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great.” Now Bober, as he strolled
through the streets of Ba isora, bean
by chance the proclamation of the
intended execution of Giaflar, and,
suffering himself to be mingled h,
the crowd, ho entered the large
court, where the Sultan and his of
ficers were assembled. When the
order was given for the appearance
of the culprit, what was the surprise
of Beber, to soc in the person of the
malefactor the knavish jewel mer
chant! “Shall I also accuse him?”
said Beber to himself; “no: let not
the hand strike him already down!’’
As this rejoinder passed through the
brain of Beber, his blasted arm be
< ame whole and sinewy; the last of
his infirmities was cured, and now
was Beber a healthful and a com
plotc man. Preparations are now
made for instant execution; the Sul
tan remains obdurate to the prayers
of the condemned, who now walks
to the fatal spot, round the circle
made by the spectators: as he is
just finishing his circuit, he stops
short at Beber, and pointing him
out, shouts aloud, •‘Commander ol
the Faithful, here is the culprit—
here is he who sold me the jewels!’,
The ceremony of death is for a time
suspended; and Beber, arranged at
the throne, briefly describes to the
Sultan his meeting with Giaflar; how
he had been despoiled by him of his
jewels, and otherwise ill-used by
him. “Jewels, dog. ’ exclaimed
Giaffar; “were they not withered
flowers?” Answer, slave!” than
ders forth, the Sultan. “Comman
der of the Faithful,” replies Beber
with good heart, for he secs at this
moment the Moth with the Golden
Wings hovering over him, “(hey
•were jewels when I gave them into
the keeping of Giaflar, albeit his
wickedness may have transformed
them.” “This is invention, slave:
think you we arc to be footed with
tales of the genii; take you the buds
and the cobweb, and then own your
treachery.” These articles are giv
en to Beber, who no sooner touches
them than th y become, one by one.
a jewel, enclosed as before in a bag
of silk! All the court arc astounded
at the feat. “This, however,” said
the Sultan, “may be the art of some
damnable magician.” ,‘lndeed, your
highness,” replied Beber, “I am none
I know of know powers, save those
of moral good and evil ’ "And is it
your power of good that, tras-forms
flowers into gems?” “Let it be tri
ed,” replies Beber, “by making Gi
aflar touch a jewel; wo shall then
sec what arts he mad use of with
your poor servant’s wealth.” “It is
well, come hither slave,” says the
Sultan to Giaffar; “touch with your
finger (he diamond in my turban.” —
No sooner is it done than the stone
turns into a blighted lily; and the
Sultan, frantic at the change is rush
ing with his drawn scimitar on Giaf
far, when Beber, throwing himself
before him, exclaims, “Defender ol
the Faithful, let me stnad between
your greatness and your wrath:” and
Beber touching the withered dower,
it, again becomes a diamond.
All the court are paralyzed with
astonishment; ami the Sultan is a*
bout to question Bebcr, when sud
denly a beautiful paha tree rises at
the foot of the throne. The Moth
with the Golden Wings settles on a
large palm-leaf', which is instantly
plucked, and found to bear the fol
lowing words, which were read
aloud by the order of the Sultan to
the assembled people:
“1 speak for my mistress, the fairy
Gezert. Ask not, oh Sultan! the
reason of this mystery; for known,
that in the hand of the good and faith
ful, the hud of the rose becomcth a
ruby; whilst the linger of the wicked
maketh a diamond as nought. 1 was
in pain, and a captive, and the poor
man gave me freedom; his tender
ness have been bls reward. To try
the feeling of man, I put oil'my form
and took that of an insect. I have
found evil and cruelty in the great:
J have found love and mercy in the
lowly. Oh Sultan! he who tor sport
tortureth a fly, would, but for the
law, tear away an arm. Oh Sultan!
let the merciful be rewarded, the
guilty punished, and let this precept
be ever in thy mind, and in the souls
ofthy people:— in the hand of
the good and faith fid, the. bud of the
rose bccometh a ruby; zehilst the fin
ger of the zeicekd maketh a diamond
as nought.’’
