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t,. b* electeJCwernor by ths people nf Oeor
an. and not Ik* the present uieunibcnt
l.-'erq ,sd coriopMon
By titan. Clark—Urioa ; n Divine #un-
] ut* . nor n tion'i bti'iuirk, i\nd Mffty r\er>
rp Tli^ma . ish—Washington'* #dmen»lion
\ e ire to hi« i shrs
By Cn;H. Samuel Chy—May friruUhip anti
union ex’st ihtonghotil ihe land, an 1 m «jr th*
,H*opir not fight about politic# i but at the elec
ron lor^ioverror may the people flock 10 the
p ills anil vote for that pairimit man, * sobhe*
a »•! friend to hisrnuiftry, Om John Clerk.
By G. IV Henry—Our tli* anguished Ciueei
MGen. G.itnct; in whmver capacity he
»n «y he placed dtirin.’life »h‘uiUI he retain the
i* me stern integrity he line heretofore done
»•• will have a elntm, without resettatimi*to
t>i*» high character ol 44 an honest wan i» the
n >'ilokt work of Go*L”
By 1 -i|#t. bhidiM M .WifWK* The old
v ex n'ul in nary character* and those that were
in Min late w\n : they ineiii our multitude ami
Into ; may the sou* of freedom and Ifoertv
v'vrr di*irace them, hut honor and protect
11 ii cause.
By Capt. Isr>mr(I lfi7w«-Oi ncral J«l
Cl .*k ; a true pm ml ami soldi't may he l
•lur ne*f liovernor.
By Jim** .f Fhsrall—ilen. Andrew Jack
vo' Iietween the prterut tune and die -I
Man h, Hlt9. may ilia Corttitiationanf tlr d
f r -iii Si.net lie ao modified that the electi«
of elec tor* of President ol the United SiHtrs
may comedirertl? hi lore the people. lie «v
f .rn tie our President
l.y Col. Urn lew*—Ora. Galnr* ; for re*
peci of country, ond love of freedom, he
f ?ht fwi battles i lionor to whom honor n
due.
By Judge /’ «' Rtewer—May the apn
t'nil .iiUVoMirii nnr fathers :it Bunker’s Hill I
clienJied and pr.ictiwd by every true boi
American
liv Mr. E H ihirrilt—It oill he recollect
«. t that on ihivdny and hour, BJ years ago
«■v i- tiiev;*,l n»n* »-f the most waapicioiw hat
,m ,| the Revolution. I allude to the haul
• B^nnmg'na . and among llie veterans ol tli
I m | would pmihw .i tijMitcto the me mo
Ot timrral Starke.
lie IVhi Marcey—The Stamlanl of rtrrn
l.«!*ertyj may its unfurled banner wave n
»!•» pltnnilv o’*er our happy land* until tnr •
un ol l»or glory shall have licneatlt
*'iv lionioit of time, to rive nidi increasing
splendor in lira regions of eternity.
My J hn A/a/jki*s—Governor I roup
United States Plain case. Berrien, Jones
.i i I.UMtikin atturnmslot the |fnintill •tr
ill. i |,ii defendant*. Motion f--r new trial
By V.jnr Utdfrd H DuiuVn—True ■
AumrioMii liciocs, who luught and liltd during
the Revolutionary war, wh > sum
o: i mpiddicau government, \\l
tli** pl.iut with me d'*w of p.wrmi
rf which we now eujoy , luny
vi itr « IctUoil foi C.ovtniui huliJ
V ir.
ti. fT //. Carpi!-— Our nmling today;
Buy ' JTiii g to the Cnicit ol our country
♦ i. spirit of Wusliingtoii smile upon us.
By Cnpi./nU Su a.’-l u'J I'alliots of lit
T1 voluli io wlio in* v •nit'uaml this h*t
ir ii.l; our graliltiilc to lltc-.i fi»r lluirdi
jfval -t in " llin Initii tli.it tiii l mruBsoiil
!haylim«t limn •- r the c'.. tins of oppression
auJc»t.ihli.i»i-d foi in n K«i%cniiiR'iil'uf rij
ti\ii a-ul eiju.il privileges, wlticli tr/r iiu
; iiited w'.iiU wc lio..a» of .. Muinvs or .\ in-
I could gallitnl uen>'(l cl«*» tu uio . tliougiit t Leap of Clark ; l.ut t MS t.uiiiU
itor- ,)|iiiiit>n thMlClHrk ought to if we elect him it ia jn*t wh»t tno cl»n
t b; i. ,.j , u Covnnor. Andrews i» "f that watita: Crowell's fortune in pone,.aj.rn it
I l!ie seeds
nonrhhi
■i, the frt
*i-y in m
I'.tc Cttshi
By./. W Jfe/»on—Union ; the rafeguaril
of our rr|)i)l)lir ; may We who stmts Uibtcnk
•* "dt 'I'twn in'o i l»ti\ ton.
B Ilf mas UU/e—Orn. Gaines thcp?ti
t'.tndfiierd to his ronatt y • The in
t till hit'.at pievail.
fit C",it. Thnni-nJ lit hue*—The American
V.'ifb ; mi let the protecting influence ot
luHpting wing, we trust our lale to Henvi
tint when its offered olive brunch is spurt
t*y tiie U ittghtv uHudnie of lutpeiious villains
i|iii« klv m iv the iliuudvr holts id’its vcngeatlt
he Imr'-d on their d^votrd hra«ls.
By Henry DMon—Our 'Republic ; may
principles never be availed by those who nr
vt i houhi red a tmi*k« t in it* defc. ce.
By .f. Giilcoat—Georgia ; though slandcret
by lirenti ti ■ longues Hml In entmuv )\ns, sh
t\ ill « staiu! hi Ini armt" to defend flint Union
which was ve iled in her blood
lb J»h.i tinker, a revolutionary soldi
i Ur mem ir.ihle Mth ot J.iuu-iy. Idt.'i, tli
ciownml le ulnrions fdi ol Jul) '7G . let
h .i to every Ameib ,n
Bv C • |il Ci jn-frrll Tin Union
of the States, scaled by American blood, w “
; e.., ,m unshaken when th# distorbeis of
Inftufili* repose will be forgotten,or i nieiu
tiui ctj only l • be exccr.itt d.
•Bv t heard linka—flic Pi evident of di>
Suuch , may he contiuuu t-» tidiiiiuibler
gaveinnictit aiHi jiistikO and impurlialiiy,
u ii,I|i*»s of die Ll.unoiiib of polilu d l.iction
,'l\ Dr Ch7M»pum—’i’ho chlv.ilrir
oitvtifoui goes' ai Lit«*,l oding as Niugai
aindn'Kiii ; llie in ilcvolencr of bis « ncmirs,
te the surge on ocean's ro< k, it may heal
fla-h lit vain.
Bv Charles Hat,icy—May he that attempts to
v*r this Union, die iSic* dcadi of uncicnt
n»uiM»«,bc consumed by tbe llano s and his
,m*ft Ml altered by the Crvir winds of Heaven
||v Samuel lluntpu—The Mviuurh of iieoi*
»,«..d Koj.di CUrk ami Peter 6lrut.u r.
By Charles Cairei'.V, -—Geimra* John
• uk, the sun ol a revolutionary hero; a
in*** nwd alstesmu# ; o>^y hl» telh\w%eitixei>a
••ullcct tdai on -hr l«t Monday in October
B\ t'dir inl f'-iowr, F.«| —Ourrsvotiitions.
