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I$XIIi7 J EDGEVTI»Z»E t
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER » 3 >
1830.
cans'of the "eouotry-—unequivocallya» the? approved
tlie administration and re-th ction of President Jack-
%o»—every iff >rt was made, by the Troup party, to em
barrass them—to dog (item and to prevent their passage.
Let the people then open llieir eye* to such doctrines and
such designs. Let "iem no more suppose that those nho
have been fir five years in the majority, are not determin
ed to go the whole length of madness and folly in which
South Carolina is now involved.
!u our next we design to give the whole proceedings cf
the Senate on this interesting subject. A press of hast
[IZP- We give this day the report or the Joint Com-
itteo on the State or the Ronblic in ret .Mon to our Clicr-
ee Lands It is abJV drawn, and will be found highly _ . - L .
tercating to all our readers, it. Georgia and elsewhere. ‘ ness and other impotfautmatter has prevented thtir ap
pearance today.
Il—p. ^s t() C public Htiod seems desirous of knowing
r opinions of General Jackson oil our Indian relations,
c have republished, the letter from the Department of
'ar of June last, on that subject—frotu which the views
f the President may he seen.
Education.—The Senatus AcaJemicus convened on
Mond »y 8th inst. They went through the usual proceed
ings. Judge Crawford resigned his seat in the boutd of
f Trustees, being displeased nidi their proceed fees. His
1 place was titled by the appointment of Vlfrcd Cuihbcrt,
■ £sq.— and the vacancy of Mr. Merriwctbtr filled by the
1 appointment of John A. Cuthbert, Esq. wh^wasvio- or t| , c f al g-6f thelnstitofion. They have be, n .eprouch-
Imtly turned out by the boura in a. Wc have not j ^ ^ ,be enemies of the C. llege—and therefore a- the
room for tuuticuJars.
FRANKLIN COLLEGE.
This Institution has been tn absorbing topic during the
present session of the Legislature. All parties seem to a-
grt-e that something should be done for the Institution. All
seem to agree that reform is necessary. From this state
of feeling surely something good will result. Tnosc un
der whose exclusive management the College has so long
been, have yielded to the iinpube of public opinion, and
:re willing to adopt such measures as will place- the Coi-
hge on the footing of public confidence. We sincerely
hope that the Clark party will shew tht ir magnanimity on
this occasion; On them no 1 --' depends, iii a great meas-
pcnerit nation or government, they have ceased to be so,
since the extension of our law# over them, because two
separate and independent Governments cannot exist at
the same time within the same teiritoriai limits, the’
one claiming jurisdiction over a part, and the other over
the whole—And this view of the subject i# supported by
the (Course pursued fey the Prcsidcntand Congress of the
United Stales.
Hy the net of Congress passed at ifs last session, enti
tled “An Act to provide for the removal of the Indian
tr. ies within any of the Slates and Territories, and for
their ptrmiinent settlement West ot the River Missippi,”
the President is uuthorised'to exchange lauds beyond the
Mississippi, with aiiy tube of Indians, or any individuals
thereof now residing within the limits of airy State; and
also, to purchase from siren individuals, any valuable im-
provcmtnls which they may * avc. This llte President has
•lone in several instances, and bafc nidified to the authori
ties of Georgia, tb it such lands so obtained by exchange,
and by purchase of improvements from the Cherokee In
dians. are mnV at the disposal of this State. So far
therefore, as your CommiUtee can collect the opinion of
the Federal Government from this law, and the practrice
of the President under it, it would seeu. to them that the
General Government did not consider the Cherokee tribe
of Indians in lire light of a Nation, Siatr, or sovereign
couur.ui.ity, but a3 individuals located on tjie soil of Geor
gia, with the right of occupancy only. Y*ur Committee,
vox thc Funui vkiok.
That some of the worshippers of G.-vernar Troup in
ibis State should defend the doctrines promulgated by
him in bis letter of ad rice to the disnuioniats of South
Carolina was certainly to be expected. But it i« really
too barefaced in then: to deny hia having expressed those
santiinuits. The doctrines of the South Carolina Nu’.Ii-
fiers are precisely those which Troup has contended for
during the last six years, and are exactly such as were
advocated by the Hartford Convention *nd Governor Strong
of Massachusetts, which attached to theiua weight of odi
um by which they were sunk to the lowest depth of polit
ical deg: Nation. Senator Smith, the evolved advocate of
Troup, was the first man who advanced them in South
Carolina, and having felt the public pulse, had sagacity
enough to discover Iba t they could not succeed, &. there
fore abandoned tlicm to tneir present defenders in that
State. These hire sics were claimed tor Troop by the
Georgia Journal and Soi them Recorder; which last how
ever found it convenient subsequently to nullify its form-
ir declarations. It is strange that many r.bu execratid
these abominable heresies, when advanced by the Here
ford Convention, lyid Eastern Federalist Malcontents,
have yet received tlicm graciously when reiterated by
Troup and a few others “ who are tu the stcrel ” Fla
gitious as were the designs and tenets of that body, they
sink into burutlcssuess when placed along sidp of Coop
er’s and Troup’s new version offrhq same text, The
NOTICE.
fiHUF, subscriber now off rs his LAN9S and PLAN.
JL TAT10N ia Bibb county, 3 1-3 auks above Ma
con foraate, which areas fellows; 800 acres, 300 of
which me cleared and very productive, lying on the East
aide oftheOcmnlgec above the town, directly on the riv
er. Any person wishing to purchase, would do well to
come and view the premises, aa I flatter myself but few
.if any more dcsirablejplahtatioos are in the vicinity of Ma
con, and a vetygood Fishery is on the same; the Lands
are well timbered, the plantation is under good repairs,
with convenient cabins and Gin Hous» , with many fruit
trees, aud no tract of Laud in the state is hr Mir watered.
