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Brothers: I explained to you that
1 did not expect you could live s<
ivell wher- you are as on hinds- where
hi? game is plenty, and tho wai
good and abundant Your Great Fa'
er owns a great country ov r the Mis
sissippi, and 19 willmgdo give you
large portion of it, whenever you
may incline to go. And if a few of
your Chiefs think proper to visit it,
and bring back word what sort oe
couutry it is, they can go, and the a
gcnt will be directed to send them,
and pay their expenses, ft is ex
pected that some of your friends of
the Muscogee tribe will go and look
at that country. Your Chiefs might
•if) at the same time, This advice
is for your good, and is given to you
in friendship 1 hope you will follow it.
Brotners: T once more tell you,
I your Great Father will protect you
throngh the agent* from the bad con
duct of the whites, and he will se
verely punish you if you do not pre
vent your bad men from going into
the settlemants and doing harm to
the whites. This you must not for
get. It you will take the property
of the whites, the value of it will be
taken from your annuity. The u
gcut is ordered to do so.
Brothers . I shake hands with you
and wish you prosperity and happi
ness JAMES BARBOUR.
Talk of tho Florida Delegation of In
dian), delivered by Tuckasse .Moth
la, the Head Chief in reply to one
from the lion. James Harbour secre
tary of War.
Brother: We have heard the talk
you sent us by our Agent. You say
our Great Father gives us permis
sion to occupy the land we :e.k for
(the big swamp) until lie may want
tosen'i us from it. This does not
please us. The land we occupy we
expect will be considered our own
property, to remain as such forev r,
utdess we may think proper to part
with it. If this is refused us, wo
cannot he happy, tor we do not like
the thoughts of being put to the
trouble of moving again. The hard
ship we suffered from our first re.
moval gave us pain enough—vve do
not wish to feel it again ; and we
do not wish to sell it again ; and we
have such confidence in the justice
of our Great Father, that we do not
believe he will force it upon us, but
will comply with our demands, and
give us more land. This was prom
ised us by the treaty at St. Augus
tine. We only ask that this prom
ise should lie complied with, ft i-
necessary to make us comfortable
The tract of land embraced wit" l '
the present limits of our terr* wl 7’ '
small and very poor, W- cannot
live on it. Many have ,je " obliged
to settle in the Big ‘■'"’amp, where
some good land r >as been found
Give that to -* s also. Yve sh.d)
then be able*® make breed for our
wives am'children, and shall be sat
isfied When we left the good
j ar . T about Tallahasse and Mickaus
iy, which is now covered by the
whiteskins we stopped at the Big
Swamp, because we knew we could
not live farther South, and because
we were told by Gov. Duval that
we might do so, and that we should
have the land. We now claim the
(ulfilment of his promise, and of that
in the froaty. We w r ere often de
ceived by the Spaniards, They
made promises which they never
kept. But we were told the Amer
icans are a straight people. We be
lieve it—we hope we shall never
have cause to change our minds.
You say cur Great Father sent help
to our people, who have been hun
gry because tiiey could not make no
corn last year We tool thankful
lor this, and will never forget it.
You tell us, at the same time, that
our - ’ Great Father says we must in
future roly upon ourselves, and
by our industry provide for our
own snpport. \Ye do not complain
of this ; but we expect he will not
deny us such lands as will enable as
to do so. You say, too our Gneat
Father does not wish to oppress ins
red children. We believe it* and
that he will keep the treaty, and
give us more land. We ask that
the North line of our territory may
be removed so as to embrace a small
Swamp, called Wetoox v. This w ili
enable us to live, and make us con
tented.
Brother, you tell us that our Great
Father owns a great country over
the Big River towards the scttiu_
sun, and that he is w illing to giv us
a part of it, if we will go there, and
lie advises us to send sirme of our
Chiefs, with the Muscogees, when
they go, to look at it, and bring us
hack word what sort of country it i>.
We have already said we do not in
tend to move again. If the Mus
cogees have a disposition to go fur
ther towards the s tting sun, we are
perfectly willing they should go, but
we will not go with them. We have
no friends there—the people of that
country arc strangers to us. The
Muscogees invited us to go with
then.; btt it was only to make thee
party stronger. We will not involve
ourselves in the troubles 0 f the M :
cogees. We are a seperatc pdoph
cn-1 have nothing to do with them.