Scarcely has the officer finished
reading, when the leaf escapes from
his hand in sunlight; the trunk of
the palm-tree becomes a pillar of
water, spouting oft'and falling in the
shape of branches and leaves It
has ever been approached with ven
eration by the people of Bassora, and
is called by them the Fountain of the
Fairy Moth.
A few words will now close the •
tale; Giailar was delivered into the
bauds ot the executioner, and Be
ber was dignified with riches and
honors by the gratitude of the Sul- ■
tan.
From the N. Y. Enquicr.
Pennsylvania:— The committee to I
whom was referred the resolutions .
nominating General Jackson as a;
candidate for the Presidency, m
Pennsylvania, have reported that it i
is inexpedient for the Legislature ,
to act on the subject. The reasons
are conclusively given in the follow
ing paragraph.
• Such a recommendation, if even
proper in the opinion of your com
mittee, would not be calculated to
give anv additional force to the
claims of AN DREW J ACKSON m
Pennsylvania. Happily, the claims
of ANDREW JACKSON do not re
quire any extraneous interference to
strengthen and support them, rest
ing on higher grounds, supported
by the almost unanimous voice ol
the people of Pennsylvania. Your
Committee are of opinion, that the
non-adoption of the resolution can
not, in the slightest manner, injure
the prospects of that distinguished
man. It cannot be forgotten, that
the people ol’ Pennsylvania first in
troduced to the public ANDREW
JACKSON, as the candinate for the
presidency of the United States, and
in the election which followed, gave
him their undivided support! Your
committee feel themselves authori
sed to say, that Pennsylvania will
not be found retrograding, especial
ly when it is known that the pros
pects of Jackson are brightening in
every section of the republic.”
From the New-York Enquirer.
President- -One of the most impor
tant points in making a change in
our present rulers, at the termina
tion of the constitutional term, was
to guard against a plurality of candi
dates opposing Mr Adams. This
defeated Mr. Crawford’s election-
We are happy to have it in our pow.
er to state, from unquestionable
sources, that the opposition to the
present administration, will settle
down definitively on Gen. Jackson,
as the strongest candidate, and that
no encouragement at this crisis will
be given to any distinguished person
age to take the field, and jeopardize
the very safety of the republican
party. Success in the approaching
contest is of such vital importance,
that persona! attachments and pre
judices must be surrendered on the
altar of patriotism. General Jack
son is probably too warmly eulogised
by his friends, and is much calumni
ated by his enemies, It is safe to
say. that he is a man of sound sense,
undoubted integrity and patriotism,
and great moral and personal cour
age; freefiom dangerous ambition
and corrupt practices ; decisive in
his movements, and court, ous in his
manners ; i friend to state rights, and
a republican in principle and prac
tice. There can be no danger in
electing such a man the President of
a free people
Much has been said, and will be
said, oi New-York, which lias an im
portant part to play in the drama—
we may say a controlling part. We
have no apprehensions. from the pre
sent appearance of affairs ; but this
is always an uncertain state—and if
no secret and impolitic movements
take place ; if a union of republicans
is encouraged, and all jealousies, (ffij
trust and personal objects discounte
nanced, we hazard nothing in saying
that New-York will go for General
Jackson. His great services dur
ing the late war, are remembered in
a state which bore the brunt of that
contest.
Bachelors.— Although we hav.
declared our firm intention to re
nounce “single wr. tchedness, ’ y< t
weteel some compassion tor the poor
race ol bachelors whose society we
‘ intend to forswear, and therefore
' state that the committee will be
ready to report in a day or two,
when they can obtain a room large
enough to contain the poor devils,
> whose bad cause is it to be Wlvoca
• ted. Wo hope the ladies will be
1 invited, as they have a deep and
1 tender interest in the question—and
1 we hope the committee have intrea
ted the Legislature, should the bill
pass, to exempt those from taxation
who have been thrice refused, for at
1 least their case is a forlorn one.
A. P. Enquirer,
I T -
I tjentlcmen:— While lately on a
visit to Niagara, and looking over
the book that is kt pt at Forsyth’s
for scribbling on that subject, I came
across the following, which 1 think
peculiar, as to tho’t and concise
ness.
