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NEW ECUOTA, CHEROKEE NATION, SATURDAY, NOVEIBER S3, 1833. NO. 33. RELIGIOUS. tVed towards him by any of these out ward dispensations. Ho causeth the sun to shine upon the evil and upon tfie good; and sendeth rain upon the just and onthe unjust.” Matt, v, 45. The sun of prosperity shineth upon the dunghill, as well as upon thd bed of spices; and the rain ol adversity fall- eth upon the fruitful garden, as well as upon the barren wilderness. He judgeth truly of his estate that judgeth by the word, and not by providence. Evidences of grace consist in inward in outward dispensa- tons p . JEoattgelical Faith..—A man without, •fallh will no more flee from sin, than a Jblind man will purposely turn aside to avoid a pit before him’-which he knows “nothing of; and men’s faith and repen- 4qjKa5 WilfyLwaj9»bo«fAhe same kind and degree? If 'in?* faith discovers nothing fo me.but inweuilt and danger, and frankness. In the discussion of the question of our conrnon cause, it became our duty to conpnd for, and sustain the rights of the\nation, upon legal grounds, consequently the people became enlightened on !he subjbet, from the developements ntide-of those rights, and being true to tleir own irv- terest they necessarily cjime t*o the determination to oppose.that policy, which, in their opinion, is Calculated to ddfetroy their pblitical Tights, apd bring The question being nowjdetermined, by the highest judicial trpunal of the United States, in favour ojour iiation, and- the verylupid opinionlof that ven erable court having been jublished be fore the world,'it is not-mjbess’ary that I should at this. late cfay, attempt *„ljy argument, to shew tho correctness qf that rigtttfc^fta# decision. But, much as t]}^ President of the Ignited .fates ,has (fiirfUght-'propeq'not to enforee fiffi'trGatics in conformity with that de- .cqmpgdietl'thoso resdjutjpnfe, th is^oh, * nor to remove the duresse of j hle^it^ook^^cAi^oj^io/f nstruc^ _t_: it* a i i.: ^ ^ ■ napnfc^nnnpn hnnba* Inr * onm be no keistjoh United States, in our be- ..aver been answered; iftid of "Jonas;’'' that is, they | they are subject to be called up for ac- ’ * ! tion on a proper occasion, and from the my.y&pantjjwfte&'' _. row, dread, and terreff; 'ftWre**will no.departure fiom'sin in heart, turning to God in truth, till 1 lirst sec . - “that there is mercy' with him, that he nor to suspend the oppressive proceed- may be feared.” Give my soul to be- mgs of bis own agents towards,, us; il " lieveinthe glorioud Saviour, and'to has become my bounden duty t* rd- r '| drink of his forgiving love; ilien, arid l commend you to take such ste^As the world, but it gives a man i not til! then shall j f a |i at his feet in shall appear most proper to bring Ah* unity for the exercise of some i the - rit of a tnu os el penitent> and whole subject before the approaching grace, and the doing of some ; s hallfe el my heart melting because I session of Congress for a final action, duty: and that is the work of a j have sinned aga i ngt him. There is no The memorials which have .been pfe- every new state, and in proo f that the inhabitants of Nineveh in sented before that branch of tftd Go- new trial, to mind what duty God „ enera i had any thing of this evangel- vernment, on the part of this nation, .*. * * * * Teal repentance,' when they had no together with the numerous petitions therefore when God mpmands ; ^angelical faith. They had both faith ! presented by citizens from varnous ind happiness to the soW by the ' at)d repentance; for we read, "that j parts dT the l n „ aivPri ,,i. ^ it chastisement, he pitcheth the .they believed God/’ and,.“repented at | fiaN> have never he u • ? j pon the present duty, which is to*^ p t. eac hi n g the'rod,-.and who hath appoir^dd-] &lfcWl + hnt i ffic: vi, 4),) to discern Gojl!q. ji _ _ fi^d out.th«fc meaning pr.e-»,; ‘ovcsdkhVlmed with fispensationr te. say t&-G.o4f'J .f resg and ‘‘fears. '.Their repentance ionic chastisement., I will not o^f- corresponded with theirJjaitli, and sirv'rJmre: that “which -1~ sOtS not , were - in exercise respecting tBeir tem poral safety, and it is to be feared that many *of them were no farther con cerned, while others ha$l repentance unto life. And as faith and repentance ^re -always of the «ame kind,*no are they also equal in degree. Tne weak' in faith is superficial in repent'anpe; and the strongest believer is the sin- cerest penitent. The measure of your faith towards Christ is the measure of your repentance towards God: this ac counts for the impenitence of many light professors; they have no faith in . Christ, therefore no repentance. The j Nineyites were strong in the kind of cessity of pursuing that course which the energies of the mind will become is best calculated to mcen, tlie views, interest and welfare oT .thA people. Ou all important questi^jis, when a difference of opinion arise in regard to their rights and interest, the