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[From //;r (ib.bc, i f Mftrih 27.]
He are happ\ Io b arn that an ar
rangement has been made with :i dde
ration of theClu rckec Indians for (hi
c ssion of the claims to their ccuntn
east of the Mississippi, anti for their
removal \v< st of that river. The treatj
nr- proposed, has been printed at the re
quest of the Indians, with a view to its
distribution amongst their people, for
their consideration and final action.
• Milling tb.e subject is interesting to
our loaders, we this day lay it before
them, together with an address of the
President to them, which has been in
like manner printed for circulation
nmong them. It will be perceived
that the arrangement is entirely pro
visional, and must be confirmed by the
Cherokee people, and subsequent!}
ratified by the I*resident & the Senate
before it acquires any validity.
It is to be sincerely hoped that the
Cherokee people will be induced to
give their assent to this very liberal
arrangement. They will certainly do
6o if they are not misled by the same
persons who have heretofore opposed
the settlement of this controversy for
the sake of thcii own self interest. This
oj.nosing parting has been diminishing,
an i w<* trust will form a minority when
tae sujeel is brought before the tribe.
We u iderstand that the Cherokees
will be assembled in Council some time
during the approaching summer or
\ autumn, and that Commissioners will
be appointed to meet them and lay the
whole subject before them. We believe
Th it every impartial man in our coun
■** "* Vry, will be satisfied that the terms
offered arc as liberal as the circum
stances will justify,and that the Indians
ought not to hesitate a moment in ac
cepting them.
To the Cherokee Tribe of Indians East nJ
the. Mississippi river.
Mv Friends} 1 have viewed
yorir condition with great interest.
For many years I have been acquaint
ed with your people, and under all
varieiv of circumstances, in peace and
war.—Your fathers were well known
to me, and the reg ird which I cherish
ed for them has caused me to feel great
solicitude fur your situ ition. To these
feelings. growing out of form :r recol
lections, have been added the sanction
drrtWend the relation in which
lu « cU.I? uCuUUii rlilH I<l »V .j, I <Uil pi.IV
c l towards you. Listen to me, there
„ I are, as your fathers have listened,
w file I commuaicale tojou my sentf-1
rn mis on the critical stale of \cur
a flairs. i
You are now placed in the midst 0f..-
white population. Your peculiar cus
toms-, which regal ited your intercourse
with o ie another, have been abrogated
by th? 'rreat political community among
which you live;- and you are now
subject to the same laws which gov
ern the other citizens of Georgia and
n’tabam i. You are h ibkrto- prosecu
tions for offences, and to civil actions
tor a breach ol any ofyour contracts.
Most of your people are uneducated,
and are li idle to be brought into col
lision at all times with their white
neighbor*. Your young men are ac
tju.j u.g habits of intoxication. With
H.ru ig p iss'.uas, and without those h.tb
y:s of restraint which oar laws incul
cite and render necessary, they are
frequ • ‘tly driven to excesses which
m i-i eventually terminate in their ru
j . fiie game has disappeared among
*« •(’, a., 1 you must depend upon agri
cuj .n e and the mechanic arts for sup-
I art. A:.d, yet,.a large portion ofyour
people hava acquired little or no prop
erty in tiie soil itse'f, or in-any article
of pec- '’a' property which can be use
ful to them. Low, under these cir
f umtianecs, can you live in the country
you noiy occupy I Your coi.-diti.ou
rmr?t become worse and -.rorsc, and you
will ultimately disappear, so many
tribe? h ive done before you.
Os all thia I warned your peop'S
when I met them in council eighteen
years ago. 1 then advised them to sell
out their possessions east of the Missis
£.'>ui and to r< move to the country west
of that river. This advice I have con
tinued to y ou :i * various times from
period do-vn to the present day,
and camyou now ichk back and doubt
the wisdom of this coUhb. 1 ? Had you,
then removed, you would have gone
with all tiie means necessary to estab
lish foarMves in a fertile country, suf
ficiently extensive for year subsistence
an l neyo.id the reach of the moral e
vili which are hastening your destruc
tion. Instead of being a divided pco
pie as you now arc, arrayed into par
ties bitterly opposed to each other, you
would have been a prosperous and a u*
nited community. Your tar.ns would
Jiav > been open a..d cultivated, comfor
table h' H,es would have been erected,
them • 3 dsuosislcnce abund.iiii, and i
j, you would have been governed by your!
