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uo, Inll-lusbd into unity, tough, enor- niius, ntui burning, tie never throws out a detached proposition, or includes in a simple delinite form of-words one st*:p of a deduction; but every thought, ho never narrow in itself, carries with it so much largeness of feeling, that it is always accompanied by references to the whole matter, which went De fine or is to follow, either indicated by some historic vividness or prophet- ic splendor of epithet, or insinuated more strongly than by open declaration in some biting or blasting sarcasm.— II.» I'dils tils interminable sememes a- round the point at issue, and binds it to bis purpose, with a thousand chain- like involutions, drawn oiu, twisted, a id tied -together. 11 is speeches have ho flittering pulish, no airy pleas antness—little of gorgeous exhibition o r ostentatious subtlety. Mis play fulness is that of a in il-clnd soldier, and his toys, like those of the Spartans, tire weapons of conflict and death II is hand seems little accustomed to the graceful sweep of display, hut it is practiced to strike right forward ai his antagonist; and like that of the old Roman champion, it is rather a hand of iron than of flesh and blood, llis illustrations are commonly more home ly than fanciful. He comes before his audience not from fairy land, but from the Judgment Hall, the Facto y, the Hospital, and the farm yard I li do >s not allure us to his object through an enchanted garden: hut drags us a- loig with irresistible power, through ftio ol reels anil the olicxmDoro wo liorc been accifstoined to traverse or inhabit. The bulk of his speeches consists of impassioned ratiocination; but the parts intended especially for display are either fearfully sarcastic—and this is their ai -st usual Character—or filled with a grave and I of v declama tion. eonwise, simple, and of an earnest inij-isty. Ho attends little to melody of style, hut much to emphasis; and tli -reforest is that, with all its irregu larity, there have been few orators whose productions are less fatiguing either to-hear or read; and a speech of Mr. Brougham's appears to us inli nitely more effective in all the care less energy with which it is delive.red than if it had been refined and elabora ted into a more minute eloquence In fine, the eloquea e of Mr. Brough am has qualities which entitle it as co npletely as any modern oratory to high and permanent estimation. But rhetoric i-i its own nature, must be cal minted for immediate, not for future results. All the immense differences bet,vcen its laws and those of written com tosition. while they are guides to pres 'ixt success, are bars against firns- pretive reputation. If a speech lias all the ueeuliarities of a good essay, it is a bad speech. If it is essentially ora torical, it is a had essay. Mr. Brough am's eloquence will leave a trail of glory behind if; hut bv far the greater portion of his future fame will d *oenH upon the purposes for which he em ployed it; and the permanent traces which if leaves behind in the good it has achieved and instituted. And brilliant‘as is the name he has won hv h : s oratorv there are still nobler titles to honor in many of the objects to wh*ch he has dedicated his admirable powers. INDIANS. C’rr-spond'-hce between Col. Time. L. M ’imney and the U. S. agent, Col. Hugh Montgomery, on the subject of the present Cherokeq emigration. DreutTMENT OP War, Office Indian Affairs, Mty 27,1823. Sir: A treaty has been recently concluded between the United States and the Cherokees of Aarkahsns, a copy of which, I enclose herewith. You will see one of its principal ob jects is (having secured under the most solerni guaranties a spacious and fine country, which is to belong forever to the Cherokees) to induce the Indians in (Georgia, especially, to remove The inducements held out are am ple, nncPthe prospect which opens to them in„the west, .under such a trea ty, better than any that Indians ever were presented with before. Their welfare, and the obligation of the United States in the compact with Georgia. created obligations which led to such a treaty, r ' " Much is expected of you in the m "iner of making kown these views to the Cherokees within the chartered lim-'s oCCfeoftth' and in the judicious an ! '•''nnomicnl nreoarntipus cnibrae their transportation, and support b the tiay. It is prcsuun.u iluw most > them uiay prcler to etnbaiK in boat on the Highwassee, Such as prelc il must be anted in going by lam \ou will submit your views ot the be! means to carry imoeiiecl ttie pvoii: ions in the treaty tor transport mg ill Indians, and as early as possible. I have ordered tiie hundred rill made and forwarded to you frtfin Foil udeiphia. Vou will contract, by pul: iic notice, for kettles, and blaimels &c., as these may be wanted - tVoij lime to time; or it you think it can Ik cheaper and better done m New )oi - 4 with the Indians, you have an eye I oioie to Ine asvei uiuiuem ol then 1 eel mgs on lliu subject ol ceiling tntir i'aua, or any' portion ol it, wiuun Hie limns of C^eorgia, than to entering now into any compact with llieat on the suujeci. Tins step is intended to be preliminary, ami lor tiie purpuse of ootaiunigmlonnaiiuu upon whiMi meas ures may be predicated, after your Veporl snail have been received. As, however, you