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The arrengementof 1817 provides for the fulfilment of the wiihes express ed in 1808. and the promises of the Government of 1809. The wi<he* of the lower towns wai a removal be yond the Mississippi; of the upper, a contraction of their society within narrower limits. By the 3d and 4th articles, it was agreed that a cen us should be taken o.* the population be yond the Mississippi and of rhoe who chose to emigrate thither, and a cen su i of th who chose to remain in their present location T e territory occupied by them on this side of the M s disippi wai to be divided accor ding to the relative number- of those who had migrated, and would mi grate, to the remainder ; and that por tion which fel* to the migrators was d? be received by the United ‘rates, fn place o.’ the lands ‘urnished to the Cherokee* beyond the Mis. issippi From this plan, the e .tinguishment of the title o the Cherokee Indians was anticipated and would have taken place had it been executed in pir t by the General Government. ( ee No. 4, e .tracts rom M’Minn's letter )—. It appears however, that the census wa“ never taken, and tiiat, in 1819, a deputation of t herokees wa. per mired to come to Va.hing.on, toad ju't, finally, the difficulties arising the treaty oi 18,7 The low- towns, in the limits of Geo gia, did not remove beyond the Mi -siss ppi Mo to! the removals took and ace from the upper town <, out o*’ the imit> of Georgia In place o” the proportion o land *to be aban doned according to the treaty a. 18 : 7, a fived quantity wa:< accepted, a very small and worthless part oi* which is in Georgia. It is ilieged, by the Secretary of j War, that the desire of Government I was. to have a cession in up,h form j as would separate the Creeks and ; Cherokees; but that it was found , impossible to induce the Cherokees to yield to that proposition , or to any other more favorable to Georgia, than that whieh was adopted He does not, however, state that any other was made, with a view to oom- { ply with the proposition, made for the separation of the Creeks and Cherokees, was not fi r the benefit of Georgia, had j it been acceded to, although the in- j trreats of the state would have been j nv>re advanced by the actual ar rangement; yet, even in that case, (he United States would have sao rifWd the obliga'ions of the com pact to the policy of separating the Indian tribes, and to the consequent acquisition of lands for their own use in the state of Alabama. The committee cannot understand why a cession of the whole quantity ofland I in Georgia could not have been oh- { tained. The obligation of the Indi ans was simple —a line, a boundary —and the U. States had to insist up on filing that boundary, aooordicg to the preamble of the arrangement off ISI7. The Secretary of War, |T>wever, states that the Indians 70 mid not yield, and it seems that tiie If. S. did yield. It is obvious to the committee, that the interests of Georgia was considered a mere secondary object, from tho terms of the arrangement of 1819. The preamble to that arrangement is a satisfactory evidence of the entire forgetfulness of the obligations Os the compact of 1302. T\io treaty is made in consequence of the earner desire of a great part of the Cheroke? nation temain on this side of the AlissuAp- j pt, to coifcmence the measures necessary to the civilizatior.and preservation of the nation. The commi tee are surprised that the >ccasion was not aken to sat isfy the Indians that their con. tinuance in Georgia was impossible, unless Georgia consenttd to it, and still more so. that rthe Indians should be encouraged, by this pre amble of a treaty, made a 1 the seat of govern ment, under the eyes of the President to enter tain that expectation. The treaty of ISI7, and tlia* of 1819. show a strange forgettul nest of the limited extent of the power of the United States over the land question. The Secretary of War ac ing under the direction of the Executive Afagis(rate, and pursuing the example set *n 1817, seems to have imagined that the United States and the Indians could do, lawfully, whatever suited then mu.ual convenience, without regard <o the state of Georgia ; an error which had been previously committed, in treaties with the Creeks. No difference was made between Indian land* within ’he limits of the siate claiming the eventual jurisdiction and sod, and ’he Indian hads where the soil is the property of the United Sta es. Provisions are made, in bo h treaties, for vesting individuals with fee sim ple titles to land, and to convert hem, b\ a short process, into citizens. The right of he United S<ates to do either is absolutely denied by the committee. The General Government can take the property of Individuals for public use,but the Constitution withholds ’he power even to prejudice the claims of any state Congress can establish an uniform rule of nat uralization : the Executive Afajjistrate cannot make, by an Indian treaty, special exceptions to <he established rule. The effects of such acts on tiie part of the General Government was to be anticipated. The Indians were taught the value of separate proper y, and the iivautrges to be obtained by a continuance in their present position. The Getieml Govern ment authorized, aiso, the enablement of missionaries amoag the Cherokees to instruct their children, 10 give them a tasie for the cul tivation Os the soil.