We coino, brother, not to see ;hh
Muscogees, but to hold a talk witu
■air Great Father on pur ow n affair*
and to claim of him more land iu our
own country. Mo*-t of us were born
on the lurid wc in w inhabit, and th I
,'ve . ..am to 1» ■ »i rri nderi and to us—
?■€»<* cu ro,c. • v g. were first CM,
ind the blood from them sunk into
he earth, and made the country
• ear to us. We have heard the
tile Spaniard sold this country t<
:he Americans. This they bad not
r ght to do ; The land was not their
but belonged to the Seminole-
B 1 other, we have come here, when
we should find Spanish, English, and
Vmericans, to talk with our Great
Father about this matter, and have
it put right. We have not yet seen
our Great Father. We have come
many days travel to see him, and do
not wish to return without shaking
hands with him.
You tell us, Brother, that our
Great Father has heard that we havj
runaway slaves in our country, and
that many of our people hide them
from their owners. It is true, that
some slaves, who runaway from the
whites have come into our country :
most of them, however were given
up before we left home, and we
think that, by this time, the rest o!
them are with th ir owners. We
left orders with some of our Chiefs
to have them taken and brought to
the agency. We do not like the sto
ry, that our people hide the runaway
negroes from their masters* It is not
a true talk ; our people have not
done this. We do not consider our
selves bound by the treaty, to take
up any runaway slaves, but those
who have entered our country since
the making of the treaty. But we
have never prevented the whites
from coining into our country, and
taking their slaves wherever they
could find them, and we will not here
after oppose their doing so, but will
give them all the assistance we
can.
Brother, we arc glad to hear that
our negroes, held by the whites, are
to be claimed for us. This is right
and wc hope that cur Great Father
will put it in the power ofour agent
to sec justice done us in this master.
We do not know if people
will mind his talks when he demands
our property : for th y are not always
willing to do right, when they c« !1
avoid it. The laws of our ration
arc strong, and oblige a man having
the property of another ir his pos
-ession, to give it up 'a the right
owner. The laws ol -* rte whites who
have so much bet*-’* sense than the
rod men, ougK r >ot to be less pow
erful and i'* £ -
Broth'* ■ you say that some of our
vovinp-aien are not always good, and
th-, they go among the whites, and
lid their stock. A few ofthem, we
know, have done this, and we have
punished them for it ; and we have
lately made such laws as we think
will prevent their doing so any more.
It is not our wish to disturb our white
neighbors, but to live in friendship
with them.
Brother : You toll us that our
Great Father wishes to place a
school in our Nation, to teach our
children to read and write. We do
not w ish one at all. We do not be
lieve the Great Spirit intended we
should know how to read and write;
for it' he had intented this, he would
have given us the kuowledge as
early as he gave it to the w hite peo
ple. Now it is too late ; the white
people have gained an advantage we
can never recover, and it is better
for us to remain as w*e are, red men
and live in our own way. Brother,
among our people it is thought that
at the time when toere were but two
kinds of people the red, and the white
on the earth, a book was placed by
the Great Spirit in the hands of an
old man, blind, and w ith long beard,
who told the red and the white man
that he who killed the first deer
should receive the book as his re
ward and be learnt to read it. Botli
went to hunt, d.fferent ways* The
white man, after going a little way
found a sheep, which being not so
wild a- the deer, he easily killed.
He took the sheep to the blind man
ond told him it was a deer. The
old man believed him, and gave him
the book and learnt him how to read
it. The red man soon after brought
iu a deer; but lie was too late—the
white man had got the book. If this
cheat had not been practised, the red
man would have been now as th
white man is, and he as the red man.
Brother, if the Great Spirit had in
tended that the red man sh >uld know
how to read, he would not have al
lowed the white man to take this ad
vantage of us.
Brother : The business wc have
coine here upon, is very important to
our Nation. We wish to have it
settled soon, that we may return to
our homes, and make the hearts of
our people glad by telling them
what we have done
Brother : We send you this talk,
and take the hand you offer us, and
will hold it till we get our answer.
Tukasee Mathla, or Hicks,
Head Chiefhisx mark.
Mico Nopy, his x mark,
llolata Mlco, his x mark.
Tulcee Mathla his x mark
Fokec Lustee, his x mark.
Nca Mathla, his x mark.
ItchaTustenuggy, iiisx mark
G. Hwmphkii s, Agent.
tt'uiuinyton, .Way 17, 1 s'2G.
Subsequent to this talk, the Dele
gation w.*s introduced to the Pics -
.lent Oi the United States; win re
c* ivod them with so much cordiality,
■ml .evinced such a desire to pro
n. te their real i tercsts, that the
iiiefs, niter this interview, express•
. themselves in the warmest terms
of -ati factioD rid •onfideitce
GEORGIA STATESMAN, TUESDAY JUNE, 20, 182 G.