LURE ROhS.
Macon, .Yop 3 19 3m
TCP* William McGakr, E q. Iw been elected a
Senator from the county cf CMunibi , to til! the *ar»»ey
occasioned by the death cf the Hon. Teter < ravvf ‘iiD-
The contested election for Senator < f f ■ iggs comity
lias bun decided iu furor of Mr. ’Alters; the sitting
member.
THE GEORGIA NULLHTFKS.
Jn our last paper, we published entire the resolutions
^offered in the Senate by Mr. V\ m.d, yf McIntosh, on tire
•nsis of our State and national • fl.iirs. ’ T liese re.-olistious
strike at the very root of nullification, and those doctrines j *
enenries of leamm,
beep opposed
men?, Ires hern heretofore perfectly jus
was no principlehy which they were bound to administer
to their own destruction. But things are itovv changing,
and lit thrra also cease their opposition—nay, let them
go in for the College i;pon Republican principles. We
know them to be an honest set of fellows. VVe know
that they hive been slandered when they have been
c-illtd the enemies of science. They -have now an oppor
tunity of-hewing the falsehood oftlie imputatimis cast out
against them on this suljact. VVe bOpc tii.it they will
not confirm ’ll ' slanders of their opponents—but that they
will have the honor, irs they have the power, of reform
teoding to a dismemberment ot tire Union. Many have j ing the abuses of the College—placing themselves ab ave
atf eted to think ii strange that we should have identified suspicion—establishing the chaweter they .have always
the doctrints of the leaders cf the Troup party with “lb«
South Carolina doctrines.” it has b .cn thought “pass
ing strange” that we should have seen in Governor Troup’s
letter to the Nulli tiers of Columbia any thing in soppott
lf these doctrines. So much has beep said on the sub- j disgrace themselves.
jcct, that we began to think that Wood's Resoluth-ns ;
vvqiitd meet hut a fet Ida resistance from any source. But :
ip spite of this colloquial prudence, ive bav* uo.v evidence
abundant in support of our previous opinions. From this j
time forward who can doubt the truth of our opinions? ,
M ho can doubt that 1 lie leader® of the Truup party are ;
prepared to go alHengths in support of hw dangerous j
liereeie.5? Wc say tire leaders of that only, because we ■
have lately had evidence that many, who have heretofore j
advacalt-d Troup, are no»v opening ll eir eyes to the dtlur i
siuns into which he bus led lhu.u ll.s letter to the r.utli-
fiers iB a new era in his political life
maintained for the hem,sty of principle and integrity of
purpose—i f making Franklin College the University of
Georgia—and shewing that when it is right, that th' y
honId do a thing,, the Clark parly bf Georgia will never
The Committee on the State of the Republic, to whom
was refrred so much of the Message of ijis Excellen
cy the Governor, with the accompanying Documents,
<iv relates to the occupancy and survey of the Lands in
the present occupancy of the Cherokee Indians, and of
that from which they have been removed, have had the
same under consideration, and ask leave to-muke the
following
REPORT.
The subject referred to your Committee, is one of great
an era, which haa» .delicacy and importance, involving in it s decision the so-
ctiscloseillo the people the true churactfr of the doatrines vereignty and essential rights of the people of Georgia on’
he entertains. He is not now contending for the acquisi-
lian of our territory, 'there inno false medium through
which his doctrines are to be viewed—no deiusioiia of
sell-iutcrest to bliml the judgement of the people—n-iia-
i! im ,- d passions against the administration to goad on the
people to acts of violence and resistance. His doctrines,
like those of Governor Strong and the Hartford Conven-
ir.n, stand, in all their naked deformity, before the ga/e
of an aiv -kc. J people, w.iosecyes are just opening upon
tlie oVe iiand, and the qualified right of occupancy oil llte
part of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, cn the other.
The right of the people of Georgia, to the ultimate fee
in thc soil comprehended within their territorial limits, as
declared in the Constitution of the State, and agreed to
by the compact entered into uo thc 24tfi day of April,
1802, between this Sta-e and the United St-ates, and ihe
right of jurisdiction over that soil, whether it be in the oc
cupancy of Cherokee Indians or othe s, and under wfc&l-
the abyss to thr brink of which tbij have been led, blind- j ever title they may hold, or claim to hold it, uriehow ac-
1 jhto.', by die f iditious circiiirmtanc's thrown around the ! know lodged and conceded hy all, who have any respect
true o. jtets of franp’s most ardent contemplation. Me ; for their characters as statesmen or juiist*.
law of Congress, or any other act of the Federal Govern
ment, They claim it as an original, inherent right belong
ing to tue State, l»y virtue of her sovereignty and iudepefidp
ence—arid one which she has never delegated to the Gene
ral Government. .
Under this view ofthb subject, your C«ramitrrchave no
doubt of the right of Gcorgii in the exerc.'sc ofher right of
jurisdiiuion, to piocced to survey the lanJs w ithin her lim
its, ami now inr tho occupancy of the Cherokee Indians,
as well as that from which they have been-removed. And
they are of opinion, that it is both expedient and proper to
proceed to an immediate survey of the whole, so far as is
necessary to ascertain the location and extent of the gold
and other mines; and the sitution, mAuber, and value of
the tiacts or parcels of land ami their improvements, to
which the Indian right of occupancy has been extinguish
ed; and lor the purpose of more eifctualiy enforcing tho
laws cf the Stale in that section of her domain. One ob
ject which your Committee have in vfeiv, in reco ’.mend
ing a partial survey of the country, to as to lay it Dfifiu-
lo districts or counties, is that Justices of (he pence may
may be elected in such of the districts or counties, as
have white men of good moral’character in them, who
will be able lo aid inenforcir . our laws, and at the same
time in protecting the Indians from lawless outrage on the
part-of abandoned and profligate white men.