• countrymen, wlv<> h \r hnuort vt vis vlusvl vy
o|» dteu nresenco.
By I 9 IV (UHlhrJr •John C Calhoun .
pure n»vd iutcMtgent stmcsmon, the ** uiur
•r spirit of the age in iluc time be s!..ill fill
».• •« me isfirc ol - his onntiy *s honor. ’
Bv Nt>fj II fWnl^- flis Uaii Sex ; they
nr-MS* tlio viitv, animate l!u I-m.-s, and
wet o ti all die l»)its of mail.
TKOIT AND TlfK 'I'll R A TV.
J Cefitort —Tho f llowing dpi
l.gnie tic*uired n fow days **o btlwoon
f*! «rlt*s l)r* v.oa one pfiny iitMgbboTs ami an
i v’.iuad of bisTWtrtUH.s Kadtiuy front iho
tip. .jiimry,nt n morn in our m u»hh irlmnd
|f vou have room in ybur paper, I n ill timilt
yoil to publish »t J. 1).
Drayton lloWare you Radncy ?
Riutvty. Very well, how do you da 9
D. In **ond hrnlrb 1 tlintik you. Well
Rndncy vt c have ji»«t been talking ab *iit th
Governor's election, bow is it -i .tig in your
'punter ?
R. Why, sir, its horse A: horse. Ift.bct
au> di.h roncu Clark is the best, and ( hope
|m will bo elected.
|> My friend, you nu/ht to w#*ij*li this
matter, ovary citiienofGcorpi ifhonld weigh
it well, lii fora lie derides. As to who shsll bo
iftir tiavemor, when looked at bv itself, is
m i a mutter of such vast imporMnc*, but
we have nunortant rights involved, n .• ast in*
t* rest at slake, much to bo gained oi l ivl by
t;ie decision we now make VVIi.it ! urn you
prepared logivo up four millions and a half
*••0 « of land, worth at least five millions of
dvdlars, to elect any man Gov ernor ? Aw
v* u isady to surrender y«*ur draws in tin*
lottery to gndify the ambitihuot u man, t«>
miv the least of it, who h issctud ."i^pieioui.-
inion, >• is Crowell, and so is Hubby.
body knows Hobby i» a smart
man, if he iea Federalist.
!). You live in Fayette don’t you ?
R. Yea.
D. Y ou say Troup culled out the Militia ?
R. It is so on Icrstood w itb u**, and every
her* else, I be ieve.
l>. Now, sir, I have in tnv no* kct,Gainet'
letter to tho G -\ern«)r, *' ■'« d tho IGlb ot
June, which prove* that t iruuca ordered tho
Iraft and not Troup, tin-*: ;rc his word
I have to r» *j "••'I tli it your Licelleiie.y
will be pleased to order a detuil from tb'
Militia or Volunteer« of Georgia, to i.oneist
f two complete regiments one of Uuvolr).
mid one of Infantry, to be held ready to ns
armtde at a immienls warning. (Signed)
Edmund p. Gaines. Maj. Gi 11. Command
g.
I,. Well,sir, 1 will always own the truth,
f sin y • 111 urn correct ns to that f". t but
I must i*:lit insist iliat Troup was wrong in
urging the survey %v lien Iih bud never got
tIiu rniisrnt of tfa* Indium that made tho
treaty.
I). lie did get thuirconsent, there was 11
oiiucil hi Id and perinishinn granted to sur*
cv the land bv the very chief* that made
the treaty. Here, sir, read what Holm
.Smith swear*, what George Stinson, Hugh
W. Ector, and Joel Hudey swears.—
they all wi ai they were present, a Coun-
i«! wus held, and leave to survey the land
grant! d.
It. Wlint in the name of common sense
has Gaines got Joe Marshall and Edwards
say it was not so for
I). Why don’t \ ou know GJnea wants
the n« *t) Undo
It. No, I Know no Htu li thing Did he not
tell the Indiana w hen in C onned that lie nc
knew u treaty “ revoked or annulled
after being ratified, but by tfir fiee eonsmil
f all the parties to it, or by war,” th*
are Ins woids. Does this look like ho was
for breaking the treaty 9
D. No, it does not, and I confess 1 was
astonished to rend Ilia letter to Guv. Troup
under dale of July Jit, in which bo use
these word* in speaking of the. Indian
44 they protest agairit the treaty, they refuse
to receive an v part of the consideration mo
ney,” amt further 4 ‘ that the world shall
knovV, that the M-ioeogu Nation so loved
their country that thev were willing to die
in it rather than hell it or leave it, this wn
their niodu of expresaion The council
fully attended, ban thus appealed to our
magnanimity, an appeal which run nr
be unaruilvnf when nddres* ! d to the 1
7.en* of the United Staled.” Now math the
word unaraiting Ifa nun g*-cr |( law' and
you any hiM*ffi.it* will not be unavailing
you mean he will gain Ilia suit. The In
dinna are n.ukiiig eflurta to get thc.ii land
hack, and Gaineshiivm tliuir efforts cannot
he unu cutting : so it follows they will get th
In lid hack, and don't you know no Iihh wrot
this to llie President. Look nt .Mr. Adam's
letter to thu Governor of the ylbt of July
where it says “ the Indians to the numb*
of tsMH, Including n Inrge majority of chief
and bead men of the tribe, havn ucnoufi'nl
the trruty, ns tainted alike nirh intrigue,
and treachery and the President any*, there
fore he must Inn it before ('(ingress. Her*
ia the letter read it. Now, sir, don't yon ie<
they intend to try to break the treaty ; and
don't you perceive there ia a league botwoen
nil tlican log men to effort that ohjoei. Now
ainco Claim s lias g**t into tlii» liohhle, a*»m*
n1 Claik's friends,aay “ Gaim*t don't think
tlie Georgia f ind will bo given bark, but
only that which is on the Alabama sidn,”
W hat nonsense, this ii throwing a feather in
yonreyo: thu whole of the treaty must be
annulled, or none at all : all the laud was
treated for nt tho same time, in tlio same
treaty, nnd on 1 lie self same footing, and it
must b»» gained or lost in tho same way.
Don't von see if thuy had let Troup alone,
vs ben lie wii* about to survey the land it
would imw have bee n safe ; but 0I1! No
tliia would huvti made him too popular.
R. Well this is strange. I did not think
Gaines wiis slid) 11 man, why vvliat does In*
mean by such conduct, and t am uatoldtlird
ut Adams too.
J). Whv, lie don’t intend that Troup shall
bo elected Governor. One day he says the
treat) can't be broke, the next that it will be
bmku, and now his friends say it will b<*
broke in part : so you see he sets his com-
fu»*s with thu wind : any tiling to suit thu
times.
R. Well, one would supposo that tlio
President ought to be friendly to tho treaty.
D. He is one of thu lust men in the coun
try friendly to n growth of the Boii'licrn
State*. Ulay and himself 11 re determined
that tho Tariff policy shall prevail; that
Mnnufiirtohr * shall be established in the
North,at the expense of the Southern far
mers, and v ou know to increase the popula
tion of tho South will increase tin* number
of «»iir niembeisin Congies*, vvlm li will go
to defeat their, policy.
R. This all looks bnd, but *till I can’t
see In * vv this should operate against Clark,
I don't think he liny any hand in it.