From i*. ~Caba.vbs Press, & Ate. Sts*. Intel.
CREEK TREATY
We regret, sincerely regret, that
ft tforts of the admini-tratiuu to
bt jin the relinquishment of the In
dian tele to the €re< k lands iu A i
bam have been unavailing. Tir
accomplishment ot that object would
hav ■; augmented our populate n, i.*-
reased our revenue, and add and to
our influence in the national councils
Still we are far from thinking that
any injustice, in the transaction, has
been done to our State. Though the re
version isour’s, and the early occu
pancy desirable, yet, as the Indian
title is unquestionable, and no limits
has been assigned to its duration,
our right to the possession must be
considered to be in obcyance until
our state be invested with the prop
erty bv some voluntary act of the
Creek nation. That the arrang* -
ment formed at the Inc|jan Springs
conveys no such right, is evident,
from the circumstance that the abo
rigencs, with whom that compact
was concluded, represented a small
minority of their countrymen : and
could not, therefore, be binding on a
people who, like the Creeks, consti
tute a virtual democracy. In fact
they had no more authority to cede
the territory in question, than the
Hartford Conv ntion would have
had to re-establish the dominion ot
England in the United States. Noth
ing but unequivocal testimony ot
defect, could have determined thir
ty Senators—men of all parties--to
declare it to he “ null and void to
all intents and purposes.” The con
duct of our own delegation in Con
gress cannot invalidate the conclu
sion. They were acting under in
structions from our legislature ; and
in opinion, were /ulfilling the wishes
of their confluents. Still we regret
the continuance of the Indians with-
in our limits as prejudicial to the in
terest'' of Alabama’ and of no bene
fit io themselves ; and most earnest
ly hope that they may shortly assent
to a removal to a country more re
mote (rum temptation and less expo
sed to aggression ; but, that the
character of our nation tnay contin
ue without reproach, we desire no
cession effected either by fraud or
force ; for justice in relation to the
red man is the same as to the white.
Interests is a low subterfuge, which,
if admitted, would, with equal rea
son, serve as an apology for the
worst of crimes.
CREEK INDIANS.
The subjoined extract of a letter,
from a member of our delegation in
Congress, dated Washington City,
May 3, shows that Mr. Adams is not
adverse to the prosperity of Alabama,
but is sincerely desirous to remove
from our limits the Creek Indians, by
every means consistent with justice
and national faith
“The Indians are shoved hack upon
us: but the executive is so concious
that Alabama is treated with the in
justice, that he has recomm tided an
appropriation and a law to draw off
the Indians.
The secretary of war seems san
guine in the success. The plan is
an untired one, of appealing to the
Indians in tribes, families, etc. offer
ing present and future pay, and car
rying them off immediately as they
are ready. I will give you the detail
of the plan when it is matured.—
The M’lntosh party are to be car
ried off forthwith and it is expected
that much inquietude will prevail
among the Creeks, even with the
present arrangement —the delegation
on their part, were press and into it
verry reluctantly.
The president and most ofeongress
felt great reluctance in entering into
the sore investigation of the treaty
at the Indian Springs, and were pre
pared for any measure to give that
the go by They seemed to feel
bound that they should not annul as
to the Georgia part where the lands
were vested, etc. unless by deter
niiuing it void in its creation. They
did not regard our question or claim
of future jurisdiction in the same
light’ though urged upon them with
earnest ness. ” —Alabama Jou mat.
From the National Journal, May 26.
The National Intelligencer of Wed
nesday, contains a letter from Mr.
Tattnall one of the Representatives
in Congress from Georgia *to the
Secretary of War, complainingofthe
publication of a letter from Mr. Iltdge
one of the Secretaries attach'd to
the Creek Delegation, in the Na
tional Journal It should he recol
lected that the letter in question was
published in reply to language used
outlie door of Congress by Mr. For
syth. The writer of the letter
could not defend himself on the ar
ane where the attack was made He
had no alternative but a resort to a
free press. Had he been refused an
opportunity ol defending himself
through the press, he might trulv
have complained ofthe injustice of
his treatment. As to the peculiar
style ol his communication , it was
not characterized by any greater de
parture free propriety of terms, tnnn
was the attack which called it forth.
