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CHEROKEE PHIE Sf IX, AXD INDIANS’ A 1>V©€ ATE*
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assurance, to urge the call®
~ ' insist upon the oblD
tgn courisi
. .. o-1(Ho these
Many treaties have been made he- | liinks'of'Gco.’gi^^U.e goVe^n^t! ^^hnrihei" ‘teeth b *
tueen the i res.dents and Senates in hy a treaty signed many years since it be said lo these ainbaJl ? “r S,,t
the United States and the Cherokee hy General Washington, in this very : publican America'■ “Ibu uk e "
ui paltry personal squibs. They may The power of | ^ homLi °y ilc J 1 'tubers, u hat guar-: of hunianity, and insist upon
s r,Z'% K^i'i a±l~*rff “ ^ ^ ~t ss
lect and inv hand m-A ana>m,i I t,u.,n i , . ,° 1 i( ' lll ' l,UiS ’ "itlnn the leiiitoiuil defenceless Indians. u»s iioi
I continued to teaze me with a repetition | nation,
ol paltry personal squibs. They may
rest • ■
t
loci and iny hand are spared, J shall
never fail to return an answer.
Y ours, truly,
JOHN TRUMBULL.
New 1 ortii, January 16th, 1830.
lion. J\Ir. Wilde in Congress:
Sin: in the newspapers of this
day, I observe a sketch of the debate | com , ,nct ? 1 ' one -
which took place in the House of! ^j in Ulierokec nation, one of the
Representatives on the 11 ill instant, j P 1 ar . llftS 111 . t,ns cas ?’ fni ' I’ 10 " 1 giving-a net coniirmcU by subsequent ueaiies uoi oe otherwise- b„i i '
on the subject of the memorial from I f 1,e,r ^0 ' 1 1 ^^011, a dissolution of exist- made w ith the Chcrokees ilui n.g eve* clothed with power mul n y T a ‘f
this etty, relating to the Cherokee j earnestly insist upon their ; ry administration of our national gov-1 the weak, ih e world h (:nduU1
* . - . . , j city; & w itnessed by Richard Y aiiek, , inanity and justice- VO li w-im i -
A treaty can be annulled only by Mayor of New-York, bad solemnly t torn to pieces, and scatte id , ’"I*
he consent of both contracting par- guarantied to the Cherokee nation, winds, your sobm,i ^
.es, or by the violent and law less all the lands not ceded to the United blotted from existence iatinno r^ 0
. Slates by that treaty ; and this guar- fenceless men: we doubt not you wdl
he amy had been reapuiteuiy laiihed, be humane, and just, when you dare
ng. and continued by subsequent treaties not he othorwUc- hit. i ' ou tldie
no.iA>.^fv<a.i.
I>«.D5iAiKcS!.I, KT
Indians, and which was signed by mb i fu, r i ‘, ,mcn *
as Chairman of the meeting, " "
very much obliged to you for
vorable terms in which you
mo ns an nrtistj but when you recoin-,^ tlioii
mended to “the painter to stick to his j va,,ce < ( J l)es appear to me to be
pallet*.',' you perhaps were not a-
nare that i had not been always, nor
merely, a 1
as seen how'
ftlVyZ U>CvIt .tfit5!..Ioty, WP-V* D?-a
onu i-w.i 't’x.r.:r , r J'ct'-z tf.iVo-f 3 no
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E.1R DOJiSAKoD.I.
-AGENTS TOR THE CHEROKEE
PHOENIX.
The following persons are authorized to
receive subscriptions and payments for the
^Cherokee Plioenix.
.. Klesers. Pkiiice St Williams, No. 20
Mafhet St. Boston, Mass.
(jrT'pRGE M. Tracv, Agent of the A. B.
C. F.'M New York.
Rev. A.-D. Eddy, Canandaigua, N. Y.
•rrwnMAS Hastings, Utica, N. Y.
Pollard & Convkrse, Richmond, Va.
Alex. James Cami-belt., Beaufort, S. C.
William Moultrie Reid, Charleston,
,S. C.
Col. Gsohue Smith, Statesville, W. T.
Jeremiah Austii., Motiile, Ala.
Rev. Cyiius Kingsbury, Mayliew, Cnoc-
■f^arv Nation.
Capt. William Robertson, Augusta,
.Georgia. •
Col. James Turk, B llefonte, Ala.
IHTDIA2SI3.
(iiu.cr.
\ou might not know that in August,
o»o.U5.i nt.i.^F.z to y v , 1775 I was appointed an Aid-do-Camp
DW-jaf-A!.!, o-y.TT d ?f o»o.ib.i of General Washington; and I am the
oldest of the few survivors who ever
had that honor.
