The message mentioned may be understood to be about the Dawes Act of 1887. Thomas Jefferson's recommendations in the speech marked a change from his past opinions on the previous U.S. Indian Policy.
In an attempt to reduce American Indian poverty, the Dawes Act was passed in 1887. At the time, the majority of Americans in positions of power believed that in order for American Indians to overcome the extreme poverty that occurred on the reservations, they must embrace the Western way of life.
American political elites believed that accepting the concepts of private property would help Indians improve their condition and that their way of life was less civilized. The Dawes Act offered full citizenship as compensation for American Indians who accepted this transformation.
In a long letter to William Henry Harrison, the military commander of the Northwest Territory, Jefferson described the country's stance as
"to live in eternal peace with the Indians, to develop their passionate attachment from them, by everything reasonable and generous whatever we can do for them within the limits of reason."
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