>'< e tie! eve Mr. Tattnall to be too
high minded, too chivalrous, to make
such anattack himself, or to defend A
ii another, i: the children of the
iore. t are Indians, they are stih
[nn ii. t r.v y havo feelings in comm u
I v 1 > ' urselves— *they have rights nl
■ and 1 c who will insult the burner
and invade the lattifr, presuming on
their incapacity to resist or to pro
cure r- dress, deserves no high rank
in the scale of courage or magna
nimity.
All that part of Mr. Tattnall’s lol
t r w hich seems intended to lead to
the inh rence that “ the indignities”,
of which he complains are satiction
by tuegovernment, is entirely gra
tuitous. It -eems to us impossible
that Mr. Tattnall can himself be
lieve. what it appears to be the ob
ject of some of the paragraphs in
bis letter to induce others to be
lieve, that the Executive conld so
far descend from the high character
he has sustained before his country
and the world, as to employ such a
gents. Should any unhappy cir
cumstances place him in collision
with the Georgia delegation, he
would know how to sustain the dig
nity of his station, and the true in
terests of the Union, without the
employment of any imprudent or in
decorous agency. We cannot suf
ficiently regret the existence of an
infatuation which can induce a high
spirited and honorable man to place
so unworthy a construction on the
acts and motives of an Executive
who has hitherto adopted no meas
ure which is not in strict consistency
with the interests and feelings of the
people.
Washington, May 23.
We arc somewhat surprised to
hear that our remarks upon the dis
cussion on the appropriation for the
Creek treaty have been understood
to be a protest against the manner
in which the gentlemen from Geor
gia spoke of the Secretary of War.
They made no charge against the
Secretary of War, except so far as he
was implicated in the facts stated.
Mr Tattnall, in reply to Mr. Mercer
took thae distinction, and we though,
very properly. The charge was a
gainst the administration the defence
was of the Secretary of War ; the
charge included the President arid
xtry member of his cabinet ; the
defence was, except by Mr. Cook,
limited to the War Department. It
was the attempt on the part of the
friends of the administration to make
the Secretary of War alone respon
sible for the act of the w'hole cabi
net.
Our words were, “ and we now* en
ter our protest against the doctrine
which seeks to arraign a Secretary
for a deliberate act of the Execu
tive.” Our objection is to the sys
tem of “ scape goats.” We wish to
see responsibility and blame attach
to the proper person ; and, at the
same time that the Secretary of War
should b made to fee! his part of
this transaction we think the Chief
Magistrate should be made to bear
the burden of the public indigna
tion.
We discover that there is a strong
feeling in Georgia, against Col. Crow
el, the Indian agent ; and that he is
still charged with using his influence
here to prevent the delegation from
ceding the lands claimed by Geor.
gia. It is due to that gentleman to
say, that he has been kept here du
aing the whole term of his stay in the
City, in a state of anxious suspense.
At one time persuaded to resign’ and
at another bearded bv the Cherokee
(Ridge) and even threatened by him
with dismissal from the service.
That so far from using any influence
to prevent a treaty he was desirous
to effect one satisfactory to all par
ties. Y t evidently with a design
to hold him in reserve, as a sacri
fice, if necessary to propitiate Geor
gia, and the Administration instead
of employing him to negotiate a trea
ty which wonld have given to Geor
gia all her lands without additional
expense to the treasury, have err -
ployed the Chcrokces, and foolishly
or fraudently given away near three
hundred thousand dollars ofthe peo.
[lie’s money’ and sacrificed about one
million and a half of the best lands
in the state of Georgia.— U S. Tel.
To the Editor ofthe V. S. Til.
Sir: I observed in your paper of
last evening w ith great regret, some
statements of supposed circumstan
ces connected with Indian affairs
and myself.
Whether it was intended, in ma
king these statements, to injure me
or not, is not for me to say ; but they
are ceitainly, in my opinion, calcu
lated to produce that effect. I feel
it due to others as well as to myself,
to say, that some parts of your re
marks are new, to me ; and that
such others of them as relate to me
personally must have been made
to you bv persons not authorized by
me to make them.
Having had real difficulties of my
own to encounter, I do net wish at
this time to be dragged or thrust in
to those of politicians.
I therefore trust that, in any ef
forts you may make to further your
political intentions, you will suffer
me to remain in that retirement
which I so ardently desire, in rela
tion to political matters.
JOHN CROWEL.
W ashinghii' , A/ay 24th 1826.