are now acting under insiructions with the view to -tins object, in the execution ol the re cent treaty made with the Cherokees of Arkansas, the Secretary ol War, ordeis c in be given to the iruiisjoj ty- apprehending that a second movement, lion Agent there for the Ueparuunt if made now, might embarrass the here, who has been in (his busimss lor i first, directs me to call your attention, lit teen years, to procure and fo'w ai d in the first place, to this view of the ^except provisions; the arti.ks re- , subject; and as it is my own belief that quired. In the event of your csU-cin- Mr. Cobb, especially, preferred the mg this course lobe best, as I certain ly think it will ie the cheapest, you will send on an Isliiiiate of the num ber of blankets, kettles. &.c., which you may think it leasouabje to expect will he requiredVor this year; and afterwards, annual or semi-annually, the quantity of eael article, rifles in cluded, for the future. I am directed by the Secretary of War, in addition to We above, to say that Capt. lingers is confident ally em ployed to go to the Cheroke.g, ,n explain to them the kind of soi.. cli mate, and the prospects that t-wait them in the west; and to use. in ds discretion, the best methods to indue* tlie Indians residing within the charter operations under the late treaty to a- ny other, or to the usual mode, and as il is my own belief, also, that they promise results tar more successful than would a movement, such as is generally!made ihiough commission ers, the Secretary directs that you as certain, if you can conveniently, whether I ant correct; &. if so, you w ill consider yourself as confined to the instructions issued to you in reference to the carrying into effect the recent treaty. But if it shall turn out that those who are so immediately inter ested. I mean the citizens of Georgia, • or the actI'liipjislnnent of whose views Congress has made the appre ciation referred to, aienfiko opin io J ofAieorgta to emigrates As Hon (and Mr. Cobh can no doubt much, if not all his success will de- j form you) thota treaty ought to Le held. pend upon the keeping of the object] in addition to the present movements. vou will report the same to the L>t- partoient. Very respect fully, &c. THUS. L M KENNEY. To Col. H ugh Montgomery, Agent for the Cherokee Indians. of of his visit a seeret, you will by no means make it known. But it is ex pected that you will receive and act on his information upon the various or - • ulienees that may arise, and aid him, co-operatively, all you can. Upon his reports of the number who may desire to go, you can base in part your,esti mates for means to provide the trans portation. &c. Your hills on the Department, from •ime to time, as you in; y .require means to carry into effect the piano removal, (ns this may be afterwards derided upon.) and to buy provision &c. w ill be paid; yob taking erne al ways to accompany them with letters of advice, and embodying in the hill also the object for which it is drawn. It will he necessary when the routes nd depots are agreed upon, and the I ml i iis get in motion, to provide the supplies on contract, to he made by you afler due pn! lie notice. You w ill take bond and si curdy for the faithful fulfilment of the contracts you may make. Every Indian who may consent to remove will he registered by you; and before he can lie. entitled to the pay ment by the agent in Arkansas as provided in the treaty, he must pro duce to him your certificate, setting forth his name, and that lie. is an emi grant, and. from w ithin the chartered, limits of Georgia, and also the day of his registry on your books. This is essential lo he observed, and in all ca ses. Vou will take care not to he de ceived as to the fact of the part of the country whence the emigrant may go, as the money provision is intend ed wholly for those who remove from w ithin the chartered lira is of Geor gia. You will keep the Department in formed. from time to time, upon the inai pari oi me nation wmen is tin subject, and state the prospects ol re- ( braced by the Georgia lines, and in; le moval. as these may, from time to tour of their villages. Or if, in your Department or War, Office Indian Affairs July, 28, 1828. Sir:—) our letter to the deerela- y of War of the 3rd inst. was receiv ed ten days ago. Before J convey the orders of the Secretary in relation to the subjects contained in it, and on |8uch other points as it is deemed im portant to give you instruc lions as to the mode of executing these provisioi s of the late treaty with the Cherokee s which are to be acted on within your agency, I have to state that a copy of that treaty, together w ith the letter which accompanied it, was forwarded to you on the very day on which it w as received from the Department of State; and which was, it is believed, the day after was printed Sooner than this it w as not practicable lo for ward it. The Secretary of War declines ap pointing a second agem y The bu siness of executing the provisions of the treaty is entrusted lo you; and your most diligent and peisevering at tentions are put in requisition to fulfil the duties now about lo lie assigned to you. Your assistants in explaining aixl enforcing those provisions qion the Cherokees, will be Boge-s and Maw; and your first and great effort will he made