sefitim^nts of the majority should prevail, and whatever measure is adopte'd by that majority for the public good, should be. the duty of the minority to yield, and unite in the support of {he measure, this is the r.ule.of< order, sanctioned by ruin upon their peace ant happiness, patriottsin and virtye; whilst a conT.ra- 'Pi— : — 1...;™ nnu/Uniarmlmwl # rv rnur4R U'niilH Jnnd In idnnlinn nnn_ ry course would »4cud to ^faction, con fusion and injury*. *. The resolutions of your last session to which I have referred, re unan imously adopted, and they have been communicated t<f the people^ through the medium of a special circular. So far as I have had the means of being informed, they fully apeord with the sentiments of fife *pe*pfe. Immediate ly alter replying to my letter which ac r ^compapitfU'those resddutipnis, the- Pres- i.- -.dS.i, ^ . . > . * certain .^liDSpd that God was coming to de- ffiAr citfr *jmd, on this account '*“* - m “ “■ - - A.\jtn 1 ..Mil. d is- aoy iftore: .‘that “which thou the, and if I have done in- I will do no more.’ (Job, xxxiv, ) To reflect upon our ways ^irits, to complain of* sift, and not lishment.: ‘Whereforp doth a ltv- an complain? a .indn for. the pun- nt of his sin? Lef ns search and ar ways, and turn agtfin to fhe (I,arn. iii, 39.) To think the Qt condition best: ‘I have learned ntsoever state I am, therewith to ntent.’ (Phil, iv, 11.) In our pa- to possess our souls, (Luke, xxi, ;o rejoice in God; yea, to rejoice ibulation. (Rom. v, 2, 3.) ,r ~ faith they possessed, therefore their re- >ur private suffer- pentance ^Iso was deep.—Jonah's Por for the welfare of f ra [t the Rev. J. Jones. i „1 A« *> the public calamities of the h more, and our less: to pray In thy good pleasure do gopd Zion. (Ps. li, 18.) To lift up Christ, and. to make him glori- y our afflictions, ‘That Christ be magnified in our bodies, wheth* be life or by death ’ (Phil i, Paul studied more how to adorn cross than to avoid it; hotv to ren- persecution amiable; and if he Buffer for Christ, yet that Christ it not suffer by him; that Christ it be exalted, and the church edi- (Col. i, 24.). This God taught ‘I hpve learned,’ 8tc. And, last- ‘comrait the keeping of our souls iod in wqll-doin’g, as unto a faith- Creator.’ (1 Pet, iv, 19.)—Case on icfiofM. * ?lie stittfrof death is sin.—The truth ny brethren,*.thfire' is nothing that make a man miserable but sin. It n that poisons qur afflictions: “ I he * of death is sin.’ 1 Cor. xv, 56. so we may say of all other evils ih militate under death, as soldiers ir their ground. The sting of sick- is sin ; and the.sting'of poverty is and the sting of imprisonment and jhment is sin; and so of the rest* a the sting.out, which is purchased the bhkod of Christ, and evidenced divine teaching, and they, cannot nor destroy 1 .iff alb God a holy mtain. (Isa- ». 9 -) let no children ot God be rash to slude hard things against them es and to make evidences of wrath ire’God hath made none. Let ehns- * on both sides look farther than affliction itself; the Holy Ghost in* long since determined this con •rsy by a pre-emptory decision bman knowfith eitber love or ha- [ by all that is before them; Eccl j. that is, that no man can. make i Inept either of God’s love or ha .. .MESSAGE GF THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF. * To the’Committee A Council In General Council Convened. * Friends 8f Fellow-Citizens—As re presentatives of the people, you have again assembled at the great Council fire, for the purpose of deliberating up on the important concerns of the na tion; and to adopt such measures as the interest and welfare of your con stituents shall, in your judgment, seem which'the nation so justly complains*;' f agent|4o ppeii book#- for.; enjfolhAenjt, ' and AotrhvSrse*the country. With inter preters, for"the purpose of urging indi viduals to register thejr names m favor ,4>f a treaty; on the bagi* df, the -prypo- sitionirofFeredj- and fvhfch have been repeatedly rejected by the nation; and in thei*event that the nation should not* enter into a treaty in the course of this Fall or«the early part of the Winter, then they,* who may have registered their name's, should emigrate tfl the country West of the Mississippi. It is a fact, to be regretted, that there wore a few individuals to be found by those Agents who were so lost to their own true' interest#, as to register their names on this occasion, and also, to exprfcan influence over others to betray their country’s cquse, and iintolVc tjieir own families Into, countless difficulties, it is alsb a fact worthy of notice, that such persons arc generally found to be of those who constitute the denizens ol' the nation, and in su/ne instances, of those having- no just claim to citi zenship. It aifords me- gratification to inform you, that, in a recent decision by the Circuit Court of Alabama, in the.coun-^ ty of St Glair, and in n case,of murder coinnfittedyby a native Cherokee, upon another, within