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right jurisdiction over them, that they sur rendered this portion of their sover eignty, and that this assumption now is usurpation, is conceding too much to the necessity which dictated those treaties, and doing violence to the principles of the government uud the rights of the States, without benefit ting in the least degree the Indians. ’ The Indians, thus situated, cannot he rcgiydcd in any other light than as members of a foreign Govern ment, or of that of the State within whose chartered limits they reside. If in the former, the ordinary legis lation of Congress in relation to them is not warranted by the constitution, which was established for the benefit of our own, not of a foreign people: if in the latter, then, like other citi zens or people resident within the limits ol the States, they arc subject in their jurisdiction and control.— To maintain a contrary doctrine, and to require the Executive to en force it by the employment ol a mili tary force, would he to place in his hands a power to make war upon the rights of the States and the lib erties of the country —a power which should ho placed in the hands ol no iubividuul. If, indeed, the Indians arc to be regarded as people possessing rights which they can exercise independ ently of the States much error has arisen in the intercourse of the Go vernment with them. V\ by is it that they have been called upon to assist in our wars, without the privi lege of exercising their own discrc ti -nr If an independent people, they should as such be consulted and ad vised wdh; hut they have not been. In tin order which was,issued to me from the War Department, in Sep tember, 1814, this language is em ployed: “All the ti'eiuily Indians should be organized and prepared to co-operate with your other forces. There appears to he some dissatis faction among the Choctaws; their .friendship and services should tic se cured without delay. The friendly Indians must be fed and paid, and made to light when and where their services may he required .” To an in dependent and foreign people, this yvnuld seem to be assuming, I .should suppose, rather too lofty a tone, one which the Government would not have assumed if they had considered them in that light. Again: by the constitution, the power of declaring war belongs exclusively to Congress. Wo have been often engaged in war with the Indian tribes within our limits; hut when have these hostili ties been preceded or accompanied by an act of Congress declaring war against the tribe which was the ob ject of them? And was the prosecu tion of such hostilities an usurpation, in each case, by the Executive which conducted them, of the constitutional power.f Congress? It must have been so, I apprehend, if these tribes are to he considered as foreign and independent nations. The steps taken to prevent intru-. aion upon Indian lands had their ori gin with the commencement of our Government, and became the subject ol special legislation in 1820, with the reservations which have been mentioned in favor of jurisdiction of the States. V\ ilh the exception of South Carolina, who has uniformly regulated the Indians within her li mits without ‘.he aid of the General Government, they have been left within all the States of the South without being understood to affect their rights or prevent the exercise of t heir jurisdiction, whenever they we. o in a situation to assume and en force it. Georgia, though material ly concerned, lias, on this principle, forebore to spread her legislation further than the settlements of her own citizens, until she has recently perceived within her limits a people claiming to he capable of self-gov ernment, sitting in legislative coun cil, organizing courts, and adminis tering justice. Todisarm such ano malous invasion of her sovereignty, sin- bad declared her determination to execute her own laws throughout her limits; a step which seems to have boon anticipated by the proela r* •• tioti of 1783, und. w bich is perfect ly consistent with the linh section of the bet of 1802. According to the language and reason of that section the liii.es to the South and south vu 1 i ;*i e not only “surrouailed by set tlements of the ciuzensof the United > f t ! .