— From the circumstances thus detailed, the House will not be surprised at the present pre tensions of the Cherokees to be regarded as in dependent or their declarations, in a they will neither sell norquit the lands occupied by them. Some surprise cauno, but be felt at tiie acqui escence ot ihe U S in the subsutu ion oi di plomatic correspondence for 1 dian iaiks, and a’ die manner in whicn the subject of he Che rokees is presented to Congress. The legisla ture of Georgia, at their last session, sen< to the chief magistrate a memorial on the subject of the compact of 1802 The President oft he U. S. bas not laid that mernoual before Cue* gress, but has preferred to present o the legis .la ive body a correspond-nee of the secre ary ! °‘ war wi-h certain Cherokee chiefs, which bo- , gins, on their part, by a declaration hat they would sell no more land; contains a request that no more appropriations should be made i for ihat purpose . and a suggestion that ihe U. ! S. should in some other way, sa’isfy Georgia, as, by a cession in Florida- To the format an- 1 awer of tne secretary of war a rejoinder is giv. en, and, on this rejoinder, Congress are inform- 1 ed that its power must be exerted, as it is ob vious that th. executive can dnothing fui ther without the intervention of Congress The President has given his opinion, that the use ot force would be unjust, and that without force nothing could be done. The Boat Red Bird passed up the Ocmulgeeafew days line© to Tomp kins’ Ferry, which is several miles above this place. She (here took in a quantify of Cotton, and returned without experiencing any accident or difficulty. The river at that time was a little above its ordinary height. It has generally beeu supposed that the river was not navigable higher than this place, but we have learned from people well acquainted with it, that lUe shoals and obstructions can be easily removed, by which boats of considerable burthen could go much higher up than has yet been attempt ed. We at so believe that it might, without more labor and expense than has been bestowed on other ri vers ia the state, he made boaiable, by means of a few locks, to its junc tion with the Alcovahatehie. That our citizens and those living in (he vicinity of the river above this place, will out be unmindful of ihe advan tages of such improvements, we 1 have no doubt. We are more than 1 ever confirmed in the opinion that the town of Macon will, in a very few years answer every thing that has been anticipated of it. Georgia Messenger • j THE NEWS. j WASHINGTON, Mays, 1824. ! MU. MONROE. If strict attention nas been paid to the mea- I sure* of the administration of Mr. Monroe, < from its commencement to this day, prejudi- i ces must indeed be deeply rooted in that man’s j heart, who cannot perceive the objects inten- | ded to be accomplished by (tie adop ion of a policy thai must in the end be subversive of j the vital interests of the republican party and i of the system of government established by j Mr. Jefferson, and steadily followed by his J successor Mr. Madison. We must explain ourselves; but by doing so, we will have to support the position we have taken by a few remarks, winch, however severe they may be considered, will we hope be found no less I just and merited in their application. When Mr. Monroe entered on the duties of his office, be might have said, that he came in unpledged to any individual. But could he have said, that lie was not bound te the re publican party for the office to winch he had been elevated, and pledged to it to adopt for ( his administration the policy of his two imme- j diate predecessors? This circumstance i* so Well known, that Mr Monroe hunseif could not, without compromitting his repu a ion, deny the truth of the above assertion. As Mr. Monroe stood pledged to the republican par ty, be was bound to govern according to the system of that par y, and to use all exertions for preserving, instead of destroying, its in tegrity and ascendency in the United States. What has been the policy of Mr. Monroe ? By an amalgamating system Ue has inflicted , ieep wounds on the