^\ou might not know that in July,
1776, I was appointed Adjutant Gen
eral of the Northern Department
w ith the rank of Colonel, under the
command of General Gates: and that,
of course I am now one cf the oldest
surviving Colonels of the Revolutiod-
a ry Army.
You might not know that in 1794,
I attended Mr. Jay as his Secretary,
m his vory important though unpopu
lar, embassy to England.
And probably you do not know- the
triumphant result of the 7th article of
the Treaty then negotiated by him,
relating lo ihe Subject of “irregular
or illegal captures.”
The papers relating to that subject
were deposited by the American
Commissioners in the Department of
State in 1804. It did not suit the
;nod by mb | eminent, except the present: and one , V ou respect humanity *» n ,l u
,, , ».»! 1 l»r«f«re. Ihs prMoni aUcmpt to>r i!i* i,oaii M id, ™i„n .1 I,, 'Vl.m Lit b e u,e Lnh n) 1 „
, tle fn-j f b, liny .otjOeM,.! J,cl:.a». <i, «.!«•«., ZI i»b. s »io, To , 17
spoke of I “J ,l,c Government ol the United ! helmlf oft ho t idled Slates 1 . And all like this? The d.Sl nr .1 ? 5
States, oF their supinosess or conni-1 parties, even Georgia, had acquiesced " of .1^
vance, does appear to me to be a di-; by their silence,'in these tieati.s.
jeet and most unfair tpper.I to the and, until quite recently, had not •,re
law of the strongest—a principle tended to question the fact that tliev
winch I am very reluctant to see act- cotiierrcd entire scem-iiv ........ tiA.
Col. Trumbull.—We copy (lie fol-
.lowing letter from this gentleman,
not only as a measure of justice to
him, but also on account of the infor-
nntion it contains, which w ill be ueyv
to most of our readers, rtiul iutef bst-
ing to all of them. It will be seen
that Col. Trumbull is not d “mere
painter,” but (hat he has served, and
with distinguished, honor loo, in the
field, during tile Revolutionary war,
and in the councils of our country
since that period. Our respect for
his services should not be lessened be
cause they were rendered during the
most trying period of our history; nor
should his high reputation as an artist
deprive him of any of his rights as a
citizen, or subject to him to the
sneers of our rulers if he exercises
those rights —Notional Journal.
From the New York American.
New- York, 20*h Jan 1830.
"lien time
cords of the
i r <*?. »««« «m.-«
ad,vb> lllC,, ■ "J these Ireat 1: s, feniain for him, but “sheme and
ntsion of face.” And what, s;,id Mr.
k'l amitl [ hc y r,!llis of broken faith,
bL V. me# t,f (lltJ hdiueace of our re-
publican example, upon other nali. ns?
"ho can wish to have free institutions,
appears upon the re*
. °idy nation in the-world,
in the enjoynient of pine civil liberty.
f>o loui a blot? ; '
'Hie subject under consider*
i1 , 1 U,f; moral snue of the mi-ioni
' liU ^nmiha Jo be seen whKi t< .|
\\ c s ! la11 do justice for the hu e ol it
; or " '. s i m-t to bb concealed that
1 , se u,t1 ' v, ' lto m we are at issue, i.)
'‘j* V'- 1 ( v 01111 v.versy, are weak
1,1 ‘'(do-oeiess; there is no etiuhlf
!‘ ou ei tilat n **! 'fdress tile!, wrn,,- i
however aggravated and grievous'
• lhe knoixJedg,. ofthiii faetfonen:,:
!;' e , a ,“ 1 a,i(l high-minded
! ‘.. sh< ! ud - f51flU tlicrn pnnciiii-
in the performance of
^•• oi.gag-coH ills But if upon trial
—- d be lound; Hat .regardless of
nild } ,l< "> justice, we art u-mn
hv j ritn iple II,,t might piriin-ightj
t(H j.erlcclly assured, said Mr. Iv
alKlU '"ay be calculator upon with ai
certainty as the revolutions of
ed upon by the Government of my
country, in Ibis or any case.
rims thinking, and presuming that
I am a free citizen of a free country, 7 ^ fi .
I cannot be pursmuled that I have act- i afindeed". b; U v MA -
ml improperly in expressing my opin
ion on this important subject, to U16
representatives of the Nation: and I
presume .that every gentleman who,
took part iii the memorial in question,
ifill most cordially subscribe to these
cotiierrcd entire security upon the
nation contracting with the general
government, lint, said Air. K., time
is not aiforded, on the present own-
sion, to go much at ler.-th i to the
im nt of
tacts, and a recurrence to the plain
and explicit docir-,it.lions of treaties,
would lc \ e no tn.om ter tirgumi t.
