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I V 1.1.0w Fiti/ia*—Our national jiilvtitM*
i- mine. We hail it with jov, nnd again.
• ith heart-* united in mutual (ei'lins* ofpat-
• itisui, a.ul under a deep m-iiw of our obli
Mtimis for the I>1«'smiiz* *»f a frro unv in-
; H ilt, wahnvn Coiijn-^afcud to irr»Mil1(>t our
".ratitnde, and to de« hire our determination
iid resolution not to lie utiuiHir'ful of the
many rate, and periiHar luvor* of which,
•mder kind Providence, wu are this day t' e
flippy participants. The object of our as
semblage, is nri occasion worthy of us, hon
orable to those who achieved, nod credita
ble to those who perprtuuto it. Itseoiine-
•picnces have called forth the surprise of the
philosopher, the eulogy of the piulauilno-
J*«t, excited the admiration of the world,
nd "iven birth tu an empire of liberty.
‘ •'lie h had long bewailed and Wept the de
vastating inarch of anarchy and despotism
Forcentnrim previous past, man had been
inveloped in political darkness, chained to a
menial ignorance, and a moral degradation,
ffir worse than Egyptian bondage. Amhi
tioim despots, feigning his good, hut in reali
ty. maturing their own wicked schemes and
nefarious designs, seem to have been <ht pr
ofited to pervert the wisdom of liod in his
»r» at inn, and to establish their own aggran-
diZ'iuciit upon the uniuhilatiou of all thing*
Iti >ral, sacrcd'Ond religious, in the Imbitahle
World. The people plunged into a super
stitious adoration, bowed before bra/, o
images, and prayed Ibr n restoration oftlu.it
fallen glories Hut alas ' for thorn there
\\"s mi balm to heal-7-nu wisdom to save—
n 1 liberty to shield—no patriot to interpose
The djotutn of oppressors was their only
law, the decree of usurpers, tln ii only rub
of notion. “ In their land wi re fulfill'd the
word* 01 the prophet there were heard
lamentation* nml weeping, and a great
muum-ring, Rachel weeping for her chil
dren, und would nut be comforted, because
they vver* not." Thu widow mourn
ed fier lost htiabnnd. the child its parent
and tho parent his child 1 will not bar-
r . •■• jour feelings by a lengthy reiterate a
of thn appalling scenes of antiquity. I
shoul I by such an indulgence, convert the
evli.laraiionthat glowsfr un heart to heart,
in the participation of tliis festivity, ini
weeping and sorrow, l.et nobler theme
engage pnnlo major* canamcus." 1 le.iv
llieso in quiet repose, and turn to modern
times, to thn poriod of *7»» Can w e forget
lilts memorable aeru , Mo, never, n«
Can vve huge! the Bern in win* h the dreams
if theory, and* the dogmas of onpci
authority were, forever ronuum 111, an*l in
tin ir Jtead, a government reared, w li
neiior efficacy nnd paramount utility, from
long Qxpencnrn and cIoko observation, havi
been uni\ crsally at knowlodged a govern
t':*mt, which has dispelled ull the inisernhl*
lulhieiaaiinns that have hung around, nnd
r! mdc.d the political hoiizon from time im
memorial—a government that laid tliofouri
dali'in of a great and sanvuno hope—all
tlio nation divesting itself of prejndic
privnto p.ifMons, nml local partialities, nnd
sw allowing them up in one ruling affection
iho I 'Ve ot freedom, rejoiced uf (lies gn at
coming under whose happy allspices, every
political wound wus to be healed, und every
4« ,r wiped away. Tito hope of that ho,11
helmed with a cheering and animating
warmth, and now nine millions of free
people can offer attestations of its almost
ample realization. If anv cii’iimstunc
can add to thn plenum oh of this day, it is
that which 1 feel in offering to the frauds of
my youth, the memory of dies departed and
*uivivmg revolutionists, who spuming
dill'n ulty and conquering every disaster,
potirod umund our misfortunes, the splen
dor ofan intellect vvlii- h at onee eradii nted
and cm,s imed them For the serv ices they
rendered, for the blessings they achieved to
till* country, for thu example they set in the
cv us of the vvoild, from my hcuit I thank
them. Indeed, gentlemen, wo who have
been unread in the lap of ease, and rocked
m the * radlo of opnlcnro, cun have little
idea vv hat they endured, who, in those per
ilous times udvoented the rnu«n of Ameri
can Iudopendenco IN cry calumny, which
the noble, tlio powerful, the gieut'ami the
\ i'e could invent, was heaped upon them
with exaggeration, They were culled trai
tors, because they would'rally around the
rtiiiidatd of lihertv, an unanimous people.
Tliev vv*-re called np. stutes, becauso they
revolted nt tlio idea of on ignominious vas-
S il Ign. They wore brandi d with contume
ly, because ol their resolution to annihilate
‘lie bonds that bound,and tlio yoke tlint fas
tened thorn to on unjust unwnrrnnt tide tax
ation In addition to these, wo may udd
the envy of stiipuhtv, the vile resentment of
condemned sell-mterost, nml, in despite of
ail tlio finest sympathies of natural affec
tion, even the opposition of kindred. No
wonder, then that their sucre*: i« claimed ms
ainiri le; no wonder, then that tlicv arc
thought t* have wrought an insuperability ;
no wonder that they ore silled the philan
thropist, vv bo, after man had fallen from the
pet faction of creation* nnd rnuidcred ages
in superstition, idolutrv, and oppression,
• ntd a i.cw and glorious ep-., I,, in whHi
tie emerged from thraldom almost to I,is
primitive originality. The knowledge of
these things, gentlemen, is known and fa
miliar to all. It is n theme on which the
poet bus with a holy rapture, kindled Ins
rvre. It is a theme on which thn orators ol
tlio ogc huvo shed the choicest flowers of
panegyric, end the brightest ullusioim of
eloquence. Can we tail to commemorate
them * Can wo fail (o mention them, hut
with enthusiasm - ('an vve p.a-s them in
silence ? I would not hold bun excusable
who, m consideration of iheii g.e-.t famili
arity , would, 0*1 an occasion like tills, r|i*u> a
different topics. It is to relume them n flesh
in memory, that wo uavu convened.
could 1 fail to mention the name of Wash
iogton—a great and venerable name— a
liatnit that keeps the name of this country
respected ill every other quarter of the
globe—well am) truly, tnay it bo called,
*• ('I irum ct vcnerdule poiikmi,
Oeiilibus, n tuu |, uui 110*114.’ quo I p*.j*Jt‘r.ii
uiin."
1 cannot, T will not attempt bis eulogy.
