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fis I ford's ml.lr
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I to till' (
cf party foods only, wo tnu«t at once discord hid ford? NVIuit jtMirc
pretensions as uncalled lor by the voice ol Jin; com- man ".m ba- \ < > nn
inunitv, and impolitic at the present crisis. ^
We’ have recently seen, that, through the ( ’tior.
of Gov. Gilmer, the Vresident has oj < ned the tu'Ki
for emigrating the Cherokees. bv establishing an
agency in the nation to enrol all who may be dis
posed to remove west of the Mississippi,
movement we believe to be a wise and efficient
measure of the government in removing the Indi
ans from U»c border of on r state, and securing to
Georgia a certain and speedy acquisition id the
Cherokee lands. The efforts of Gov. Gilmer
through the whtle course of a 'vise and prudent ad
ministration has been solely directed and influ
enced bv a zeal for the interest, hapiness ami pros
perity of the state. We are entirely satisfied " ith
his seivices so far,and believe that any chaino* t<»
aupersode the present administnition > t the govern
ment b) a preference of either candidate now In-
fore the people, would result in committing* the best
interest of the state.
Wc regret Mr. Haynes opposition and the schism
in the political party to which lie has been a uni
form and consistent member. We r< gret a. ■», t .
unfair and uncourteoua manner he ha-* been dealt
with, though wc are opposed to Ins pretentions in
the present contest. We claim anincli lnuli.-r r»
pact for his character and his /cr/iu^ f than to in
dulge in commonplace epithets of slander and <
traction, that can have no application to tois g«*n
tleman. Whilst we have a decided and an liom t
preference for another, we are candid in cl dug jus
tice to Mr Haynes, and at all times feel ourselves
at liberty to defend from unjust scurrility nn hon
orable and respected fellow-citiz.cn. The confi
dence of the people in the virtue, talents ai\d pat
fiotism of Gov. Gilmer, remains unshaken whilst
his high qualifications as u statesman, elicit the most
generous support,
is there, in denouncing every
•ii independoiiee to yield obe-
::d mandatesot an Aristocratic
WILSON LUMPKIN,
iron, 30th Aug. 1831.
have publislu <1 Mr. Craw
liven* ot the United States
reipn -ted to publish tin* foregoing stricture
that address, and its author.
(cm >n Mr vtions.
Till; JOt llSAI..
lolaild,
. I pro-
, the !
, (1 fp.l
the
first pieri
of the Uev Air.
lilor of the Advo-
r July «!Kh He
iisrharge of tin*
h \ meric-*!n In. ird, that no further
he Missioiior es would take place
stiititially ) That hu lud reached
i must allow. But by w hat route. I
| or if lie knew any thing of the
!i the presiding Judge discharged
that it win
ents of the
oleli
And lie must have km
agent, and, therefore cow
r that (b rinioii. 11.- inI•
Mllio.ll |
olllll I
. he tin
this rase, I take
the Georgia (hi
dividual. Am',
as standing out
•nifh'ii itiis of < ieorgia
to any . that I bidiev* it
the part of the anthoril
At the I i in
rolling a fie
known and <1 i.
iv. that tl
lie facts i
alluded to,
another Hi
nt regarded
>i hi/it of tin
f desired 'on
at the Mis-
Cts.—
•land, as
• it, as when I
iobey,and am
reeinun's heart, like the peal
iindl. But how stands the cm
ie» were not forbidden
hey ( hose t'* reside within the limits ot* Georgia, t
"• subject toller laws. This they refused to do.—
\ml for their refusal alow, they have been arrested.
Hence it is that their c.rv about hard treatment, will
ne regarded by the good people of this State, and by
many else where, as the evidence of their folly, and
self willed obstinacy
In conclusions, I may say with a pure conscience,
that their coins* of conduct has been In me, a scene
of at range, unsrripturul, and a nh-minister
I r I am cleat in mv mind that whatever
to he the law of the land, by those wljo i
to the work of g iverning, is the law of t!
really, and absolutely, when I disltk
like it. And I am us much hound l
a.i culpablt when I disobey. My heart hat been
sickened, and my feelings di-_ f usted. at the all-dged
scruples about taking the prescribed oath Tin*"
emotions have been produced, by the apparent in
consistency, of ho much senHitiv-iiHs in regard Vo
what concerned a local, and individual intep-.it ; and
so much insensibility in reg ard to general, and scrip
tural principles. After all, my feelings are liberal
enough, to suppose that these men may h ive a*lod,
from motives of mistaken good policy, and not In
known and corrupt intentions.
./ Ii trilling Methodist Preacher
public ex-
civile* told
ed, it could scarcely he believed that Mr. Lumpkin
would have heard this suggestion without contradic
ting it. He well knows from his ciprnencr and ob
servation, that tlo-re are no people in this country
b ss influenced by considerations of this kind than
; the Baptists. Instead then of yielding to the force
j of this argument, he ought in justice to tins church
| t * which he is attached, to have repelled the intinu-
, ation.
1 By his silence, and particularly as lie ha9 publish-
■ cd no denial, we are left to conclude that lie acqui-
[ esced in the suggestion. But the Troup Baptists
will redeem themselves from this groundless asper
sion, and Mr. Lumpkin and his caucus friends will
learn in a short tune from the Ballot box, how far Mr
Lumpkin’s religion will influence the political pric
es of the respectable society to which he he
irs. IIENRV.
and conn* out like the apostles, and have | lemn conviction of the public judgment, of his
her it is right to obey God or man, judge j superior qualification* f, » r the Turin ire Chair.
th.or.-p;' -i would h ive been ht'Urd with a Lumpkin h is !»•-«• n a candidate t'<>r loree in Mil
n . and echoed with a burst of indig-; hi* professes to be called out by the people (the <
'* ' * ‘ 1 w ‘he chords of every , seekers, stale pretence)—-when he declares bin
f liberty’s funeral j he makes no profession of lus faith-—no
? T he Missiona-j pression of ins principles. His own com
preach, but required, if) him (and this ho often declared) that there was no
reason for opposition to Mr. Gilmer—on the contra
ry that there were many, and important rer
lie should not he nppo-ed. Under these c
ces, it was very iuiporlantjo seek out lor some act of
Mr. Gilmer's administration which was calculated
to excite popular feeling against him. and thus ex
cuse Mr Lumpkin s inconsistency in now opposing
him. Mr. Lumpkin was not long in discovering
that the recommendation of Governor Gilmer as t«•
the Gold mines would answer his purpose. On this
subject the citizens of the frontier counties contigu
ous to the Mines were very much excited—violent
prejudices appeared to exist in the minds of the peo
ple there. Mr. Lumpkins friends join the general
clamor—his Editors fan’lhe flame, and when the
auspicious moment is supposed to have arrived, that
the finishing blow can lie given, Mr. Lumpkin
comes out, and announces to the people that he is
opposed to this recommendation.