It only rcm.flin:; us to cut! -ulati*
the eonsisipu:.,. . s -!' dulin, ;;,ie
' ioli.ition or scicnui t. -• of ' mo*
upon the
opinions. ling.
, P^'-mit me to add fm- H.a Ixfoi-m?. ,
tion of Mr. Tltomtison, and w homsoev- j w ise. s: ; r. to !■ -z
er, that the meeting, of which I had , quenees, in or.toi to
the high honor to act as Cbairu>*.. 4l , ferous and mua
was not held in a grog-shop, hut in
the.most spacious hall in this city,
which was literally lilh J by the
most respectable of its inhabitants.
I am &c. Sir..
JOHN TRUMBULL.
Igl.-lc
i li !
G<
isi ) the r
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•ons n •( -
S"U;
Georgia. Oncol these r-oi.-s n -i n cf s
to be looked for; w ith ent-re t-1 tv.
and though revolting to eve:. -ee'imf
of humanity, lie regarded it m !’
least important of them, was ill* uM- 1
extinction 01 mar nooic met-.w/it. --t
•he original lords of tin’s continent: n
race of men who set*tiled <0 have
been made, in the very poetry of nn-
the hue contour and svmmetrv
1 b, ‘ asolls ' ‘I'H Providence will
“* ,ll0t llus patipn with some
the Cherolcees mul the other liidian ; would not selTer by a comparison with 1 aumitiy.- If j t comes not in .
tribes in the south.—N Y Obs. the masters of antiquity. For, said it will come in tlie days of 0
Mr. Kctchum remarked, that after ^ l, t these Indians once 1 be removed ( Hiiidren. There is an ear that'hea. -
mrately the luminous views of the subject, , al ( ' )e distance proposed by the gov- lllL C1 'J °f the oppressed; there is an
2g leave ! taken by the gentlemen wht),hail pi-t-! Prnnient, and their (vies, however ai m that w ill avenge their wrongs
J boded him, tin-re remained i>ui little l° m l and piteous, would never reach ^ ilL 10 verily the truth of this nsser*
was re* ■ for him to add. He said it was a Hho cars of the people of these United llol ’> we need not ascend to n source
MR. KDTCIIUm’s ADDRESS ON’ THE
INDIAN QUESTION.
Agreeably to promise, wo give the ; ture,
policy of the Government at that time, ' following sketch of the address ol H. of w hose physical form, the artist do- 11,11111
to give publicity to a result which| Ketehum, Fsq. at the Masonic Hall lighted to sketch and embody, and llu:
was so favorable to the eoutinorcial j meeting-, relative to the roimn al of the effusions of whose dequeue
part of the nation, and so honorable to ....... ""
Mr. Jay; and as those papers perish
ed w hen Washington was burnt, it is
probable that yen are not accurately
acquainted with the facts: I be
to state them to you.
The Commission to which was re- j mr mm to aim. lie said it was a en'»oi me people 01 these t nitcd liU,l > we need not ascend to a source
ferreil the subject “of irregular or il-j proposition, the truth of which had States.—amid every suffering <0 so high as the prophetic denunciation^
legal captures,” was composed of J not been denied by any person, and which flesh is heir, they would pine 01 llol y «ril; it is verified hv the his-
live members. Mr. Gore and Mr. j was admitted by the government of ni 'd dmindle aw.--y, and all ultimately tory of past ages. For there never
Pinkney on the part of the ' ' : 1 T
United Stales, Dr. Nidioh and
Swaby (tuooflter
ilians,) on the part
and I was the iiflh (
resenting both
mission was dollied with aut only dot protect the Indians, against,the ' Another consequedee to be calculat- wiiich aie now uiinglmo- f or || )0fn ’
paramount to all Courts of Prize of legislation of any slate, within whose ; c 1 5 u PP n - " ith equal certainty, as that »imse ingredients shall be" 5 returned to
both nations; it was very natural for territorial limits they resided; and Hready mentioned, is, that the wan- 011,1 °" H lips, nuj we shall have to
le j the United States, that this govern- j Parish In view of the consequences U iiS a nation who wantonly oppressed
r. ! incut bad no right to resort to com- which may be looked, as the almost another nation, that has not in due
To the Editor of the American:—.Commissioner
the two Commissioners of each party
to think their own Government gener
ally right; and such was the fact on
all important questions—of course all
such questions remained to be decid
ed, and were decided by the fifth
this was announced to (lie Cherokccs,
at the very tim> when the State of
Georgia was about to confiscate the
gH-alor part of their lands, and strip
tiiCIn of
rights It
ton violation of solemn eonlr-ets, hy , drirk them to the very dre-s.