We brilliant a* hievmcnts, bis splendid quid*
Hie*, his eminent services, the vast tqi.icu
which thev fill in the o» ••* ,»f the world me
recognised by all—from the philosopher to
the peasant
Closely ii'Mociated with tl.' namo of our
patriotic chief, is that of Liifavctt • Won
derful man 1 He put to hazard his case, hi,
interest, bis security, his wealth, b ft ’the
dear companion of hi* bosom, lh d from tlu
^.iv and sprightly land of tlis nativity — from
the midst of Hlllucm'e, for the bene t of n
people whom be had newer seen, (boitlo-
men, for hi* love *»f freedom, for his pm se-
ve ranee in the cause of good, for hi* forti
tude in danger, tor his iiumiiriceiice to this
«oinitry, he stands second to none. Ik*
lias been the instrumentality of great
and much good—of a* much ns rarely
t ill* to the lot, mid almost ns raielv coincides
With the wishes and desires of anv indi
vidual For ns lie has given full scope to
the reins of Ins benevolence. Ik might
he traced through many adverse vicissitude*
fortune His struggle** m the revolution
of France, his imprisonment in, and escape
from the dungeon of Olnmtz, might afford
much matter for speculation. Thu marked
magnanimity and noble disinter* stt dm «
of soul, displayed in every pubhe art „f
bis lif.\ would fill a volume’ but 011
things I cannot enlarge Hh late vis.* to
tlf.» land, which he claims us I,is own. hv
adoption, demauJs attention II,* com,,,.,
was hailed bv all. Around it the orator
th* poet entwined tho happiest production
of genius. Around it, t!**- statesman, the
philiuitliropist and the )Coinanry, glowed
been * .*ded ungr.iii-iul; but inMie reception
iif nur fiiir-t. 'vi* have proved ynd e .tab-
Ii*-lied an indubitable claim to tho gratitml*
vit this ri*puhlic What language cun de
pict that lost of nssociftion < which Ailed
my soul, w hen I grasped hi* ti guiding hand
—that withered hand, which so mainly ros
urd our father* and our country from tin
cngemicc of power'? Vou, who expei 1
vn* « d,enn r isjly pereeivn, hut language i-
strikingly inadequate to their Je.-eription
Farcvv-'i; hi *. I* * t»»r! May the flower* *il
* , arih hloi.in nfound you through life, nnd
the splendors of a happy immortality shin**
and beam around you through the umwils ol
a glorious eternity.
We are hissed in onr *• basket, nnd bles
sed in out store, * blessed with military lea-
del*, and civil rulers. Our generals have
defended our rights with renown to them-
selvcsand glory to their country. Our l*re-
sidents have ruled with an “ eye single" ti
the good of all. We have no public calnne
ity to griove ; no public misforiftne mat»ui
ally to distress ils. It is true that the great
question, who should be the next Hr* sident.
vv a* agitated w ith much vvaiiulh, and per-
liapa with t*»o much party feeling and ani-
luoKitv. Ii is also equally true, that its ter
mination whs not in accordance with the
will of the South. But, vve, consistent with
our iiaiial love of acquiescence in the 1 ivvs
of the I'nion, and with that tnagnaniinitv
which become* Americans, yield onr confi-
dence. On the ultimate result ofthis »*vei
much has been said, various were the spi
illations, and contradictory were fnanv
sen ions. The tiinn is past, the president
elected, lot us speak of the matter, all pro
jiijJieo aside. There has been much tain of
mid-night tapi rs, of set ret conclave
bribery, of corruption, of treachery, of in
trigue hut I. who am disposed to take a
< aim dispassionate view of the whole trails-
action, am inclined to the conclusion, that
in the choi* c of our chief magistrate, none
of these things were put in practice. They
all arose from disappointed ambition and
hopeless expectation. Indulge me, I piny
you, if 1 speak of this subject, with a feel
mg of chanty—-with that charity which
•dtould be found m every proud American *
bosom. Perhaps in our objections, we wen
influenced by prejudices, by purt.aliti*
oriiiinaliug in locality—in the v..»l spare
which separated us from each other. I in-
dul *e ibf s uiguiiM) hope, that lie will maki
1 l iitiifui public servant. K hope that the ex
ample* mid admonitions of Washing
ton, will be bis visions by night, and
the good of the people his delight all the
day long. Be it ho, yes, und I would
*:>' ♦ bapny is that nation which could refuse
a (’raw lord, a Jackson, nnd n Clay for it*
ntier. Faithful to their ti 11st and to our nn
tional prosperity, their deed* are identified
with the ghuy of their countiy ; and their
name* will he enrolled on the page of im
partial history, when truth shall triumpli
over delusion, guardians oflihcrty. This my
cnuiitryiiion, nomattcrvvlintriiuheemay say
n*» matter what envy may create, or «ph en
invent is what I ?iiicerely conceive tube the
Firt. 1 do not nrguo that they have never
Jom wrong. They have acted, I liavi
thought contrary to vvlint they should have
n« ted ; pcifection nnd infallibility arc not
tlie attribute*of men.
In speaking of public men, and j uhl
measures, let us above all tilings, speak
with cuidor and listen with patience By a
hold and fr* 0 expulsion of your will, and
a straight forward course in the causo of
voiir ancestors, hero education has spread
tier charms, philosophy unfolded her treas
ures, religion n vealej the mysteries of re
deinplion and liberty shielded the distress
cd. By such a course,theac with virtue For
their hnnd-uiaid have conducted us to agio
rious nution.il immortality. Let us not de
sert if. Much remains to he done. Our
tank in the cause of free institutions, is not
liulf completed. When I paint in such
glowing colors, nur happy condition, I have
an eve more to the sanguinary scenes from
'vhich wo huvn escaped, than to the reality
ol nfTnits. Arc wo ourselves ? Are wo as
lire as si i* compatible with tlio law ofour na
ture p Are tlietu nono of tho phenomena
that bewilder, none of thn prejudice* that
enslave lingering amongst 11*! Aro there
m our systems of government, no superlhii-
tie*.t<»curtail, no defects to rescind J As
regards the inode »»f electing our president,
ami the tiinn lie hod* his office, no altera
Yinii* nr amendment* for tho better rotild
Im iiift'litutuiJ Custom lias sanction.ul, and
oxperienee tested its utility. Our Mipr. im
‘•"urt with few exceptions i* under the gui-
danc e of happy regulations. The animal
convention ot our Congress and the period
lor which its members aro chosen, nun-
port with the best interest of this union So
scattered is the vast family lor whom they
logislnte, sojvariant, so complicated, *0 mtif-
tiplied are thn nonecrus of all. that it often
requite* thoco-opcr..tiun of tlu* wisdom of
tin* politician, and 1 lio eloquence of tl<*
tatesin.iii to keep them in equitably opera-
tom. .So fur, tin- regulation* and plans of
our government aro compatible with nur
freedom, and our proini ritj B it, 1 en I
inen, there 1* <>tie striking imoetfeetion in
tie?'Constitution.* of ull the slates of tbi>
l uiun. Tiie annual a -semblage of the k-
gi-’latuto ol Ouch state, in time of peace,
unless on extraordinary ocrnsif»n.>, is a bur
deti that call* 11<• 11,1ly tor rodress-^-a meas-
are tho must impolitic of anv that ever was
tolerated amongst, or received the sanction
<-! any mu ll,gent and enlightened nation
1 r the annihilation of ttipolicy, tho or
plum,that mourns the want of education,
the taxation that is burthensj.ne tolbe poor,
the internal tmprovemeii. of v..ur eountr\
I the rums of a moral dissulutiun. speak
too pi.nn I** be misunderstood, too el j n ot
W ould it not ttritii the
want ol wisdom and of sagacity in that pi
r* nr. who i"r tho 1 •"* 1! iti m* of hi* fiunil f
|>' rr. piihl." ;,i
'" T '-oixl.tir.,., wiiul.l aim uilh s irinl |,„|l
Ins ineouie, in the adoption o’f n* v laws
And does it not equally argitn a w yut of
wisdom a iid of«igacitv in tb it ponple, who
ithout u || —.lul.rv ,.r I.. Mi'rliiM tli. , r cm,.
