilateral changes.

Tell that to the Indians.

The United States solemnly guarantee to the Cherokee nation, all their lands not hereby ceded. [1791]

498 posted on 07/12/2006 7:40:26 AM PDT by rustbucket
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To: rustbucket

The treaty of 1791! You should talk to Stand Watie about how his namesake was a party to the sellout of the Cherokee Nation's lands in Georgia that effectively voided that treaty.


500 posted on 07/12/2006 8:02:03 AM PDT by usmcobra (How many ICBM tests does it take before Kim Jung Il is consider a threat? let's find out 1,2,3...)
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