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niunre of the name, and If on exam
ination. it shall appear that said In
dmn or Indian* have no permit as a-
toresaid—Then it shall and in ty be
lawml lor said magistrate to impi is-
o.i said Indian nr Indians in the com
mon jail ot said county, and in the e-
vent of there beia 4 no jail in the conn
ty, then in some suitable or convenient
place not exceeding the term often
days.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That when
any Indian or Indians shall be strolling
offer any comity on the frontier of said
Slate, with such permit as aforesaid,
and shall interfere with the private
propeity or interrupt the peace ami
tranquility of any of the citizens a
foresnid, it s'uil and may be lawful
for them to be apprehended as afore
sail, on its being made appear to the
satisfaction of the magistrate to whom
the warrant is in. de returnable, thai
saiil Indian or Indians, without lawful
business, and disturbing the peace 01
m desting ttie property of said citi
zens, for said 111 a gist eat e to imprison
sail Indian or Indians not exceeding
the. term of time aforesaid.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That nl
laws or parts of laws that are repug
nant do this act he and the same are
hereby ? epe 1.
A seated to—Dec. 20, 1823.
"Winn the state of Georgia hm been ut.
lorly unsuccessful in fipr attempts to re
move tbe Cherokees, by fair and honorabl
means, she is n.uv trying the effects of op
pression, and the slow process of coercion.
We know very well the design of the ac'
of whjeh, the following is the substance.
If Georgia succeeds and finally attains her
end by such anti-Clvistian and anti-repub
lican measures, sh^* wdl have a tremeridou c
account to render at the bar of eternal jus
tice. We know that we are weak and com
paratively insignificant, (for which reason
such acts’are the more unbecoming and
disgraceful) and further, that we a-e de
pendent for protection on the General Go
vernment, and that the final issue must be
brought about by her policy and disposition
towards us. If she consents to the doing- o'.
G'orgia, we shall fall a prey to our sur
rounding neighbou- s, and the Un ted States
w 11 deliberately, an d we believe in viola-
t on of plighted treaties, sacrifice to the cu
pidity and intolerance of a single State,
her loyal friends forthe Cherokees; with
in the last thirty or forty years, have prov
ed thcmsdvc* such. Within (hat period
thy, ha~° not raised the tomahawk aga nst
any of their elder brothers, hut have, when
or asion presente 1, fought anil bled at
tlwir side, more hravcly lhan their present
persecutors, whom tlwy weie then defend
ing. For our loyalty are we to he rewarded
with oppression? L**t tlie thinking public
and the Christian world answer, to whom
we make our appeal.
From the Macon Telegraph.
The Cherokees.—Among the Acts
pns-ed at the late session of our Leg
islature is one “ to add the territory
lying within the limits of this State,
and occupied by the Cherokee Indi
ans to the counties of Caroll, Dekalb,
Gwinnett, Holland Habersham, and
to extend the I uvs of this State over
the same and for other purposes.”
Too following is a synopsis of its pro
visions:
The Territory lying between the
A! bnma lino and Old Path leading
from the Buzard’s Roost on t he Chat -
alioochie River, to Sally Hughes,
where the said path strikes the Ala
bama River, then •« with said road to
the boundary of Georgia, is added to
Car full.
All that part lying north of the Iasi
mentioned line, mv 1 .th of the roads
running from C- Fate s ferry, on
the Chat b River, to Dick
Roe’s, <0 vs it intersects with the
path o < ,J, is added to DeKnlb.
VI ,ut part lying north of the last
r ioned line and south of the old fe
ci . al road, is added to Gwinnett-
Ml that part lying north of the last
mentioned line, and south of a line to
begin on the Cbestatee River, at the
mouth of Yoholo creek, thence up said
creek, to the top of the Blue Ridge,
thence to the head waters of Notley
River, thence down said river, to the
boundary line of Georgia, is added to
Hall. All that part lying north of the
last, mentioned line, within the limits
ofGeorgia, is added to Habersham.
All white person to be subject and
liable to the laws of the State.
After the 1st June, 1830, all Indians
residing in said Territory, and with 1
any one of the above counties, to he li
able to such laws ns the Legislator!
may hereafter prescribe, All laws
usages, &c. made and enforced in
s..ul Territory, by the Indians, to be
null ami void alter the 1st of June,
»o30. No Indian, or descendant of In
dians, residing within the-Creek or
vAierouee Nations 01 Indians, to be a
competent witness, r a parly to any
suit to which a white man is a party.
GEORGIA AND THE ABORI
GINES.
Extract from the Memorial of R. Camp
bell, of Savannah, predenied to the
Stmue of Georgia:
“Your memorialist has heard it
by way of reason or excuse for ex
pending the laws of Georgia, over the
Cherokeees and their country, that it
.s contrary to all principle, and can-
uot be permitted, to allow a govern
ment to exist within the territory, and
independent of another government—
in, impei ium in imperio, ns it is term
ed—and this seeing to be considered
so conclusive, as to put the subject
beyond question.