D Yon don't think ( ’lark tins any lund
in ii! Where is your < Whut does
thu Patriot paper my? D n’t it tell you
that thi* 'ami* Croud), who has done hi*
host to break the treaty, w lm vv cut to Con
gress for flint purpose, mn| who lias de* hired
that we never should get hind while Troup
was Gov* ruor, dou’t lie n li you that lie m
ii«*t only n clever fellow, but n mueli injured
man, (hat Gaines, Adams, and Andrew*,
are the finest iiii'ii intlio world, und don’t
you know tin* suiiie paper belong* ti# Clark,
and that ull these men are opposed to
Troup.
R I have heard men s.iv .*<1, hut thev
enn't prove it, and I have always thought
th.it it wa* just don** lo hurt Clark s elec
tion.
U Wf II sir, I cm prove it to you. It is
rally known that Bartlett has no prop
erty An execution was put iu (lie hands of
the Sheriff' of Baldwin county. No prop-
ould he fui id but the printing appa
ratus then in li’.i possession, a lew was made
m it, ami Clark claimed it under oaih Jv
follow * :
tvcoige Hull Jc Ckarles Hnvt,^
plaiuutinin» xecutiou, ’ | vi /.
Raid tr in Sh
the treaty an t broke Adania and Clay,'their
prr»ject will fail, and Gaines and Andrew's
not considered half so «nurt os when Ad*
In hlimit tlm 11 atter ?
U NowT)iart*m, thi* i* the «•!«) story,
1' nothing m tin* world hut electtotieernig.
I ' <die\f we rh.tll g* t tho kind pn-t ns *non
II !er Cloik as Troup, and besides tlio
r J\- ity i> made, and I hi, -uM lik'* t» l.n »vv
b«»w tii* lobe broke No,air.no one will
attempt to break it. I believe Troup is the
rau«e of all lift* fut>s Now I would like to
hii- 'VV why lie wanted to ttirvey tlio ki»ul be-
f re the tune f r * Why did ho call out
the mill.ia at such a bus) season of the
v« ar * N\ e who hve in these new counties
h d no time to spare foi such doing* / You
know Juu Muibhall and Edwardi told
GNines the Council was never l»e|d. *ipon
w neb Games lus rlcarlv khewutliai Trout
hr ! He right to survey the land
1) .Fiiord Rndtn-y, yourertuiuh have not
rv.ituiubd the facts, you hu»r. not taker
tr mbit* to inform youstalf coiioctl), or you
would n«»t iiuv«* ipow* in such cAn« bioions,
R. W bv, sir, l read the Patriot, and thin
psoer is -'tear on the matler. | have taikml
with m'Mi «>f information on the subject
h<» all aftinn that Troup has made this dis
turhance. I talked the other day with 1
mm in Morgan roomv. who liti* L-n 10
f «mgr» es do y« u think he don’t know I
f>«rj G^r.csf letter other day, and f:om
C our l
Coon iu L. Barden k. Mich.iel |
J. Kappell, dele idaiiis, and I * K> ‘
John Claik. Claimant, },
Hi oitoUi Uddwi.i cmiiuv—f*ervonally ap
pc.iril bcfoic me Julio Cl.uk, win. being duh
worn,***}* that the jniut : i g ivjmw am
1ppar.1tin- fuimrvK bclong'.ng *0 the f'tironieb
utlire, of which alrvv lias It- -i m ol. i«. ^*|j s
li fa in lavor of G *orgc H o! and flnrlri
lb')! *'C'i t»i C"S*>to E B irtb tt anil .Virh ie
Kuj pell, .vie the property ut this d* pi n*'iit, ami
• i f fore in t subject to said k fa.
JOHN CLARK
Sworn to before me thi* -Jia I’eh L’vll.
J AMES FLEMING, J. P.
t h«*irh\ ccrufv tins above wlTda ii t* be :i
1 r cop) of the origiaal ut 0 e iu i..v odii.c
1. J'Jili Augii 1.1, 1J« >.
11105. H KEN AN, Clk S.C.B.C
Thc pirv found the property to l»«- Clark'f
and \ et tin* man Bartlett keep* u in In* pos
session. Now if Bartlett he insolvent and
unable to pay hi*ilebt*, lie l:n< nothing
hire the press with, and still he is working
with it, anil printing all these fine thing*,
so |t follows if he baa not hired tin* pies*
Clark ha* lured him, and Lciug in Clark's
service, prints just what pleases Clark —
.Suppose you wero to pus* by a mill Ire
quenlly during the year, and wiry time
you hfld the *.iine man attciiumg to it, ami
you know lie wu* not able to lure llie null
would you not take it for granted the ov\ n
**r of the mdl had lured luin,and that what
ever was dona ill the null was done by the
o» ncr# or dor or consent
K Wall, wen, we live and learn at the
saying is. Inev«i heard tbisbefi.ru
yuj n goe* hard with mt, fur I havoalw iy*
ams picked them out to do tho business#
but I can’i believe vet that Clark is fully vv d
ling to give up the lands, for I know when
he was Governor lie done bin b* «t to get it
D. I believe with you, and if he was Go
vernor, now be would do his best to make
a treaty ; but don’t you sen plainly ho must
fir si bo made Governor beforo lie would do
any tiling in that way,) ho would bo will
ing enough for the land* to b« got d tin
very getting of it would not make Troup
so popular a* to prevent him from being
lerted Governor, nrd you know Cl.uk wcl’
inoii'jb. HJs rule i-. in fur u penny, in for r
pound He no«* pU.tdy th* taken will
111 all likelihood lose the land tu Georgia,
and that lur-vur ; but bis cnnsolation 1 *, that
wimt ih onu Hum's Jgr<s in another man's
in. and if the land is m-nu, lie will be Go
rm»r. This 1* a sorioiis mntler, one to
wlueli I la hove tlio pcoplu will look with
yo ol Kcrutinv. I bo'ueve tin y vviH
unite mia body nn«i testify to the Senate be
fore whom thu treaty is again to be tried,
and to the wliolu In ion, tlmt the man who
bat maintained with so much ability tlio ti
tle of Georgia lias to this lands: who lias
defended with such muihiitcd /.wtl,lhe firm
ness of the Into treaty against the powerful
coalition of Crow H, Gaines, the ho*tdo In
dians, Andrew*, vYc I *uy the people wil
unite in that man’s support, that man i*
Geo ret M. Troup. Suppose n Governor ol
another State won situated in regard to a
treaty just like Troup iv, having defended if
with the Mime iudmtry und power that
Troup has defended our treaty, and lie Wa-
opposed by the an me cIhii, the same clamor
ralm d. and flint Governor’s election was to
take place jo*t before th* Congress set,
which was to dec ide on the validity of that
treaty, and the very pcoplu interested m
tho land was to turn him out and ilcct an
other num over the loeid of this Governor,
who hrwl thu* contended through lire and
smoko for the people * fights. I ask you
if it would not, to your mind, nnd to the
Senate too, be u strong and conc lusive proof
that the treaty wn* a* has been represented,
base nnd fraudulent; and where is there a
man in thu country that believes it corrupt,
when wo give them thu same number of
acres, of equal quality, in a better country
for them, and four hundred thousand doi
lain besides. There is not a man in the
State that would not like tube cheated iu
thi* manner. Guide* and his frit nd Vole.
h»* statement to tlio contrary not withstand-
itig.