the territorial limits of tljismotion; the law of that State ex tending jurisdiction within our limits, > has been pronounced, to be unconstitu tional and v#id, &. for want of proper ju risdiction, the prisoner* was discharged. On tl^e other hand, when 1 look into the leading cause which has produced the effusion of so much Wood between our citizens in the.course of the current year, I carinot refrain from’the painful reflection, th&t it is to be traced to the resistless, as it were, in a stuta of su- ^ineness and stupidity,* and the unfor tunate victim is then exposed to drunk enness, gambling, cheating, stealing, lying, treachery aiid many other acts of abomination. Intemperance in thfe use of ardent spirits must be admitted by all*, to be one of the greatest evils that has -ever visited our people* its ruinous • effects are too visible to es cape the observation of * every reflect ing mind; and from the peculiar situa tion of our affairs, it is the most deadly poison that can be - introduced amongst us, to destroy the happiness of society, if encouraged, it will not fail to bring ruin upon the nation.- I would there fore call upon you-as representatives of the people, to resist the monster, with that stern and inflexible determination becoming flie character of men, when actuated by the impulse of self-preser vation, trt overthrow a dangerous ene- • jrvjj-by setting the example, and re- frainingjfoin the U3C of intoxicating ligudrs, and exurtirig a proper influ ence by persuading others to do - the sAme { I >ca!indt doubt that the -exam- pi# WOW Id (Upon b« followed, aiid clier- ilhed by evtfry patrfht, foi the good of l\js'ffeiktA citizens; by these means the property, the character, and liVes of njany may be saved, and-the welfare of the nation promoted. JOHN ROSS. * Red ttlay, C. JVV Oct. 15, 1833. to require. - The resolutions adopted at your late call session, have been transmitted through the War Department, % the information of the President; and I now lay before you a copy of my letter to the Hon. Secretary ot War, aceom- S anying the same; also the letter of Ir. Robb, acting Secretary ot War, in reply thereto, from which you will discover the manner, in which the frank expression of our solicitude for*a speedy and final termination of exist ing difficulties, has been received and treated by the Exe<jutive*branch of the General Gevew«nent#tjieii* , cai% 1)e * n0, doubt, however, from' the very extra ordinary language communicated thro the acting Secretary, thgt Presi dent* has been grossly deceived’, ty means of some designing persons, pos sessing his confidence, or how could it be possible for him to assert with so much apparent earnestness, that we had misrepresented the sontiments of the Cherokee people, and were now misleading them, when it must be clear to the mind of every intelligent man, that, we'ean havo no motive nor dispo sition to do either peculiar situation of affairs at this time, that occasion seems to haw ar rived, which imperiously demands the ^fin.al Action* of Congress on the subject wi&but further delay. . By treaty, the .United States, for important considerations, were induced to receive the Cherokee nation under •their protection, and in return, the na tion'acknowledged itself to be under the • protection of the United States, and of no other sovereign whatsoever. It cannot be pretended, 1 trust, that the President by his own will, and without the consent of this nation, tan ever absolve the United States from the sacred obligation of .extendjpg this protection, nor to transfer that protec tion to the sovereignty of individual States, as the States by mutual coif- cession in the adoption of the .Constitu tion of the'iUnited States, having im parted to the Federal Government that power, they can never reball it, with out the mutual consent of tjie proper parties. If, fiowevy, contrary t'p eve ry principle of justice and hiitnanjly, the United States should', in thi* end, come to the determination, not t<rbe bound by their treaties, * and ,shall-rp- *ee to us the protecting arm of the. General Governmc.nt^ and our citizens be compelled by the'forbd of circum stances to abandon the^ land 6t ‘their Fathers,” then, in .the langonge of your resolution, I.may with gre^t,sin cerity, repeat, that we pati ‘ determine nd other alternative promising relief, d tHtediipjta of the , I t conlw relief, than a removal beyond tH^lifp, United States.” Hoyejrer dently hope that this alternative may never present itself, as I cannot for a moment, permit myself to entertain so unfavorable opinion as to loose all con fidence in the justice and good laith of the United States. It is nevertheless true, that our nation within the last four years, have experienced the sad effects of a temporizing and oppressive course of policy from that Government of which we have been taught to honor, as a faithful guardian; the event of the final result, is a circumstance^which, we should