N »w Messrs Editors, the first enquiry which pre
sents itself to my mind is, why were Mr Lumpkin s
opinion- nil this subject concealed HO long : Why
did lie not come out last winter during the session
of the I.••gialature, and condemn this recommenda
tion? The matter was then to he acted on, the
question was then to he settled, whether the Gold
i'ik'7 ",''T to r '7 rv "' 'i ,r l "\i l r C | , :::. r . l nk , 1 , n’w«l FIRST PRINCIPLES.—On the first page of
distributed amoti <■ the !»«•<• pic. Mr Lumpkin was , ... ~ * T • ® ,
in. u ilie .iirinlu ih by ,1V,, tins paper, tl.e Render XV. fin.1 the Virmnm and
(pi. stmi. was to he determined. Then he had an Kentucky resolutions of VS and V\\so often refer-
oj-jioriunity to shew bis devotion to the interest of red to, in the political discussions of the day. We
tli • people' by coming out and opposing the recoin- do not remember that they have been published in
m« n l it on in the me - .i_ r '—exposing its injustice, the newspapers of this State. We hope they will
and e .. fling his influence to prevent its being car-1 now be copied by all the democratic prints, and
What iv it luit h map «* t* limy I it «• .* Cm* per.
M I LLi:i>G i:\ ILLIL SEPlk 1831.
\TjT The name of “ Franklin Post Office,” in Heard
county, has been changed, to avoid mistakes,ns there
is Another post office in the State of the same name ;
the name of the office will in future he “ Heard
t’ourt House.” William B. W. Dent, Esq. is Post
Master.
From the Federal Union.
Messrs Kdilors.—In the Georgia Journal of the
25th instant, 1 have read nn address ‘-To t^io citi
zens of the United States,” signed “ Win. 11. (Taw
ford,” in which the author has used my name in
rather an unfriendly and uncourteous manner, nmr* 1
•o, I presume, than hu would have done at a calm
and lucid moment.
Wore this publication limited in ila circulation,
to the people of Georgia, where Mr. ('raw-
ford and myself are both fully known, 1 should not
deem it necessary to pay the slightest attention t
his denunciations. But the standing which Mr.
Crawford once had in the United States, may mis
lead some portion oft he* reading public.
To the whole of his disparaging charges, 1 give
the most unqualified denial. He knows them b
be false, lie knows Hint I have been an undevia-
ting Republican, throughout my whole life.—11*
knows that I am no “turncoat.** 11** knows my
firmness and independence, from mortified < rperi
cure. He knows that, although in myyonlh I .-up
ported him for v rious minor offices, 1 abandoned
him against mv own popular interest, and contrary
to the w ishea of many of my personal friends —when
1 believed that the interest ol my country require!
mo to do so. He knows that, my intimate knowl- J
edge of his political course convinced me that In
was utterly unworthy of that public confidence, t«»|
which he aspired.
Because in my youth I had supported Mr. (Taw-
fird fora seat in the Legislature, and other office-,
and when he aspired to the Presidency oftlie Uni
ted Slates, I Jprefered Amlrew.1. rkson ; Mr. Craw
ford accuses me of a want of Republicanism -•»!
political npo.staey, of making a somerset, vV <\ Tim*
ftas been in Georgia, when Mr. (Tawford had tie
combined means and art to make the majority; of tie-
people believe, that Republicanism consisted in
supporting him in nil his ambitious scheme* of ; ' If
aggrandizement; but he has out-lived hi * arts his
political juggling is ut an end.
The people ofGeorgiu are no longer under tie
dictation of Mr. (Tawford. -The passports to honor
and di.ftinctioii, are real or supposed merit ; intrin-
•ic worth of character. The people of Georgia ilo
not, at present, believe me to have been a Feder
alist, because I supported Andrew Jackson for
the Presidency in preference to NN ill mm 11. Craw
ford.
The copy of Crawford's letter to Mr. Batch,
Which passed through my hands, was unexpectedly
rweired by me, without any previous knowh dg<*
nf its rxirflencc. I transmitted it to Mr. Uallioun,
with the feelings and opinions I then entertained ;
■ find if I labored under some misapprehension in n
£&rd to the opinion* of other*, I was not .sm-ular
in tlmt respect—nor do 1 feel tlmt 1 have any cause
of shame, for my feelings then expressed; thy ml!
Continue to be creditable to me mi the e.iiimation ot
•very honorable man, although they were written
without the slightest expectation ol'being laid In
fore tJie public.
^ Mr, (’rawford is entirely mistaken in regard to
mv humble pretensions. ) make mi pretensions to
the spirit of prophcri/ or extraordinnri/ sagacity. I
stand among* the number, whom Mr. (Tawford re
proaches with lie* epithet of ig/inn/mv. f»r hivim
sustained and supported Gen. John ('lark again d the
oppressions mid persecutions of Mr. (Tauf.wd am!
his co-workers. I have never submitted to the hu
miliation, of setting up the political creed of any
man—a-s the unerring standard of mth dor.y. 1
have a much higher standard, 7Vie (\institution of
mil Couutri/, in arriving at a tire interpretation ol
which, I avail myself of the lights of those patriot
•nd statesmen, who have sealed thoir fidelity to
the nr country, by the tenor of their wli de lives.