©vtii cu-tOUw iuid uius, a.iu .cmoved,
fi cm the t fleets of a white population.,
G here you now are you are encompas
-cd by evils, moral and physical, and
these arc fearfully increasing.
Look even at the experience ofthe
last few years. What have you gain
ed by adhering to the pernicious coun-!
seis w hich have led you to reject the j
liberal offers made for your removal?
They promised you an improvement
in your condition. But instead of that,
every year has brought increasing diffi
culties. How, then, can you place
confidence in the advice of-men who
are misleading you for their own pur
poses, and whose assurances have pro
ved, from the experience of every year,
to be utterly unfounded?
I have no motive my friends, to de
ceive you. lam sincerely desirous to
promote your welfare. Listen to me,
therefore, while I tell you that you can
not remain where you now are. Cir
cumstances that cannot be controlled,
and which arc beyond the reach of hu
man laws, render it impossible that you
can flourish in the midst of a civilized
community. You have but one reme-i
dy within your reach. And that is, to
remove to the IVest and join your coun
tiymen, who are already established
there. And the sooner you do this, the)
sooner you will commence your career
of improvement and prosperity.
A number of your brethren, who
have been delegated by that portion of
your people favorable to emigration, i
have repaired to this place, in the hope
of being able to make some arrange
ment, which would be acceptable to '
the Government of the United States, I
which would meet your approbation, j
They do not claim the right of making
any arrangement which would be bin-j
ding upon you; but have expresslyj
stated, that whatever they did would '
be utterly void, unless submitted to and
approved by you.
The whole subject has been taken
into consideration, and an arrangement
has been m ide, which ought to be, and
I trust will be, entirely satisfactory to
you. The Senate of the United States
have given their opinion of the value
of your possessions; and this value is
ensured io* you in the arrangement
which h»w been prepared. Mr. John
floss, and the party who were with
him, expressed their determination to
accept, so far as they were ebhterned,
such a sum as the Senate might consi
der just, and promised to recommend
4and sunnort ths same in vour renoraj
council, ane siipuruions contained
in this instrument, are designed to af
lord due protection to’private rights,
j to- mTtke adeq.u itc provision for the
j poorer class of your people, to provide
for the rem jval of all, and to lay the
found.ition cf such social" mid political
establishments in your new couhtryas
will render you a happy and prosper
ous people. IV hy, then, shoul 1 any
honest man among you obj- ct to remo
val? The United Slate's have assign
ed to you a fertile and extensive coun
try, witii a very fine climate adapted
to your habits, and with all the other
niituinladvantagcs which you ought to
desire or expect.
I shall in-the course of ;» short time
appoint commissioners' fur the purpose
of meeting.the whole body ofyour peo
ple in-council. They will explain to
you more fully, my views, and the na
ture of the stipulations which were of
sered to you.
These stipulations provider
Ist. For an addition to the country
already assigned to you west ol'
the Mississippi, and for it, by pa
tent, in fee simple. And also for
the security of the necessary po
litical rights, and for preventing
white persons from trespassing up
on yuti.
2d. Fur the payment of the fufr val
ue to each individual, of his pos-'
session in Georgia, Alabama, N.
Carolina and Tennessee.
. 3d. For the removal at the expense
of the United States, ofyour whole
people; for their subsistence fora'
year after their arrival in their |
new country, and for a gratuity i
one hundred and fifty dollars to '
eactf person.
4th» For i.S' usual anppTy of blan
ket?, rifles, as»d kettles.
sth. Fortnt- investment of four hun
dred thousand dollars, order to
secure a permanei..- annuity.
6th. For adequate pror’i 3 * oll f°’
schools, agricultural inslru Jients,
domestic wnimals, missionary i?s
tiblisbincnts, the support cfor
phans, &iC.
7tb. For the payment of claim?.
8i!;. Fur granting pensions to such
of your people as have been disa
bled 4 in 1 the service of the United
States.