Those who use it however, must
shut their eyes both to history and to
tact; and the most conspicuous of
ilu*m contra diet in this, the very prin
ciple which they insist upon in other
cases. What are these United States
out an example of imperiurr^of imperio'!
Or if they are not, what becomes of
all the arguments we have lately heard
in support of Suite rights and Slate
sovereignty, in support of which, they
seem willing to jeopardize the safety
of this glorious and happy Union?
How shall we dispose of the histor
ical example of St. Marino, which
was continued sovereign and indepen
dent within the limits of another sove
reignty, for upwards of 1,3011 years?
It may indeed be alleged fhat this
Republic was within the dominions ot
the Pope, whe is accused of worship
ping stocks and stones, and that there
fore, it could net he considered os
forming a proper example to he fol
lowed by a protestant and reformed
people.”
“in most cases where it is intended to
stretch the hand of power over a peo
ple, the plea 0{necessity is brought for
ward as the excuse. So frequently
indeed lias it been thus adduced that
this plea is now almost consecrated to
tyrants—hut it cannot be used in our
case—our own experience t proves
that if we restrain our own citizens,
who are borderers, from committing
depredations on their Indian neighbors,
all may go on harmoniously; whereas
endless and interminable difficulties
must arise from extending the laws
so as to embrace them.
V011 all know, you cannot be igno-
rnnt of the feelings of the white bor
derers of this State, towards their red
brethren. Indeed, the feeling I al
lude <0 is not confined to our border
ers, for you may find evidences of it,
where if not powerful and general it
could not he exhibited, I mean in our
laws. They of themselves will prove,
how entirely wretched and utterly
hopeless would he the situation ol the
Indians, under the control of a people
influenced by such feelings as they
exhibit. Your honorable body have
only to turn to those passed two ses
sions ago, to find an act to prevent the
evidence of an Indian, or the descend
ant of ail Indian, not understanding the
English language, from being taken in
any Court of Justice in this Sfate,
however exactly he might adhere to
the truth: and your memorialist is in
formed that hut forthe suggestion of an
honorable Member of the Assembly,
not a native of the State, the act
would have made the evidence of
some men, who stand high for integ
rity and intelligence, and hold offices
of honor and profit in the Slate, of no
more avail, in a Court of Justice,
than if they had been as notorious for
untruth, as they are for velocity; and,
as it now stands, the value or admis
sibility of 1 heir testimony by this law,
seems to depend not upon their being
governed by morality, but upon their
understanding English! awl this mere
ly in consequence of their Indian de
scent.”
A great effort is making in Congress,
<0 extend our borders across the con
tinent, and establish a settlement, and
some kind of government at the
mouth of the Oregon river, on the shore
of the Pacific ocean. The measure
meets with strong, and we hope it Will
prove to he successful, opposition
We think our government had better,
at leas* for a century to come, confine
thi ir jurisdiction, and operations, to
‘he territories on this side the Rocky
•fountains. As the policy seems to
be to remove the Indians from their
settlements, afl fast as the whites think
proper to encroach upon them, it is
no more tiian equitable, and liberal, to
allow them the grounds beyond that
lormidable harrier, as long as they can
hint dogs and salmon to live on; other
wise, when they are forced to make
the last removal which it would seem
our government mean to permit them
to make, and vvli.ch we take it for
granted is to be into the ocean, there
ninj^e too many of them left for one
plunge. ^ V\ e should he sorry, for the
credit of the country, that they should
be swallowed up at once, like Plia a-
oli & his host, in the deep.Y. Aav.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January Oth.
On niolionof Mr. Lumpkins, it was
Resolved, That the President of
the United Slates he requested to
cause to be laid bolore this House (if
it snould not he deemed incompatible
with the Public interest) such infor
mation as will clearly exhibit what
lias been done under the act of the 9th
May last, appropriating fifty thousand
dollars, to enable the President of the
United States to carry into affect the
articles oi agreement and cession ol
the 24lh April, 1BU2, between the
United States and the State ol Geor
gia; Al also, what lias been done vvitii
a view to promote the aforesaid ob
ject, as provided for and pointed out
in the 8th article of tile treaty oi May
last, entered iulo'wiih the Cherokee
Indians who reside west of the Mis
souri River.
And especially, what number of In
dians (located within the boundary of
ueorgiaj have accepted of the pro
visions of said treaty, as contained in
the aforesaid article, snd wiiat are the
principal obstacles which tend to
prevent the Indians located in Georgia
110111 acceding to the terms proposed
to them in said treaty.
Mr. Owen ino-ed the following
resolution.