In regard tu that puition of the territory which was
oiigiiiafjy in the occupancy of the Creek Indians, and to
which their right was extinguished by the treaty of the In
dian Springs; and from which the Cherokee Indians have
been lately removed hy rhe order of the President of the
United Slates*—Your committee are of opinion that the
tract declared to-be ours by the President, i;i accordance
with the opinion of General-Coffee, is too small and in
considerable to authorise the (gxocnse of a lottery. . But
us the President decided the question on tlie evidence
furnished by Gen. Codec, who was ryit in possession of
nil the evidence on the part pf Georgia, as collected by
Cal. Wales and Mr. Gates, and on the opinion given b} '
G ii. Coffee; audits ihe evidcnie-colleeied hy Col. Wales
and Mr. Gales, on the part of Georgia (-.tiich is very
strong) lias beeu forwarded by His Excellency the Gov
erne- to the President, which it is hoped will have tlie ef
fect to change his opinion, and produce a decision in our
A LOOK AT THIS I
LL persons indebted to me tor at ■ v ices rendered by
my horse GALLATIN, will please pay their notes
or accounts, in-tanh r, to Mr. Henft Duncan of Mil-
ledgcville, who is authorised lo receipt for me.
WM. P. FOARD.
November |3 ]9 if
in favor of the claims of Georgia? Did we hear any thing j
ft mu him, but the ffinons Toast v inlying the Govern- j dent to’ all wlio a.’e capable of cpniprcheiuling the aubjejjtt.
monl nod c imparing it to the most absolute despotism# j would only betray
upm earii,? Ho returned home—and his first public act
that we learn, is this fetter to the nnUijlerjt, wishing suc-
r«.*s to the cause of nullificn ion, and inculcating, upon
the people of Carolina, d.ictrmc# the most outrageous that
cm lie propag u t*-d in our GoverumeMt. The people are
at length beginning to see tlwt the subjects which have so
long sustained sunn of the leading politicians of Georgia,
,5v. favor—Yo’ur connujtUe. would recomrhend that provis
tcnce oi tiiese rights of sovereignly, which are scli-evi- made by ihe present Legislature for the survey into
mall lots, of the said territory claimed by Georgia, as u
mild only betray a want of confidence in them, udcI r., or |j on 0 f tfee land
mid be incompatible with the dignity of die State. Springs; the-sojd so;
It is true, that heretofore tbe United States’ Govern- Erceilencv he Gevi
merit has exercised a coiUroiing power over the Cherokee
tribe of Indians, so fur as to regulate by her laws, inter
course between them and the white people. But this
power was assumed without authority derived feonvany
legitimate sour, e known toyoui-cummiltee; and the only
were oniy uuxih ry to tlie propagation of doctriues that j shadow of'warrant which can he adduced for Us exercise,
strike at the vere roots of the Union, and with it, all our j is Unit clause of the Constitution of tlie United States
civil and religiou- pi.vileges—all that was dear to the fa- j which declares, that "The Congress shull hove power to
lusrs of Lhu RevoU.tioo ai d the founders of theConstitu- ; regulate ccnr.nercewithforeign nations and among these-
4ion. N . j veral States, and with the Indian tribes.” What In-
It is true, a3 stated by the Georgia .Journal, that the : dian tribes? Cartainly not tbuse located on the soil, and
“Carolina doctrines” are the true doctrines of the Craw- | within the acknowledged jurisdictional limits ofu free and
{Ji"' School.. VV« have r.o doubt that Carolina look the j independent sovereign State: because to extend this grant
infection from the Georgia nil rut. Look, at tbe history j of power, so as to include the tl Indian tribes" living wilh-
of r doctrines. Were not t tiesc doctrines most vio- j in the acknowledged jurisdictional limits of any Slate,
1 ni>v opposed in Carolina in 1834 and 25, whui they • stems to your committee to be apalpable absurdity.
; r<; so warmly discussed in Georgia? j The word or term, “State,” is ■ynnnomous with Nation
•-iio -ii writing the above, we have seen the Georgia Jour- I or Government, and includes in its meaning all thc terri-
XUi of ibe 1 (uh instant, which contirius v. bat we have ! lory forming such State or Nation, and ail the persons
said. That paper w now beating up re cruits coder the j residing in such territory; and therefore, the Cherokee
L banner of nullification. “Every Georgian, says that pa- Indians residing within the limits of Georgia, arc as much
» jxtt, U.~s <i deep interest, iii all the proceedings if our sis j a part of the State of Georgia, as any other portion of its
w fir State to maintain, the ground it has assumed re-j inhabitants. When, therefoie, tue grant of power to re-
epeeling ihe .imerican system. Bid are we not to do some- I gulate commerce among the several States, wss given by
i tiling bi. ides feeling fir South Carolina and taking a deep
nlertsl in her ac.ioitc}’' This is lai gouge which cannot ]
ibe Constitution to the Federal Government, this grant,
ex vi tennini, included all the inhabitants of the several
be mi-understood. Aud yet nc think the Journal wiil >' Stales, whether Indians or white persons, and conse-
Tind ilsHfin error ms to tlie feelings pf the people of Gcor
ia. Tney d • feel ou the subject;—but we believe it is a
ecling of disgust and honest indignation at the folly and
tiiness of our sfeter State. How is Carolina to he
‘maintained n in the ground she “has assumed?” By
j iorgiu and other stutea resorting, wiih in r, to the odious
ploctriue of nullification—a doctrine re probated and ridi
culed by Mr. M idison—adactiiin-, which at ence dissol ves
tiic union and puts an end to thc constitution! The Jour
nal contends that Carolina may resist unto blood iyt
do not, what means the following sentence? “If South
Ciroliniact separately, without the least resistance from
the other Southern- Slates, her citizens can die in the 1 Slates.