Ifl hail supported Mr. Crawford It the Ifiv-i
doncy, I have no doubt lie would still Jinvceonml-
cred me n pure republican — Bet as ! have sonn*
doubts* upon the subject ofTiih uniform Republican
ism, I will, in conclusion, propound a few inter
rogatories to Mr. Crawford, to-wit:
Int. 1st. Dili you, or did you not, draft and sum*
tion the Augusta Address m tire year I7!M, ex
pressing “ tlie most unlimited etnifitlenc!* in the
firmness, justice ami ici.v./«o»i” of the admim.-tratioii I
of John Adams, Sen.? If yea, what was ipmr og.
nt that time ?
Int 3d. Was it not quo of your first octtt in tl»5
ficnatu of the United Slates iii the year 1>07, I*
vote against the Embargo, recommemlcd bv Mr.
Jefferson, to suv* our immense mercantile capital
from the desolating sweep oftlie French there!-*
and British orders in Council ? And was not that
measure then considered the touch stone of Repub
licanism ? And was not your vote then and there
recorded, with the Federal minority, headed by
Timothy Bickering ?
i'.it'y. 3d. When Mr. Jefferson and the Repub
lican party determined to abandon the Embargo,
Sod prepan* for more decisive measures, were you
not Ihen opposed to its repeal ? And do you not
now think, thut tin- Embargo was expedient in its
incipient stage, whon yon voted against it? Ami
unwise in its continuance, when you voted for it r
Int’v. 4th. Did you, or did you not, about this
time set your eye ami ufiuctions upon the Presi
dential Clmir, and commence your political court
ship with the Federalists?
lnt’y. 5th. Did you not treat Mr. Madison's mes
sages proposing preparatory measures for NYar,
srucrinirf}/ J and admonish tin* Senate again-t mens
tires preparatory to war? contending then tlmt tin*
Embargo ought to have been adhered to? And
did you not afterwards,when the n or became inevi
table, pronounce it worse than ridiculous, to think
of supporting our Commerce by u Navy ?
Int’y. 6th. When the question of the late war
eame direct before Congress, (though you timillv
voted lor the measure.) was not your support, cold,
silent, inefficient, and equivocal; during the lung
and arduous struggle ill the Senate ofthejthe United
States ? And did you once raise vour voice
support ?
/th Int’y. Did you not soon after the war was
declared, take refuge from responsibility & danger,
in a foreign Court, and there remain in undistin
guished and unprofitable security until the storm
of war, danger, und responsibility, had subsided ?
®th hit y. Although you shrunk from the res
ponsibility of sustaining ttu* War, were you not
found soon aftei the it lurn of ponce, ambitiously
aspiring, by the most censurable means, to that limb
office, which a grateful people hud almost unanim
ously designated us the reward of the Ion" \ -t.-d
aervices of Mr. Monroe ?
But I forbear pursuing this subject further, ami
ask Mr. Crawford und his friends, w hat benefits hui«
Georgia ever derived from tho serviced of Mr. Craw-
w ithout tin* limits ol
rrm. or ( 'til'-rm to tin- Sf jlum Georgia wanted
liiculi v with them. But what are the facts, in
• .is Mr Tr .It is r mr.erm-d r NVIiv.tbat from the
g.* "I the I;. A UMt.l the first of March, when il
effi «• t, Im know of its •• xistelms : hut family <*.ir-
toncc . rend, rod hi i x* nmv ,1 diflh tilt V\ ell let
vo been impoeeiblo. Uni what then? NN by,
iu it*.II lined until the T'fh "I May. nearly three
lit*, u i I ii i n the nl
mithoritv ol lii" Stale
, fro
! I III
• lo
in the
-•, the (fii
"‘if'
villi the
•inuring
statute
I) nilitlc! * tliionw
!*H, who would not
lo depart out of In
of thing*,
ice to tin*
'
U Objects
■"<iy f
yield l.
lillli'.e
Mplired the M i:
. the law of tl
[FOR THE JOLKMAt..]
i Fi.lloW’citi'.eiis of the. State of Georgia.—You are on
| the 1st Monday iii October next, to elect a Governor
I tor the next two years. The pre««; t Governor, and
j NVilson Lumpkin, have been proposed to you hv
i tliernaelves or friends ns candidates, for that high
| ollict*. The writer of this article has known them
j both for more than 30 years, and a part of that time
' intimately. Ho is therefore qualified to speak of
1 them the language of truth and avbafpess, in .i high-
j er degree than most of Iiim fellow citizens. 3'liis
I article will he devoted to these two gentlemen.
Mr (. liner n better know,n to hi* l’el >W citi
I zens than his competitor. Not that lie has been lon
ger before them, *f‘>-r offices which be has filled,
hilt because, whatever situation he has filled, he has
di tinguinhed him ••■If by the talent* and intelllgenct
which In* has uniformly displayed, upon all the sub
jects of importance which have come under consi
deration in the congress of tlu* United St i'cs. while
In* was a member. Mr. Lumpkin is his senior in
years and in office. I le was n member nf the State
Legislature, nod nf (' mgress. Indore Mr. Gilmer be
came a member of the Igi da lure
CHEROKEE EMIGRATION.—It was I
some time ago, in this paper, that the President
had directed the opening of an Emigration Office
in the Cherokee country. The letters which foL
low, explain satisfactorily, the delay that haS oc
curred in carrying the directions of the Presidenf
into execution. They show, moreover, the dili*
gence with which that measure has been urged
upon the government nt Washington, by Gov.Gil
mer, and the success that has attended his efforts,
to accomplish the wishes of the people of Georgia,'
in regard to the removal of these Indians.
Executive Department, Georgia. )
MUUdgeville, 80th June, 1831. )
Hrrt —Circumstance* hare enabled me to collect
much information as to the present temper and de
signs and probable future course of the Cherokees.
The great interest felt by the people of this Stale,
in having them removed from its limits, and the
contract of 1808, finally executed, has induced me
to communicate directly lo the President, so much
of that information as m{ EV possibly be useful to
him, in ilia endeavors to effect that object. Strong
hopes were at one time entertained, that if the de
cision of the Supreme Court, should be against the
.application of the Cherokees for a writ of injunc
tion, to stay the jurisdiction of Georgia, that they
would immediately treat with the United States, for
uti extinguishment of the present occupant rights.—
It is known that previous to the decision and dnring
the pendency of the case before the Supreme Court,
that all classes had expressed their belief, that such
would be the course pursued by them. These hopes
• •** • • T
into
cut I
It
. pn
handing tin*
«, leave the so
■ful author'llie?