-i^TTTi.Hi , ff the imli- They became so I from the moment the laws of the i State wore extended over thcni,tfrid the same result follows the similar determination of Alabama and Mis sissippi. These states have, each a right to claim in behalf of their posi- | tion now, on this question, the same ! respect which is conceded to the o ther States of the Union. Towards this race of people, I en tertain the kindest feelings, and am not sensible that the views which l have taken of their true intetest. are less favorable to them than tiiose which oppose their emigration to the west.—Years since I stated to them my belief that if the States choose to | extend their laws over them it would j not he in the power of the Federal | Government to prevent it. My opi- 1 Inion remains the same : and 1 can j see no alternative for them hut that j ol their removal to the west or a qui et submission to tho State laws. If they prefer to remove, the U. States agreed tr defray their expenses, to supply them with all tho menus ol transportation and a year’s support after they reach their new homes—a | provision too liberal and kind to de-; serve the stamp of injustice. Either course promises them peace and hap piness, whilst tin obstinate persever ance in the effort to maintain their possessions independent of the State authority, cannot fail to render their condition st ill more helplcs. and mis erable. Such an effort ought there fore, to he discountenanced by all , who sincerely sympathise in the for- j tunes ol’tliis peculiar people, and es- j pecialiy the political bodies of I he U- ‘ nion, as calculated to disturb the bar-; mony of the two governments, and to endanger the safety of the many blessings which they enable us to enjoy. As connected with the subject of this inquiry, I beg leave to refer to the Secratary of W ur, enclosing the order which proceeded from that De partment, and a letter from tho Go vernor of Georgia, ANDREW JACKSON. w* Nun Voiik, Apiui. 2—2 O ci.ock U 7 o strip llie pem to aiii.ouuce the arrival of the packet ship fiance, pom Havre, tv floor e she saifeii llie 13th of February, ll'c have our files to the I Ilh; A Havre paper ol that il.ite says, that a telegraph communication has been made at Lyons, that a serious UEVO LUIION HAD BROKEN OUT LN II ALV ; that ltoggio, Bologna, and Modena, hud been over, thrown, ami dial the Duke of Modena had been killed. T he Captain of iW packet, who arrived at Hu vre two days alter (he date of our papers, says Ihe news was confirmed previous to his departure. The Deputies ofthe fttgmn Confuse, had had .1 solemn audience w ith Louis Ffijlip, and read n, him the proceedings ol the Nation,d Congress ul lering the Crown of Belgium lo the Duke de N.:- moiirs. Ihe answer was, il i* suid, it refusal, ac companied, limitvei, with very llaiteiing excu ses. Anew arrangement, liy hi liicii tile t’lince Charles of Naples should nreive tins crown is spoken of, iu which case he would inarrt the Princess Mary, daughter of Louis Philip. “ This Prince is a nephew of the King of the French. Pi.'Lanp.—The Polish Dior have issued a lono* answer to the proclamation <d General Couiil LV ehitsch, which is a spirited document, and'wliich concludes as follows: ‘-The Polish nation, unit ed in its Did, declares, that for Ihe future it constiliites an independent people, w liich has the tight to confer the Polish, crown upon hint whom it shall judge capable of observing faithfully (he principles which he shall have sworn 10, and of preserving untouched the National Liberties.” 1 he declaration was signed unanimously by the members of the Diet. The Polish Diet, by a vole of 83 lo 13, had placed.(he Executive Power in a Commission ol h ive Members, composed of Adam Cza.turuiuki President; Vincent Menjowski , Thomas Jllurnu , ’ s:an - Bmsykotvski, unit Soackhim LeUwel Ike A’cui Poland newspaper complains that one only Os these had a ]>art in die late Revolution. The intelligence from Vienna is, that every thing iu that capital is on the footing of war es pecially against Poland,which is threatened with invasion at once from Russia, Austria, and Pnis “?