R Well my friend, I feel (ends r, 1 vvnn'i
bn positive, hut 1 feel mightily like voting
for Troup ; one thing 1 know, I am done
with Generals, therein two of them now in
the upper part of thu State, electioneering
for Clark They intended a* I understood,
to put the people to rights in Wultoii. Iiu-
hershnin, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, and Mor
gan. I would not have told you |hi* ; hut
since I liavn found out Gaines, I hate tin
breed, and w ith all, 1 fuel Itko quitting th»
partv, at least for the present, lot ns got tin
laud ; but I tell you tnv old friend, Hart
lett will any a heap of hard thing* abou
us, I tell you sir,he Will Hjuiicc like aatnr
geon.
D. Well, never mind ho we get the land,
they may put whut they plouse in the Pat
riot, lor Ihe fact is, vve ail now have o
ehoico beforo un, the land lor a homo,
Clark lor Governor.
R. Well, I do believe, it.
/). Ever since Adam* nnd Gaines, and
th«*o folks have put their beads togeth
er to break the treaty,! hnveheen devising
w ay* and mean* to oust them, and I believe
I have finally hit on tho plan that will suc
ceed. Tint i.-» this, if die people will pm
Gaines, Crowell and Andrews into a vio
lent rage ; they will quit fhu country and let
us uhmo, tln n you see we can jiiht go
on 11* though tin interruption had taker
place, and till* can all ho dune too ho
lorn CongroM can get a chance to break the
treaty.
R. Well, hmv can this be done ?
If You know how cordially all these f« I
Iowa hate Troup : their blood fairly boils
when they hear hi* name mentioned ; and
you remember the election of Govern
or comes on before Congress sit*. Well just
clert Troup, and I tell you sir they will al
hoof it in n minute, and if they tvero it
toko tho sullen* and not move, it would
make Adam* so mad to sue Troup elected,
that lie could not hoar tor one of hie
favor^e* to stay iu a hundred miles of him
R. Well Drayton, give me your band,
we’ll try it. Hero is to Troup and the trea-
D
n > THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
• lie present Htau- of public let ling in llii*
State, and the many slanders und uiurcpre-
ntatious circulated both scoroily and in
the newspapers to mislead the pubiir mind,
with regard to mytMIf, appear* to demand
from me a statement »f facts w lm li
enable those wh., in 1,j, m judge fairly, to
decide forthemsidvc*.
The ground* al present taken against
inn are—that I wii* opposed to the making ol
tlio lute tr . tty with (lie Crocks, and dial 1
now wish it annulled; and that 1 am
0110 of those who corrupted the Logi*
lutuie to procure the passage of the act com
moulv called die Yazoo act ; und that i
Home yeti'* si lien shot the effigy of Geueral
Wash'itL’ton. Either «4* tlicae’charge* es
tablished would render my pretensions to
the office of Governor, n dating presump-
lion : yet they arc stli ii a* to admit of but
little other refutation, than a flat denial
To me they appear to require nothing
more, 'they are eai U and every out? of
them, not only untrue, but bu*c ami malic-
ion* fabrication*. .Nothing could he more
unfounded than ti e charge of opposition to
the lute treaty. No man ha* ever under-
styod from f»>', eitliur by expression or oth
erwise, that J was oppo*e l tu the making of
tlmticaty, or that l at any time wished it
annulled. On the contrary 1 have been
uniformly in favor of our getting possess
ion of the w hide land* within tin* lout* of die
statu ns speedily n* potunhlc. Yd I am not
• meof those who believe vve have any right
to meddle with the land* acquired by tin
lute treaty, without the consent of die gen
eral gov erunu tit, and of die Indian*, until
dcpiembcr, le&G, when our right to take
possession of them iHunquu*ti«>ual>lc.
And notwulis\i.n ling ail that n\uy have
been Mtiti, or proven on this miOjoct, 1 have
no donln but if a proper course is pursued
toward* the general government and the
Indians; the treaty so far at least as Geor
gia is fencermd, will he maintained and
enforce d.
W»th regard 10 the Yazoo fraud, the limit
set to thi* production render* it impossible
to nonce all that Iiu* been said against me
on iiu* aiihjee r. Let it suffice lo remark that
since dint irtviwiviion my name ha* hewn
often before? the people n* u candidate for
office. Hv my adversaries this charge Inis
been neither forgotten cr neglected, but
wielded with nil the force which subtlety of
purple and malignity of heart could de
vise*; yet tho support 1 received proved the
unimpaired confidence of the p.-ople, at the
time when the public ex< itement oil tlm
subject was at it* height- Thi* was not
only sbewii in my being repeatedly elected
a eiecul" r of th.* Legislature by the old and
rc»p©<-table county of Wilke*, hut in (lie
venr 1790, 1 wn* elected a Major Contra!
hv the rery Legislature who ordered the
\ azoo retoid* tu hu burned. Nor wn* this
the only iiihuuics in tho.*c tunes, in which 1
received proof of the eonbdeuce of the
l.s^islature Dunug the administration
Governor James Jackson, 1 was by a law of
I th* £:»:<*, Rtfociat d ri'.ti At a, A’braui T dd
w ii, ar.d other,, m me of the TruMc.it of
the University of firorgia.
Oil 1 dr iusinnrr* might bt roudiofted lo
skew that when thu circumstances of thi*
transaction worn .most regarded, and beat
understood, the people did not deny me
their confidence. ! wn* not a member ol
the Yaz *0 Legislature, nor w a* 1 tlieic tam
pering with the member* to procure the pas
sage of the law ; and I appeal to the candor
of my fellow citizen* whether it i* not now
unjust to urge a charge so often declared
false by then suffrage*.
The nefarious charge of having allot at
the effigy if General Washington, is the
moit contemptible attempt nt imposition,
that 1 have ever heard of. I wus not in
Washington when thi* act was committed
hut at my then residence 10 miles off*. Ma
ny of the old and respectable inhabitants of
Wilke*, know it to he an infamous fabri
cation. Thi* report like the others is got
ten up by a Mt of miscreant* for election
uering purpose*.
I omitted to mention a report which I am
MifmmtnJ by several letters is in circulation
that 4»»*n. (inines. Col. Crowell, Maj. A11
draws and myself, are combined lor the
purpose of ntocuiing the annulment of tli
trentf) This like tho other reports already
noticed, i* not only unfounded, blit it is also
a bill! and « malicious fabrication ; al
though I have railed on these gentlemen
when th»*y have been in Milledgevillc, I ne
v»»? heard cither of them express an opinion
that thu treaty ought, or would be annulled
This much fellow c tizens, 1 have thought
due you on these subject*, iV l regrettbatthe
•our*e puiriod by those opposed to me,
should have made it necessary in self de
fe nfe. My experience forbids the hope that
thfc invention of inv opposcr* lias gone to
its limit, hut I flutter myself their fthiice
lion* will tie re after be received for no inure
tliaetbev ere worth.
JOHN CLARK.