>pr> h">id him.
copy of this or
l ike short of a 1-.
•’ had In
1 jiul •
ho.-
of Coiigres
ii a member
member at this 11
i.rlv
tin*
the tv
fro
mild here say,
at all, on tint part of tin
n* n, purely a matter <*
il»* pi n injilorij, only bn
evinced 1 determined <
Ami I
oiitnnm- 1
suing of
several yc
have no
id.*.i that
a and the India
v iI lion t di • rraci
member of tin*
•rfiou of tb if n;
I8lti. and h i
vliicli he could
heard th
lips to O'
tir n of <
part (
1 *| ■ But wa h any think ot tins kind j urged upon the attention of tin* people. Coming
il this fro ml of the peoph . op**n his f n)I „ Madison and Jefferson, iliis circumstance, if
ritw
uutho
that we
iliat llo
sho
that some of
I Iidii
That by the
f mil ill ().' My, ;
nnl.ii
xl.t he de
ill 111*
1.(1 to kl
il ot the
of the-e
ed fo
hiinh red, from tin! pnae.eiihle p<
hn itonal In
■ uldi
I
not to strict, hat to
teach. \e.
But I suppose it
that the laws of (.'
1 fi<r I
objects the
,m determined to 1
sus (’Iiri t. A him
by an Apostolic
*' / al/i toil ai il oil i
*. if not Ii
» of Ik -
men win
iij.t :
Mile
the ( I
-d liu
» hi
led by Mr. Troll,
f her jurisdiction
mated within the
unconstitutional,
nly to he resisted,
pat not as himself.
\ i.. I i
*. ith
i*. ■
ns
..llf.-lio
uislilu
of that BjM*
Lumpkin, that it is flu
more fatal to his poliiii
lip hi judgment j.gais
stood from what ha<
is hliimeable fur not pp<
(>n the contrai y it is i
for a mail wlio’is incaj
not'elevatc tlu
of brilliant tal
cuts to blush f
fortunately h
•plaint
il prospects tin
In. i It is no
ren said that
i pt that it
i? Did
jc.t in tin* slightest degree to litis sugge
vernor Gilmer’s' Not ;i wliisp«*r ot the
heard. Nothing from Mr. Lumpkin hut
lend itions of the Message, and approvals of the
rnr's policy. Not only up t» the first of l’ehru-
hut even until Mr Lumpkin's return from
r*»ss, w e heard of no fault found by him of any
if Mr. Gilmer's administration. But after the
ion oftlie disposition ot the Gold Mines has
been considered and determined; after an act of the
Legislature to dispose of than by Lottery, and (ioee.ru-
nr dinner has actaallii upprociil ot this ra j art,
(shewing truely that although he felt it his duty to
make flic sug_ r ‘'-tmn, he yet considered it tin* right
of the people’s Representatives to decide Upon it) —
after ail this I say, yes, serai months after, Mr.
Lumpkin gravely comes out in the papers, and an
nounces to the people that in* is *• utterly opposed to
reserving tho Gold Mines' 1 Interesting iut-lli-
"••lice ! NVhy was not the press slopped to announce
it r But why was this important inf* rmation so long
suppressed ; And I again ask whv this utter opposi
tion of .Mr. Lumpkin was not made last Novem
ber, when it might have had ils unfluence ? Why
her then, when the interest of
h eminent peril J A ml if his
re llo n. Hindi as lie expresses
eal.'d them then, why is it ne-
did In
patrjoti
.pie wer
i meter
. he do
I. •
his ignorance
sometimes In
ami Ii lends I’ M r
state \\ lielher In* In
title
al idea,
Lingua
thought
tile answer will ho in the lie* 1
Mr. Lumpkin long, and has i
during that time any Ii ..its of
The writ• -
itive. I
But the in.
in,are railed
eii known to
onmini p! m*■
is confident
[• has known
ivi-rad in him
at tlii
t tin
1 spread* tliei
i l<
If,
pul.I
. thr*
tli-
the
irhout the State
if
no other, should secure* to them an attentive peru
sal.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.—Dr. Ward
has accepted the Professorship of Natural History,
to which he was appointed in August last.
The Rev. .Mr. Lehrnnn, has accepted the Pro
fessorship of Modern Languages, to which he was
appointed at the same time.
MR. HAYNES.—Since this gentleman has de
clined being a candidate for the office of Governor,
various misrepresentations have been made in rela
tion to the motives which influenced him to adopt
that course.
That no improper impression may rest upon’the
public mind, we are nuthorized to say, that he declin
ed at the request and by the advice of some of his
warmest friends, that there has been no combina-
j tion, bargain or arrangement between himself and
any man or set of men, in relation to that subject ;
nor lias he given or received pledges or prmmsesin
that regard :—that he retired from the contest with
clean hands and a dear conscience, and stands now,
as'lie has always stood, upon “ the open ground of
self control where there is independence of word and
will," with a stead font eye upon those good old prin
ciples from which lie has never departed.
ivstS
i o! i
Mr. La in pi: in himself, whether tin* public il
opinion now. is f**r the interest of the peoj
tin! spa at henifit of Mr Lumpkin • 1
th" question t*> Mr. Lumpkin himsell r I I
will rein .in in l.is own b" ami, for 1 km *1
puMi-'h that. But Mr Lumpkin tells us
he i* *‘ nun'll l.-ss in favor of all reservat
formerly.” .Nh! Well, 11 iv« tin* people
•hang
II-
eter, hut i
lest;
within her charter
well settled as an>
more than one <*;tn
not only settled, i
politi*
, r.<i’its of Georgia to the
• (’hep'keo nation, Iving
s, I believe them both as
.1 doctrine, about which
he held The doctrine fi
cal friend of Air Lumpkin,
of phvsingnomv. the first t in
to examine his face ; and s
discovered iu that face mo
of cunning and hypocrisy,
ed it, and In* made that die
that every other man will f*»
polili-
W ledge
•ould he glad
nion look plar
wlnt occasioned-the. cluing
mill the <duration of the pur
nrnt. less important now th
In Mil'*, Air. Lumpkin was
erv ‘Jtltli l"t of the territory
counties of Jasper, Jones,
to Lii
-hut
at what time tliis
.norm especially
.*. In 1*81
* fifteen jeur,i
ff'r* Wo deeply regret tlie collision that has
•( Hi red h**t ween the executive and judicial de
partments oftlie government. The Superior Court
I of the Western Circuit, in the discharge of what
, i it believed to lie its duty, has made a decision
relation to the Indian right to dig for gold, affirm
ing that right, as wc understand. NYo have not
at least J seen the report of the decision, but the grounds
I put!