among those w ho reside within the chartered limits of Georgia. Sim e those Indians appear to be at an incon venient distance from the agen y. you will leave the a gem y'in chart e of the subagent, Mr. Williams, for the time being, atid proceed i in mediately into that part of the nation which is time, he disc losed. I am, &c. TI10S. L. McKENNEY. To Col. Hugh Montgomery. Department of War, Office Indian Affairs, July 22, 1828. Sir:—The Executive being anx ious. by the use of all proper means, to carry nto full and complete effect the provisions of the compact w ith Geoi* gia, & this subject being now before it by a special appropriation of Con gress looking to its .accomplishment, I am directed by the Secretary of War to enclose you a copy of a memo rial, and certain resolutions of the Georgia Legislature, which passed at its last session, with the view to your using them..not as threats, or to intimidate the Indians, hut as induce ments rather for them to arredc to the wishes of the General Government which looks to the fulfilment of title compact with Georgia on the one hand a id the prosperity and happiness of the Cherokees on the other. • It is thought to he important, however. tfdia the promise of tbe mcaus of] tba.t, in any intgryiew yot* may halo opinion, it will he more conducive to the great end to be accomplished, you will make temporary locations at some two or three or more points mid send Rogers and Maw with messages to such persons as may he most likely, altei being w on over to accept the pro visions'of the treaty, to oi erate on the mass of those who stir mind them. Ilnving.done this, you will return to your agency, and send the subagent either to travel with Rotreis and Maw through all the villages, or to »o to such points as you may have previously designated, for the purpose of enrolling such names of Indians as may agree to emigrate. There should be some general and eentral idace at which the Indians should col lect, preparatory to a movement to (he place of embarkation: and at that point you will lie careful to have supplies,' to support them the few days they may he there, and to provi sion them on their march to the land- ing’on the Highwassee. where, also, vou will establish a depot of provi sions. In all the •business, you will he careful to guard a gains* *h*> unne cessary waste of a cent of a tbe public money. The mode of procuring ra tions will up tiereafier staled.' lou will, meanwhile, instruct the subagent, to be diligent in making such impressions as lie may he able, by enlisting as many influential In dians as ho can, upon those Indians who reside • within the limns of the other States. After you shall have diligently and perseveringly executed the trust thus far reposed in y®u, aided by Rogers and Maw, aud returned to your agen cy, apd Mr. Williams shall have gone within the Georgia limits to enrol the emigrant's, yoit will diligent ly impress upon the Indians ^as has been' required of. Mr. Williams to do at the agency) of tbe other States the advantages held out to them in the west, as explained in the treaty, and use your utmost diligence in securing the assent of as many as you can to go west. It is made the further duty of Mr. Williams, after enrolling the Indians, to accompany them to the depot on the Highwassec: and that this busi ness may go on regularly, it will be advisable for you to fix upon stated periods, as well for their assembling at the point or points within the lim its of Georgia, as for their movement therefrom to the Highwassee; and periods also should be fixed, depend ing on those just named, for embark- ing. In regard to their properly which they may abandon. You will give the ihost unqualified assurance that justice shall he done in all respects. & you will he particular in-impressing them with full confidence in this particular'; and that no loss or fiaud may be ap prehended, tell them the money will lie Maced in the hands of the agent west, of the Mississippi, to pay each claim ant the moment he may arrive* with which he can build his house, and in other respects employ it to advantage. \ ou will require an issuing agent at the depot on the Highwassee. This part of the business will require great care. Regular rolls will he kept, & a complete set of hooks; & rations w ill be issued tm orders in favor of individuals or parties of Indians, on the issuing agent—drawn by, or counter signed by you or Mr. Williams & Mtese will he the vouchers of the issu ing agent, with whom you will settle accounts weekly. This agency is conferred on T. W. Ross, to whom you will pay the salary of a subagent, to wit: at the rate of five hundred dol lars ner annum. An issuing agent may he required at the depot in Georgia. You will select some trusty com elent person, who shall he a good accountant, and keep in his possession such supplies only as may be wanted, and ns indi cated by the returns which may be made to you by Mr. Williams. Col. Mitchell, who lias taken a deep inter est in this matter, may, perhaps, aid you in a selection. To this issuing agent, the same rates of allowance will be made as to Mr. Ross. Or if you c-an provision them upon another system by the way, and upon fts good terms, il is left in your discretion lo do so. This then is the plan of your opera tions; and the Secretary of War ex