“beetles ot Niagara; As long as
waters roll, rapids dash, cataracts
hurl, and rainbows play, thy tre
mendious eloquence will be heard!—
Thou hast for ages thundered, in
stupendous poetry, the language of
Nature—the sound of immortality—
the revelation of the Diety. Here
Power stands awfully revealed: but
at last, even thy voice will be hush
ed, and the glories of thy rambow
fade forever! ’
FOR THE Cl’RlOl S.
I The Satellites of Jupiter, at a
: mean rate, are Eclipsed at the fol
lowing periods—viz.
D. 11. M. S.
L Sat. in 1 18 28 36
H Sat. in 2 13 17 54
111 Sat. in 7 3 59 36
' Hll. Sat. in 16 18 3 7
' Required to find how often these
j Eclipses will happen, in respect to
I each other: In other words, how
■ often is their an Eclipse among these
Satellites, and how many, in every
I year.
fattening swine.
The corn given to your swim
should be soaked, boiled, er ground
GEORGIA STATESMAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1827.
into meal. It is an advantage to let
Ihe food for swine ferment a little,
but not become very sour, before
bey are fed with it. Dough made
of meal and waler, n ixed with boded
potatoes, is excellent for swine.
Their lodgings should be dry, warm,
and kept clean To prevent mca des
and other disorders, and increase
their appetites, a little brimstone,
now and then, given in their dough,
is useful. Change of food is ad
visable in every stage of their exist
ence. They should receive their
meals with regularity. They should
always have as much food as they
will eat up clean, but never more
than that quantity. If the issues in
their fore legs should be stopped,
they should be rubbed open with a
cob. —A’. E. Farmer.
ON DRESSING POTATOES.
Where these useful roots arc
boiled for the purpose of feeding
swine, or other animals, they should
be put into bags, or sacks, leaving
'room for them to swell; and when
I sufficiently boiled, the sacks should
• betaken out and left to drain, for
| the water becomes so strongly im
pregnated by the poisonous proper
{ties of the roots, as to be highly de
‘ trimental to animals in general. This
will account for the disappointment
of those who feed pigs with pota
toes mashed with water in which they
have been boiled. When prepared
agreeably to the above directions,
potatoes become a most beneficial
food for pigs, but they are by far less
nutritious in the raw state, for the
poisonous quality not being drawn
out by boiling, it counteracts the
benefits of the farinaceous qualities
of the root.
From the New-England Farmer.
PROFITABLE FARMING.
Air. Richard Hildreth, of Sterling
having some business with me, in
the course of conversation described
to me the Manner in which he man
ages his farms. His system is so
simple, so successful, and so easy
to be imitated, that the communica
tion of it to the public will probably
be beneficial as well as interesting
His farm consists of sixty-five
acres in the easterly part of Ster
ling, on the old road from Lancaster.
The soil is good. From two and a
hah’ to three acres are annually
planted with corn and potatoes. He
raises about one hundred bushels of
corn, at the rate of sixty bushels the
acre. Os Course the quantity of
potatoes he raises must be small,
lie also raises a small quantity of
spring wheat.
He keeps eleven cows, and one
yoke of oxen, besides swine, but no
horse. He has no hired men, ex
cept in haytime. He paid the last
season, about thirty dollars tor help.
His mowing ground is about four
teen acres.
His butter is sold to marketers at
his door. His calves are sold alive
at his door. His whole time is there
fore employed in cultivation. His
skimmed milk is given to the swine.
The produce sold from this farm
the past season has been as follows :
Butter, §3OO 00
Hay " 'OO 00
Pork, about 150 00
Calves, about 70 00
Amount, 620 00
He values his (arm at § 2500, his
stock at § 500 ; in the whole §3OOO.
The interest of capital, ther tore,
is § 180 00
Wages paid in hay time 30 00
Taxes, say 19 00
§229 00
From § G2O deduct 229, leaves
§ 391—0 r§32 58 cents per month
for his labor. lie has a small wood
lot at some distance, so that lie pays
no money for wood. The produce
of his farm used in his family has not
been considered in this account.