Resolved, That the President of
the United States be requested to
cause to he coinunicated to this
House such information as may be in
jioBsession of the government, not
heretofore communicated, in relation
to the claims of Georgia, embraced
or intended to be embraced in the
provisions of the treaty of 1821,
held at the Indians Springs with the
Greek Indians, and any information
in his possession in relation to the
claims of the said nation of Indians,
for such surplus, if there should be
any, of the sum stipulated in said
treaty as an indemnity to Georgia
SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.
Mr. MINER offered the following
preamble and resolution.
Whereas the Constitution has given
to Congress Within the District of
Columbia, the power of exclusive
legislation in all cases whatsoever.
And whereas the Laws in respect
to slavery within the District of Co
lumbia have been wholly neglected
From which neglect for nearly
thirty years, have grown numerous
and gross corruptions.
Slave dealers, gaining confidence
from impunity, have made the seat of
the Federal-Government their head
quarters for carrying on the domestic
slave trade.
Officers of the Federal Govern
ment have been employed and deriv
ed emoluments, from carrying on the
domestic slave trade.
Private and secret persons exist
in the District, for carrying on this
traffic in human beings.
The trade is not confined to those
who are slaves for life, hut persons
having a limited time to serve are
bought by the slave dealers, and sent
where redress is hopeless.
Others are kidnapped and carried
away before they can be rescued.
Instances of death from the anguish
of despair, exhibited in the District,
mark the cruelty of this traffic.
Instances of maiming and suicide,
executed or attempted, have been
exhibited, growing out of this traffic
within the District.
Free persons of color, coming into
the District, are liable to arrest, im
prisonment, and sale into slavery for
life, for jail fees, if unable from ig
norance, misfortune or fraud, to prove
their freedom.
Advertisements beginning, “we will
give cash for one hundred likely
voting negroes of both sexes, from
eight to twenty-five yeais old.” con
tained in the public prints of thocity,
under the notice of Congress, indi
cate the openness and extent of the
traffic.
•Scenes of human beings exposed
at public vandue are exhibited here
—permitted by the laws of the Gen
eral Government: a woman having
been advertised “to he sold at Lloyd s
Tavern, near the Central Market
house,” during all the month of De
cember.
A grand jury of the District has
presented the slave trade as a griev
ance.
A writer in the public print in the
District has set forth “that to those
who have never seen a spectacle -of
the kind, (exhibited- by tlio slave
trade,) 110 discription can give an ad
equate idea of its horrors.”
To such an extent had this trade
been carried in 1816, that a mem
ber of Congress from Virginia intro
duced a resolution into the House,
“that a Committee be appointed t@
enquire into the existence oi'an inhu
man and illegal traffic in slaves car
ried on in and through the District of
Columbia, aud report whether any
and wiiat measures are necessary for
the putting a stop to the same.”
The House of Representatives of
Pennsyalvania, at their last session,
by an almost unanimous vote, express
ed the opinion that slavery within
the District of Columbia ought to he
abolished.
Numerous petitions from various
parts ol the Union have been present
ed to Congress, praying for the revi
sion of the laws in respect to slavery,
and the gradual abolition of slavery
within the District.
A petition was presented at the last
session of Congress, signed by more
than one thousand inhabitants in the
District, praying for a gradual aboli
tion of slavery therein.
And whereas, the ten miles square,
confided to the exclusive legislation
of Congress, ought, forthe honor of
republican government, and the in
terest of the District, to exhibit a
system of pure and just laws:
Be it Resolved, That the commit
tee 011 the District of Columbia he
instructed to take inlo consideration
the laws within the District in re
spect <0 slavery; that they enquire into
the slave trade as it exists in. and is
carried on, through the District; and
that they report to the House such
amendments to the existing laws as
shall seem to them to be just.
Resolved, That the Committee be
further instructed to enquire into the
expediency of providing by law- for the
gradual abolition of slavery within the
District, in such manner that the in
terest of no individual shall he injur
ed Ihereby.
StEW
WEDNESDAY', .TAN. 28, 1829.
It is frequently said that the Indians are
given up to destruction, that it is the will
of heaven, that they should become extinct
and give way to the white man. Those
who assert this doctrine seem to act towards
tlmse unfortunate people in a consistent
manner, cither in neglecting them entire
ly, or endeavoring to hasten the period of
their extinction. For our part, we dare
not scrutinize the designs of God’s provi
dence towards the Cherokees. It may suf
fice to say that,his dealings have been mer
ciful and very kind. He inclined the
heart of George Washington, when we
were in a savage state, to place us under
the protection of the United States, by en
tering into a treaty of peace and friendship
with our forefathers, on the second day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and ninety one; in which
treaty is the following provision:
■‘That the ChCrokee Nation may he led
to a greater degree of civilization, and to
become herdsmen and cultivators, instead
of remaining hunters, the United States
will, from time to time, furnish gratuitous
ly, the said nation with useful implements
ofhusbandry.”