Woodville, 1st Sept. 1-Jo.
ngc nnd firmness to our counsels by Leafing 4
ir ecliism*. Throw yourself and your
friends into the balance, and the neuter must
preponderate in our favor. Tln n the von
root and exist* nee of nil our evil* will be
xtirpsted at once. Then cun we speak to
the Ameiican family, a language not to be
ini*und# iHtood nor slighted, for onr united
weight wil) be folt and te*pret'-d. Do thi*
and many who have espoused your cause
who have basked in the sunshine of your
prosperity, and defended you through evil
report, will rejoice. Our Revolutionary vet
eran*, bowed down with age and poverty,
who had hoped under the provision* of the
late Land A« t, to have secured the evening
of tliHir life from want, but who are disheas-
tened at the prospect of having the treaty
annulled. I say they would thank you —
Join not I beseech you with Gaines, An
drews, and other profligate wretches, to
hunt down as u political swindler, a man
nearly connected with you because lie lias
concluded a treaty with the Creeks, as ben
eficial to them, and a* it is honorable to the
head und heart of him and his coadjutor
Degrade not yourself by giving public din
ners to parasites who con deliberately pub
lish to the world that Campbell Mild Merri-
wothcr, have brought a stum on the national
character.
And now hear the sum of all. Prove
yourself a Georgian or a Southerner, nnd
you will he blessed by the present and fu
lure generations ns one of its benefactors,
olhoru ite your name will be transmitted to
posterity, with the deeped brands oOxecrn
lion and horror. Scn*fbi!ity, benevolence,
religion direct your choice !
PENN
Fnn THE JpUHNU..
TO GENERAL JOHN CLARK
Hr that hvh light within hh nwrwe'ntr br*a«f
May ut in thr o» nt» t» and enjoy bright dsv ;
But he that hide* a flat k will and Tou. thuuglita.
Ih-iiitrhnU walk* otuVr ihe mid-da) *»•»•
ttiguulf i*lut ow a dungeon.” hnastii
Slit- Your friends have proclaimed yi
1 tho world, great, superior, illustrious
possessing iu an eminent degree, integrity
und genuine patriotism. God forbid
should attempt to rob you of tin *u uttri
butiis. it is my intention however I
the reality uf their existence: such qupl
tie* 1 hoi I are incompatible with feltnli
arm. You have it *ir, in your powor to tri
umph in the nrH^iniiimit) of conscious
ivorlhandto giM-to lhe people of Georgia
1 noble proof of gratitude to them and d
H'tion to your coiintiv. On your con lur
at this crisis, much of 0111 future happi
ucss or misery, will depend. Support your
stale und thu worthy und intelligent
forever approve your conduct, und their a
probation w ill he ci hood by your o\v
conscience, and your soul lifting ilscll to
ward Ifenien, will wldspur in 11 raptur
of liOruble gratitude, “ blessed hi? the now
tlr.il taught me lo deserve it " Act Imw
over otherwise—-disgrace and botruy your
stale, and can yon he surprised, or should
you be inortified nt tho doom which nn-
patiently awaits you May your better
gi nifi* inspire you with resolution to
adopt, and fortitude to pursue the former
course!
And nerd I inform youth.it the d gnity,
the intoest. the soccteignty, nay the very
riste.net 01 our statu is endangered. Ha*
she not been insulted 111 the character of
her chief magistrate, hy the minions of the
Federal Government * And has not the
President struck at the very being not of thi*
republic only, but of the other mdcptneUnt
stales, hy assuming virtually the authority
to declare a Treaty—of which we are the
usee or party in interest, null and void ?
and by enforcing that decision with llie bay
onets oftho Union? A la* for our degeneracy!
Sir. I c all on you by the blood of our martyr
ed heroes by tho departed shades of Jackson,
and of Early, to satisfy vmir fellow-citi
zens, that nature has not formed you, in
clination trained you, nor Kite reserved you
to participate in such unholy designs. Your
country, which should be denrrr to you than
life, thu* accost# you For four year*
and ns long us you desired the chief mag
istracy, we bestowed it on vou c.ir suff
rages. Y ou complained ol being persecu
ted, we generously sustained you. Your
adversaries charged y«»u with taking delight
in civil strifes, flagitious and d©structis
the Commonwealth, yet wu forsook vou
not YYhat then are you about ? Why; by
suffering yourstdf to he coupled with Crow-
ell, miff your name to bo used to scandalize
the Indian treaty, w ill youbecotne a public
enemy to your oppressed state, which can
only lie saved, it saved nt all.hy the virtu
ous efforts of her most accomplished mind*
Now too when you sen a host of enemies
leagued in w ar against her, why instead
of nppo*io£, do you not exert all your ruck
les* energies in upholding a patriot Gover
nor, who has toiled, and in hi* country's
cause stood forth nobly, and whose deed*
a* thev deserved, will anon receive proud
recompense, a state* gratitude ? Do you
not perceive that in his defeat Would be
quenched (but zenl which we should he ever
ready to display in the defence of state in
ti rests, stale honor, umi stale sort rcignly r
Admit that from cause* a* yet, but partially
developed—at the advocate of our rights,
h* may have scenic ! intemperate, arc you
iherefme ready tu disc vn tlie principles for
which he is struggling ? Are you prepared
to encounter a sterile war. the most dange
rous that ever agitated nny country? And
ran vonculudy wit lies* a repetition of the
horrid convulsions of Ht. Domingo ? If
not; then veil Cannot too highly extol the
boldness and intrepidity of Gov. Troup,
in hurling the holts of indignant wrath at
those fonutics who would awake a sleeping
volcano, and visit with terrible destruction
our nnr-uspec.ting tranquility ! lla* Mt.
Admit* over-leaped the walls of thu Fede
ral compact in treating Georgia n* a mere
corporation, or a dependent province ? 1 la*
shebeen put off for twenty-two yeats in ob
taining poesession of her territory 9 Ha*
the fertile and populous State uf Alabama,
been transfern d in payment for this territo
ry? If strath© Indian titles to lands within
the limits of that State, Tennessee and Ken
tucky, hron long since gratuitously extin
guished 9 And i* Georgia still left to peti
tion artd remonstrate ? A ns wot those in-
terrogntorh* affirmatively, nnd it were
hurbatous to censure even the manner of
Gov. Troup.
But suppose for a moment you were to
succeed in ejecting him from office, with
what pleasure will you enjoy yourself;
How will you exult? How will you tri
umph? To he quoted abroad as the prime
author of our misfortunes, the contriver and
manager of the degradation of our state
Nero fired Rome, and placing himself on a
high lower, lie sang on his lyre tlie destrur
torn of Troy, and enjoyed the general con
stornatiuiq m* the flame* became universal
Rut tho conflagration of a city is mete sport,
idle pastime, compared with the destruction
of that form of government, reared in thi*
f.vnurcd land, where liberty has at last so
lectod lief residence, and from whence she
will, J fondly hope, amid her triumphant
reigr\,chain*' the wautonnea* of ambition
and heal the wound* of distant desolated
uatioliO. b
Indulge me sir, in a word of admonition
and 1 *t»all conclude. Confederate no
yourself in thm detestable league, and part
utmliip of villainy again*t state indepen
dent «•— the desperate attempt* to annihilate,
which is tli a ripened plague uf tlm national
government. Increase not the danger which
hang* over our devoted head*—add not
strength to the conspiracy by dntsiwuiacion,
ItT -'.n gtigl to believe it But givg vuur
Messrs Cumuli Ragland.