These are tb.e general provisions
contained in the arrangement. But
there are many other details favorable
to you which I do not stop here to enu
; merate, as they will he.placed before
I you in the arrangement itself. Their
‘total amount is four millions five hun-
dred thousand dollars, which added to :
the sum of five hundred thousand dol ;
Jars, estimat' d as the value of the ad-1
ditional laud granted you, makes five '
millions of dollars. A sum, which if
equally divided among all your people
east of the Mississippi, estimating them
at ten thousand, which I believe is their
full number, would give five hundred
dollars to every map, woman, and child
in your nation. There are few sepa
rata communities, whose property, if
divided, would give to the persons com
posing them, such an amdtint. It is e
nough to establish you all in the most
comfortable manner: and it is to be ob
served, that besides this, there are thir
teen millions of acres conveyed to the
western Cherokees and yourselves by
former treaties, and which are destin
ed tor your and their permanent resi
dence. So that your whole country,
west of the Mississippi, will contain not
less than thirteen millions eight hun
dred thousand acres.
The choice now is before you. May
the Great Spirit teach you how to
choose, Ihe fate ot your women and
children, the fate ofyour people to the
remotest generation, depend upon tin
issue. Deceive yourselves no longer.
Do not cherish the belief that you can
ever resume your former political situ
alion, While you Continue in your pre
sent residence. As certain as the sun
shines to guile you in your path, so
certain is it that you Cannot drive back
the laws of Georgia from among you.
Every year wilt increase your d'dFicul
ties. Look at the condition of tl <
Creeks. Sec the collision? which art
taking place with them. Sec how tin
young menzarecommit'mg depreda
lions upon the property ofour citizen?,
and are shedding their blood. Tliis
cannot and w ill not be allowed; Pua
isment will follow, and all who arc en
gaged in these offmees must sutler.
Your young inen will com nit the same
acts, and the same consequences must
ensue'.
Think then of all these thing?. Shu'
your ears to bad counsels, nook a'
your condition as ii uiw is, a id then
consider vvh.it it will be if you follow
the advice I give you.
Yotrr frre; d,
Signed, ANEfcEiV JACKSON.
IfashinglM, Mtrch \Q>th y YB3's.
FROM TIIF liAYTOV JOURNGt.
.JUDGE A'HITE OF TENNESSEE
It lii‘Vit>ir theTt -Von
would Slaved liberality eiroirgh to pub
lish a candnboxptession of opinion upon
the subject’ of a candidate fir the nex 1
I’residcncy, however violently you
■.might suspect it of coming from npoiifi
ca'i opponent, I send you the following
brief commu’ai'chfib;;, co’nli lently ex
pecting that you will insert it in the
Journal.
The name of Hugh Lawson White
has been almotmced Io the people of
Tennessee, by leading adminis-
tration journals of that State, as a man
peculiarly fit to fill the proud station
irom which*Gen. Jackson will soon re
tire, accompanied by the blessings 6J
grateful millions. This nomination
appears to haVe been received by all
parties with thc-most rcspec’fii.l atten
tion. 1 linve reflected much on the
; claims, qualifications, and prospects ot
Judge White, and have come lo the
conclusion, that.be will not only stand
foremost in the /flections of the great
Democratic Party throughout the U-
State?, but that he will also recsivj
the support of a large division of the
Opposition.
No rn:-wi would be more willing than
myself, at another time, and under a
different condition of things, to advo
cate the claims of Mr. Van Buren.
But whilst asserting this, I, for one am
i unwilling to shut my eyes upon the
facts or attempt vainly to oppose the
) tide of circumstances, which is now
rotting onward with irresistible forre.
What arc the facts to which I allude?,
1. When the complete identifica
tion of Mr. Van Buren with the Jack
son party, as it now exists, shall be un-
I settled and destroyed by the disappear-!
1 ance of our pi esent patriotic Chief
Magistrate from the scene of action, it
is probable, that the political strength
of Mr. Van Buren will be contracted
within thenarrow limits of his own
personal popularity; thereby leaving
large masses cf the present Jackson
party i-nditferent or opposed to his sue-;
cess. ’’
2. A considerable portion of the
nC.wocratic party out of New York,
whentin-T remember the geographical!
extent—-the population—the immerse]
commerce—the enormous banking ad
vantages and capital of the State,all be
rendered ten-fold more formidable by
the tremendous party machinery there in
use entertain a deep and unaffected ap
prehension, that the election of a New
York dynasty, for eight years, would
be dangerous to the rights, if not the exis
tence of the smaller Stales.