Union, iiiiiiiimIIv npi-ud lulf thfir In-.i.iirv in
the apnullin£, r«p«»linj, tnd i innn i .n ol
l ;’""j •ni'.v liavn mor:- tliun ;iro on-
dcMUnod'. mol innn. linn .no put 01 rvoni-
lom. Tins |. 1,110 „f Hois.' plain polii.r il
iHto-s which ciin ncitlicr ho wenkrm d
by sophistry, or streiigtliened hv argument.
1 ut tho money vim h you speiul lor this *u-
pernnmarary legist.uiou* to the use of in-
u rnal improvements, lay it out in giving
morals and education to the poor, ami you
nutitry f.n road* ami canals
jf the iiorifiptb*- Cougre
will take it asdecinive proof
t i 1 :** land. They feel that this pretext
ei/.ed on to juniily Mr Adams, in haviti^
the treaty w*t asiile—the land given hack tu
the Indians—and the Indians settled peima
neatly on if—) i»e vote in tiiat county,
assured, will be nearly unanimous in favor of
Troup and the treaty. Let oilier rountieh
pursue the same magii.iniiiiouscourse, and the
land is safe.
cratior. to dn. Tt 1.* f >x ;i to difccevvr and
establish many improvements in the s« icn* «
of governing, which arc necesrary to finish
the fabric of a perfe* t svsteui f r w!ii«di
our fithers so incessantly laboured. Fur-
sue, in tlio path of duty tlii* pregressivo im
provement, and you will give the strongest
encouragement to nil the nations of the
earth to emulate your ihu di You will kin
dle a flame of freedom thut will illuminate
the world. To spread this flame von will
not have to stretch v*uir powerful nnd nerved
armarroasthebr *ad Atlantic. Y'ouonly havi
to exist, to he free, happy and pro.*p« rous
Already South Amet im ha* liven taught nn
instructive and useful lesson. Through
a period of ten years, she has suffered c
deprivation, endured every calamity with
that bold and determined remonstrance at
which the heart of tho despot quail* more
despondently, th .n at the most awful word*-
of deflunce, and which like the alarming
voice of thunder, gives warning that insul
ted just urn i* gathering her holtstoeu-t d
the rule of oupros’inr* 'Flio morning ot j
. . 1 ' . . jn.i mimiic uni ,ir iitt«-ii
gl«>ry is dawning upon her soil, and he* | ,.y comipcn-d vVtlli tint blackest & most
lore it re iclich its murotiari, liberty will pour j abominable of all fcniols, be the roiispquciic
amongst her inliabitants, if* privilege*, its) We Will en I -aver to civ* our reader'* some a
VrV^di
Ynon Fraud—We have 01 late received a
number of very urgimt requests from dtflVr
cut |Kirt*of the Slate, iliat vve would give the
public some account of the Yazoo Fraud.—
So many people baye come into tin* Slate, ant!
->o tn*ny lu»ve grown up with ml tlie means u
information on tin-* Mubjeet, say our corres
pondents, that 1 lo* great mas-, of tin* people
who now Ii iv * th*- e nil*ol of die affair* of tin
State know very little about this transaction
Wc arc graiub-d d.al tlie-'C* empiiiies are made.
Irepnu.se tb< >: indicate i lisp'rvition t<* obtninin-
fjrinalion, an j tb j nlgo correctly of m*ui and
ibings: \\ *• ;»r.- gratill** I • n another acco.int.
sur«- a* inlbrniation is obtained on this sub-
sure will tli** decpestabhorrciiceof eve-
chstirH, it* bh'Hsiugs no 1 it* gill*. The phiI-
anthrophic Bolivar greut and glorious in hi*
mciVnl conceptions, and almost unparal
lelled, ami unprecedented in hi* patriotism,
has YV.iflhingloii like rjjeii superior t*i the
opposition ol tyranny, and given ongioVo a
swcoml republic in the land of Columbia.
Nor should the patriot fail to mention the
struggles of the Greek*. These have boon
noble nnd energetic, but tlmir cause has pro
gress! d turddy and hv the consuming and
nerved nun of despotism, the warmest, the
fairest, and the sweetest budding* of th*:
philanthropist have almost been Idi.dited
nnd blasted. Amidst the distressing and
alib iing scenes that burn emd and desolated
their country ; many of their brave and il
lustrious have fallen bcnoalli tin* f.ovvns of
the tyrant. They have fulh 11! Happy vver*
they whoso fell! Httjipy werethev vv liot ould
no longer mourn tlieii eouutry .* desolation '
Y es hundreds, nnd thousand* and millions,
have witnessed the destruction of tli* ir own
fortunes*, nnd the extinction of tlmir own
families! Prosperity bless them in their
cau<e ! Prosperity bless then in their op
pression ! Prosperity bless them in their
country s disaster* ! Heaven bless thorn in
tlu irbund*—in their Struggles—iutlic-lr 1111s-
cri* 1 *—in their prison*—in their dungeon*
with fortitude to persevere, until they be
come permanent member* of tho great
eammunity of tli« Inends of freedom. Hail
to their cause until the world recognize iliflrn
as an independent people! Hail to the
causo of free institutions and huunmty in
general, until their wings overshadow tho
univer-e ' Y ea, limi to the spirit of ’7<». un
til the hcaiiliful moral image, vvlii h the
prophet, so elegantly nml empliatieally,
describes, shall take place ! “ Tholame sh ill
leap as a hart, and the toting of the dumb
“hall sing, for in tin vvilderti* s«j shall water*
break out, ami living ►tre iin** in tho depart:
and the pa relied ground shall heroine a pool,
and the thirsty land* a spring of water.—
Violence, no more, shall he heard in tin
land, wasting and destiurtion in thy bor
dors; but thou shall call thy wall* salva
tion, und thy gates praise ! ’
WMr^- -
M2ZiLI2DGSVXZiXi£I ;
TLL.Sfe)AY, AUGUST 10, 1823.
'1 lie Savamiali Itepublican pulilislies flic
dm iiiiU'IUh appended Ui Gen. Gaines’ la.it let-
o r l*» tlie Governor, as if they hnln-igcd to the
report *d tlie Cominissioocrs. The Hepubli-
ran will Inve the (loodiiess to correct this er
ror. No part ol the documents belonging to
flic report lias been p hlislnol
An
niipte
rails 1
a, lli.it
, , im** plac
this Icin r of Gen. Gaines to tlie Governor \va>
lUibbslietl by direction of 'lie G ivernor—’fliis ■»
uU the fat *. It a- ’s /wb/islie I at fht reane^t nj
<i> i ti and that ttw/ya v&tk h^fon tin do
ur not rtCx irt-J it.
Cifii (inine.-i—fbis oflieer has not arrived
litre yet, though he ha* been expected for
some tinit: past. Does his pacification of the
Imliari* require his aitcniioii 00 closely ns to
depriyo him ot the pleasure ol visiting his
ihai friends, the Cl si kiic* here, vvliuh.ivc no
thuibl been auxitnibly waiting i * congia1id.it -
I11111 ou tue tiist overics In* ban iiiMtle about the
fraudulent cha acler of ilu- Treaty.