I herewith hand you a- iVianiiscript copy
of the eaaoy under the signature of Truth,
winch appeared in the last Gcorgiu Patiiol
It is offered with the correction* of the an
thor, and 1 desire its dissemination for tin
purpose* *«t forth iu the production. The
friend* of Gen. Clark desire only to ba fair
ly represented, and I hazzard nothing in say
ing they will alm>>»i unanimously unite on
the general sentiment contained in thi* es
•»ay A SUBSCRIBER..
‘-Mth August, 1825.
MiLLFDor.viLLi, 20l)i August, 1825.
Messrs Rartlells—In your lust paper 1
notice in nn editorial article, the following
sentence. “ The late tieaty was made In
persons appointed hy tlio President, and if
it w ns fairly made (a* wc hope it was) jt
will he carried into ©fleet, but if, us is suid,
it shall bo found to have bron procured by
bribery and corruption, anil by persons not
competent, ii will be set aside.” It is doubt-
le*§, owing to expressions like this, that wo
daily hear you charged with desiring the
abolition of the treaty ; nor is it strange
that the adversaries of Gen Clark, should
quote them to prove that he and hi* friend*
desire its destruction nl*o. The shifts they
are driven to, would lead them into much
greater absurdities than these. But if you
have roine to the conclusion, that the trea
ty is yet subject to be revised or revoked,
wc beg leave to have it understood that tin*
is on opinion not sanctioned by Gen. Clark
or Ins supporter*, anil as to their consenting
to huv«? it annulled, that is entirely out of
the question.
Treaties arc international laws, and can
be annulled only by thu parlies eonceriicd
in lhem : they have long been considered
a* the highest bom) of nation*; funding
oven when entered into at the point of the
bayonet. In modern times they arc bind
ing only from thuir ratification, but when
ratified, tliuir violation is tantamount to u
declaration of war against the party injur
ed; and nothing is clearer than that a v io
lation of or annullmciit of the late treaty
by the government of tho United States
would be nn act of UMirpulioti, and more
fraught with danger to this Union than all
thu raving* of Governor Troup a hundred
tune* told. It i* impossible that this Union
should Just, if its pledges to thu States are
disregarded.
I)o those who talk of annulling the trea
ty, enquire how it i* to be constitutionally
effected. Suppose it the most corrupt trans
action recorded of men, where is the tribu
nal to declare it void on that account. The
• oostitution of thu United States, provides
but ono way of sotting aside a treaty, and
that is found only in the clause giving to
Congres* tlie power to declare war. The
framers of that instrument, plainly saw, that
a declaration of war, and a treaty annulled
by one party without the consent of the
oilier i* the same thing. This doctrine, in
us application to the present case, however
modified hy the consideration that Georgia
i9 a member of the Union, ran never be so
far done away as to deprive her of the right
to exact * fulfilment uf the treaty. It is ton
late to peak of the incornpctenry of the
signers. The Senate of tho United States
who, bu it remembered, make treaties bind
ing on this nation, cannot plead ignorance
on this point. They had before them the
letter ol th Agent, in which the rank and
grade of tin signers was particularly stated ;
vet the treatv was ratified ia due fonn.-»
Lot it ho imderstuod that we do not doubt
the power •!' the United State* to annul
this treaty • All we asaert is, that when
they do so without the consent of Georgia,
it i* un .vt of usurpation
There n no nation in existence more in
terested in maintaining the §an« tity of trua-
ti«?H than the United Statos. Com 1 nance re
viewing and when shall it etd? What
length of time docs it require for the seals
to harden, past breaking up 9 How long j*
it since the United Slates punhnsed thu in
valuable country of Louisiana ? Of whom
• lo we hold the title? Of a government
whirh ia now dcHtroycd ; whose very ex is
fence is declared illegal, and whose acts aic
declared void ; we sue it more than insinu
atrd that the sale of Louisiana ia one of
the voidable acts of Napoleon ; am) with
what arguments are We to meut the French
in thi* case They are ready and iricsirti-
hie. The United States claim this country
under a treaty solemnly ratified. If the
French people disapproved it, they should
not have suffered it to be made : if they had
not the power to prevent it, 01 neglected to
do so, they come now too lato to c mplain
of it* condition*. And it may he triumph
untly subjoined ; that tituAe principles are
sanctioned by the practice of all nations,
and maintained by all who have written on
this important subject, unless wo choose to
except the legitimates of uur times, who
pay no regard to llie laws of nations, when
it suits their policy to invade thorn. Now
we tusk, if this argument does not hold good
for Georgia, with 1 lie Union ou tho question
of thi* trunty. Georgia ha* long ago pa
(and dearly too) for this territory. The
treaty authorising us to take possession of it
in l,>2ti, is now in our archives, and we
have n right to demand its fiilfdincnt. Our
treaty is with the General Government, not
with the Indiuns. If these unfortunate
people have been wronged, let the munifi
ccncc of a great nation he shewn m thuir re
numeration; Georgia will willingly contri
bntu her part, but the nation cantioi require
her territory for the purpose.
As it regard* the'charge of corruption
it hah been shewn that it < uunot vitiate a
treaty which ha* be**n ratified. If the go
vernment has been abused by her agent*,
she hu* tilt t ? '-ver to puni*h them • that ve
ry Senate winch ratified the treaty, can try
and punish the Commissioner* who signed
it. They compose the only tribunal tud’ore
whom an investigation of the fraud, if nny
exi:>U, call be had ; and if it should appear
that the moat hoiriblo injustice ha* been
done the Indians, Congress can restore ttam
ten fold, of whit belong* to thu United
States ; but tins land beluugp to Georgia
under the Hofomn saniiion of a treaty rati
lied ; and I again repeat, that however th<
matter tuuy bo disguised tl e annulling of
this treaty by Coogre.* u mid be an net ol
big-banded injustice to Georgia.
But it may betUngl.t that Gqfgin will
consent t.i ti..- ht.uhm td of this treaty ; the
iftdi.iii* want back tl * .r la ltd* ami it would
be very magnanimous in 1* toyiel I •** thuir
desir* s. Yet after all said that can he,
on 11ns subject; will any onft seriously s»y
that wu ought to *.« nsent to such a mea
sure. Tlie injury to Georgia would be ve
ry great, perhaps no man living would live
to see it gotten over; und who can say that
it would bawefit the Indian* themselves.
The late treaty i* tlio first step of the na
tion towards preserving from extermination
this unhappy race. Mr Jefferson in his
notes on Virginia, has mourned over the
extinction of I think forty tribes on tlie soil
of thuf state. Wathingten is known to
hove grieved nt the prospect of the exter
mination of the original inhabitants of his
country, and yet Ire could hut look on ami
see them foiling before the besom of des
truction Mr. Monroe dues not shrink from
the horrid scene, blit boldly nnd unihiisia*'
tirally enters this field of desolation, to ga
ther up the scattered remnant*, und plant
them in a land of safety. There is no risk
in trying hi* plan, it is idle to talk of civil
izing llie Creek.* on tlie lands they now oc
cupy. Whnt should presen 1* them longer
than other tribes who have been pressed on
by a w hitcpopulation ; the introduction of
sla ves among them has in some degree les
sened their helplessness und would longer
*piotraet their decay, hut they cannot stiug-
glo for subsistence w hen they must do so
in competition with white men ; and this, it
is feared, coRFtimrionnl defect is a sufficient
explanation of the fate of those who have
sunk before them Mr. Monroe's plan is
worthy of him and of a great nation. Let
it be tried. If it succeeds million* are nrc-
served,to sin" Hosanna.* to his name in day*
to como If it fails, future generations shall
not any,that iu our days, thu extermination
of a brave people, has been suffered to hap
pen amongst u*, without 0110 manly effort on
our part to prevent it. Now we a*k in the
name of all that is lovely in charity, if the
feeling8pf this unhappy race, should wcigfi
a feather against earn mg into effect a noble
and magnanimous policy toward* them
But the citizen* of Georgia are culled
on to take still another viuw of this 6ub
jeet. If the United State* «ciiou*ly in
tend to make n grant effort to benefit our
avacc neighbors, how much of the domain
n w nieb the experiment is to be made shall
Georgia furnish ?