whole body of the repub- * bians; he has occasioned divisions among thenj ; he has sown discord among the Ame rican people ; he bas created a spirit of dis trust towards him among the republicans; and be has \ndirecily excited the iederal party to enter hefield once more, for the purpose of j contending for power. These are facts so pa pable, tint they could not be controverted by the most sub le ingenuity. When Mr. Monr*e was eleed President, the republican par y was all powerful: the federalists were ;n the dust. How a it now? The republi cans are divided, alirost prostrated; having no concert in action for iJie accomplishment of desirable objects—no concentration of inter ests: The federalists on fie other hand are more united; their ranks b\ve thickened by a number ot apostate republicans, and they ex ulungly threaten the destruoton of the once glorious and happy democratic family. Mr. Monroe has done nothing to keef U p the as cendency ot the republican party,* in the con trary. many of his official ac>s baveseen met w-.th dissa. isfacnon, and with deep concern for-he tu ure welfare of the country The appow ment of federalists to offices,* th* ap pointnutit of men destitute of taieuts, charac ter, and pou icai integrity, has taken frtqj him the cuffidence of Jefferson and MadUoc and of all th, pure, disinterested, and unde viating democ-a aot <be country. The wild scheme, extencUig from Maine to Georgia, to form a third party in *he United S ates, of which i* is said Mr. Monroe is to be the head, proves the fact of his desertion from the great republican party But *,uch an antt-democra tic device to gra ify the ambitious views of certain men, mus; bung i\ in on ffie project ors if tbt-re is pa i riot ism m'he country; and j tmil cmonally injure the refutation of the President in the esfitnation of the American people. Respecting the grea* question now pending in ‘he United States, the most unrermt<ed en deavors ha e been made, and are jet making, to defeat the plan of the repub'icin party in t the election of distinguished democrats to the presidency and vice presidency of rhe United S’a'es Tha r a combination is in existence to prevent the election of he democratic Candi da.e, and ihat ir i* composed of the most particular friend* of Mr. is now wed ascertained. That Mr Yljnroe is privy | to it, we will not pretend to savJ but why has he appom'ed those friends—tinge very apos ! tates from he dem<*:ra>ic party. 10 offices? Why have those fi-iend* abused Mr JefFnrs >n j an d Mr Madr*on, two of the m ;st distin guisheand , it, ‘ha Mr Edwards, the mns r intimate I friend fMr .Monroe, should turn out to be | l he au hot of t ‘,e letters signed A. B , and tb * principal promoter of ihe plot conceived j for the treasonable purpose of destroying the j republican par y by aiming at the destruction : of one of its most virtuous supporters? How , comes it that Mr. Calhoun, he all-powerful adviser of Mr. Mon’oe, >s the teviler of Mr. 1 ; Jefferson, and >he ambitious opponent of the people’s favorite candidate for the presidency? , !'• short, why are all the friends of Mr Mon- I roe o bg seen among the enemies of the re- ! publican party, and, consequently, of Mr. j Jefferson, Mr. A/adison, and Jtlr, Crawford? j -Ur. Jlfnnroe, it nv*y be said, cannot control the conduct of his friends; he cannot be re- ■ sponsibie for their actions: In such a case, i then, whv give them the opportunity of doing more mischief than they would, by appoint- j ing them to influencial offices under the gene- i ral governmen* and in the sta'es? It is with deep regret tha* we fcave been compelled to speak in the manner we have . done, of JMr. A/on roe. The eminent servi ces he has rendered to the and the a* i bie and dignified manner he has conducted our relations with foreign nations, entitle him j to the gratitude of the American people; But ! however great may be the services that have | been rendered by any individual, every citizen j owes it to himself, and to his posterity parti- < cularly, to unveil, if in his power, every trans action of men in power which may in the least degree impair the establish institutions of the country, and endanger the political and civil rights of the people. A/r A/onroe has mispla- 1 ced his confidence; the nation see it, and he | may not; but the time 19 fast approaching when he will find out who were and were not Lis real friends; when he will be able to make the difference between ihe ambitious, design ing, and sycophantic office hunter, wilt she disinterested, honest, and truly pa riotic citi zen, who for his sake, and for the good of the country, gave him wholesome and wise advi ces. We will resume the subject. (Cf The following communication was written during a short residence of a friend