the government, without even the j Kelehuin furt!ier & remarked
plea of necessity, must inevitably ,ll; ii the principal object of’tliose who
greatly weaken the obligations of | )a ‘{ rouvened this meeting, was ((►
their most valuable political! Faith, and rela» the principle of i llvllc public attention am? scrutiny,
t had been communicated : common honesty, in the dealings be- H° the course of measures w hich, it
to the Cherokee Indians, hy the of-1 tween nmn a'ld mini, citizen andeiti- "as evident, were it
y —- , »” ..iw.ill.a, ..J- IMU Ul- | , r , .. Ill |) ICpO Tfl (I Oil llV
May L beg the favot ol yon to publish I In very-many cases, the decisions | ficial organ of the government: that if j Z<MI / * <or the standard of morality ! »he general government, relative to
In your paper the. following copy of of the courts of both nations w ere 0-1 they would consent to remove beyond w hich the government establish w hen- these Indians; and particularly the
habit a portion i cv<,, ‘ by their acts they do establish , Chcrokees. The subject was a mo-
a letter which I have thought it my verruled by us, and reversed; and tiie
duty to address to the Honoiable Mr 1 Government of Great Britain actually
\V : ildi ■hjvGongress, the original of j and faithfully paid under our awards,
which I sent to him hy the mail two! to citizens of the United States, mm-*
davs ago; and which I now wish to than ten millions of dollars.
make public in consequence of the
publicity of his attack,
i After having develcd ten of the
best years of my life, in very early
youth and in middle age, to the active
service of my country; md having em
ployed the intervals of military and
political occupations in acquiring an
elegant art, for the very purpose of
preserving through its means the mem
ory of the great events and illustrious
inc:i of the Revolution, I did hope to
enjoy some repose during the frag
ment of a life which can remain to a
man who has passed its ordinary lim
its. It appears cruel towards me,
/ind disgraceful to .themselves, that so
It is not to bo supposed that I haz
arded such a course in such society
during seven years in the city of Lon
don, and supported my decisions by
written opinions without having de
voted some time to the study of the
law of nations.
If you had known these facts, per
haps you would not have thought it so
extraordinary that “the Fainter”
should now risk an opinion on a ques
tion which he regards as one strictly
of international law.
I reason thus:—By theConstitulion
of the United States, treaties are the
supreme law of the land; obligatory
not merely on alf'the individuals, hut
the Mississippi, and ini
of (he territory of the United Stales, J 01,0
the United States 1 power and sove
reignty, uncontrolled by the high au
thority of state jurisdiction, and rest
ing on its own energies, would ho a-
blo to say lo them, in the language of
their own nation: The soil shall he
yours, while the trees grow and the
streams run." Now it was remarka
ble, said Mr. K., (hat to the greater
proportion of our south-western In
dians, substantially the same promise
had been made, the same assurance
given, hy the United States, as that
now offered to the Cherokees; when
those Indians occupied territory of the
government, and before the states of
Alabama and Mississippi were creat
ed and formed out of that territory.
If the Indians, relying upon this new
pledge of'securitv, should acecjit the i bassadors 9I’ our countrj^summon up
although it will not alter the de- ] n’cnlous one; and it was .meet that
terrrgnotions and actions of men, who those who felt an interest i,
are governed by a higher standard,
must have an incalculable influence
either for good or evil upon (he prin
ciples of action, and actual conduct,
of a large portion of the community.
And the speaker earnestly admonish
ed all men, and there were vast
numbers of these, who respected
fair dealing and common honesty, to
look well lo the consequence last ad
verted to.
Again:—If our government shall he
guilty of this breach of faith, the press
w ill convey information of it, to for
eign nations; the world will know it:
and with what face, lie asked, could
we animadvert upon the corruptions
of monai'chies; how could the ain-
m preserv
ing (lie honor of their country frcc-
liom obliquy and just reproach,
should examine it calmly and deliber
ately for themselves; and he hoped
that every one of the numerous meet
ing which he had the honor to ad-
lm’ss, would take an early opportuni
ty to do so; the documents and facts
icquisitc to the investigation, wore-
easily obtained. Anil he concluded
by expressing a hope, that every citi
zen present, would, as far as his in
fluence extended, endeavor to shield
his country from the dishonor and
disgrace, and the long train of disas
trous consequences, some of which
had l>cen hinted at, which must Lnevi*
tably result from violated DationaV
faith.