Ills . that
then, Ids *
| in:
vho has any
* In* stvs Air. I .unipkin,
t* if any thing can be
i* legible, than tlu* lines
t*r bus ex ami u-
ild 1(0 believes
mo conclugum.
icy "I th
I impnrlii
hare fact
ill, whet I,
iMUpt to 1
Tl.
vf.ll .
ns the
is settled, i
authorities
ntelect of
id, lli.it ! lie soil, 'll.I Jlll'isdic
who is not tdimled fi
, conduct of Mr. Im.
found in strict a. r*>r(
I In r* i*:n
j published in tho pub!
q»K
p irty politics. 11 the rceen
U examined; it will b.
nil the lines of his face
a letter declining !«» be
rnor, which letter wa
.ii la
jig?” Mr. Lum
among the peoida against r
i ami repeated votes iii tavo
(and I hav« no doubt he ha
not frequently exclaimed
11 records are. troublesome,
votes and opinions are |
thev cannot ho explained
Jedly opposed to them
ndidale
i the puli-
in the .Supreme (’*
which Georgia re I i
dl that talent, fired
: mini legal skill, a.*
lap tonal si/wpatlij
principle
In* Indians
ambit io
" kite
ed l<
I pro
ft he
units
del-
lied. with a fe
the tears o
lid d >. still the Supremo
III of the claims of Geor-
1 early declared, that few
difl'erem*e ot opinion, w as
V. and so power till • vuldi
y, and i:*spire the dissat.s-
umling improperly, “ with
all the for
-it/ioat pn
I to every intelli -
he has ever seen
ance the popular
heard the clamor rais.nl
•*s**rvat ions—his opinions
x of them are on record,
is fully realized, if lie has
in hitter anguish that
things' )—these r. corded
mhlislied to the world—
away—public opinion is
Mr. Lumpkin fears the
l.a*
ed, by the pn!
under
. Tl
pub!
effect the
resort is to announce t
changed! If here is
sion," I confess, I hr
will require an rxtc
“ which hope*h all tlsi
ccrity nf the convers!
been a candidate for (
nothing about this eh
But. Me • L Hoi
poll his election, and his uinv
the people tli it his opinion is
ot an “ I'errnfh hone eonner-
* never heard of one ; and it
ded exercise of that charity
gs," to .rivo credit to ♦!,** sm'-
u. If Mr Lumpki
(Verimr we should Imv
age of opinion.
, why is Air. Lumpkin
had not
*e heard
pui'i i
I*
the time
that the
| election
j porta nl 1
cralJa
* form.
ptlhlii
1 in mv first essay, ill
r. Troll brought Inn
irding the only suflici.
, nl the hlesccd J, sijh.
It I should show ill this, j
i .ilainit v mi himsclt', l>\ j
nl directorw, t'>r a .Mis I
I priiefi ii mne V' fulfil
iml in every
Tin* hili vote which Air. Lumpkii
last congressional
pussihle fu
the
il.ipreiililiced, to :isn*
rule we know any thi
I i h.iIi tV the mind <■
n wlieth. r
of, there i
; torvry
t th
pryhahly led both him ami Air. (kdhoun to
that ho had sufficient p pularit y to he electe*
nor, and that if the legislature slimild con la
jorit v of* his political friends Afr. (.'..llmim n
nomination hv the Georgia legislatin'
• re probable that Air. Lumpkin is at I
mlv the puppet of John (' (’.(llioun
I
j ih,-i
that oart of (•
(vnala
e, Mr T.
od bv th
I*. id said in pta
iof t he (
th the p.
lie powers Ilia
is 11.1 tu r,. v
Put them in
-d tin* p >l,i
kind to ho *
■
ling .it the
or not Ulmsl
lit are ('a*, ar's.—
soul he suhjeil
io power, lull o'
led of God, A.0
'itus, 3ch. I ver
je* t to principal
rates, v V
idea is m>l i <
J Iv heard it :
ttlirna, at 111
| .rust l:i!.t. Ill* 1
| ilm Atlifiii..
t ike into coi
delegates to
| the result of hi:
helie>
■ !if. he
It is
Tin
si tlir
spa per
■d to the
•sled in
IL*
ell illfoi
ially explie
1 enadiir iu
alls upo
deter join
But who
^hisupini
It d i II
Hi
r, hv tli
epu'dic
I *' diBUuimiisl
NVhile acting the puppet
il do
and
of nuililk. >
is afraid
iniations Perhaps it may
(Mark party’s endeavorin' 1
or Troup piity with bciii.
of principle produces tin
in tho conduct of men.—
of J ilin <Calhoun, tin
the chief of the disunion
. Still !
| kin, an
1 iiounct
io glad to h
10411 st ted
las not deig
There is,
vliicli llie c
huen the nature of its other pressing engagements,
as well as the great magnitude oftlie question, tlmt
it has not been done, and will not be done, until
every source of information, both legal and politic
al, is consulted, which can possibly shed light up
on a subject involving so seriously, the liberty otun
unfortunate people, as well as the character oftlie
State.
Since tho question of the Indians digging gold
1ms been agitated, many persons have expressed an
opinion that if they are allowed to do it, they can
employ any person they please to do the same
thing. Such an opinion is very erroneous, for we
att.*
"tin*:
lor tin* praise
nf God, Mnt ’
mild ask, d'd tin
Pete
m I,*;:
’ foolish .
• blessed Jc
and liims,
it. should hr (*//'*
•ill probably bo p
•d from the Iml v s
*(• their c*fleet, fro
plea he made
ith :i
••Plain
nil <>r.,|.|,|il
Hi- will
put to silence.