By not keeping a horse he saves
probably, not less than one hundred
dollars a year. By having a small
farm, and selling his produce at the
door, he is able to do most of his
work himself, and thereby avoids
the miserable and ruinous system oi’
keeping hired men, who may be Li
zy and unfaithful, without diminish
ing their wage.;, and who by th ir
wages often make more from the
(arm than the owner. The (acts al
so suggest the advantage oi applying
the division of labor to farming. I
Perhaps marketing should be at a
distinct occupation.
JOS. TUFTS.
Charleston, Jan. 8, 1827.
1 LOR IDA ( INALS
i Joseph M. White esq. Delegate ■
prom Florula, has addressed a long
[ letter to General Mercer. Chairman
of the committee on roads and ca-'
nals, on the project for improving i
the Navigation in and across East '
Florida.
In the first place he makes some '
statements concerning the proposed
canal across that peninsula. To il
lustrate the importance of such a
work, he enquires, what would have,
been the value of a natural naviga
ble passage in that direction ; tani
how much blood and treasure cur
government would have been will
ing to expend for the right of u.-ing,
it, in case the country had fallen into
the hands of a foreign power. The
expense of one or two millions, there- j
fore, is a trifle wh m placed against
the advantages such a plan promis
es. He says it was a favorit doc
trine with Mr. Jefferson, that the
possession of Cuba was essential to
the United States, to preserve the
communication between our eastern
and western waters; and states on
good authority, (hat Mr. J. declared
a year or two before his death, that
his gun-boats were recommended
with a view to such an acquisition
The important position occupied by
that island is obviovs ; but it is a
great recommendation to the canal
proposed, that it would render our ,
commerce almost entirely indepen
dent of Cuba.
In case of the construction of the
canal between the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans, which Mr. White thinks
will first or last be effected, the Fio
' rida canal would secure to us every
i advantage we could desire with re
[ spect to the former: For the United
, States would have the power ot ex
cluding foreign ships from their own
territory, and obliging them to go
round the peninsula. Mutual inte
rests would undoubtedly strengthen
the attachment between this country
and the Republic of Central Ame
rica.
The bay of St. Joseph, north oi
Cape S-. Blas, ir. West F'orda, is
perhaps the mot vvic ble h irbur in
the United States, outh oi the
Chesapeake, excepting that of Pen
sacola. That the surveys have dis
closed numerous advantages. St.
John’s river is navigable tor large
merchantmen a great distance for
vessels of 30 tons to lake George,
and for steam-boats as far south as
28 degrees and 30 minutes. For
O j
the first hundred miles from its
mouth it is two miles wide on an ave
rage, and frequently expands- into
lakes four miles across. The river
flows almost the whole length of its
course, through public lands. The
country is covered w ith pine, cypress,
five oak and cedar —“unequaled in
quantity and quality in the the United
States;” and when the soil is clear
ed, it is favorable to the cultivation
of sugar, oranges, lemons, limes,
olives, rice, &.c. It is said that
§ 10,000 would open an inland tide
navigation from the head of the St.
John’s to South-Carolina.
With regard to the navigation a
long t ic eastern coast of the penin
sula, he remarks that a safe and
convenient route already exists, aid
ed by a little improvement, from St.
Mary’s to St. John’s, within Amelia
Island ; and three cuts in different
places, amounting in all to only thir
teen miles and a half, would open a
line of navigation from St Mary’s to
Tortugas, a distance of five hundred
and eighty six miles, '[’he c.xcava
tions would he through low sand
banks, and might all be performed
for fifty thousand dollars. This
would extend the navigation bv
steamboats nearly a thousand miles.
