Evarts was the editor of '' The Panoplist '' , a religious monthly magazine from 1805 until 1820 , where he published over 200 essays . He wrote twenty-four essays on the rights of Indians under the pen name " William Penn " . He was one of the leading opponents of Indian removal in general and the removal of the Cherokee from the Southeast in particular . He engaged in several lobbying efforts including convincing Congress and President John Quincy Adams to retain funding for civilizing efforts . He was a leader of the unsuccessful fight against President Andrew Jackson 's Indian Removal Act of 1830 . This law led to the forcible removal of the Cherokees in 1838 , known as the Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Jeremiah Evarts