quently excludes the idea of Indian tribes, as separate and
independent communities within thc several States.
The expression in the Constitution of the U. ,States,
“and with thc Indian tribes,” must have been intended to
apply to such Indian tribes on the continent of North A-
meiica or elsewhere, as were udt included within the lim
its of any of the several States of the Union, because un
der any other construction, it would have no application,
or such an one as would come in direct collision with the
soveieign right of jurisdiction in the States, and with that
part of Ihe grant of power whiih authorises the General
Government to regulate commerce among the several
trenches, but they will out be able to resist site cessfilly tlie
invaders of her rights.”—We know no test ruorc certain
of the unsoundness of any doctrines than that they can
That “a powor which can take away or impair a right
of properly in a State, and at its discretion set bounds
to its jurisdiction, exists in the General Governrumt,”
live only amidst the inflammation cf the pussiores. Go- ! has been asserted by those whose misplaced philanthro
pernor Troup has manifested tuis—the nuliiikts of CarO'
lina have manifested it—thc editors oI the Journal have
! phy and ignorant zeal for tbe rights of tbe lntiiaos, have
led them into various ot her absurdities in regard to our
ceded by the treaty of the Indian
survey to he carried into effect by His
Excellency he Governor, as soon as it shall be ascer
tained and determined by the competent authorities that
Georgia is entitled to the occupancy of the same. And
they would furlhei recommend that provision be also made
for disposing of tlie said territory to the citizens of the
State by lottery, as soon as the same bus been surveyed.
And your committee Loping and believing that the Pre
sident of the United.States, whose laudable and indefati
gable exertions in behalf of the interests of Georgia, de
serve and receive the thanks of her peojilc, will be Ena
bled, before thc next session of the General Assembly of
this State entirely toextinguish the claims of all the Chero
kee Indians to the occupancy pf the soil of the State, feel
it to be their duty to reciunmend that provision be also
made by the present Legislature for-a further survey of
the whole country into smnli lots for the purpose Of divid
ing the same among the citizens of the <tate by lottery ,
whenever His Excellency the Govcfoor shall be satisfild
that the Indian right of occupancy has bean extinguished,
and that this Stale has tlie right according to her Consti
tution to take possession, of the soil.
Your Committee are aware, that there ace persons in
other states, arid perhaps some few in our own, who will
disapprove of any course which your committee might re
commend, having for its object the pieser vatien of the pro
perty, and the tights of this State, in the Cherokee lands,
or the extension of the jurisdiction of the Stale over tht
Cherokee people. To such persons, your committee have
nothing to say, and offer no reasons for the measures’they
recommend, because such men’are thc deluded victims of
an inveterate prejudice, which no argument cm remove
afod which reason can never successfully combat Bui
there may be some both here and elsewhere, who from tlie
..ant cf knowledge in regard to our Indian relations, and
under the influence of the purest motives, believe that
this State hks.no right to survey the country, or to extend
her laws over the people; and to such your ■ Committee
lee! it to be their duty, as it i» also their pleasure to de
clare Die causes, which in their view of ihe subject, not
oulyjustify, but imperiously call for the course proposed
to be adopted.
Before th^ fe>rmai;on and organization by tiii Cherokee
trjbe of Indians uf a regular governm at; they were
viewed in tbe light of other Indian tribes, scattered over
an extensive country, depending mainly for subsistence
on the spoils of the chase—claiming no political rights
anifested it. Tbe moment Ihey find that the excite- ! relations w ith those people, and has been exerted by the j inconsistent with tlie rights of Georgia roaming through
I. ■- •> l. 1 ..U iL t. .1 . KI. lu A.r : l., 1 . ... .l. „• . i * I :-I ^. tkpir Ii'/irncl a am filun :inrl unci. no fltn mAlllii :un
meut by which they have subsisted on one subject, is dy- j (ierie»*ul Government contrary to the rights aud the wislies
|n» away, and tlie tide of public opinion is beginning, wilh
wu overwhelming current, to set against them—it he
roines necessary lo arouse the people by infl.mtirg their
ofOt’orsin. Tlie grant of power to “regulate commerce
with the Indian tribes,” was cot intended to mean Indi
an tribes within the States, or it would have been so ex-
eeliugson anoihcr. In this, Troup and the Journal have ; pressed. But admitting for the sake of the argument,
i ftc J tlie oust daring an-J stubborn consfcleurv. It ; that.such power did exist in the Cjeneral Government an-
ill not do to let tlie people settle down to the calm re- Itrior lo Uu* date of tbe compact entered into by. and be-
lections of sober reason. Wliat the Journal lure said twern the Cniled States and Georgiu, on the24lb day of
ibout tlie excitement on tbe subject of our Inqi.iti lauds ; April, 1&02, yet it is presumed by your Committee, that
^9 not true. '1 hat excitcrncat Jus been graJu;xlly tt tiling j no rnafi will ;issert, or seriously contend, thatsucb power
^own to a temperature which docs not suit the growth of t xb ts since tlie date of that instrument. The United
he hot-bed priuciph^ of George -M. Troup, 'I'iie people Stales there expressly cede to the State of Georgia, what-
ticoigiv and the present Legislature; seem to have come { ever claim, i igbt, or title tliey may have to t,he jarisdic-
a coiiclnsioti on th'S subject which ill accords with the ! non or soil of airy lands lying within the United States,
^mper of our modem innovators. Tiic storm ofJl-.e pas j dud put.of the.proper # hoi.ndarfes of any other State, and
•ns is over on that suhj-et—and because nq storm ex- situated South olTlieSquihern boundaries of the States of
a, the wind must ngain be rais- d, which evil spirits de-! TcnurSs -e, North Carolina and South Carolina, and
ht in. Ah soon os the tempest is over ur,d the day East of the boundary line described in said compact, us
lawns, they hie lo their drcuiy caverns. But louchiaa- j the Extern boundary of-lbc territory ceded by GeQjgia
ions must again be set on foot to trouble tlie political efe- j to the United States.