CCBfTIVZL NICi^TIOH.
w ruR THE STATESMAN.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
Anew era is commencing in Geor
gia, and internal improvements so
important in th. ir nature, and so
Iv nefic- ! i , their »fleet*, w ’! in a
short time, engage the public atten
tion in all th ir relations. The riri.-
ness of our soil, its various produc
tions. the facilities for internal com
munications, and the peculiarly in
teresting topographical features <
>'u State, will soon, (under a judi
cious and enlightened discharge o:
t tie duties of our Engineers, and the
Board of Public Works,) excite in
vestigation, and brighten the hopes
of all classes of our citizens. In
this country, where the people have
so much power and feeling, and where
they exercise so severe a scrutiny
into the conduct of their public func
tionaries, it is of the first importance
that we should carry their approba
tion with us, by a wise, diffusive, and
impartial course of policy, in all such
undertakings as require a large ex
penditure of their money. In di
gesting a system of internal improve
ments, it is not to be expected, that
every quarter of the State will be
pleased with it, and obstructions in
a greater or less degree, will be often
presented from the obtrusion of sec
tional views, local jealousies, and
more than all, the selfish interference
and calculations of political aspirants.
To allay, or even neutralize all thesi
elements of discord, which have al
most become our natural inheritance,
and to furnish no just ground for com
plaint from the strongest or weakest
sections of our State, the Board of
Public Works will have to exercise
much forbearance, mutual conces
sions, and a disposition to attempt or
fleet nothing more than what is
commensurate with our resources,
and suitable to the feelings and just
expectations of the community.—lt
is a matter of considerable regret,
that the law of the last Legislature
did not give more latitude of action
to the Board of Public Works, in
stead of confining their attention to
the survey and reconnoisance of
routes, the greater part of which, 1
am convinced, will not, and perhaps,
should not, lead to the adoption of
any immediate measures for the con
struction of rail roads or canals The
first great object to which the atten
tion of the Legislature should be
drawn, is that port on our sea coast,
which upon an attentive examination
shall be deemed capable of affording
the greatest commercial facilities for
the largest portion of the State; —
consequently, after this desideratum
is accomplished, most of our im
provements in the first instance,
should be made’in subservience to it,
and be directed to longitudinally, as
sist nature, and not transversely to
overcome nature. Though the ser
vices of the Engineers, for the pre
sent year, may not be productive of"
any immediate important practical
resnlts, in relation to canalling and
rail ways; still it is believed, that
from their talents, science and intclj
ligcnce, we may expect much useful
information upon the physiognomy
of an interesting part of our .State,
and upon the subjects of geology and
mineralogy, even if they can spare
no time for botanical researches.
I conceive that the first objects for
improvement, should be those routes
which are practicable as to cost, and
promising as to revenue, and which
when accomplished, w ill afford great
commercial accommodations, to large’
and fertile districts of country.
Among these will be found,
First. The connexion of the Alta
maha with Tuitle river near Bruns
wick, by a canal about 10 miles long
Secondly. The connexion of the
Flint with the Oakmulgee at the
bend by a canal or rail way, a distance
of 42 miles.
Thirdly. The improvement of the
navigation of the Oakmulgee from
Macon to Newton County, from
w hence a boat with forty bales of
cotton decended theriverafew weeks
ago-
Fourthly. The junction of the
'vaters ofthe Cbatahoochie near the
Buzzard roost, with the Oakmulgee
near Macon, a distance of about 86
miles. The means for the accom
plishment of the three first routes,
are within the abilities ofthe state to
furnish ; and the latter object it is
believed, could likewise be completed
if it was not for the wretched condition
ofthe Darien Bank. A slight inspec
tion of the map of the state, and a
tolerable geographical knowledge of
the country, that would Be benefited
by these improvements, w ill at once
shew their vast importance, and the
absolute necessity ofthe public atten
tion, being directed towards them, in
the most forcible manner. The im
provement of the Oconee above Mil
ledgeville, and the Savannah above
Augusta, ought likewise to engage
consideration, but 1 would feel con
siderable hes'tation in making large
appropriations for the improvement
ofthe navigation of the latter river,
unless they were met by correspond
ing ones, on the part of South Caro
lina.