And whv. I
c!> us!) provide
>' tribute, when
hey that i laim-
examplo. But
*. that the c (s. s
parallel, t\« must
a tion .Should
,*i.
necelit character, lest he almuld oflend hi
friends in this State, and by that act plan
in direct and open opposition to the in
mandates fi<* hlitully obeys, iu order to nr<
traction in the ranks of General Jackson’
and to defeat his election, although the I»"|
iiithern States, rest solel
Behold the man ! ’ AW like his In,
sidui , stripped of the lion's shin hr
for about'll! years ; Imt placed in a
is degrading. Admitting by his r
liie meeting nt Athens, that th
ngmnst winch lie had voted, was u<
we ought not t>* use legal, eonstitut
about Gold Mines and
id vet keep so close upon every other
in . l> eii frequently interrogated for
ni nths, as to hi : present feelings to-
! wards Mr. Calhoun, ami whether he is not still his
! political friend — hut hr. s’nnds mute. I had all this
| while excused him, on the ground that it would he
l unbecoming tho dignity, in his present attitude be
fit to an examination ; I sup-
d imt to he dragged into the
he voluntarilv comes nut
ns on om* subject, why not be
-tlier ? NN*by this frankness
ustauce, and such a mysteri-
the oilier Yet so it is. All that has
written, all tho remote aihisions and di-
this gentleman (who professes to bo
guise) have failed to extract even an inti-
ilar as I am advised, an to what is his ptes-
on to the Vice President, and whether In
»rts him. Even when tin* Editors of tlu
■ 11:11n, (tin' particular friends of Air Lump
.vh > app. ar t" he his Attornies in fact) an
tint Air. Calhoun iras not a .Vail,fur, Mr
preserved u guarded silence, although frou
•t. Alr.°l.uuip- > : ‘i( intei -mirse with the Vice President at NN’ashing-
tlu* meeting. I t"n, he must have known the tact to he otherw
uce wa- then There are many other things which the public would
rn of M-. Lumpkin, and which have .
■ !.„ ... Im. which he Aq ^><>P *»'!'' •> 1
>il to ::i V. Hum, any sutisl-.^ion. Il « ««'>’ applicable to civil c
lowever, one fact st ttod concerning
iz»*ns of Georgia would he particularly
orrectly iiitonned. A writer in the
some time since, charged directly that
was nominated as auanllidate for G**v-
p. iu*,il I ernor, by a Caucus ut. Athens in April last—and he
t himself 1 »‘Ven goes on t » detail many of the occurrences thut
i whose i transpired. Now tho opposition nl the party, bv
luce dis- wlmm Air. Lumpkin is supported, t - ('am uses ami
friends, L’aucus nominations, is peon chin!. Their deminciu
« of the I t'ons of the Caucus system nreVresh in the recollec-
election. , tion of the people. Even he I think has not con-
'icr Bcc- cealed his objections and opposition to this kind of
ireurino | political manage tut n>. The people therefore have
j nearly j curiosity, if no deep interest, to know whether
o attend ' this (’an-us was held or not. It’ so, 1 suppose both
system I 'G. Lumpkin and the gmktlemen coni posing the
‘haiigrd tin ir opinions, as Mr. Lump-
f it, wc presume, tire correctly, though briefly,
set forth iu the inflowing article from the Athenian.
From the Mtheman.
As a considerable interest Ins been excited by
tin* ciifio of Citunlon. n (Mtcrukee Indian confined in
Walton Jail under the charge of digging gold in
Ins own tuition, which by the last Legislature was
le a Penitentiary offence, wo lay before our read-
rs the following information derived from a source
which may he relied on.
Tho Indian was taken by the State Guard and
carried to Gwinnett, the county havingjunsdiction
oftlie ease, and upon examination he was commit
ted to NN niton Jail, there being no Jail in Gwinnett.
During the session oftlie Superior Court of Walton
county, he was brought up by Habeas Corpus, and
bis discharge was moved for upon three grounds.
1st. That the warrant and commitment were de
tective. 8d. That tho act ot the last Legislature
itself, did not contemplate put ishing the Indians
lor digging Gold on their own lands, but was in-
have however proved illusory, since that decision
the wealthy and influential half breed Chiefs, have
been exceedingly active in persuading the people io
continue their present residence, in opposition loth*
desire of the General Government to extinguis
their title, and in defiance oftlie rights and power of
Georgia. These efforts have unfortunately been
very successful. Tins lias resulted from the extra
judicial opinions of the Supreme Court, in determin
ing that the Cherokees formed a distinct political so
ciety, seperute from others and capable of managing
its own affairs, & that they were the rightful owners
of the soil which they occupied. Meetings of the In
dian people have been called in most of their towns,
at which their chiefs have used these opinions to con
vince them that their rights of self government and
soil, were independent of the United States and
Georgia, and would be secured to them through the
Supreme Court, & the change (which they represent
to he certain,) in the administration of the General
Government.
From all the information 1 have received, I am sa
tisfied that the President would tail in any immedi
ate efforts he might make to execute the contractor
1808, by treaty with the Chiefs, and that the attempt
would only expose the government to their insults,
and increase their confidence in the unfortunate
measures which they are persuing.
It is most respectfully suggested to the President,
that no measure can at present be successfully adop
ted for the execution of the contract of 1808, except
that of inducing individuals, familes and towns, to
emigrate from (his State, by paying them the valua
for their improvements, or giving them such other
advantages as may he found acceptable. And tho
President is earnestly requested to try the effects of
this measure and as early as possible.