Among his other wonder I it 1 due ‘v -rii *, has
ho usecitallied vvlu.tlirr J.>c Mar.>.'i i,7 whose
cirlific it* lo snapped .•! sort sdily bfurvvliose
* hat actor hi* appears to be 1 daily to endorse,
h w» had In* ear* cut off or not
But .xbout ilospacilica ion of flip Indians—
It must be rather a sickly lickeit) bantling,
since it requires so m. e|» of the Gemo
Iiursi.ig, und coaxing to keep life in it
count of it e\t week in a plain way. Anti
we art-indiit-etf to tlo this tlis rather, because
vve have heard ot same persons who, relying
on the picsumod credulity of tlie people, have
the audicitv to maintain that every tiling con
nected with tlie sale was fair and honest,
and th it a participation of the profus derived
from 11 w.c* perfectly innocent anti justifiable.
Attn us, hi our paper ol to day, speaks elo-
quei.lb and Italy of this tiois.ulioti. VV *
(.oiiimcnd nix article to the attention of the
public. Our efl’.o is shad lie diieeled to the
jtrwjif ili.il train! in its worst shape was prac
tised.
The Bxptist .Minion in thr Crrrk Nation —
Since the publication id the letters of Mr
l'oiiipcre, much feeling has been exciled in
• he minds o’ tlie people of this‘•late, not only
against Mr Compere, but against those who
were uemiinicntnl 01 plaringhim in that highly
responsible station. It is quite natural that flic
people should indulge lei lings of hostility a-
gainst such men ms \1r. Compere, more puli-
eiibirly since thn d :1 tsitre* made by Mr
llo.'Ktr in oi.r I Ut paper. Mr. Compere, vve
arc .ism ani, wid b • c alled to a reckoning lor
his conduct, and vv.- have no doubt justice w ill
be executed upon loin.
But let iia be CMiiliotis how we attribute to
those by whom'Mr i* empiovnd the sauu
feeli gs tvliii h actuate him VVe cannot as
oiibcto th* in any mi* Ii feeling*, with utiloitn
them the greatest injnslioe. We know that
ine conduct of Mr. (’. is u t approved of Ii
them He alo iD* i-*p i.isible, and wo should
exceedingly regret flint any thing he may havi
done should in anyway prejudice the pubii
mi i«l against the r<m.vc in which, vve believe it
vv if shortly lie made to appear, he Ins hern an
nn worthy labourer.
Our attention has been di erted to the fob
lowing extract o! a lett* r fiotn the llev'd J.
.Mercer to the Board of Mission*. Mr. Mer-
*-e*-we ar** informed i< one of the ('onuuittee
of Sone.iintrndenee of t!ie Creek Mission
f ii* 1> iter flierr-foic uiav In* tak
ing th** views of tii *s- worthy
of 1
.Mr C»
i palm,ti
the «• IU8I
rill 1
1 g 'lib'll, and at mu e strike at tlu* very rout
«»f that spirit of litigation and moral de
pravity M. prevalent tmimivst us. | beseech
V*»o to call on your emist.ineiits f ir u redress
t **- • and ii 10 that radrovi, you ars
out en masse a more united, a no,re' ititulli-
£<'tit, a morn happy and wealthy people, in
the name ot all that is sacred renounce it,
hul it* you are in the namo of God, and in
the namo of your country, hold fast to it
I cure nut what misanthropy, I rare not
what the theorist, I care not what the
the political speculator may anv, I value
e.'Mn. Ipae dmtnf him who would f.nt.-n
upon you 1 industry,and starve ymun pover
ty , hut \% 1 tli dot d«d« retire to the opinions of
all the guild, I am bold to deefire, that a bi
ennial meeting of the legislature of tsich
state, would answer all tlio salutary purpo
ses of government \Ve live 01 «’ philoso
phic and enlightened period, and while op
portunities 1 n,wd around nsh t us seize them
with the rapidity of intuition, and reduce
them to practice. By nidi a course. y,,«
will set a new example 10 the eye* of tho
world. Much remains for tho present g on .
In these remark* I have not the remotest
allusion to the late e.x*r.» seisimi i.f G,-o g,.*
'L 1 cm u kb arc tii led at the i btu! liMird rut-
tom.
Mr H’ii t and 67aiv/*y—\V *
curtespon ieiiee i.f tu - g*on
fudge* of the Sujucine C mi
maiked it Ii Ii id usual muni
• is** id the \li ic.ois he loiue.l
•fiiH'i' of wh it vve never 11 in
tlu
*1 he
in (hi
Iha;
1 hi 10 a
ail van
eomr
In
<h e.l.
•d from
e Judge
»ce«l 1 ,i pr'ipouti 01 th t 41 s
ary : .the law* • 1 J and
> ca 'in tJic United Statu. I
Old Nic k IU111..I the -tiuep
ry •mat t in Mi \Tn l—ver
Tli it lie did use h ’
pie. a* charged by the it
emu-iasivelv lo li«*infeu
of Judge iManhall. I
mu weed the. slave t
pr iclii-c of m iking fi 1
nittClice ol holding tie-
born slave* Now I
1.1 u set about doipj
without using tlie ge
rv bring inconsistent with the I
11 tlurn eanimt exist, as ilie v n v I*
all In* iirgunie -.t* l! >idcs, this i->
priueipl ihr .oghout tho S.eucise
vliich it is innh i-.t *0 I .Mr. U i. 1 al
|velv r< lied lor auth city
vl absti irt princi
nil t!ii.
.dp
idea I.
eld
lively,
stay
'd and
lion ol
• uling
^clu'-
r»irn
liis lii'xt exert inn* lo pn
t'ongress will inuneiii «lely
TVn; r.-^tion —\ >u 1I1 time, for alt trn*»
■v-rgiaiiH to utitnd by tlie nileirst ol flieo
stim* President Vdams sav s he. will reler th*-
•reatv again to Tong»-css, and lie «pe iki of tlir
posi.liiiitv of Us Ii* mg cauet lied '1 he people
»t Georgia have ii completely in their powvi
hether it shall be annulled or not-—
"V. I roup mit ol ortu-e, w ho has u*eu
the laud, and the
IV, til” |>.M|ll<- III
Georgia «to not vv.oit the land, I *r fliev have
turned out of oftiie the very mm vvh • his
1 bored to asoiduntibly to obtain it. Ib-pend
on it this will bo seized on u* n pretext far the
an-iulinent of the treaty. and a powerful one it
will lu —Give the .Northern pe**ple :\ ch »nee
t 1 use it a:.d the I ind 1- gone—!(c-»*lect Troup
■-' ol all vv ill lie sat- This will to- «iii-h deci
sive evide ire tint the p cq le ot fl»»* mate vv 1 it
the land, tint Mr Adams dare n»*l resist it
Let the people look to it
Tie Election— W -.U doot Liurrvi~_Siucr it
has been ateei t tined th it Mr Adam* has de
termined to refer the late Ire ify to ('ougie*-*,
th peopla ot Lauren* eonniy , we aremloria-
ed have determined to lay aside nil flu ir old
contention* and unite in favor of (im 1 roup
and the treaty. They »ee nUinlv it the peop c
Ol thib star • do not 1 e-elccl Cov. Troup flic jh-q.