The reasons why i lorida has re
ceived so few settlers, are the de
vastations it suffered in 1812, and
the want oi’ an arrangement in the
land titles. About twelve hundred
thousand oranges arc annually gath
ered at St. Augustine, and about the
same quantity in its vicinity. Some
trees which arc supposed to be one
hundred and twenty years vid, now
yield four thousand oranges a
piece Nineteen twentieths ot’ the
supply of this kind ol' fruit for the
' mted States are however imported
from foreign places, although Florida
might furnish the whole amount, and ;
' that at great advantage : for two la
borers in an orange grove often acres
will produce as much as forty on a
sugar or cotton plantation. .Mr.
white also shows that tobacco, silk,
rice, cotton, vines, &c. &c. could be
cultivated in that country, to the
greatest advantage.
On the subject of opening a com
munication between the Appalachi
i cola, t hroiigh St. Andrew s bav, to
’ ' hatawatchic, l.c says that two cuts
t two and lour miles would accom
plish t. e design ; and that a third
cut ot four miles would open it to
i New-Orleans—the whole expense
not exceeding one hundred thou
■and dollars, ami the steam-boat na
vigation opened by it being about
three hundred and fifty miles.
The immense advantages promis
ed by these projects, Mr. White
contrasts with the comparatively in
ignificant works provided for by the
; government last year, m the bill to
' provide tor “ improving certain har
i iiors. and the navigation ot certain
' rivers and creeks ’’ —A'. 1' I). .Idv
The Billiard Taict.— We cop. ‘.'ic follow
. mg • trie from the Catawba Journal, which,
| :t true, is > sufficient explanation of tie cir
, eumstances attending the purchase of a Bil
i Hard table, by Mr. Adams. We the more
' readily give publicity tc this cxpla aiion be
cause the election of Gen. Jackson to the
Presidency ne ds no support from injustice.
He lives in his own fame —He bunds not hi - ■ <
pretensions on the folly or faints of others !
Our nation has witnessed and act owledged I
iiis worth:—his patriu.ism, his devotion to 1 ’
ctir country, and his ..'flexible inUgritv, will I
be more amply ack.owledged by his fellow ’ ,
citizens at the election of the next president. |
We agree with ti e editor oi the ■ <
N. C. Journal, that the aflair of the i
Billiard 1 able is a “small matter, j <
By intelligent and unprejudiced u. n j j
it has so been considered from inc <
first even the warmest opposition,
men in Congress were ashamed of it. !
when thi “-mall matter excited the '
astonishment cf Mr Car < and wa I
venture to say, that some ofthose who
have since descended to the use of
such means to sustain a hollow op
position to the administration, will
hereafter be ashamed of it them
selves. We do not say that such
will be the case with the editor of
the N. C. Journal —far be it from
us ; but we do believe he will have
cause to be ashamed of it.
But admit, for a moment, that the
President, or his agent, Ims been
guilty of the unheard of extrava
gance of paying the vast sum of
fifty dollars! for a Billiard Ta-
ble ; has he don r any thing more
than comply with the intentions of
Congress ? Congress have built a
palace for the President, and he is
compelled to live in it—the splendid
pile was planned, and has been fin
ished. under their superintendance
—and in the plan of the building, as
we have been informed—(and if our
information be not correct, the very
intelligent editor of the N. C. Jour
nal can doubtless set us right)—one
apartment was expressly appropriat
ed tor a Billiard room —this room
has been but recently finished, and
is now labelled, over th door “ Bil
liard Pioem!” If, therefore, a Bil
liard Table has bscn placed in that
room, is not the very intention of
Congress fulfilled? Who, then, is
to blame, if there be any blame ?
Surely Congress, and not the Presi
dent. Admitting then, that a Bil
liard Table has been purchased with
the public money, where is the jus
tice, where the magnanimity, in
charging Mr. Adams, on this account
with keeping a gambling house, or en
couraging gambling ? The charge is
unworthy any gentleman—it is be
neath contempt. The moral charac
ter of no man in the country; we care
not who he is—stands fairer than
that of John Quincy Adams—it has
never been sullied by gambling, nor
by any other aberration from strict
morality, his enemies have never
ventured to impeach it ; they can
not do it • can the same be said of
numbers of his heartless and un
blushing revilers ?
We do not. however, admit that
a Billiard Table has been purchased
and paid for out of the public funds,
the formidable account with its long
string of items, published in the N.