He furthermore inclined that illustrious
man, and his successors in office, and the
Agents of the United States, to carry the
foregoing provision into execution. By
his overruling providence, a door was open
ed for the introduction of those im
plements of husbandry; and at this day,
were Washington living, he would find
that his expectations and wishes were real
ized. He would rejoice, and those whe
compassionated the Indians with him would
rejoice t» see that the Cherokees have
in a great measure become herdsmen and
cultivators—they are no more hunters or
warriors. Where they were accustomed
to hunt the deer, the bear and the beaver,
are seen their farms,; 81 theylabur pcaeeakly.
for the troubles of warfare do not low * t _
lest them.
But we cannot enumerate all the deab
ings of God towards us in a temporal p 0 , n .
of view. They are gracious, and to 0u ,
minds would convey the belief that he hy
mercy still in store for us. But what art
his dealings in a spiritual point of view?—
“If the Loril were pleased to destroy Us
would not have shewed us all these things
nor would, as at this time, have told U|
such things as these.” We have heard
great things indeed, salvation by J 0Su ,
Christ. To wiiat purpose has God open-
ed the hearts of Christians of different d e _
nominations to commiserate, not only the
Cherokees, but all the other tribes? T,
Athat purpose are contributions freely
made to support missionaries and Schools?
To what purpose is it that these mission a-
ries meet w>th such remarkable success
and that preachers are rising from among
the Cherokees themselves? To what pur
pose is it that hundreds have made a public
professsion of religion, and that the number
is rapidly increasing? To what purpose
i' it that, that the knowledge of letters hag
been disseminated with a rapidity unknow*
heretofore, and that eijrht hundred copic*
of a Cherokee Hymn Book is now issuing
from our press? What do all these indic
ate ? Do they indicate the displeasure of
God again't us, and the certainty of our
extinction? It is not for man to prj r int*
the designs of God where he has, not ex
pressly revealed them, but from past hies-;,
sings we may hope for future mercies.
1 he causes which have operated to ex
terminate the Indian tribes that are produc
ed as instances of the certain doom of the
whole Aboriginal family appear plaip to us.
These causes did not exist in the Indians
themselves, nor in the will of heaven, nor
simply in the intercourse of Indians with
civilized man, but they were precisely such
causes as are now attempted by the state of
Georgia—by infringing Upon their rights—
by disorganizing them, and circumscribing
their limits. W bile he possesses a national
character, there is hope f.ir the Indian.—
But take his rights away, divest him ofthfr
last spark of national pride, aud intro
duce him to a new or(lcr of things, invest*
him wdh oppressive laws, grevious to be-
borne, he droops like the fading flower*,
before the noon day sun. Most of this
Northern tribes have fallen a prey to such
causes, &, the Catawbas of South Caroling,
are a striking instance of the truth of what
we say. 1 here is hope for the Cherokees
as long as they continue in their present'
situation, but disorganize them, either by
removing them beyond tlie Mississippi, or
by imposing on them “heavy burdens,’*
you cut a vital string in their national ex-"
istence.
Things will no doubt come to a final is-.'
sue before long in regard to the Indians*-
and for our part, we care not how soon*
The State of Georgia has taken a strong"
stand .against us, and the United Stales
must either defenA us in our rights, or
leave us to our foe. In |he former case*
the General Government will redeem
her pledge solemnly given in treaties.—
In the latter, site will violate her promise
of protect.on, and we cannot, in future, dr.
pend, consistently, upon any guaiantee
made by her to us, either here or beyond
the Mississippi.
Two emigrating families passed this
place last week on their way to the
Agency, the place of embarkation.-—
These are the only families we have
seen who have agreed to pass the Mis*-
sissippi. *
The following information communio
aledbythe Hon. Gabriel Moore, member
of Congress from Alabama, to the Editor
of the Huntsville Democrat, will be inter
esting to our readers.
Washington City, Dec. 20, 1828..
Dear Sir:—Shortly after my arri
val here I addressed a letter to the
Commissioner of the General Land
Office, wishing to be informed wheth
er that Department contemplated
bringing the public lands situate in
Jackson County and that part of Mad
ison which was taken from. Jack-
son, into market shortly; and if
so, what time? , In reply, I received
the enclosed letter. As this is offi
cial, and may be received aB impor
tant information to many of my con
stituents, I shall be obliged to you to
give it publicity through your paper,
that those who wish may have the op
portunity afforded them of availing
themselves of the advantage of timer
lyno-tice.
I am, Sir, ' most respectfully,
Yours, &c.
GABRIEL M09RB.
Mr. P. W#«»a*N.-