itligio 1 and hum umy
due; iiis hid : .-no Inn hoiev in bring into
*{ 1 -stiou In:!,ir*-1• - o* b'ie. When tak* n in
e.oun.-\i ut vvith flte 1 rsolu'ionsappended to it
it n ixt rein jve every thing bk • pr* judiec a-
g *i i*t to. :ir conduct, or -equeioo ol their uiu-
t • JS
fFrom the 3la ]
Extract of it’letter, received tincf the .Qu
intal Meeting, from tlie lit r J Mercer
dnh d Poteeiton, Georgia, .Qpril 2fl, H2
*• The reports of great disturbance: among
the Creeks, arc, I believe, almost entirely
without foundation. Travellers of eredibi-
1 'y de* l ire that they arc quite ffinnmiimis,
civil, and pleased at the change about to he
made. They have agreed that the lauds in
Georgia may be lotted off : and the Govern
or has issued his proclamation, railing thn
Legislature together, for the disposition of
the lands. vVc. The town in which With-
ington lies they have not sold ; hot it is al
together probaldo that they will sell this
spring sometime, and go with their brethren
In that ease a question of some consequence
arises r “ Will the tnisson go with the na
tion
On this subject to Board have passed the
following resolutions
That the committee in the southern sec
tion of tin* Union he authorized to exercise
their discretion, as to the removal of the
Wellington mission, when tho Creek Indi
ans shall he rein -v*d from Georgia
That the committee he requested to se-
c.Um 1 to the Convention, if possible, the be-
ne.it of tin* improvements at Withingtm,
when the Indians shall remove, in mdertliat
it may he applied to the use of ilie same
mission, wherever it may be located.
S.» the (iener d Government ha* spoken out
at last 1 banks lo Mr. Adams lor it For vve
now know exactly vvh* re vve stand and vvliat
vve have fu expect. He now know that w«
are to be i.-xliained by flu- bayonet fiom exe
cuting our own laws. Aic not flic eyesol the
p«v),de of tin* state ojmn mnv ? Can they any
longer iiiistakeflie virus and the feeling* of
the Gr in 1 al (b.veiioneiit lovvan/x that of this
Movcmiiii stau ? \ ncaivis made wtili the In
dian*, by which Georg, 1 , |,t im.x lands which
she h vs been begging I .r, thr«c fieen/y ve.11 * past
1 he Indian* who occupy the land,’and who
made the t' caiv, i*t * .miim it express their entire
woli.igne-oi tiiat the l.uul shall be surveyed.—
1 hey in tlie only parly to the treaty, who can
»* at .til injuriously affected by the survey,
and ol coin hi .11.‘ the only party that have a
•'"hi 10 ubp-ct. 1 lit- L* eislaturo ol it tovc-
n : 11 slat.- pnsses 111 art flu» cling the sin vey
to bn ilia it-m eonioMiiilv vvith tins permission.
— 1 !.e Gov to noi <>t the same sovi ieigu state
is niakin. .in »'..nin-iii* to ex cule the eom-
111 oul ol lot i. ;is|.iinre, when he find* him
-••II sudd n!y on sic.! in the discharge of his
d'li'cn by il«. latcrpn ition ol the iiiilil.iry force
ol the l lilted St Hex government, ami that bv
die roin’n ind cl Mi. Adams ! ' Let the state*
look to tins— l.**t these things lie tolerated by
the peop. -, an J we may a*)on bid farewell to
• ll 0111 institii'ioeM. *1 hev will not be worth
c..joying, *»n the tenns that will soon be iinpos
*-d on us, it vve tamely submit to this encroach
0 lit le t the people reuse themselves from
then lithnrgy A crisis has arrived which de«
iii ind* of them that they should speak oul in
1 voice o( thunder, ll they continue to ip-
gat'd these tilings with iridilf tciicc, vve may
sa> as I'tlUijraud said when he heaid of Bo’-
impaiif’* deiernunalioa to inv »de Hussia—
I’oil.i !e commencemejit du tin—That ti the in>
• inning of /<■> Jill
Let the people elect th it candidate for the
• lin e ol Guvernoi, w ho is known to be oppos-
«• I IY0111 principle to Mr AiIuimh and all Iiis
xitellitcs. Let them elect those men t«» the
Legislature who au- known to indulge similar
opinion*. They w ill thus show to Mr. Adams,
1I1 it neithc he, 11 u Id* special agents, nor Iiis
military officers, s!i ill iiitcrfeie with our local
•ill li.'s, a.-id that those at home who counte
nance bit tobntni s and mensoro* of titmilt aod
aggression, *li ill not refer, e their court ;en in*-e
or support in any shape whatever. Let the
pcopl- pursue this course, and all will yet be
Jtsiht I h*oe is ruin inevitable ami irretriev
able in any other.
Tho Lord Paramount of the United States
lias isMiud hit- peremptory order t«> his gov
ernor for the Prorinct oflieorgia, forbidding
llo? survey ot the land lately acquired fiotn
tlie Creek Indians. 'The Lords .tan nit cd
has spoken ; and wo,in Georgia, Iiis most
dutihii subjects, must obey, or inert the
dreadful consequences of disobedience.
People of Georgia !—Is your state a ter-
titory, or a colony From the District of Co
lumbia, obliged tosubtniUoandobeytliede-
crees of a mother country ? Is your state
no more tot urtigu und. independent—no
more a free unfettered, and constitutional
member of tbo American union * If you
yet cherish the blessings of liberty—the
happy constitution which governs all the
stales—the distinctive powers of the federal
and state governments, he as wise on this
occasion, asy ou were when you asserted
your rights against the combined fuioos of
the British empire. Tho crisis demands all
the exertions of your moral nml physical
faculties, A state of thn Union, sovereign
and independent, except in such powers
cd ti
govo-lym*ut, compl dks ot a Ui
tetl States oflieer, vu*I requests ^ removal
olBco. It wa^ke duty of the Fresi-
t to remove tha^^Hcrr immediately ;
to investigate tlie nqawro of his oflenen,
anT to render him justice w found innocent
of the charges alleged against him. Instead
of doing tins, the President sends a com
missary with discretionary powers to the
Province of Georgia, who grossly insult*
the government of the state, and threatens
it* chief magistrate with the displeasure and
anger of his lord and master of the Hizau-
tine palace. Our most distinguished citi
zens are denounced by tho U. S officers as
liurs, demagogue*, disturber* of the public
peace, exterminator* of Indian*-, nnd corrup
ter* of Indian morality !! Will Georgians
submit to these indignities ? No, never.
Bravo and enlightened a* they aro, they will
constitutionally resist any attempt to make
them pas* under the yoke—Georgia can
never he in any power upon earth vvliat
the Cautliiuc Fureulat were to the Romans.
We have not a single doubt in onr minds,
that John (T- Adams, rn tho arrangement of
the difference* between Georgia and the fed
eral government, made a grand experiment,
lie acted designedly, and with the view of
trying the feelings of the people of the V.
S. in regard to a consolidation of the stutes,
und to a total revision of the federal consti
tution. But the republican spiritj is still
alive in the north, cast and west; and our
cunning President may rest assured, that tho
yeomanry of the country will not counte
nance any innovation in our public institu
tion*. J. (T Adams may raise a Into anil
cry against Georgia for '.ter resistenco of
executive encroachments ; but lie will find,
that ultimately, more than otic state will join
her in opposing and defeating Iiis ambitious
und pernicious views.
[ ITashing ton News.