It tntcomes u* then to make every effort
to procure the fiiftilrneut of the treaty ; and
by no mean* cither morally or physically to
jeopardize its provision*. We are clear in
the belief that no attempt at annulling it
w'ould ever have been thought of, but for the
“ mad doings” of Gov. Troup. It is much
to he feared that if the pcoplu should be iu
discreet enough to re-elect him in his pro
sent disrepute, in almost every state of the
\ nion, tho weight of his unpopularity will
operate more than any thing else 10 biiug
about the destruction of that treaty which
he appears to doat on with such affection
For though we have no fear that tlio Con-
gresa of the United Htate*, Will imitate the
disgraceful prorceding* of our Legislature
in erecting itself into an unholy inquisition,
>ut the insolent bearing of Gov. Troup, ami
our present members of Congress, ha* pro
duccd an indignation in many members o
Congress and other influential men at Wash
ington, which may bear heavy on our inter
est there.
You will please insert thi* in your paper.
\\ u offer it to you a* the ground which trill
be occupitd by Gen Clark und his friends
And we assure the reader that wo speak
lrom the most undoubted authority on this
subject. This publication is deemed
portant as it inay serve to put down the mis
representations daily made for the purpose
of imposing on the people.
TRUTH
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VOR THE UF.OHUtA JOUHH.VL.
No XVII
Conduct anil cast of Col Crowell.
Although thu Special A aunt husroportci!
favorably on thu ca.o of thi* gcuttoinaii
“ it it tlillteult to n ui.t the itnprtwiion." that
Col. Crowell ha. been induced, hy the moat
unworthy motives, to purauc a must objec
tionable course, in relation to the late ac
lueition of territory, ami to the iuicrnul af
faire of the Creek Nation.
It w*« in evidence before the committee
on Ihe Slate of the Republic, that imtncdi
atcly after thu election of Governor Troup
Crowell distinctly intimated - that no terri
tory should be acquired tlurinj. Ins aJmini.
tration (a) that, in pursuance of this dulcr
niiuatiuu, he advised one of the Cummin
•inner, to rweif ti :(a) that, during the tirat
negociations, he alfucted to ntsurnc a neu
tral position, whic h -.vae subsequently de
elared, by the late Secretary of War, to he
inconsistent with his duties :(h) that his
Sub-Agents, his brother, his interpreter, Ins
dependants were opposed to the wishes ot
the Government, in relation to the extin
cuishment of Indian title -(c) that <u
his brothers declared that no territory should
be acquired unlrsr some for tons were well
greased :(tl) that the Agent proceeded to
Washington City, and made ineffectual ex
ertions to prevent tho ratification of the
treaty :(e) that he had, for several venrs
manifested considerable disliko for McIn
tosh ■■(/) that.on a late occasion, lie declar
ud Ids wish, that more of tho Indians had
been killed, in order tlmt Ilia others might
ho more easily governed (g) tlmt, only u
few days before the murder uf McIntosh
the Agent declared, that he would bo kill
cd (h) (and yet it is not contended that
llie Age.it made nny exertions in pro
it ) Comment on this summary is useless
Although the investigation before the com
mittee on the Stale of the Republic was
confessedly ex parte; although the So
Agent, at an early period, gave sufficient
evidence, notwithstanding hit effort to eon-
coal the fact, that lie had formed nn opinion
on Col. Crowell's case before llie iovostiga-
tinns had closed; and although he has eon-
lirinod this tiivorahlo opinion, and restored
Col. Crowell to tiie Agency since lie has
brought his enquiries to a close ; yet I ap
prehend tho impression is almost indulliido
on the public mind, that Col. C. partly from
motives of political hostility to Governor
T.and partly perhaps from private inter
est, did, at an early period, manifest his
hostility to tlio cession of territory during
Troup's administration ; that he did assume
a neutral position during the conferences
at Broken Arrow, if indeed lie did nut se
cretly oppose tlio views of his government
during those conferences, and the subse
quent ncgncialionH nt the Indian Springs ;
that he did entertain a derided hostility lo
Gen McIntosh ; that ho did know of his
iinminunt danger; that he did not endeavor
tu prevout his murder; consequently, that
lie irinUed at, if indeed he did not instigate,
this atrocity ; that lie has. from the most un-
mortlnj motives, pursued a course im-nn-
sistent with his public duties, as defined by
tho late Secretary of War -, a course op
posed to the views of tiie General Govern
ment, in reference to the interest of Geor
gia, and of the Indians themselves; a
course calculated to retard the permanent
prosperity of the Indians, and to defeat thu
the authorised expectations of Georgia;
and, finally, that tbe Agent is no longer
worthy of the confidence of the Cirek
Nation, of this State, or of the United
States.
The plea, that the testimony taken be
fore the committee, is ex parte, will not
avail. The evidence, in every indtrtment
heforc a grand jury, is ez parti; and yet
tlie offender is often convicted bef.ru tin
petit jury on tbe testimony of the same per
son* who testified before tlie grand jury.
.-Some of the allegation* against Colonel
Crowell are sustained hy niiihrntic d-ieu-
prenta in tho public office. ■ tlieso of course
w ill nut ba denied: others are sustained by too
testimnyofCnmpbe.il,Mcrtiwetlict,Miles &
other credible witnesses w bo are reuih to -»i> o
the same testimony on tlio trial of Colonel
Crowell, which they did ill the preparatory
inquiry before tho Legislature. Persons
who know tlmgenllomi n above mentioned
will not readily beUct e llu-ir testimony
he insufficient
It i* n-t contended that there is anv
testimoi*} of any orert act w hich demand
tbe removal of tlio Agent. But, if we hen
him deeliring tliat no territory shall boac-
quirid during Governor Troup's adminis
tration, nnil, in pursuance of this declura-
'tioii, advising one of tlm Commissioners to
resign; if we sen him auiroundcd by de
pendant* and friend*, who openly opposed
the cession of ten itoiy ; if we see a nura.
her of Chief, who consented to the trentv,
suddenly and mysteriously rcliiing without
signing it; if it IS believed that they adop
ted tins course in pursuance of un order
from a petsoe, in tlio confidence and contrul
at' the Agent; if we sec the Agent openly
opposing Ihe ratification of thu treaty ot
Wuslmrgion ; il wc have reason to belter*
that hu entertained a decided hostility for
McIntosh ; if we hcaf bin. declaring, 4
few days before the tnurdvi of Nfcllrtoth,
that his life would be taken, and yet have I
no reason to believe that lie exerted his i*. ■
finance to prevent the murder; if ive sea
him apparently milting nt tlm catastrophe, 1
and hearing him expres-mg his regret tli** l
inure of the Indians had not lm-n kHfed, iu 1
order that the rest might be more easily go- I
verned ; if we sen persons within liiscontrof }
or influence in the nation, who, it m court
dently believed, could establish far:# gomn
to inculpate the Agent, refusing to testify &
the case :* I say, if wc see nnd hear ff|'
this, and mueli more, our minds are carrie
with some thing liko an irresistible impulse
to a conclusion unfavorable to tbe Agent-
vve are compelled to believe, that w e huvo
a well connected chain of circumstances
iimouming to stronger proof than positive-
testimony.