nents—and when the “kettle Inti's and chaldron hub-1 Wh oever therefore, the United States attempt to ex-
te8”—then they arc ready to riot around it, like Shakes-; ercisi* any jurisdiction over'the Cherokee Indians within
care’s witches. And when we shall have no more lauds! lire limits of Georgia. <
eorgia, other than that which, by the Con-
when they aie coinpclfed to cirreu their j stitution of'the United Slates they haVc a right to eXer-
i trie in the States geinr lly, and thercl-y Interfere with
'the right of jurisdiction in the Stale over ull her territory,
lo q rerrel over
kbuses of the CltirR parly iu fifucty sayiitg that thev are
infriendly to our .requiring the land—the stormy passions
mist again be agitated, upon the abhorred tariff—and • -
Eause the Clark party ftra as Ameh nppji 9 »it to the lanff >s
flsey are—nut Iovj the’Union b-ttcr—t •’ -y must resort
lo the. ultra doctrine qf nullification to ciirry arv^j the
linds of the people. Compare? theSpiotntidns made
Ibov. f oni die lourual witli what-Troup says iu his fet-
•‘*Ifcontrary to tispecianon, says Troup, the rxist-
ig system shall he’ccpie tue fixe*' and settled policy of the
mniry, the Sootlicrn Stales must'rithdraIrotn the cou-
and her people, whether citizens or aliens, white men or
red men, or black men, ihrj inaulfe sily infringe thesove
reiguty iri Georgia, and violate the compact of 1802.
But iliis power to regulate commerce with the Indian
tribes, lias been t-xcrcUed by ihe G< neral Government
in regard to thc Indians residing within the limits of
Georgi-,. The last a<-f of Congress on this subject, was
on th< 30th March, 1«02, and is known by 'lie name of
“tiic intercourse 1010''—and from the acquiescence of
literal i<<n, cost what it man'"— It is the shedding of blood j Georgia, either' be-, aose she cou!d_ not,or *did not then
i’hidi dlies u? from ccmsirtutioiyil resistance to uncoa- ciuiosc to interfere, as her interests might n - at that
titiilicuiej luvsi” Here- is a perfect concordance b< - j lime have called for such interference, many hfeve sqppos-
'•een the doctrines .)! Troup and the Journal—and the j ed that the exercise, 011 tbe part of the United States, of
iticr suppiort'* trliy »he ‘‘Capolina doctrines”- IVhd tfiis power, was a matter of rrglu. So long as the use of
11 vvili uiy, that the. jt-aders of the Troup party are not i this power by ihe t.nerul Government, was not injurious
1 to the interests of the State, she bad ho reason for inter
posing; nor was she obliged to do so; and a forbearance
on her part to assert this right, does not impair it. Tbe
right cxists intits fullest c-xteot, and when ever tbe State
thinks proper to exercise it, sbe may lawfully do so.
The. fews of Georgia, have been extended over the Cber
okce people, by virtue of an c ci passed by her Genera
Issembly at its last session; and if this act be Constitu
tional and vulid, as your Committee are persuaded it fe
according to the principles'asset ted in tins report, thus
these peaple cease to have ar.v qtlier legal or politual
•iibtr, than such as freicriv* t! to them from tbe Coiis.i
lutiurial l.jivsjrf Georgia. If they’ ever were, since tin
settlement of this state, considered as a separate and inde-
\uilfitrs7 and who wifi doubt that there iso. concert be
sp'ucof the p iliticians of Georgia and South Caro-
|na?
da 1 these sentiments are riot confined to the columns
peusnapers and Live I* tiers nf modern innovators.—
Thty have entered the Halls of Legislation. They are
>t oolv ih* i.aik of thc grog-shop, the tea-table and the
iSI-rou.-i —they taujit the discassipusof the Senate c iaro-
i IV’ituess tlie debate on Foot’s resolution—witness
|p recent debate in our own Senate on flood’s resolu-
Tfi Tre- ip parly (with a few honorable rxcep-
> :,b ) ‘ipposed these rcsoljjions .at every poim Pa
le -s :j». v vyre In tlie ir .character—ct«a;!} as t..ey
pressed the opinions cf the most eminent repubhi-
their Forests, as SK and unsLackeled ns the mountain
breeze, and enjoyirig all the happiness incident to savage
life. Whilst they remained in this situstion, Georgia
bad no fears of their 'itiimate refusal to remove beyond
the Mississippi, where more facilities could be aiferded
them for the enjoyment of that mode of life best suited to
(heir nature and education. The introduction however
of white men among them, and of many pfthe arts of civ
it zulion—the intermarriages between them and (lie whites
and the great influence which these white iucn ha ve ob
tained among them by force of tie power which knowl
edge gives—and the present peliticat attitude in which
these white men itud some educated half-breeds have
thought proper to place themselves and their people-to
wards this State,.have produced a state of things materi
ally different from tlmt which formerly existed. And now,
instead of exciting the sympathy of our people fur their
weakness and their ignorance, they excite their ualiouaj
pride and their resentment.