• T ince Met tern ieh is in close connexion with the Duke of Mouthed, who, however is watched closely by Marshal Muiaoii. ’ On the other hand, the news from Constanti nople by tho. way of Naples is, that the Grand link means to take advantage of tho embarrass nients of the liussiyns to withdraw from comply ing with the late treaty. The greater part of the j Pachas ot Asia are ordered to be ready for ser- 1 V i! Ce r| l - 1 1C greatest activity prevails ini .n ’ ,IV ln ’ hav.Jieen sent on missions to j Albania, Servia, and Bosnia; finally the Sultan I tl is said, is endeavoring to induce tho Persians ‘ to act, so as (ogive employment to the Russians i on that frontier. Cardinal Capellarihad been elected I’opc. j JTlic Philadelphia Chronicle, says ■ that tlit Penacock Indians, who, were a formidable tribe in that vicin-j ity, used to predict the weather from I the movement of the morning fo.r { which usually passedoff in the'diree tion towards the sea or towards tliei mountains. “If (said they) the foil goes a fishing, we shall have fuM weather, but if it goes a huutittf| look fora storm.” This saying is j not uncommon among the of the present day. WASHINGTON, APRIL 16. 1831. Frost. —On th<* night of Monday lasi a severe Irost prostrated every veritable in our gardens, subject to injury by a freeze ; and those of our planters who took time rather sootrtjby the fore lock, and whose cotton had come up, find them selves upon a footing with their neighbors. All the codon that was up has been cut down, how- I ever enough may yet remain in the ground, to produce a sufficient stand, without re-planting. ! Snow iu April.—\\ e are informed by a gentle 'man from liabershnm county iu this State that snow fell on the night ol ihe Bth instant sufficient j to cover the ground,—that the next morning the j whole country was clothed in the habiliments of winter. ( To Cor respond tills.—The lines over the signa ture of IV. purporting to have been occasioned by (lie death kA’ a lady in this place, cannot ap pear. They nre not mginal, and by no means i apply to the fhets connected with the life and j death of the individual alluded to. She never v we,u on a mission “o'er t/ic mighty wave,” nor j has she ever given the “Heathen Mauls” a cause ; to “ rc/ir.urse ” hot “memory” to “their babes” for having taught the virtues of “Jesus power to save” sinners; nor did she die in a Heathen land as would appear from the effusion. We recommend U.to be more particular in making selectioni for the future, or he will not succeed in. passing them olfas original. The lines, although declared to be “on \ht death oj a f Washington” t\ krk sot written iui that occasion. Tltcv ap j P ! > h> ii female who has left ihe comforts of a i home, for the purpose ofteachiog the Heathen I ,!le merits of a crueifyed Saviour,—in the prose i culion of which, she fell a sacrifice in a foreinn tam K | i nil JVuy i;. inadmissible—he is too personal, and indecorous. We copy flic following from the Journal printed in Miiledgevillcr To the Editors of the Journal. Gentlemen: —ll yon do not con ceive the insertion, of a few remarks ; a trespass Upon your liberality, or an j exclusion ot more wieglitv mutter, | you will confer a singular “favour by 1 publishing these. | 1 have noticed that three promin : cut topics seem to engross our politi cal circles—the popularity of the present executive; the policy of his | administration; and the aim of the ! Clnrh-moa! As incidentally affect ing the first of this trio, some little noise has been created about new , candidates, and a call made for a j ncw order of things no less destitute |of an influential source than good r as< ns to support their appeals. It cannot he otherwise than ex l trcmely mortifying to the most dc ; proved heart—doubly so to a sensi tive and honest mind, that nets, no matter ot what relative importance, I should receive condom rial ion before their consequences had been nsscr jtained. This, will apply to the aa-f sertion that Gov. Gilnjer has lost po-1 pulafit.y since his inauguration. Nor i Wishing for the sake of argument, to discredit such hypothesis, it will j suffice my purpose to enquire where j in aud to what extent his Excellen cy’s public reputation bus been in jured. No one is pursuaded that now as heretofore he would receive the majority oft lie Clark votes—nor will our better judgments suffer so delusive an idea to prevail, that were he opposed by one ofliis own party, it would not be by ono more popular thanJoeipiawford,Esq. The friends of Mr. Gilmer themselves will not de ny that his present standing with the Clark-mcn, compared with their ap parent friendship for him in 182!), is something worse for wear! And j “'by f \Vas not such a change \ have been expected? Could any ra tional politician have anticipated con : R ‘ anc y *' their preference, unless Mr. Gilmer bad at once sacrificed all priori | obligation and betrayed postate from principles? The leaders ‘■ of that party did not intend other-’ I wise ; and as such their 1 