of j ours at MilledgeviUe I have heard much *ai<] of the ‘ “ Blue Laws” <#T Connecticut. I setid you for potdicafion a sews ex tracts from Kite “ Blue Laws” of Virginia; ihey will he found to he of (he same stamp as (hose of (he former, which have been so severe ly animadverted upon. Should an examination take place of the re-. cords of most of the states, it will do doubt be discovered, that among; their early acts, the same degree of bigotry and s* pergtition prevailed as in those states whose laws have been exhibited to the public eye. The introduction of our blessed republi can government, the li*<lit ofscsenee, and the diffusion of true and genu ine knowledge, have (ended to dis pel the shades of iguorauoe, to tear off the veils of priestcraft and hypo crisy; and man in America has assu med a degree of iudeperdcDte of (bought and ac(ion, deeply calcula ted to encourage the vital principles of civil and religious libel ty. To revert back, therefore, to (he do ings of the first settlers of America, while under the government of England, cannot but afford some interest (o your readers, and shew them, that we are cow on the road to high and commanding destinies. WEBSTBRI \N. Extracts from Laws of Vib- GIMA.” September 17, 1630.—Hugh Da vis to be soundly whipped, before au assembly of negroes, and others, for abusing himself to thedishouour of God aod shame of Christians, by defiling his body in lying with a ne gro, which fault he is to acknow ledge next Sabbath day. December 16,1631.—*Because Ed ward Grymes lay with Allice West, he gives security not to marry ary woman till further order from ihe Governor and Council. February 1, 1632—Tw0 maids got with child at sea, ordered to be sent back again. Stephen Reekes putin pillory two hours with a paper on his head ex pressing his offence, fined 50 pounds sterling and imprisoned dtrmg plea sure, for saying his majesty was at confession with the L’d if Canter bury. Robert Sweet to do penance in church, according to th laws of England, for getting a negro wo* man with child, and the woman wbipt. 1623-4 —T hat whosoever shall •bient himself from divine service any Sunday without an allowable ex cuse, shall f.-rfeit one pound of to bacco, %nij he that absentetii himself a month, shall forfeit 50 pounds of tobaoao. | That no man dispose of any of his tobaeeo before the minister be satis fied, upon paii. of forfeiture double his part of the minister’s means, and one man of every plantation to col lect hi? means out cf the first and best tobacco and corn. Whereas Solomon Martin hath scandalously objected against Col. William Bernard, a councillor of state, that he could make his ser vants swear what he would.—The !I< use hath committed the said Mar tin to prison until Mouday morning for his offitice. Ordered that none of the transac tions of the last Assembly be at all disputed of this session. March 1661 —Ordered, that the order of the Quarter Court of the I 27h March, 1661. prohibiting Ro ger Pauidgesiind Elizabeth his wife , to keep any maid servant for the term of three years, be by this as sembly ratified and confirmed. Whereas many scismaticul per sons out of their averseoes to the orthodox established religion, or out of their new far.gied conceits of their owne heretical iuveutions, refuse to have their children baptised, Be it therefore enacted, that ail persons that in contempt of the divine Sac- ! crement of bapiisme, shall refuse i when they may carry their child (oa lawful minister iu that county tu have them baptised, shall he amer ced two ibousaod pounds of tobacco ; half© to the informer haife to the publique. Whereas oftentimes many bratt ling women often slander and scan dalize their neighbours, for which their poor husbands are often bro’t into chargeable and vexatious suits, and caste in greate damages, Be it enacted &c. That in actions of slan- j der occasioned by the wife aforesaid after judgmeut passed for the dam ages, the woman shall be punished by ducking ; and if the slander be soe enormous as to be adjudged at a greater damage than five hundred pounds of tobacco, then the woman to suffer a ducking for each five hundred pounds of tobacoo, adjudg ed against the husband if he refuse to pay the tobacoo. At an election held last Tuesday for a Jus tice of the Inferior Court, to fill the vacancy occasioned bv the death of Colonel Johnson Wellborn, John W. Cooper, Esq was duly elected. State of the Poll ♦* JOHN W. COOPER, 365 RICHARD HUDSPETH, 176 CCT WE have been requested to announce JAMES RF.MBERT, E*q as a candidate to represent Wilkes County in the lower house of the General Assembly. May 4, 1824. sCj° We are authorized to announce Doct. FELIX G. HAY as a candidate for ihe House of Represen a ives of this State. MAY 8, 18' ? 