Jeremiah Evarts answered, "It is right, therefore practicable." He was a Puritan of the old school.

He made a vigorous but ineffectual attempt in Connecticut to enforce the Sunday laws.

His death was caused by his exertions in resisting the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia, a removal accomplished in violation of the Constitution and of public faith.

The Supreme Court of the United States declared the law of Georgia unconstitutional.

But Georgia defied the mandate of the Court, and it was never executed.