influence in ‘■i- circiMn was a mere adventitious’ - o tiie scale of his oudo- ! i larily uDimportant to his success and • endcrod spurious by their ‘items of 1 , , r,v v ’ ,les is being withdrawn to 4 ° gtooler interest in another 2“ j ‘T JR't a proper discriminu fon ie drawn between his real po pu amy ns it stooil auteriur to Iris executive elevation, anil that which ioVT - itl , Mtu,ris stripped of all hol he uo fear ofa proper answer to this! rpiesl ion. Dot it may be observed, that the! course which his Excellency has pur sued in relation to our Cheiokee lands, is one deservedly unpopular and will, no doubt, make against his future success. To such a grave ar gument there can he made but one i delicate response. If, after the whole matter has terminated, the po licy of Mr. Gilmer does not accord with his means and the true interest of Georgia, then, it may be proper to decry his administration—and per haps date the decline of his populari ty. Until that time shall have arriv ed, however, justice to his Excellen cy, respect for his ‘friends, aud the success oi ‘the all engrossing cause,’ should admonish us against prema ture opposition; much „less the at tempt to thwart the effects of his po licy by a yelping cry of ‘lost popttla rity.’ Who among us, is so gifted as to foresee the destitute nature of these measures which are now in progress? Who will say this course will fail—that would have availed ? Surely his Excellency docs not stand alone either in ‘principles or men ;’ ! and it modesty, aided by the dictates of an impartial justice, can furnish no restraint to the restlessness of a varicc, or the cavils of disaffected de magogues, common sense should teach, that it is weakening to any ad ministration and disastrous to, any measure, to withdraw confidence iu tiie one, or discredit to the fitness ol the other, before time shall have proven, or results manifested, their inefficiency. Having made some allusion to new candidates, it may not he amiss to pursue this topic somewhat fur ther—with the hope that a definite course will speedily be agreed upon. Gol. Troup has been warmly re commended and solicited, to assume again the holm of our State; und ru mour has declared Mr. Gilmer, to be uiisolicitQtis for re-election. There ar9 reasons which cannot be unknown to the friends of both of | these distinguished officers, that for | bid the bringing forward of Go. T. | at tins time, or crediting in tiie least the fabricated statement of Mr. Gil j mer s indifference for rc-clection, ; No one will believe who kite's this latter gentlemen, that lie has ever ret used serv ice to Ins State whenev !ot such was demanded. Will his friends or those ot his party say, that lie caii be dismissed now and his place supplied without serious injury? Nay, superudded to this', will it not he presumed that his Excellency is I ambitious to that policy | which he set on fnoRTBt only to se cure the interest of his follow citizens, but to justify his own views? My proposition then is'to retain Mr. Gil mer in the Executive—to discard all intention ot withdrawing Gol. Troup \froin the Senate; and give to the /man whose administration has ad- I vaitced our Indian controversy to its ; present, stage, simply the opportunity I of vindicating his policy by prsoceut ing the same with his own hands. | Nor should the report that Thomas i Haynes, Esq. has peremptorily refus ed to ‘come down’ to secure even Col. Troup’s election, prejudice or stay onr correct judgments. 1 know not whence Mr. flaynes derives his evidences of success—but if it be true as I have heard that he is ‘up upon tho bottom ot Clat k-riien’s-promises, perhaps he would do well by learn ing ’ere it be too lute that such poli tical Huggerniuggcry, \vULuot make sure even Mr. Speaker Hull’s seat,— and the holder oLihe - Zion pr per, is charafljl hereby with the ptompt excunrfon of his lesson. JR BALDWIN. ■;£> from ihe Glolc. AIR. HAMILTON'S LETTER TO MR. FOR- It will he remembered that Mr. ; Ga.houn, through the Telegraph, j called for the letters of Mr. Hamil ton to Mr. Forsyth and Mr. Lewis, j the reply of the latter to Mr. Hti l™on - These letters, the friends of Mr. Calhoun insinuated, would dis close the motives which induced the application to Mr. Crawford and Mi. Calhoun in relation to the course of Mr. Monroe’s cabinet upon tho sub ject of the Seminole campaign. In these private and confidential letters, we were assured the conspiracy a gainst Mr. Calhoun would