Again, the day must and will come, and it is not far dis
tant, fvheo, by the constant intermarriagesJbetwcen tlie
Indians and the whites, the original Indian character will
in a gseat degree be .lost, and yet the half nr mixed breed
will retain so much of that character as to heintapableof
enjoying civilized life, and so much Of the character i.f
the white man us to be ill-suited'for the savage state.—
Here then will he a sort of mongrel popuiutim in the bo
som of Georgia, uufit.-for the chancier of citizens, and
unfit for the wilds beyond the Mississippi, ani if they are
permitted'to reside within this Mate under at organized
government of tboir own, owing 110 allegiance to Georgia,
the political absurdity will be produced of toe govern
ment existing within another. -
But this State of things, even if it were now tolerated,
could not long continue. The time will cqhie when the
people of this Slate, alw ays jealous of their rights will as
sert and maintain (he dignity of the State, and either re 1 -
duce these Indians to a stale of'subordination to her laws,
or ferce them to leave her* territory. The course there
fore, which your committee now recommend, is dictated
by the principles of justice, the feelings of humanity, and
Ue most ardent <Xe[»irc fot the welfare and b'appiucss of
these children of the forest.
The soonec these people remove tp a country they may
caH their own, and w here they may have a “focal habita
tion and a name,” the. som-t will they live in the full
fruition of all the joys and tbe pleasures congenial with,
their savage state, aud rendered dearth them by their edu
cation and their habits.
V ’
promulgated by tbe coneenlionisls of the South.
The former did not succeed in alluring into his service
the aid of a venal press. He had none to extenuate bis
guilt—all conlrbutcd to detect his designs and spread
them before the people. 1 lie press indeed was fret. It
was tot Corrupted'. Our people* had ndl yet been taught
to view the Geographical divisions of their common*
country, as inhabited by their natural enemies. British
emissaries had not found their way into offices rY trust;
they were not found at the head of our liletary semina
ries, vitiating tlie fountain of truth, and sowing those
seeds from .- hich was expected to spring up a plentiful
harvest of discord and corruption. The hallowed tie of
friendship then hound every section of our happy country
111 the “ bunti of unity.” . The denjftn of ambition had tak
en possession of but one bosom-andxdl hastened to disarm
that one of his power to do mischief. Tire enemies of
American liberty, tutored into prudenc * by bis failure,
.have gone more systematically to work. Presses’have
been established, & the doctrines which have been consign
ed to the deepest recess of iufe-ny, are dealt out to
the people as “seund republican doctrines!’* They are
gravely told, in effect, that in 'cptndtnce and happiness
are to be found in their extinction as a nation, nod un
der the protection cf the British Government! How
will the tule be credited abroad—what wiil the sons of
those who fought ami bled, and conquered, to deliver our
favored land f. oin the grip of British lyranoj, say when
told that it bus been- staled spun the floor of the Senate
cl imber of Goor^ui, by an honorable Senator, that he
hud been informed, under cireuruslances, which impressed
him with the bolief of its truth, that a report .was. iu .cir
culation of an agent having, irien sent from a neighbour
ing Stale lo ascertain if tlie counn'iuuer of Ihe British
Squadron on the Hist India station,' would co-operate
with Suuth Carolina, in Ihcivtnt of her seceding from the
Union! Is this .1 couliruntiioa of Judge Johusoo’s 7th
-proposition, or is it not ? Was every drop of .patriotic
blood shed in the Revolution that severed our British
chains, or has it since become extinct, dh&t wc should
now voluntarily kneel to receive the same riiaekies our
fathers rent asunder at the price uf their precious blood?—
Is it nut time that the people of Georgia, and indeed of
the whole South, should awake to the real designs of those
who would carry them back to thc condition of “V’gloni-
al Vassalage,” and blot out the glorious deeds of their
ancestors, thc blood shed by th» in, and tbe legacy they
bequeathed as “unholy things?”
That the doctrines of Troup, his coadjutors of South
Carolina, and of the Hartford Convention, are the same,
must be admitted by all who aye conversant with the lead- !
I' g traits of them. They were hatched up for the ex- j
press purpose of embarrassing the operations of thc Gen
eral Government, and to effect a dissolution oT the Amer
ican Confederacy. Such being their inevitable tendency,
who can be so fur gene in credulity as to believe that
man’s assertion, that, “he would lay «lowh his life to pre
serve tbe Union a single day?” The Union would not—
could not. exist a day, yea not an hour, if these doctrines
were acted upon.