Murder will out, «avs the old adage So
aUo is it with political secrets. Let any scheme
he set on loot, which, fur *tlie execution of ii
r rpiires tlif co-opeiuliou of a huge iiunther
ol person*, und some one will lie found, who.
inflated with the consequence he imagines lie
will derive liom it* being know n that lie ha-
been admitted to the knowledge and partici
pation ol state secrets, or influenced by some
olio r motive, will divulge the whole matter —
Many a political intrigue has been nipt in the
bml, and many an one on (lie very verge of it*
full M'vomplnhmenr lias been frustrated bv
tin* <11-positjo 11 tu blah secrets So we trust ft
will be with the present one of Mr. Adams 6:
Co. He came into the presidential oth
der suspicious circumstances. He already
looks forward lo the termination of his foui
ve n s service, and ih, ns any other man would
be, anxious to secure r.is re-election. Mea-
mii cs have been taken accordingly. Georgia
,s »fl'° fi R ld on which one of tin m is now exe
cuting. Mr. Adams wellleintnuhers the strife
Mi <1 existed in time* of old, hei ween his l ath 1
nnd'Gov. James Jackson—the head of the
deinoc ratio parly in this stale. Neither has
he forgot the p ut Gov. Troup, then a very
young man, took in these contests. H * mnv
••veil recollect the agency of Troup in defend
mg an individual in Savannah who had laden
under the pains and penalties of the Sedition
!au. Hi* is well assured that if Gov Troup
and the republican party remain in power, it
will be in vain L»r him to look to thisqiiut tor
I o support at the next presidential election —
0 * the other hand he knows very well who in
(his state were supporters ol liis father's ad
ministration, and who are now leader* of that
mine party, lie no doubt understands fullv
th' ir v lew * and feelings towauls himself anil
his administration. Under these circumstan-
ces it is natural (or him to suppose that if In
can succeed in putting down Troup and Un
democratic pat tv, amt m elevating 1 heir oppo
nents, some chance may be created of secur
ing lor himselfthe votes of this state at the
next presidential election. That this feeling
iloes exist there can be nu doubt : for vve can
not point to a supporter of Mr. Adams, either
in iliis state or elscw here, who is not opposed
to the re-election ol Troup They would do
any flung to prevent Iiis re-election. They
look to that result a* an awful one to them.—
1 in-y thead it, und tliev cannot withhold the
expression of their fears.
[From the Poston Palladium ]
** But Mill vve lean that Id* display of spirit,
though it is Quixoiic, anil directed against wind
mills and fancied giants, will uufurtunatclv
tak- w ith a m ijorilv of thepeople of that Slate,
and, c » operating with Agrarian cupidity, se
cure lux re-election n* Governor \\ r con
ceive it lie is truly patriotic he will refuse a
re-election.^ No considerable portion * f the
people ol Georgia would wilfully do wrong—
hut vve are not always con-icious what motives
direct us."
Uan the tliill. ot apprehension mistake the
meaning ol this pat .(graph f—“ Wo /i-ir that
his display ol spo il, ice. will stcure his re
flection:' \\Iiy fear it .> Why do the Boston
• ditoixwho support Mr. Adams take an
e tin (lie matter/ Why do they fen
ernor T’s re-election, unless they believe that
it w ill he lut.fl to the cause of 'Ir. A. in the
3..nth ? |t was mi doubt intended that the in
trre-t Mr. A. hid in having Troup pul flown
should he kept a seer* t. But this writer has
betrayed his trust. Me cays further 41 if Gov
l . isiirulv pxtiiotjc he will decline a re-elec-
U.,11 —u yes——That's the very lliiug tliev
want. \nd if he will not decline at their bid-
dmg, they are iletci mined to defeat him it they
can.—Look at the manner in w hich he h i-
been ti ran d by Mr. Adams himself, but more
i-'po-iiilly hy Mr. AJ.tm'* agent*. They came
liere to enquire ii-.to matters < ounce t.-d with
the I ite treaty—they begin by making piofes-
sior.s of caml*>r and inip.ii t<ality, nml end by
lurovving thems.dvcs into the bosom of the op
posing party, and insulting not only G.-v« rnor
Tioup and the Li gislature, tint every in hvi-
dualmtlie •’late who dares to oppose their
measures !—\!l this is done to injure the elec
tion of Gov Troup.
It rent tins for the people of Georgia to say
outlie first Monday iu October n* xt, whether
they will endure these things. The time Ii i»
been w hen they would not. We w ill soon see
whethei they ate still animated by the spirit
which sust.it •?<I their fathers in their opposi
tion to John tlie Ut, or whether, forgetful of
what is due to th»* memory of their latinos, to
themselves and to their country, they will
lamely thur.«t tilt ir necks into flic volte of
John the ^d.
Gor. Tioub—1 lie old slander is revived —
It is asserted that Gov. Troup’s f.ithcr was a
lory, and that Gov. Troup himself, is not a
native of this state, hula foreigner by birth.
1 he loilowiitg account of these matters
mines from a source of tho highest rexpectu
hiliiy. The facts stated vve believe to be tiue
in every respect
“ I have lie «rd it objected to Col.Troup, that
he is bv birth nu ali* 11—that lie was ia part
raised and educated without the United Slates
—aad that during the 1 evolutionary w>y his
father was ao active and zealous lory. I do
mu know n..r i* it material that vve should
enquire, with whom this charge originated ;
it 1* sufficient that we have it in our power to
proclaim to the public vvlnt the author’* eon-
science, (it he h 1* any) tells him i* true, lint
the charge is wholly unfounded, and it traced
to its 01101 n , would be lound lo flow from a
corrupt source. Kvidence entitled tothelngh-
est confidence, leaves not a d uiht that Col.
Troup * father wan it British subject, that he
emigrated to tlox country about tlie year 17151
—that lie wax a mereh ml fust in Charles
ton and then in Savannah at the conclusion of
the rev0l11ti011.ily war, and that lie became a
cil'/eii «»t th** l nited St tic* immediately there •
after—that lie was in Iricndsliip and intimacy
with the American officers in Savannah, an t
particularly lien Greene—and that he never
took any part vvh never with the enemy against
this country It in also pro >er to add, dial lie
married into the M» Inloxli family, and that li.s
wife wa* a native Georgian. These tacts, vve
apprehend, are sufficient to repel the charge of
lory isin ; lor had such been the fact, lie would
l» utlly have been permuted to continue lit-* fix*
ed a.id tegular residence first in Charleston
and then in 3 vv atm iti, and certainly would not
Imvc been in friendship and in miacy with
(•en. Greene and the other American officeis
al .savannah, or have formed a ni Urinionial
connection with the highly patriotic and « hiv-
alric family of die McIntosh's On the too
tiary Ins estate vv old have been confiscated,
hi* person bam-Jied, und his name slumped
•villi indelible disgrace.