4 List of Getters, Remaining in the Post Office at Washington , Georgia , Ist of A pril, 1824. WILLIAM Anderson, Richard J. Archer, Guilla Brinkley, Randolph Blackwell. Frederick A. Brown, Joseph Baldwin, Lewis Be man, Betse^, ( eem ) John Burch, Joseph Coleman. Jacob Crow, Wm. Carrington, John Chanew Cornelius Uochran, Eliza Crawford. David ; Carson, Jesse Doyle, Enoch Dodson, Stephen D R. Dickinson, John Dyfeon, Clk. Superior i ourt 4, Edward Duboys, \bsaiom Eaton, James Echols, Doct ,’ohn Egan, 2. George Farley, 2, Doct F Ficklin, Doct. P A. Faber, James Gooding, Theodore T. Gray, Uapt. W. Gres ham, Robert Graham John Hund ley, Z Hendrick, Charles Hamilton, Patsey Harris, Heirietta Jordan, John C. Johnson, Edward Lumpkin, Pleasant Lawson, James Lindsay, N R. Lewi*, Alexander Leard, John Lee, Charles Mattox, Abner Manly, Cynthia McLendon, Lemuel Meiear, Thomas Marler, James O. Miller, John M K James Moore, G, W. .Vallory, John Nis* bett, 2. Alexander Morris, Daniel Owen. N G. Price, John Poyner, James Perry, Thomas Pierce, Me phen Phillips, John Petear, Wil iam Pollard, Joshua Pattiehall. Benjamin Powell. J. L Plunkett, Henry Pope, Sarah Pope, Leannah Huddle, Ben son Roberts, John - tarks, W. W. stokes, R W sessions, Adam ! Sloan C. F. > herburn** Moses Shin. Irmith & Wright, 10 Zidock owell, James hit ey. R. a ti H Tarver \ W. Thurmon, ,ugu tus Thomas, Joseph Vicory. John *a)ker 2 Da vid Walley. James V illey, M R * allace, Rev. batley \V Well born G. W. V\ arner, Esther i* right, —lO7. James Wingfield, p* m. Take Notice ALL persons indebted to the la’A firm of J. &J. W. Mis is c j ther by note or account, are forwai:. ! ed from paying the same to any p* son or persons but myself or my a . torney. Joshua Willis, Survivor May sth. 182*. 19 st Notice. ALL persons indebted to the es tate of Ciavbrook William-on. deceased are requested to make im mediate payment, and those having demands against said e-tate are re quested to render them duly atte within the time prescribed by law. Enoch Callaway, ) ? Josiah Chatham, 3 P* May 4, 1824 19—4 t Notice. A LL perso s having demand* a, ’ gainst the estate of Same Rat ledge deceased are requested to pre* sent them to he evecutors of said de. cea ed lawfully attested, within the tim#pre,cribed by law; arid ail those indebted to said deceased are reques ted to come forward and make pay ment. James Rutledge, ) Joseph Rutledge, >** William O. Rutledge, 3 May S, 1824, 19— 6 t NO TiCE is hereby given to al concerned, that application will be made to the honorab e c nferiot court of W county, while sitting for ordinary purposes at ‘■September term of this year for leave to sell the personal estate of Burton Taliaferro,, de eased for the benefit of the heir* and creditor:*. Daniel Hafvie, adm’r. May 4> 1824 m4C ■■ 11 ■ 1 ■ ■ —^mmm Ad mi nistrator s Sales ON the Ist Tuesday in July next* will be sold at the court houso of Wilkes county, One tract of Land, containing one hundred and thirty eight acres, more or less, lying on the waters of Pistol creek, and ana* ther traot containing four hundred and fifty acres, more or less, lying ou the waters of Pistol creek, thin tract subject to th© widow’9 dower,, all belonging to the estate of John D Stroud, deceased, and for tho benefit of the heirs and creditors* Terms—one half to be paid on tho first of January next, when posses sion will be given, and the other half twelve months after—boud ao4 security will be required. Reuben Scott, 9d’mr in right of his wife • May 8, 1824. 19—ids f\N Friday the 18th of June next* ■ be sold, at the residence oi Phctbe fetinson, in Wilkes county f Ten Negroes, belonging to the estate of Georgs Stinson, deceased, for the benefit; of the heirs and Terms—credit till the 25th December next, the purchasers giving bond ans security, and interest from date if no| punctual y paid. Robert Killgore, adm’r. May 3,1824. 19—St ‘■ “ “"•* 1 * ■ ■ 1 “ —♦ NINE months after date applica-* tion will be made to the honor* able the Inferior court of Wiikeg county, while silting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell a tract o£ land, containing +Q l 12 acres, lying in Houston county. 6th district. No. 13, belonging to the estate of William Martin, deceased, for the benefit the heirs and creditors. John Parks, Ganaway Jidm’rs. _May 3, 1824, ro9tn INE months after date applies- IN tion will be made to the honor able the Inferior court of Wilkea county, while sitting for ordinal pur poie-, lor !eave to sell a tract of Jand containing about 70 acres lying in tho c junty aforesaid on the waters of Up ton* • creek adjoining Wm, Arnett* aid others ior the benefit of Felix rnett minor, orphan of Edward Ar nett. deceased James VV. Jack, guardian. May t, 1824 mym JOB PRINTING ” Neatly exeeuiea at tin# UJpee,