The resolutions introduced into the Senate, by Major
Wood, of McIntosh,, are peculiarly proper at this time.—
The violence of certain dis;;ff ctecf imiivitluals in Carolina,
lias been encouraged by tiie belief that they would be airi-
cd by a party in Georgia. Possibly expectations of this
kind havt been designedly excitidby some “who art in the
secret ” It is therefore due to truth that they should lie
undeceived ; and it is likewise important that the people
of Georgia should know who it is among them that are
willing “to sow the seeds of disunion, and introduc%lbe
baneful doctrines of Nullification.” It could scarcely
have b<en anticipated, that resolutions so reasonable iu
, themselves,‘and so patriotic m design, shoo id have met
with opposition, much less that their supporters should
have received contumely and insult, in the place of co-op
eration. No man having at heart the honor, dignity and
peace of tbe Slate, and prizing the harmony that should
characterize the deliberations ot their representatives in
the Generul Assembly, could have failed to witness with-
outemotions of regret, disgust, & indignation, the manner*
•n which certain senators attached to the Troop party exer-
ted themselves to thwart the object nf thc resolutions, to
cumber them with ridiculous amendments, &, substitute omi-
, ter not ohly wholly foreign, but directly repugnant, to their
intent and spirit, and in doing so completely identified
1 ru;inselves with thc Nuilifiers, to whom they profess to
kc opposed. One individual with less-tliscretion than
zeal, charged the advocates of Wood’s resolutions with
having “voted down the principles of the Revolution,” be
cause with much propriety they rejected a substitute offer
hy himself. To say nothing of the extreme modesty of the
gent it-nian thus constituting his opinions the standard-of
political orthodoxy* it was iusulting the go-id sense and
patriotism of the majority who suppoi ted those resolutions
from a conviction that they embodied the true spirit aud
sentiments which actuated those 1 who accomplished that
glorious revolution; and for tbe express- purpose of put
ting down principles hostile to the Government that re
sulted from its success. Among those included in this
sweeping denunciati on, were men who had proved ’ their
devotion to their country in a manner less equivocal than
opposing resolutions reprobating tbe doctrines of the
Hartford Convention. Tliey had. met and conquered
their country’s foes—their blood had crimsoned the bat
tle field—They knew the value of tbe Government for
whose preservation it bad been shed, and were determin
ed. to follow the last words of Washington'and “frown in
dignantly upon every attempt” to impair its value ia tlie
eyes of the people, and diminish their-attachment to it!—
This they are determined to da in despite of the sneers cf
the parasite, the opposition of domestic enemies, and the
awkward wituf mushroom politicians. Tbe people of Geor
gia too have been instructed where to Aod their country’s
friends in the time of trial—Tlvey have received & useful
le&son. The votes given upon Wood’s resolutions fur
nish information that will not soon be forgotten. Tlie
“principles of ihe Revolution” are cherished by them, amt
ihey now know those of Cooper and Ti.ovp to Ik hostile'
to the objects of their veneration. FRANKLIN.
Adiiiinifitrator’s Sale.
O N the first Tuesday111 January next, will be sold at
the market-house in tbe town of Louisville, Jef
ferson county, between the usual hours of sale, by virtue
of an order of the Court of Ordinary of said county, the
following properly, to wit r
Aii tire real estate of Wilrinm Hann?b, late
of said county, deceased, supposed to contain loOO acres,
be the same moire or k-sa—lying on the waters of iteiiarfit
creek in said county. The titles will bbshcvwi an the day
uf sale.
Also, will be sold, on the aasie day and same place, tbe
following NEGROES, all belonging to said estate, to
wit;—Creasy a woman, Vicey a woman, and her four
children^ itcchud and her child, .Mill/ J 7years old, Rho-
du 5 years old, and Jeff", a boy 9 yeurs old. Terms will
be made known on the day of sale
THOMAS HANNAH,
JOSEPH WHIG HAM,
19
November 10
Adm'rs.
St
Executor’s Sale.
W ILL be sold, 011 the first Tuesday iq January next,
between the. usual 'bouts of sale, at tbe court
house in the town af Louisville,. Jefferson County, a
NEGRO MAN.
named Jack, uouoi bq years of ag , belonging to the es
tate of Noah Adams, late of said county, deceased.—
Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said es
tate, uniba bich uegro is authorised to be sold by the wiil
of said Testator. Terms made known on the day of sale.
JAM Ed ADAMS, Executor.
November 4' 19 St
Administrator^ Safe.
A CREEARLY to ai> ordet of the Inferior Court at
Henry county, to sell the real estate of John Me-
Kee, d'.ecastd, Will be sold, on the first Tuesday in Jana-
.ary n- xt, at the court-house door in the town of Colom
bo,, Muscogee county, between the usual boura of sale,
one LOT uf LAND, number one hundred and serenty-
' seven in tbe seventh district of sail county. • Sold for
tbe benefit of the iicirs and creditors of said deceased.
JACOB McKEE, Adm’r.
November, 13• 19 8t
A GREEABLY to an occur of the Inferio Court of
Henry county to sell tlie' real estate of John Mc
Kee, deceased* will be sold, on the first Tuesday in Feb
ruary next, at CarroHton, Carroll county, Lot of LAND,
number two hundred and eighteen, in the ninth district of
said county, as the property of said deceased. Sold for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of s-tiu deceased.
JACOB McKEE, Adm’r.
$T-,readier i3 T9 9*
Adauntiiiruter's hale.
O N the first Tuesday in January next, will be sold,
in McDonough, tiemy county, LOT of LAND
number fifty-two, in the seventh district of said county.
Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors , of Benj amin
Carrol, deceased, by order of (be Inferior Court of said
county, when sitting for ordinary purposes.
LEVI WHITE,
November 13
JOHN C. DUL1N, } •Adm’rs.
19
9t
Administrator’s Sale.