Such are some of ths facts upon which
I ground thu belief, that the Demo*
cratic parly should not hastily hazard
all the good they have achieved, and
all the bright hopes of further good
they so fondly cherish, by placing at
itsjhead a name,the influence of which
cannot preserve, command, and quicken
it, through ail its parts, when the Old
Roman shall have gone down into the
shades of private life.
On the other hand—
1. The claims of Judge White are
preferred, it is presumed, by General
Jackson.
2. He supported Gen. Jackson for
the Presidency at a time when Air. Van
Buren was doing all he could to defeat
hjM.
3 The intellectual endowments and
acquirements of Judge White, are of
the highest order. Asa man, he is
upright. Asa citizen, patriotic and
vigorous. Asa Lawyer, skilful, ac
curate and profound. As a Statesman,
replete with that deep thought, ex
perience and sagacity, which constitute
the perfection of wisdom.
5. The unquestioned purity of Judge
White’s attachment to the person and
principles of the Old Hero; 'The supe
riority of his comprehensive Under
standing; his modest and unobtrusive
hut sterling worth; the beautiful demo
cratic consistency of his whole life,
render altogether certain, that more
than any other man, he will pieserve
unbroken and undistracted, the solid
strength of the Jackson Democratic
Party. _ ■ j
6, From the peculiar political and
geographical position ot Judge White,|
it is probable, that he would obtain;
the vote of a large portion of|he Whig
party. The whole South and South
West, for instance, would go for him
oolier than any one; while the Jack- j
<on strength of the' Northern, Eastern
and Middle States would be bound to
him by al! those principles,ties,associa
tions, and sj mp iihies, which have been
matured into existence by the warm
contest of the hist twelve years.
The Democratic Party should go the
whole for the good of their country.
They worship not men.. If probabilities
trr in favoro/ Judge While, itfid more
especially ifhis election would operate
is a ci'.*ipromise between the two par
ties wb »sc contests have already shak
en the foundation stone of the govern
nent; if I know them, they are feady
1 o lay their more personal preferences,
as a sacrifice,'upon the alter of patriot
hiti,' and say, let the manlloof the Did.
Hero fan upon me shoulders ol llCgii
. Lawso.v WniTßt- -*
BRANCH.
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G A Z ETTEr -
C4SSVILLE-.
•7’cssdav Evening, April 14.
Our h;k lias at length come to hand,
and -we with pleasure again present
our readers with the Gazette on its u
sual s 4 ze.
Gentlemen hoMihg subscription
papers for tiie Republican, are reques
ted to reftfrn a list ot the subscribers
obtained, as it is <he wish of the Pub
lishers to i?<ne the first number as soon
as a sufficient number of subscriber?
are obtained to autlioiize it. -
C'T. Charles C. Mitts was elected
Cashier of the Central Bank, on the
26tn inst. to fill the vacancy occasioned
>') |he resignation of Henry W. Ma
lone, esq.—S/ancturr/ of Union,March 2H.
William Hent, e«q. was, on the
27th inst. appointed by the Governor,
prinoipal keeper of the Penitentiarj,
to supply the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of col. C. C. Mil Is.-Jr/.
ChEßoree Pndmns. —fn the Globe
of the 27th ult. we found the treatv
concluded with a portion of the Chero
kee Chiefs, for an extinguishment of
rhe claims of inc tribe t<> lands cast of
the Mississippi. This arrangement is
to receive the assent of the tribe, and
be ratified by the president and senate
before it can be carried into effect.—
We shall,as soon as we have room for
it,publish this treaty as agieed on bj
the parties. In the mean time, we lay
before our readers the address of the
President of the United States to the
Cherokees, and the principal features
of the treaty, as follows:
1 The treaty to be submitted to the
people of the Cherokee Nation; for
that purpose to be assembled at New
Echota. Commissioners appointed by
the President to be present*
2 Er sides the tract of rctmtry ft--
curt d to the tribe on the other side of
the Mississippi, by Jbimer treaties, an
: other tract estimated to contain 800,-
000 acres, is to be conveyed to them in
i fee simple.
ii 3 The lands ceded to them, never to
be included, without their consent,
I within the territorial limits or juristic*
| tion of any state or territory. Thfc
: Cherokees to be governed by their ov n
[ municipal laws, provided those laws
fare not repugnant to the constitution
■ and laws of the United States regulat
ing Indian Affairs. they arc to be
protected in their territory by the U.
i States, against ail intrusion, &c.