The exculpatory testimony of I-ittlc Princro j
and other Indians, ns also that of Inane
Smith and William C. HHI, published in 1‘
the Georgia Journal of tho 7th June, would
seem lobe insufficient. Besides being in*
Consistent with the testimony of tho friend* t
\y Indians, who are entitled to us inticlt j
redit a# the hostile party, it attempt# ta 1
prove ncgativi'g, which ie is gc nerally i
vry difficult to do. Th© unlimited influ* I
unco, not to say tho ataoluto control, of an
Lidian Ajrrnt over tho people under hi#
can), would scorn to ca.*f # suspicion upon
tho aforesaid testimony of Little Prince,
nnd other* ; while the testimony even of
the Reverend Mist ionnrief, in relation tr>
the late treaty, ami to the comr. fttions io
tho Nation, would seem to come under con*
sidenddc tsU*picion ) from the known inter
ference of Mr. Compere again*! the treaty,
nnd'thelate refusal, both of him and Mr,
Smith, to testify on oath, at the instance of
the Georgia Commissioners.
Nor would it soein that tho' testimony
collected bv Gen. Gain©* and An-
drevy*, at Broken Arrow, will proSikly
r) with it much more conviction. It.is pre- j
t»u? liable that mof>t of the leading flint do
>f tho treaty were absent from that plaee.
It any of the fnmid.s of tlie treaty woru
pre-ent, it is rea.sonnblu to presume thattiu.
probability of incurring tlio diaplenstiro oi
(.ol. t rowel! (whom every body saw Major
Andrews would restore) Would deter them
fi om testifying; and milch more, that tlm
probability of sharing the foto of Mcln-
io*h, after the withdrawal of the United
State# force*, ir not before, would dn-r
them. The examination of flic nrxrmbkd
Chiefs collectively nnd in Council, instead
of individually nnd apart, if I m U n«’t re
taken ; the interdict laid on intercourse Ij*
tween tin? Georgia Couiinit-sioticra ji.d pi-i
moii* in thu Nation who ought iitva tent it it d
on behalf of the gtule ; the refusal t«\ admit
the Georgia Commissioners tu any official
participation, aid, or concert, in tlie cotdcr-
enccJK with the Indian*, under tho tutremei.
NOTION* of dignity entertained by General
Gaines ; the want of eros*-exsminat*on by
the Commissioner*, or according to their
suggestions; nnd the broach of tlio faith in
net detaining the Indians at the place of
conference, according to the pledge given,
for the purpose of examination hy the Com
missioners on tho part of thi* 8ioto : I suv*
these circumstance# not only inamfust dis-
re*ppct to tho UonuniaHioncrs, and disre
gard for tho interests nf Georgia ; but thev
furnish strong grounds of complaint against
the official conduct of Gen. Gaines, a* for
as they were ordered nr permitted bv him*
and strong reason* to suspect tho ciedib’fi-
ty«f fo* 5 testimony he may have rolled A
The examination of the’ virtual dceltra- ,
tion of Major Andrew*, that the testimony
collected by the authorities uf this State,
against Col. Crowell, i* futile, and the char-
go* unfounded, ha* been, to a confiderahta
extent, anticipated in the foregoing remarks.
When it i* recollected n«>t only that tlwr
collected the testimony of n number of In
dians, but that they had documentary evi
dence the authenticity of which cannot bo
questioned, and also the evidence of # con
siderable numhei of white men, amomg
whom are Campbell, Merriwcthcr, Miles r
Allen, nnd others, whose testimony has ne
ver been questioned, th* declaration afore
said can not bei.autt*»tied but by the >/*<*;£
a in pit and satisfactory ccieJence.
GEORGIAN.
" ^ t '* Report of Georgia ConunisMonerv.
('•) Ivwinioiiyof U. S nir* GumtTvi«»ioHcre.
mJcMinM 1 and Report of Commissioners.
" 4 H ,0 . , ! n - ! el i' r of l8 fo J*miarv, kc.
(rt 1*11* Calhoun * letters 11 il» and |3lh Janu-
•ry, taariinoiy of H U. B.eaxrakJH. Alien,
, and others, fd) xeslimonv
i
Col. WilliWson, un▼
ol Allen, (e) Agent h latter printed with do
cuments arco'iip.iliving Governor's cumaiuni*
• y) Agent * Irtter to Hainhly ; decla-
I of friendly i'hiei* strrnmpanjing Go
rs nirsMsf, Ate. (#) *1 estiniuii) of
Kennedy, (h) lihtimunvol Abraham Miles*
Esq. r
r pO t urnuy Griffin, RumJolpl, Milclioll unit
hsvy Wlfo, Richard I.jon and Lnney
t.is wife, AU iI.oii, lormrrlv A|{nc» Gril4
tm widow ot tlie decoded —You will ,>L «^*ASUk
t-d.0 notice ih.it ou Ihe first Monday iu Dcceui ^
WARUIS THOMAS. A.lu; r
ept. 7, IBSj.
N OTIt'K—Til Aorneaay Slephrns, Benia-
mm lliMvell and hi* wile Mouruiuc,4nd
all othersconcernf'l. You are hereby notifi
ed that | »h,«ll petition the Hon. Superior i 'url
.il Pulaski county, si (lie oral Deren.uet*
term of said court, lo sp;ioini pmoet pei.ous
to USW,I| and ,ef off ilou-cr in icyself ihe wiih
uw of Nrtllmni Sl.-phcns, dec',1. h,cv W said
cotinly, in slid lo tile following irai-Oi of lamj
•viiiR and being in raid count , nn the Uakmiil-
soe river, vis; Ini No. djl, hit No 347, lot
No. 3.-)i, Im No. 317, fraction No. 3t0, lot
No. AM, lot No. 331, fraction No. 3jO, all in
the i lih dial, said cnunlv.
MAHOaUET STEPHENS.
Widow of Nedbaiu Stejihene.
Soplrmhor -J
B ROUGHT ioj.uI :n Emanuel CvuIII),'*oi.
Ihe JUlh July I i.l, a negro w ouiai, !,; tjto
niiuie MELIiCEIt, who .ay. s]i« hclorc. to
Virsrl Vivon.
Also on the dih inst. a nopro ftia.i'liy tu,
naiuo of ABRAM, says Jm helungs :o R'.iGcrX
Thompson Iu Sav'auuah. The owners sre re‘. ^
qurstedto tskr them nwsv.
JOHN IL OAN1EL, Sh'K^'l
august 30
Nisi- months alter da c,sppbcitlpnoritl
No made to the hon. tlie 1;iie u-r Court of
l-u;na-n county when sitting Tor oHinary
purpo.as, l-r -rave t > sell tho r,_.,| 0 (
BritUtin Mntlh -i. , late of said uauly, de-
CUUStlle
WIL1E AUEOCROMBIR, AdmV.
aept.«. tuSm