The citizens of Savannah having
already undertak n to accomplish a
canal 66 mil s in length from the Al
tarnaha to their city, and the state
having loaned £50,000 to further
t Lis object, it is presumed, no further
ad will be required from the public
treasury ; as the zeal which appears
to b embarked upon this occasion,
in addition to other means will lead
to the speedy completion ofthis all
important enterprise. When at’
these objects (which lead to tin
amcioration of internal communicu
jtioiw, and the improvement of tin
great natural highwav; of 11:-* rtatc»Y
No. 27.
shall hav. produced scientific sur
veys, with reports and estimates from
• ■ .r Engineers, accompanied by rec
ommendations of their feasibilty,
and that their accomplishment will
not be remote and is within our fiscal
capacity; it will then be time enough
o talk of lateral railways, and the
rand central canal which is to con
nect the waters of Tennessee and
Georgia. By aiming in our incipient
transactions at too much, we may
in the end accomplish but little and
disgust the public mind at the use
less expenditure of money in survey
ing routes for the lines of canals and
railways, upon the early commence
ment or completion of which, com
mon sens. , and the present resources
of the state, forbid us to calculate.
I do not wish it to be understood
that I am opposed to the present re*
connoizance which the Engineers
are now executing in the North Wes
tern part of the state, in obedience
to the law and the resolutions of tho
Roard of Public Works ; or that I
deem the connexion of the Tennes
see river w ith the Oakmulgee an im
practicable undertaking ; should
Georgia by united councils, vigorous
measures and a wise disposition of
her resources decree its accomplish
ment I only wish to lead the pub
lic mind at present to the consider
ntion of the many benefits which
would accrue to the community at
large, by the speedy construction of
canals or railways, which are within
the reach of our financial means, are
of easy completion, will not encoun
ter public prejudice, and when ac
complished, will accommodate great
masses of our population, and will
produce a handsome revenue to the
State. On all questions however of
this nature, we must rely upon the
councils of experience and science
and the opinions of professional men,
and their reports and estimates when
submitted for inspection, will be the
best criterions upon which to de
pend. Though the Tennessee canal
may be a distant object, and Geor
gia at present maybe appalled at un
dertaking it, still there are contin
gencies which may arise in the ar
rangement of her financial affairs,
which would induce her to view it
with more boldness : and determine
her at once, to enter the field of com
petition, for the immense and rich
productions of a country, which de
lay on her part, will most assuredly
send to the ports of conterminous
states This canal from Tennessee
to macon, crossing the Coosa above
Turkey town, and the Chatahoochy
below Buzzard’s roost would be a
bout 200 miles in length, would tra
verse throughout its whole line a*
rich and beautiful country, and the
cost of its construction agreeable to
the estimates formed upon the noth
ern canals would not exceed $3,000-
000. When completed it would bear
on its bosom the rich and various *
productions of our own state, of north
Alabama, of all E. Tennassee, of«
small parts of Kcutuckey, N. Caro
lina and Virginia ; and would become
the cheapest and nearest channel
through wihch these countries would
receive all their foreign supplies ;
and would soon bring an annual re
venue to the state $300,000, which
would continually increase and ren
der taxation thereafter unnecessa
ry. These calculations are bottom
ed upon the belief that the naviga
tion of the Oakmulgee below Macon,
could he improved in such a manner,
as to allow* steam boats of an impro
ved constructiQn to pass and repass
for eight months in a year. Whilo
all agree that internal improvement
in some siiape or other shall com
mence, it remains to discuss by what
agents or meanes these enterprizes
shall be accomplished.
First. Shall the State expend tho
money in the treasury as fast as it is.
received ?
Secondly. Shall she borrow mon
ey from Nothern capitalists when
her own is expended, and pledge her
lands, and give other securities for
its eventual redemption 1
Thirdly, Shall she invest all her
able funds in G per cent of the Uni
ted States, and disburse the interest
alone which may annually accrue
thereon ?
Fourthly. Shall she incorporate
independent companies foreign as
well as domestic, with similar priv
ileges to those that are enjoyed by
the Savannah and Altamaha associ
ation.
Fifthly. Shall she form companies
in association with the state authori
ties the latter having ascendant con
trol in the administration of the in
corporations:—Or shall she purchase
1,500 young negro fellows, organize
them into divisions subdivisions es
tablish a rigiil superintendance over
them, create a commissariat for sup
plying them with provisions, clothes
&c, and employ them simultaneous*
Iv, upon different sections of canals
or rail-roads in various parts of the
State; as may be recommended by
he Board of Public Works and En
gineers, under legislative provisions
and enactments ?
An examination into the merits oi
tin- above plans, and of internal im
•rovement generally ; will be resumed
’S soon as [he public mind enjoys a
ittle repose, from the distractions
which a few designing men seemed
-irousof producing (and have pro*
iuced) upon the treaty question.
,7 of tha Wet*. \