In lel iliun to Col. George M. Troup, we
tfiirm, upon the most unquestionable evident’* .
hul lie was born at a place known and r alien
by the name of McIntosh's Bluff, within tl e
gta—
education at Savannah, and at the samexcho*
at which lux mrtlier In dlre- n brought up, and
compl** ed it at New Yoik t(*i*l Frinceton—that
tie sin fieri the I iw with I Y' {Word, <>• Sav Hi
ndi, ami was neve in tltn whole course of lii*>
life beyond the Ii nits of (lie old r7oited Stales
for more titan eighteen months It is also pro
per to add,licit he represented Chatham roun
t> in tin* Si ne Legislature, at the age of twen
ty-one for the fnsi tmi" in I GO J—3, anil for se
veral year* thereafter, diii i ij* w tii* Ii lime lie
was in intimacy und friendship with the dis
tinguished and patriotic Governor Jar k*on —
Mia! he wax elected to Congress si* soon as lie
' as eligible, ami served in the capacity of Se-
natoror Representaiive for about ten years;
ind during die whole of In* ooldieal fife, fie
liaxlicen dixtingiiislied for ability,and for tlu
zeal rid e :ergu with which lie investigated, ut-
ticked and exposed the shameful Yazoo fraud
This is hi* fault—this the sin which lie has
committed again-t one who never forgave
—for tlnx he has been made 44 foreigner, and
bis father’s memory branded with toryism—
for this (his public fife being without teproac h)
with fiendlike,'in dignity they hive visited Ins
pi ivote misfortunes on him ns a fault
“ I think it i* not only hard, but extremely
unjust, that a in in w ho ii is thus lived and thus
acted rhoiild be thus assailed by the bad
tongues ot bad men. The character of such
men may be considered as tho common pro
puffy ol the community in which they live,
und every good man is morally hound to pro
tect and shield them from tiie malicious slan
ders of the desperate adventurers and misera
ble panders who are too often found hovering
nrouiid the pu itieal luniinaiicj of the prc-eal
day. 1 lie I acts above staled, are powerfully
supported bv the cirfcumsnnces under wln .h
die present charge is made. That Colonel
1 roup's I niter should have been 11 lory—
tli .t the Colonel himself should have been
born nnd partly raised ami educated within
the limits of the United Stales—tnd that lie
should have been elected a member to the
State Legislature from the republic in county
of Chatham at the age ol twenty-one years,
111dlorsever.il years in succession lino caller;
that he should liar been frequently elected a
member to Congress, nml ultimately to the
Senate of the United Mates, and all this too
w hen those (act* (it li no) must have been fre&li
in the memory of thousand*— I repeat, that til
these tiling*should have been tun*, and this
objection sltould never have been urged again.-1
him until the present moment, is to ntc most
strange.’’
GOV. TROUP AND GEN. GAINES.
1 be manly and dignified correspondence
of Gov. Troup with Gen. Gaines must ex
cite in the heart of every Georgian feelings
of pride and admiration. 'To have os chief
magistrate a man who can so ably vindicate
the rights, ami maintain the best interests of
Georgia ; who can so eloquently defend the
soveieignty nml privilege* of the southern
section ot the Union, must be grot'living in
deed not only to the people of Georgia but
to the people of all tbo Southern States.
Should there be men so perverse, and so
blinded by prejudice und animosity, who
would not under any circumstance concur
iti the common feelings respecting Governor
1 roup s conduct, wo would recommend our
fellow < ilizens to look upon them more in
pity than in anger. Their intrigues—their
exeitions to prevent the election of their
favorite candidate to tiie chief magistracy’ of
the state will b*- vain, and only remembered
m our sportive hours. It is with pleasure
we find that a change is tailin': nluee in the
north, und especially in the southern states,
in regard to the conduct of Gov. Troup and
the measure* adopted by the legislature of
Georgia. We expected this change. We
knew tnat alter the difference* between tlie
l nited States government and tho Indians
with tlie state of Georgia find been investi
gated and published, tho abuse, of which
Governor Troup and our legislature were
the objects, would change into praise, ami
the opposition to the stand taken hy the go
vernment of Georgia in regard to sttilo
rights, would cease, and take another dir
lion In .South Carolina, we are glad to see,
Georgia has many friends, able ami patriot
ic, who have already produced a radical
change in the minds of the people. Tin-
South Carolinians should be as closely con
nected in feelings, policy, and political prin
ciples, with the Georgians, as they arc- in
common interests and contiguity of tnrritorv
Tlie more the differences between Georgia
and the federal government are known, the
inoro will justice be rendered to out ext cl
ient goyornor, the more will his motives be
appreciated, the more will Iiis virtues, his
independence, and Iiis disinterestedness be
acknowledged by all good and unprejudiced
men. There are men,however, who will
not open their eves to conviction —Wedded
to federal doctrines and to tin* principles ol
whraisrn, they would rather sink with their
prejudices and political sins, than acknowl
edge their errors, mend then evil way .,
a id atone for the inisi hi* f they have occas
ioned f l lie high estimation Governor
Troup is now held in hy the people of (it
gia, and the confidence they have in hi* t.fl-
ents, integrity and firmness, cannot he im
paired hy tlie attacks, abuse, and inisrepre*
actuations of Iiis enemies. No danger
therefore can he anticipated when au en
lightened and sovereign people have to dc-
<; *^ 0 ' [fFtreAi/igfon News.
OFFICIAL PAF23HS.
Gov. Troup to the President.
Fxr.t utii'i. Dfpartmfnt, Geo. )
Mu'ledge eille, 7th alugutt, 1820. I
Sm—The letter of the Secretary of War
ol the 18th May, introducing to this gov
ernment Maj. Gen. Gaines, and Major An
drews, as agents of the United States, to
enquire into the causes of 'lie late Indian
disturbances—to adjust the difference* sub
sisting between the Indians, and to enquire
into the conduct of the Agent fin Indian Af
fairs, recommended them us officers, distin
guished for ability, prudence nnd discretion
They were received and treated according
ly With the conduct of tho one, you have
hern already made acquainted—with that
of the other it remains for me to place you
in possession.
^ In the several conferences held with Gen.
Gaines on his first arrival I received repea
ted assurances from him of friendly dispos
itions—d* upright intentions—of freedom
from all kind of bias or prejudice which
could mislead his judgment, or influence his
decision* on any ofthe topics which, iu the
execution of his trust, might present them
selves for discussion. Relying implicitly on
the sincerity of these declarations I begnn
with regarding Gun. Gaines as nn honor.*!
bio and disinterested arbiter between the
l nited States, Georgia, and the Indians,
and s*» continued to regard him until a short
time before his insulting letter of the 10th
ult. was received at this Department. It was
impossible for this Government not to r* pel
tiiat insult with indignation. The chief
magistrate in Iiis official message to the Le-
gislature had stated explicitly that Mein-
tosh and Iiis chiefs h.-ui given their consent
to the survey, and in support of this state
incut the letters of McIntosh were exhibited
with Iiis name subscribed in Iiis own hand,
ol which Gun. Gaines had full information.
Nevertheless the certificate of an Indian
chief who had deserted from the McIntosh
party 1 and of a white man of whom cpjjjj
Gaines himself does not pretend to know
any thing, is procured to discredit the state
ment of tho Governor, and to exhibit him
before the public as the dupo of the vilest
and shallowest imposture ; and in bi< solic
itude to accomplish this he forgets that it is
thu consent given bv McIntosh and his
chief* to the survey which on the informa
tion of the a*$pnt, you have taken tor gran
ted to be the sole cause of all the disturhan-
ces in the Nation, and upon which vou have
recently issued the most offensive orders t,»
tins cnvernniftiit connected with tint survey,
and in your lust one even denounced mili
tary vengeance against those who shall at
tempt to carry it into execution—When
Gen Gaines isrehuked ui the mildest Un-
»f
u.lmit of; lie-^Vscnts liitmclf again bcli.,0
1I10 public in a letter indulgitiR in most in-
temperate abuse ot all the constituted nu-
Ibonties of a sovereign Kt atc, and nf the
great body of its people, and which |.„
causes tu lie published almost a week be
fore it was received at this Department.