C. Journal, to the contrary notwith
standing. So much of this account
as relates to the charge, was copied
by Mr. Carson into his speech, with
the additional irticlc of “dry goods,”
which so puzzled the intelligent
member; we arc not, therefore, in
debted to the editor of the N. C.
Journal for this inform, ticn. But it
has been stated, on good authority,
that the item of the billiard table
was incorporated with the public ac
count throng!) the mistake of a clerk
and that t.h. truth is this:—Mrs
Ad;.ms, who has been for some time
in delicate health, was advised by
her physician to exercise at billiards
mid her son, while procuring furni
ture for the presidents house, purchas
ed a small billiard table at auction,
and paid fir it out of Lis father’s
private funis; and in making out
the public account, the clerk, thro’
mistake, put in it, that for the billiard
tai I \ it was then r ported to Con
gress, and Mr. Carsen was horror
struck at the gambling pr pensitics
ot the President ! He is doubtless
peculiarly sensitive of such a sub
ject. The foregoing explanation
was published some monts since .
and if it has ever been denied, the
fact Las net come to our knowledge.
In addition to this, Mr. Johnson, a
member of Congress, from Kentucky
has publicly denied that the billiard j
table was paid tor with the people’s 1
money , his word we consider en- i
titled to at least equal weight with;
that of the editor of the N. C. Jour-'
nal ; tor “sure we are—to borrow j
the language of the Journal, for!
which we make due acknowledge
ment —“ that it the intelligence, the *
respectability and the veracity oi •
the two gentlemen bs compared to-j
gether, Mr. Johnson wiil lose nothing i
in the comparison.”
We know nothing of Billiard Ta
bles, having never seen one—in this
respect,the editor ot the N. C Jour- '
nal doubtles has the advantage of us !
—he can tnerelore, we presume m-[
form u-, whether on the supposition!
that a billiard table has been purchas I
ed, in compliance with the inten- ’
ticn of Congress, fiftij dollars was an ;
extruvugani price tor it !
We have now done with the sub- ';
ject lor the time , but wc trust our
readers will excuse us, should we
r°cur to it once more, as wc hope
to be enabled io do. L has been
sv elied into an importance which it i
is tar troni meriting, bv the perse !
vcring efforts of an ojiposi! jn thn’ '
has nothing solid to rest upon ; and ,
we then lor ■ feel some little desire t
,o reduce it, we hope to Jo to its I
original insignificance.
i
A man midwife m Ireland, was!
knighted by Hie- Duke of Rutland,!
when I e nas Lord Lieutenant of that'
country. The Duke was in the ha
bit, when drunk, oi knighting every!
one that struck his fancy. The Irish '
mid' ite evru thought himself e-ntitl-i
el to higher honors, as appears bv
some x erses he composed on the
oi’ea-ion
“11x3 Grace has me a knight
I suo’>l<l have been a Lord by right;
And then th': ladies’ cry would !>»■,
') Lcrd ! dear Lord ddivtr raz-.’'
Volume IL
Statesman
MONDAY FEBRUARY, 19, 1827.
accommodate our Western sub
scribers, we have changed the day of our pub
lication from Tuesday to Monday. By this
change they will receive their papers from
two to four days sooner than by the former
arrangement.
Our advertising customers will please
notice the change, and forward their favors
on Saturday.
THE NEXT LAND LOTTERY.
Having been often solicited, the Editors of
the Georgia Statesman have finally determined
to publish the official List of Fortunate Draw
ers in the approaching Land Lottery, provid
ed 150 Subscribers shall forward us their
names on or before the expiration of the first
weeks drawing, or the first day of March
now ensuing. The List will be printed week
ly, on an imperial octavo form, and sent to
subscribers with scrupulous regularity, until
the completion of the drawing; and if any
numbers are lost by mail or the way of con
eyance, such numbers to be made good with
out any additional charge.
tCj 35 TERMS : —To subscribers of the
Georgia Statesman. $2,00 in advance.
To non subscribers, g 3,00 in advance.
In no case will the list be sent before thfc
money is paid.
Jt-T’ Editors of papers in this state who
will give the above two or three insertions,
shall be intitled to a copy.