1 4. The Cherokee Nation to be en.
’ titled to a delegate in the house of re
presentatives ot the United States.
5 The United States to remove the
Cherokees to their new homes, and to
subsist them one year after their arriv
al there.
J 6 The sum offour millions fivehun*
dred thousand dollars, to be paid to the
1 Cherbkee Nation; for the cession of
their lands, &, in full for all their claims
of every kind, now existing against
) the United States. The expenditures,'
payments and investments, agreed to
be made by the United States in the
treaty, to be paid out of the above sum
of §4,500,000.
7 According to a schedule annexed
to the treaty, containing an estimate of
the several pecuniary stipulations pro
vided for, the iterfis agreed upon aw
mount to §5,262,251. — Augusta Con t
.....
We regtef to announce (says the
Courier of the Ist inst.) the destruction
by fire of the steam boat Augusta.—-
She reached the wharf immediately
I below the Bridge at 8 o’clock last
night with two hoatsfn tow, and at I2f
was discoyered, to be on fire! Wheth
er the fire had progressed so far, when
discovered, as to prevent scuttling and
sinking her, we cannot (ell; but the
boat, and her contents, - which, being a
tower, we learn were trifling, have been
destroyed. Il is thought that the ma*-
chinery must be injured by the fire so
as to he useless in future.—The Augus
ta belonged to the Steam Boat Compa
ny.
fiCrSome uneasiness was felt for the
fate of Spear's Painting of Has Kington*
which was shipped from Savannah by
the Augusta; but we are gratified to
learn, that the boxes containing it were
on cue of the tow boats, which on bc
t ■ ' g GTv I< i cTTciTTi Ji: irtsPi -u c i uEig fl oated
below' to a place of safety.
Columbus, Ga. March 27.
The *>maH Pox, hire broken out in
Apalachicola. The disease had not
spread much, but fears are entertained
that it will dose. 'The citizens of Co
lumbus and the adjoining country/
would do well to procure immediate
vaccination. We understand that Dr.
Urquhart & Ware will be supplied
avith fresh Vaccine in a day or two.
• Enquirer.
Detroit, Marci? 10.— The Dispu
ted Boundary.— Nothing since our last
has been heard from Ohio, with the ex
ception we believe ofa letter which is
reported to have been received in this
city from Governor Lucas, in which it
is iiitimated thiU his Excellency will
fake the field in person, in case there
.should be any warlike demonstrations
on our Ijordefs. - It is reported that
Gov. Lucas *3 now on his way thither
for the purpose of awing duf citizens
into a quiet submission to the preteii’
sions of Ohio: Whether accompanied
by Any considerable portion of the
“one million of freemen” wc have yet
to learn.— Journal
It wag reported in one of the Few-
York papers, that' a vessel was seen at
sea, with the f reach flag floating
the American, and that from this
cumstance it was supposed that she
had been taken as a prize. This state
ment has been since contradicted—the
French flag Was at the main mast head
and the American at the peak, and the
vessel is supposed to have been the’
ship Marengo.— Charleston Courier,
i Vu^'n^hCity,M a rch
He learh that reached tjdd
City yesterday, by Express, that an ar- --
rival at New-Yoik had brought in
formation of the rejection, by the
French Chamber of Deputies, of the
Bill for carrying into effect the Treaty
with the United States. We believe
the News to be true.
It will be seen, says the Mobile Mer
cantile Advertiser of the 19th inst. from
a statement of receipts of Cotton at the
port of Mobile, that Already ICO,OOO
bales have - been received here, being
upwards of 10,000 more than the re
ceipts of last year up to October Ist
’ «34. At present we believe the be
lief Obtains quite generally, thaUbo
crop of Alabama this year will amount
nearly or quite to 180,000 bales.