The great body of the common Indians are with
out wealth or power. Nothing prevents their acqui
escence with the offers of the Government , to unite
them with that part of their tribe on the West of tho
Mississippi—hut their habitual submission to tho
control of their Chiefs, and their inert and listless
character. What is said of their strong desire not
to be seperated from the bones of their fathers, is but
the expressions of those whose ancestors remains
are deposited in Europe or the States. The coufi.
denee of the common Indians in the rnle or their
Chiefs, has been of late impaired by their appropria
tion of the wealth of the tribe to themselves, their
descent from the whites, arid the adoption of their
manners, and their listlessness of temper in soma
degree, overcome by the fear of unknown evils from
tho operation of the laws of Georgia. The Guard
which has been stationed among them, lias been suc
cessful in preventing any trespasses upon the Gold
Mines—in putting a stop to their Legislative Coun
cils; their Courts, the execution of their laws—and
iu removing all white men from among them, dis
posed to excite their opposition to the Government
of the*8tate. The Chiefs can no longer prevent the
people from enrolling for emigration, by the fear of
punishment. It is thought probable that the very
attempt to remove the people by enrolling individu
als for emigration will tend to produce a willingness
on the part of the Chiefs to treat for the exchange of
their lands. They know that by the removal of the
common Indians they will lose their {tower, the ex-
tended for intruders and other persons, and 3d. j elusive possession oftfieir Country, & become aubjec-
that if it did, it was unconstitutional, on the ground ted to the prejudices of a white population, with
that. it. violated numerous treaties inado with thorn j whom they will be mingled.
erprcssh/ guaranteeing the undisturbed possession I I have enclosed to the Secretary of War, with jh«
ami occupancy of all their lands nut ceded to the request, that the same may be laid before the Presi-
whites. After much argument, the Court snid it i dent, the copy of a letter just received from Dr.
was a very important question, and required the ut- R‘*ese, a respectable gentleman of this State, who
most deliberation. Respect fir the Legislature ha8 lately returned from a visit to the Cherokee*,
ilci.iiindi'il it. As however, it did not believe Hie ?"!* w 1 ' 0 ™ connect.° n with mt of the influ.nti.l
tin: |,orson could ho discharged upon the two first h “"' 1 bre * d C ^ ,s - '•!• <*»»'••«'» I*™ to »c q .ure«n .e-
. . ,, i ,ii . . . curate knowledge of the designs of that class of th*
grouuiis, ,t would ini candor say, lus beat prospect , ndW; & a correspondence had with the Surveyor.
as on 11.0 lust, and us the Court would take tune |, 0 i iaV e been lately engnged in divid.no the coun*
to consider so grave a question, it would release him j try ^copied by the CJ.ernkeer, into motion* and di*.
Irotn his confinement upon his own recognizance, tricts, and whose employment led them into a very
to appear and answer to the charge nt Gwinnett j unreserved intercouse with all classes flof the Indi-
Superior Court, when and where its opinion would a ns. The opinions expressed by those persons in fa.
ho delivered, if in the mean time its mind could bo vor of the plan of removing the Cherokees by en-
fully satisfied on the point. Tho Court stated tlmt r °lfl»g individuals tor emigration, rather than by
it would endeavor to have ik» opinion ready |>y ( trenty with the Ch.efs is confirmed by information
Jackson Court, which is just past; but such has
d from various other sources.
The subject is of great importance not only to tho
pence, prosperity and quiet of the State, but to the
character of i^s government. The obstructions which
have been thrown in the way of the execution of the
c( ntract of 1802 ; the long continued indifference and
neglect of the General Government, dtits actual op
position in 1825—0; the constant torrent ofahuse which
party violence has poured upon the authorities oftlie
State S,- its people on account of the measures which
have been adopted for the support of its rights of soil
and jurisdiction ; the influence which that partisan
violence^ now exercising over the Cherokee Chiefs,
in inducing them to continue their opposition to the
j laws of Georgia, and in exciting their expectation
have it from Judge Clayton himself, that even if he |
that by a change of the present administration of tha
f the
that
ah'*
i to
id her
litunti
fusing to uttei
Tariff* syste
a burthen, tu
»nal and pea*
cting
■ith the
ie order
vi Is ’
id. Let i
of heave
'•"t :i » I Clack party have b
pret'el
liicli l
.anted
.1' the
The
tho
whet) the individual nrdere
id l.-i- it inflect. ilia v stand out i
r»f I Ins order, am! we wills
arc by, waiving its lawless 1
•rmiuMit, whether general «>
i of legal jurisili
•e the reig
i the ruins
■ailed 1
ilm**
local. Yes
dwarf i
as l»i
rt 1 oik, moot by tlcft*
l.y . (•_ (\ilfbHin,
iiaiu’e Lumkin, win
! N n- turn Ins coat
interest
the
ddetit
ing the /dels ai
I .et them put d
s a turn coat i
i often ns lie si
inffict*.
attachment to ■
w that attach- |
car ,s of John 1
oiiiion \\ ilsou 1
Ins With reg;
it to till* P“ii
the allegntio
» the proceei
or false? 11
i'aUinhr'po
nl to the i
Tiih
A fii
had either overlooked, or forgotten geiier
. ! al principles, vital to the church of God, in hit
s blind zeal for some particular, or local interest, strut-
ingin his own imaginary greatness, and vainly sup
posing he hud done something great, merely because
lie had made some noise and given his country some
trouble. And, in my mind, tho case before me is
one of these illffiunded acts, where a zeal for a par
ticular, local interest, has urged on its votaries to
commit an act of unjustifiable disobedience to the
law of" this land, a law issuing from the proper
representatives of toe people, and sustained by e* cr\
lawful authority of this cotinlrv. and therefore |>r>
perly binding ’on the Missionaries, residing w.lfi.n
the uckm
the
"IlstllUte
l tin
the law Had the >
forbidden the Missionaries to |
Indians, they might then has
' God s appryntm
ad:* s, but th** i
norities of Geor
ttelk the gospel to
allid up their in
[Vcm THE JU
>r.t. editors —A fi-w .!
ith s the Federal Uni-M
contained the follow!
Yilson Lumpkin, Esq.
on entirety opposed to ,
il unwise, hat imnra.
• of nil rest real ions
mveringtrick to
>. aspires to the d
to he his
e l accidentally
1st September,
act of a letto
r the gold mine
ered that recoin
<ts than formerly.