pects much at your hands He is con vinced, as well from the great advan tages which are held out to the In dians in the west, as frorp the disposi tion of a great portion of the poorer Indians of the nation to emigrate, that nothing is needed to accomplish much i hut zealous and faithful services; and he will not permit himself to doubt your readiness to render, these. The United Stales, and Georgia particu larly, are deeply interested in the complete execution of this plan. As to the boats, you will be best able lo judge of the kind and tbe sizes mod proper. • It is presumed flat, and not keeled boats, would answer best; especially, as it will be a great object for the emigrants to ascend the Arkansas ns high as possible, and as near their homes as they can. The Indians having been collected as stated, and the provisions and trans portation thus seeured, nothing will remain but for you to arrange for the voyage. Upon this head I am direct ed to instruct you to fix, as far as pos sible. given periods for embarkation: the compnnv will he larger thereby, & mutual assistance can be afforeded in <ase of accident &c. On counting your numbers, you w ill estimate the time it may require, for them to reach the point on the Arkansas, (which will be named to ydu in another letter,) and Bowing a reasonable nymher of davs over for accidents, issue the rations, not to the Indians, but to same'special agent who may be selected lo con duct the parties, who will issue to tile Indians at suitable periods, say three days at a time. Indians being im provident, this course is necessary. And whenever the numbers aie so great as to authorize it, let a separ ate provision-boat accompany thepany. In regard to Rogers and Maw. In the first instance, Rogers only was spoken of; but since Mr. Maw is ac tive and useful, you iviM, as before in dicated, retain him in Services &. iu aid oi your efforts. As to salary, that will he judged of when the extent and value of their services may he know n. You will meanwhile subsist them; and justice will be done upon the basis of their merits,good conduct, and usefulness, when the Department is informed of their works and suc cess. Blankets and kettles are or dered from New York, and rifles from Philadelphia; five hundred of each in the first order, to be forward ed directly to Augusta, in Georgia,, directed to you. You will write ts some one known to you there, ts receive and forward them on their arrival. It will be important for the Indians to go by water. This you will iin press upon them. But should any de sire to go by land, give them (on re eling satisfactory assurances of their acting iu good fai(h) money in commutation of their rations, and ket tle, and rifle. But discourage this mode, and especially as we have n® ferry at Memphis; and more especial ly still, as it will be doubtful whether many of them, after getting their out fit in a horse &.e. will not remain in some >ther and distant part of the na l inn. Your hills will he drawn,‘in the- usual form, on the Secretary of War, stating in the hill, and also in a let ter of advice, on what account it ip drawn. I am, respectfully, your obedient' servant, Til L. McKENNEY. To Col. Hugh Montgomery, Cherokee Agent. Department of War, Office Indian affairs Nov. 26, 1826f.» Sir: In the instructions of. July 28th, from the Department to you, you were told to send the emigrants as high up the Arkansas as possible, & c. The Secretary of Wav is of opin ion that this work might he more rx- peditiously and economically perform ed, if, instead of your agency extend ing to the highest navigable point o* the Arkansas river, it were to change its direction to a landing at the month of White river. The emigrants, be ing then in Arkansas will be in charge of the agent west of tiie Mississippi, who, it is fail- to presume, from his local and other information, will be able to facilitate the transportation through the Territory, and upon trims more economical than those which you may he nble7o command. This arrangement, therefore, the Secretary if War directs w ill be re garded in all cases except where ar-^ rangements may be already made; and that there may he no difficulty in regard to the change, you will notify Major Duval, the agent for the Chero kees west of the Mississippi, from time to time, and time enough f»r him to make his arrangements, of the num ber and periods when the emigrant* will be at White river. I am, &c. TH. I.. McKENNEY* To Col. Hugh Montgomery, Cherokee Agent. [To be Continued.J COMMUNICATED. ^ Extract from 1 the closing part of address, ■ delivered in New Orleans, the summer of 1826, by a young Chei kee. After speaking of the progress of I countrymen, in the arts and sciem the result of Gen. Washington’s a vice to them, he proceeds thus: But gentlemen tell us, that the hidianB must be removed to some po: in the west. What? Shall we lea our country, the gift of Heaven a the bequest of our ancestors? F< ever bid farewell to the land that ga us birth—the pure and sweet wate ofTsalagi, and go to penetrate t dreary and inhospitable regions of t west ? there to lingeT out a miserab exi tence? N^ver! never! Let remain in the land of our Fathers, give us - death. We have reaolv never to raise up arms against t l nited Stales. n*d if. in the course Vi we, that jwmer wtro to aim at t