With regard tu flic first letter cf Gciieral
Claim s' tu which I have railed your atten
tion, he does nut «oem to have horn content
with addressing a letter so exceptionable to
the head of this Government—lie assumet.
the authority to order its publication, on thn
allegation of some pretended and undefined
malicious falsehoods in circulation, and
which lie makes the foundation of an ap
peal to tho public—nn appeal more cenau-
table than that for which tit* gallant and
meritorious Porter, is now answering he.
lure a Court Martial assembled by your or
der, inasmuch as the hitter only d^fcntls
himself against inculpatory charges made
by his own government, whilst the former
who was hound hy equal respect til this Go
vernment does not pretend that any charges
til any kind had been preferred by it against
him—It is in this letter too that Gen. Gaines
hoa fallen into the shocking ejrtravagnnee of
asserting what nobody cun believe that tlie-
McIntosh patty which made the treat*
constituted but a fiftieth part of the Nation';
and it was in the same letter made known
officially to this government tliut lie had
happily concluded a purification of the In
dians when at that moment lie was as re-
mote fi otn the pat ideation as lie ever had
been, of which fact I have even within tho
passing hour received the most iucoiitcsta-
bin pviilmife
With rugnnl lo thn second letter, of \
28th ult. which now that I am writing, ,
fur the first time been put into my ha
andalaost a week after its publication,Y[
have to remark, that tlie history of diplo
macy will not furnish a parallel, so mark
ed with indiscretion, intemperance, delib
erate disrespect, and tlio outrage of all du-
eeuiy. Gen. Gaines forgets as well what
lie owes to his own government as to this.. *
His duty to you required him to shew respect
to this government in all his intercourse
with it. It in that intercourse he had found
himself wronged or aggrieved by the au
thorities hero, it was not allowed him to
take the redress into his own hands; upon
representation to you, yon were competent
to decide the nature and the extent of tho
injury lie had received, ami of the redress
most suitable to it. Ho would nolconfidctha
exercise of this privilege lo you, no doubt
questioning your fitness or discretion for
such matters, hut i huso tu rely on his own
dexterity and prowess. He writes among
other things of the “malignant villainy"
which hat been extensively practiced on
the credulity ol many of the good citizens
of Georgia ami other States in reference
the Indians und the treaty. A charge so
vague cannot be easily understood, much
less distinctly answered. Pre-supposing it
to ho directed against the authorities or this
btate and to be in all respects true, who
made General Gaines the Judge to pass
this condemnatory sentence on the conduct
of those authorities ? It had been understood
•kilt you had reserved to voursclf this powi
er and that Gen. Gaines was hero only as
your agent to collect the evidences upcjL
which that power was to be exercised. t
He proceeds to make nnothei reference ti
the certificate nf the Indian Chief and thn
white man ; reiterates the expression of un
limited confidence in the veracity of Mar
shall, eulogizes hint as among the most wor .
thy ol the “the littlo treaty making party,"
and comes again to the conclusion tiiat the
Cliiot Magistiata of Georgia and others
arc not to he credited against the certificate
<d such respectable personages. Within
this Hour I have received the testimony ol*
the Chiefs of thefiieudly patty voluntarily
given “ that the statement of Joe Marshall
to Gen Gaines is false," and 1 enclose vou,
the certificate of tny express, a man of taii-
cst character and undoubted veracity to sat
isfy you flint Marshall has added fnlvhood to
treachery. In this part of his letter lie takre
occasion lo manifest his resentment toward
tho friends of McIntosh, Im calls them
“ little treaty making party," then again
the niryiil chlrf.. of Melntoeh," and ques
tions their right to give permission to make
the survey. Wltat a dispassionate and im
partial umpire is this General Gaines; one
would have supposed that consulting tlio
magnanimity ot a soldier, if ho departed
fiom the line of neutrality at all ho would
ho found at the head of tlio weaker, thu in
nocent and injured party. But the General
consulting the Getter part of valor and
counting tho odds against him as fifty to
one, throws himself into the ranks of tho
stronger party and thus commands himself
again to you for the discretion which you
had given him in advance.
The General is correct in one of his po
sitions, nnd being in tlio tight himself, lift
puts you in the wrong, and so conspicuous
ly that you stand on the insulated eminence
an almost solitary advocate for making and
breaking treaties at plensuro. Gen. Gniuoa
says, “ the tieaty, no matter hotv procured,
had become a law of the land," Ate. &. c
lie had said to the council at Broken Ar
row that the treaty could not ho annulled,
and must ho carried into (fleet,, Ac &c.
1 Ins is good sense. The dav before yes
terday I received voiir letter, "in which you
say Gen. Gaines having informed you that
the treaty having been obtained hy intrigue
and treachery, it will he referred to Con
gress for re-consideration. Gen. Cairns
tells the Indians that no treaty lias ever yoi.
been annulled. You say this treaty slial!
be made au ext eption to all others ; and up
on tne information received from Genera/,
Gaines. •
Genetal Gaines proceeds to manifest
Iiis respect and complaisance for the Chief
Mngistrntn of a sovereign state, by inform
ing him that “ lie hos iiccn greatly dttccivctl
Gy persons in whose honorhe pie. «d reliance,
hul who wete unworthy of his confidence,“
thus taking upon himself the responsibility
to decide for the Chief Magistrate one of tho
most tlelieateol all questions connected with
government nnd sovereignty, viz: the ques
tion who aro worthy of trust, and who
among tho public servants ate or aro not
entitled to his confidence. In a little time,
sir, with your countenance and encourage
ment, Gun. Gaines would have dictated tho
appointments to office in this state, ami ye v.-
be, the least hesitnnev or repugnance to
comply \> iih such dictation, would he subs
dued hy a parade of United States troops.
After quoting a maxim, that “ the Kina
can do no wrong," and expatiating on thu
moral excellence of truth, and her indis
criminate habitation nt the palace and tlio
collage, the plough and the lmrea» of state,
with the wanderers of tlie wilderness Atiti
the honest hut unfortunate debtors; of all
which I cannot for the life of mo understand
tlie application, much less the farrago
which follows about some hotly regurduif
money n little more and truth j little less,
condition of despised poverty and luxuries
ol plundered wealth, Ac. Ac. and which is
equally unintelligible.
Gen Gaines is scarcely more distinct and
mte liDil)lo when in passin** a meagre com
pliment to a portion of the citizensofGeor-
giu, ho professes to “ rjlv on tho wisdom,
justice and patriotism ot ut least nine-tenths
of those with whom he has tho pleasure of
an acquaintance, ’ many of whom are cul
tivators of tho land ; aiid then apein that
“ tliu cultivators arc the adamantine pillars
ot the l nion against which the Angry va
pouring, paper squibs of the little and tho
great demagogues of nil countries tnay
continue to bo hurled li-r hundred* of cen
turies “ without endangering the noble ed-
*J ,re iVe. All of which may be intm-
ded to convey some meaning and admit of
readv evpl ,nation by Mi neral Unities, hut
which I assure you sir, is altogether above
my comprehension.