Inch I did not sup
i station o
that of any nth*
are at this turn
tin subject to cha
jbut he
wish to know w
*r In the •• Atlienifl
■incus ut Athens.
ana of the gmtlcn
this irr trr could h
> recti/. This how
direct at
. J.umpkiu is prefc
gilt
s de
There is
important ■
of G
Id de
•Mr I.
s hallo
km very much underrates the inlelligenr
fellow citizens, it* lie supposes they do in
penetrate, a rid properly eslim.
lice. Indeed he has shewn most conrln
this publication, that he rcMes more on
inents and prejudices partially existing i
l;c # mind ng,un*t Governor Gilmer, than
h.
the pub-
il tile sy-
a 1 Ii*
ed to hav
ofl’e
het
tu * ;t important, and <
c wish the lull st infon
why this information
' ted that one of the re
urged in the Caucus ft
Ir. Lumpki
ndered himself very unpopula
es his recouimendation as t*
inis If this he s.*, it will at <
hv Mr. Lumpkin become so.vm
nl so utterly ’* opposed t" rest r,
id 'will particularly explniu tin*
it t\ this late day and puMishil
, iii i i * , ..gifts of self-government; the conduct of the Chief
l.nv would bo binding Iiwmiist every otlior person,: j„ s(ice of tho Vnite(l SlalM> in i, ltar |- erin „ with
*838U3 jitujmu.) oj A [(Kin iou {[I av M ‘jlosutit| Aq soop ;iq administration of tho criminal laws of the State ;
otlUpop oqi pti« I and the intimation given tho Cherokees, in the late
contracts, and every j decision of the Supreme. Court, that the laws of
man stands upon his own responsibility in commit- i Georgia were exceedingly oppressive; that the State
ting acts that are made criminal by law. I had neither the right or jurisdiction nor of soil, have
all conspired so to irritate the public mind here, that
I'* 1 uir the Court goes. | it will be excessively difficult, perhaps impossible, to
No\* the Governor, differing from the Court, wc ; prevent the Legislature from disposing of all the
understand, believes tin* act prohibiting the Indians lands of the Slate assigned to the Indians for their
ami all others from digging lor Gold, to be consli- occupancy, except so much as may be in their iin-
tulionnl, and will therefore, in the discharge of mediate possession, or required for their support, un-
wlmt he believes to be his duty, carry it strictly in- * eSS ^ l0 Resident shall be enabled, during the pre-
to execution. ’ sent year, to adopt such measures as will give assn-
Faku rivr. Dkpahtmf.nt ) ranee tliatthe Cherokees will be certainly and short-
MillnLrcritlr. Sept 8i)*isil \ ,y removed fron » the State. It is important that
Sm :-l have just lvarnscl that the Judi.-of the ‘“f S-vernmentor the Slate should know, whether
Western Circuit ha* decided that the law lor the " bvemne impossi defer the United Stale, to ea-
|irntt*ction nf lln* mines in the lerritnry nccupied by V" e ^ T nr ’^' r,u: ' n IH02. sn that it* policy in rela-
the Cher.,ke.* is v.hd, and Ins .lischarned an Indian ‘ lo " to ,i ''• Cherokee., may no longer he influenced
from confinement who had been arrested by the b y the expectation of that event.
Guard for its violation. As the e fleet of this (lecin- Hitherto the Indiana have neither been compelled
inn will be fo create tho opinio 1 among the Indiana, pay taxes nor perform any civil dutiea. The only
that 11 my nre now licensed to plunder the State of operation of the laws, since the extension of the ju-
tliis valuable properly, I have tlnmnhl it proper to risdietion of the State over them, has been to protect
give you express instruclinna to defend it, that you * benl from injury, by the punishment of crimes, and
mu v lie justified in pursuing that course. the removal nl t lie whites who had been tempted into
I have nn doubt but that the legislature has the their country by the attraction of the gold mine*,
authority In take possession oftlie mines, and the The State is at this time maintaing a guard at great
constitutional i iclit to pass laws to protect them from expense, for tlte purpose of preventing the exercise
trespass Jty the law which Inis been passed, the nf assumed authority on the part of tlie Chiefs from
I .overrun - is directed to take possession oftlie mines, the expectation that the President would be enabled
and lo cause all persons to be arrested who may at-1 during the present year, to sucoeed in removing the
tempt to violate that possession. The special object i Indians beyond It* limits, and the stronn disposition
ot your appointment, and tho organization of the ! felt by its authorities to avoid the adoption of any
guard under yqur command, was tu enable tlie Gov- J measures which might have even the appearance of
—‘ u 1 of humanity,or the natural right*
ernor to obey the
officer
tillt 111
the Ex
"rviii!; tlie gold
lenLi and sn silently [ I
tig the gold mines," i
'I "'" :r • I ‘I t.i!." nidi"**.— j The penceful acquisition of our Indian territory
r Ifi" r> us ur;* <! t » .- mw. mid the preservation of the rights of the Stnie m:i\
ilil certainly sncrt cd a • mist depend essentially upon your prudence and firmnest
r. it was said that a great many 7Yi»w/>: in executing the duty which has been assigned you
ould vote tor him in cnisequeiii'e of his Very Respectfully, Yours. «fcc.
i with their church. If this charge.had * GEORGE IU GILMER,
imt teuiaiued so long uncontudicled and um \plain- Col. John NV. A. Sasforp.
It is suted that a
ffiat .Mr Lumpku
Buptii
I
reipnrvmvnls You are not nil ’ violating the la
connected with the Judiciary Department, | of the Indians,
agent whom the Legislature has authorized j If the Cherokeesare looontimte inhabitant* of the
Lxeeulive I. inloy, to perform a public service State, they must be rendered subject to the ordinary
cli was imposed by law, upon that department, i operation of the laws, with less expense and trouble
11 il will Iheretore arrest every person who may and more effectively than heretofore. The State
•"Hud attempting In take away any gold from must put an end to even the semblance of a distinct
mines. \"U will give general inlorntntion iu ; political society among thenl. It has been hitherto
Cherokee country of the determination of the permitted, from tho belief that their happiness re-
< Olive Department to enforce the law* so as to|quired it, and that such a State was not inconvenient
. .•ut it possible the necessity of making any ar- j m>r injurious to the rights of Georgia. The amta-
I ! ' on which the Indian question liaslixcited through-
1 ‘; ut our country, and the manner in which it has en
dangered tlie most important political rights of ths
State, renders it necessary that this sliou^ be dnne.
The millions of acres nf land which are now of no
v.ilfte, except to add to the gratification of the idle
ambition of the Chiefs, must bo placed in the poe-
session of actual cultivators of the soil, who msy bo