NDF.R an order.of <h< Inferior Court cf tbe county
of Walton, when sitting for ordinary purposes, will
be sold, on the first Tuesday in February next, at the
court-house door in Harris county, LOT No. 219, in the
eighteenth district of torm^rly Muscogee, now Harris
county. Sold for the beneflt of the creditor*'and heirs of
Frances Nash, late of Elbert county, deceased
SAMUEL ALLGOOD, Adm’r.
November 13 19 9t
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GEORGIA—Henry county.
W HEREAS, John P. Dodson applies to me for let
ters bf Administration on tlie estate of John Brown,
lute of said county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar the kindred and creditors <*f said deceased, to be umi
appear at uiy office, within the time prescribed by l.ivv to
shew cause, if .any they have, why said letters should not
be granted. Given under my hand, this 29’b Jav of Oc
tober, 1830. GUY W. SMITH, d.'c. c. o.
Nov 13 19 . 5t
GEORGIA—Henry county.
»#/ HE RE AS, Aaron Parker, };m. - applies to me for
f v letters of Administration 011 the estate df Aaron
Parker, sen. late of said county, deceased :
These arc therefdrc to cite and admonish all and sin
gular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to
shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not
be granted. Given nnder my hand, this 29lh day of Oc
tober, 1830. • GUY VV. SMITH, D. c. c. o.
November 13 19 5t
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Departed this life, on the S»h inst., in Uie I5lh month
of his age, Thomas F. Gref.n, oniy child of Thomas F.
and Adeline E.’ A. Green of thi? place!
Colombia.—Accounts from Uazeia of the 2?lh . August
state that Bojivar is again At tbejtead-i f afl tirs A battle
‘•ud been feugbe near thatciiy in which tus forces wcjc
victonous.
KOKCSE. .
The GEORGIA TEMPERANtfE
SO<-IETY will meet ut candle tight in
the Methodist Church,, pn Thursday,
Ukv ISth-iostaut. ltcv. Mr. Heed will
open the Meeting by an appropriate discours'd after which
Several addresses wiH be delivered.
TbcMenibers of thc Legislature add inhabitants gen
erally, «re "invited to attend. * ’ *
Milleilgevilte, Nov 9 T9 I t
GEORGIA—Pulaski county.
J OHN D. McCULLERS applies to me for letters of
Administration on the estate of Charles Stuart, late
of said county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all thc kite;
dred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at
toy office, within tlie time prescribed by law, 10 shew
cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be
eranted. Given uuueriny hand, this t2tb day of N-weid-
ber, 183d. JOSEPH CAKHUTHERS, c. c!o.
feEORGIA—’Putnski ctfuuty. ^
W HEREAS, Forney F. Gattin and Sessome Per
kins, aiiministrators of Joseph B. Cos Ison, late
oTsuid county, deceased, applies to me for lette&i
of dismissfen:
This is therefore -to-cite the kindred amt creditors of
said dec’d to be sod appear at my office, within the tints
prescribed by law, to *hew esose, if any they have, why
said letters of dismission should not be granted- .
' Given under my hand this 12th November} 1830.
»f*6*n. I0 EPH CAKRUTH ERS, e. c. o.
or-,»»*tij|A—Pulaski cauuty.
TtyfllERlUS, SessoinsPerkins, Guardian of Mary
* 1/ Ann Packer, minor of John B. Packer, dfc’iL
applies to me for leRerv of dismission.
Thistis,therefore to irite the kindred and creditors nf
Slid ife-c’d. to be and appear at my office, within tlie lime
prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any they have, why
said letters of dismission should wot be granted.
Given under my*band this 12th Novemh r, (830.
iiifitn. J. CaRRUTH ERS, c «. o.
. A.CARD.
T HE friends of the subscriber who hold subscription
lists tor the Georgia Chgistteui Repertory, ore re-
i uested to forward them immediately by mail or otber-
ase. • * v \* • G. CAPERS.
Macon, November 2> 18 >P 19
I iYOUIi months after date application wiH he made to
the ho borsbte tbe Churt of Ordinary of liabershttw
county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, fl»r leave to
sell LOT N«. 1»0, in the ninth district of Carroti county,
for ibe beo< fit of the heirs and creditors of Mary Wilkiiv-
sun’sorphans. - .JOSEPH D0B80N, Guardian.
Vrtf-»nhr-f. T«90. 19 4m*'
te AtetJlv labiitiif alter dite J 3iipiieation w it be mauu iu
JC* the honoraole the Interior Court of Henry connty,
when sit (in z; for ordinary purposes, for leave to stB alt the
read estate of'James S. Bishop, deceased, for the bciKfis cf
the heirs uud creditors. DUDLEY BISHOP, Adm’r,
November T3 -» 19 4m
GASBSN S2XB2>.
^ FRESH supply of J’bof burn's Garden Seed just re-
L. PERKINS,
E urp requested lo announce the' oamSe of WlLL-
cfcivcdty
M illedgcville. Nov 13
W Hit D. SCOGGIN, Esq. as a candidate for
Sheriff ot BalffWin county at the next ddetkm for county
-officers- November 6 -J
HARRIS SUPERIOR COURT,
-' - Miaca Tcrm, 1830.
f The Governor on the information *f f * rr » #
Joseph Weldom vs. JumBamsa. y
I T appeariiig to the Court, hjr the returnof the Sheriff;
that the defeodaht in tb# r.-bove case is not to be-found
in said county,'it is tlierefore ordered, that sarviee be pfrr-
lected by publication in bneat Ilia public gazettes of this
>Stale, oneotaumuthYbr thm- months. A fraw copy frou*
the lainutd/fe C. BLANDFORD,jr.