be found m embryo, and therefore tt was in sisted that the original Utters should be forthcoming to undergo the scru itnyoftheYice President. Mr.Fur y * just publisljed Mr. Hamil ton's letter to luiii. \v# . • j > L hut c solici ted, ami havfe uhut hi otlr posstssiou, the original, letters which passed be*- tween Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Lewis, which have been referred to. ’They are at the service of Mr. Calhoun. The lree remarks made on the men . and matters which formed the topics oi the day when the letters were writ> ten, forbid that this private and fa- • miliar correspondence should ho laid before the public; but we hold it sub ject to the inspection of Mr. Calhoun, or any in in whose standing will au thorize the belief that he will not give publicity to such portion of it as does not belong to the discussion which Mr. Calhoun has brought be fore the public. Every thing con tained in these letters, having the slightest reference to Mr. Calhoun, contributes to shew that Col. Hamil ton and Major Lewi'!, sofarjfrom en tertaining designs against I im, con fided in him. —The only conspiracy which these gentlemen were engag ed in, touching Mr Calhoun, was the conspiracy to make him Vice Pre sident. Various overtures were made aboutjgthis period, not only by Mr. Crawford in the South, but by powerful men in the Noith, to bring forward a candidate in connexion wita Gen. Jackson to supplant 3lr. Calhoun for the Vice Presidency. IV e have decisive written proof from a gentleman who is called up by Mr. Calhoun in his publication, as a wit ness in this matter, showing conclu sively, that Gen. Jackson frowned upon every proposal to supplant Mr. Calhoun as Vice President.’ In this favorable disposition towards Mr. Calhoun, every friend of the Presi dent, whom the Vice President now accuses of being then engaged in j plotting his “political 1 1 is true tion ,” ardently concurred. They united in the fall of 1828, in repressing air. Ci aw lord's efforts to bring out oppo sition in the Republican ranks a gainst Mr. Calhoun—and Mr. Van Ilmen anrl Mr. Cnmbreleng Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Lewis, all conspi red at our polls to make Mr. Cal houn the second officer in the govern ment.; arid in the event of the Heath of the President, the first. Yet Mr. Calhoun boldly denounces these men as being engaged at that moment j n plotting his ‘political destruction,” It is a weighty acrusitioii— may wc Hot ask for the proof? The prii :ie correspondence called for by Mr. Calhoun is open to him. It opens the bosoms of those against whom he has brought his charges. We bring together in one view, every thing contained in the private le ter? cull ed for by Mr. Calhoun which-has n ny relation to the matter. That, he may assure himself of their genuine ness, and be .convinced that hotfcii-a which ought to be published is sup pressed, is our motive for tendering to him an inspection of the original* They will be shewn to any friend i n whose hands ice may deem a confident ttal correspondence safe, and to whom he may bewillingto confide the trust “Savannah, Jan. 29 1828. “ Dear Sir : —lt was my intention when I left New Orleans to have ta ken time to visit our illustrious friend Wm. 11. Crawford, bat the uelavs of my journey to Milledgevelle, con sumed so much of my time as to ren der it impossible for me to do so. “Whenever you meet hint do tne the favor to inform him of my inten tion, as I cun with difficulty excuse , myself for the omission to Jo so. *T wish you would ascertain from him and communicate tu^Kl,ether the propriety or arresting and trying Gen. Jackspn was ever presented as a question for the deli beration oFMr. Monroe’s cabinet. I understand Mr. Southard, m his sup pressing correspondence ; has assert cd that to have been the fact. “I would have written directly to Mr. Crawford, but you know how much delicacy and difficulty there is m making such communications j„ writing. I want the information not to be used, but in order that J mnv m the event of a publication which come from a higher quarter, know where toloojr for information on this subject. Os course nothing would be published without the consent of iUi. Crawford and yourself. “I have the honor to he, u if 1, great taspect, your obedient servant. A • HAMILTON. His Excellency John Forsyth, A*ov, ot Georgia.” ■| ulO <u ’ uccatiso he was seventy mile? out of my way. But the V. p. ” 10 ’ i ou know, was that member of