Florida Canal.— Time will not allow us to
enter into a particular discussion of this topic.
The article under this head, in another col
umn, is full of interest and good sense. We
commend it to all the lovers of real improve
ment. The arguments are sound, and the.
deductions convincingly just and weighty'.
The Moth with the Gold Wings.— This is
a vision of romance which may amuse the
reader for an hour, and perhaps, repay his
perusal with the appropriateness of its moral.
United States and Georgia.— Under this
head, the Washington papers of recent date
from which we have made copious extracts,
contain much that concerns the Authorities
and people of more deeply than any
other topic which it has been our duty to
notice.
Aware that the details of this matter, how
ever prudently managed, will again agitate
i our community into a general and hasty ex
citement, wc shall forbear at present, our
own opinions, and confine ourselves chiefly to
a simple record of facts. In pursuance of
this design, wc have given to-day the Presi
dents Message to both houses of Congress
upon the subject of the surveys, made and
still going on under the Executive Authority
of Georgia in the Creek Territory ; that is to
say, West of the boundary line of the treaty
made and ratified at Washington—together
with the letters of the President through thn
Secretary of War, to the District Attorney
and the United States’ Marshal at Savannah,
and to his Excellency Governor Troup. Thcso
letters and dispatches are borne by J. R,
Vinton, a Lieut, in the United States Army,
who has been especially delegated for that
, purpose, as also, to carry dispatches to the
Creek agency.
These commissions, and the language of
these letters, wear a determined aspect. No
, thing could be more so. The President sends
! an officer to the Governor, and tells his Ex
cellency that “ the pretensions under which
these surveys are attempted, arc in direct vio
lation of the treaty,” and that the President,
charged by the Constitution with the execu -
tion of the laws, will feel himself compelled to
i mploy, if accessary, all the means under his
control, to maintain the faith of the Nation,
by carrying the treaty into effect.”
ihe language of the message is equally
unequivocal and peremptory. “If the Legis
lative and Executive Authorities of Georgia
should persevere in acts of encroachment up
on the territories secured by a solemn treaty,
to the Indians, and the laws of the Union re.
main unaltered, a superadded obligation, even
higher than that of human authority, will com
pel tiic Executive ol the United States to en
force the laws, and fulfil the duties of the
Nation by all the force committed for that
purpose to his charge.”
If the Authorities of Georgia, or its agents
j have violated any law of the land, why, it
; may be asked, should they not be held a
! meanable ’ If the Constitution has delegated
1 to the President and Senate of the U. States,
the power to form treaties, then is the “Trea>
ty of \\ ashington among the Supreme Laws
of the Land,” and cannot be rendered void ;
; >r violated with impunity. That this law
lias been violated by the Authorities of Georr
I Z* a > can be doubted only by those who deny
i its existence. The considerations which have
i induced the President in this instance, to em
i ploy the mildest remedies which the case ad
( milted, are not only reasonable, but such as
1 every individual must approve. “These stir
veys have been attempted, and partly effected,
under colour of l» ga! authority from the state
of Georgia. The Surveyors are, therefore,
not to be viewed in the light of individual
and solitary transgressors," says the President
.n his message, and arc accountable onlv wn
-ould add, as agents in an unlawful ad. If
a party of Indians, under authority of the
Little Prince, commit a trespass upon our
frontiers, we bold the individuals ameanable,
whatev- r be the quo warranto of their com
mission, although we justly condemn the
Chief who sent them ? Precisely in thisattS.
tude we view the surveyors, who have trans
gressed the provisions of the Treaty, under au
thority of Governor Troup.
Ibe question, whether the Old, or the
New Treaty, shall be considered the law of
tne land, and “carried into effect” according
ly, seernes to be answered in terms too plain
to admit of doubt. If the word of a “ Cnited
States’ President” may be taken, it will soon
- “ be recorded [ TroJa/wZ / ] that Gec gia,
was,” than that one jet, cr one tittle of the
aws shall fail, in relation to the Treaty of
>'» ashington. The subject is once more be,
tore Congress, and we think there cjn b»