be prepared to meej in such a manner as the peace, and .permanent welfare of the nation demands. It is a self evident truth,. that community can successfully surmount an opposing difficulty and attain the object of desire, unless the members thereof can and do exercise a controll ing influence *of common interest, so as to ensure harmony and persever ance among themselves by unity ol sentiment and action, and the force ot thi» truth, is equally applicable to na- hence it is clear that we cannot V. - Wn H straight hence it is clear uiai we urn lh «- e iqtnxicatron and. side .of intoaitating^lb-. "quora'in ofir'country; by intruders, and thht tocw in violaliom'of the lays, of the United States, as 'well ae.of those of our owif. ’ ’mU>jt*has Been our mis fortune to experience tffe force of op pression and.usurpation, and the con sequent suspension in part of the ex ecution of our laws, and also to wit ness the non-inforcemeut of the laws of the United States, prohibiting the sale of ardent spirits in the Indian country. It iy tho mor£ to be regret^ ted, when we sec the laxity of duty 0f\ the part of those Federal officers-,' whoso incumbent^gdutv it is tc execute the laws on this subject, especially, as the power of Congress to legislate op the subject^>f Indian trade,'is made ex clusive, and is so clearly, defined by tho Constitution of the United States.^ And, although, under existing circum stances it may not be within tho imme diate control of your legislative author ity, to remedy the evil, yet I have thought it expedient and highly impor tant to Ifring -the subject before your serious ' consideration, I flatter myself that much, raral may be done by {tie force of exaii^R aVd persuasion, to check the growing evil; as it cannot be denied that it is by example aud habit the conduct of men are in a great degree influenced. And when a moral force is exerted through the influence of that faithful monitor which tho Great Being has implanted in the breast.of man, it never fails to produce the hapgi pracn indulging that appetite and Dropensity in every thiflg wished for, and at length REPORT. Tho undersigned Coiptnittee on the state of the Nation, Xo whnn ivas re ferred for* consideration, the Mes sage <if the Principal Chief to the General Council beg leave to report, That to promote the object and de sire of the Cherokee Nation,- the usual method has been to appoint a Delega tion, entrusted wit(i power to exercise all the diligence and wisdom in their ability to memorialize Congress, on the subjects of grievances by which our country is, afflicted. To this Depart ment of thje General Government, and to the Executive, nothing of argument and the f&cts tff -grinding usurpation, which has.Been inflicted upon our peo- plq, have been .omitted, -to be address ed, in the strdngBst manner of which the wisdom of -our Delegations could command. Tor more than four years past, ernphdtic declarations of denial, ' to protect‘dur Nation, have been made to us by the President. During this long peripd, our people,- as individuals and as a Nation, have experienced in numerable trials. Our-Brothers, the adjoining Stifles, hitherto restrained-by the force of treaty obligations, and the fostering care of'the General Govern ment, lv.ave over leaped their boqndg, t^ifl have indirectly encourage their citizens to assail our lives gnd bodies, and directly, in their legislative char acter,.pne of the States has gambled off by Lottery/'.our lands, upon which we are depending for th'e support of our families. While Georgia l;as nul lified laws, the State of Alahanffi has them, apd legalised intrusion in it% chartered limits. Superadded to this, undeserved injury in time of profound toeace, odV destiny has b.oen to -notice Hie gross violation^afthe dearest rights ' ever fficstowed upon'-man, the nglds of civil liberty. Not satisfied it. would seem, in the great latitude tlfe States directly interested in the-acquisitidn of our lands,- hqvo taken to inflict upon us the sharp instruments of usurpation, they have poisoned them with the slan derous venom of vituperation. Even now, the newspapers are filled witli this sort of inhuraau forerunner of State avidity frogi a quarter which we least expected; from a select Commit-, tee of the Legislature of., the State' of' Tennessee, in 'the language of that Committee, it is now.not a debatable matter to .asspil Indiaiyrights. To ab stain from "the expression -of charges against our chiefs, which are to fou! to be repeated by your Committee, would have comforted better, with the > frankness of these would be very hon est gentlemen politicians. Your Committee regret to perceive that the difficulties, which havo grqwn up Uko the grass in the. season of of the iest effect; whereas a eontra-Isgiing, in consequence of the with-, ry practice will beget the evil habit of ’ffirawal of the protection guarantied to * - us by treaty, are rapidly, increasing and the Cherokee Nation is besieged