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®EORGIA AND THE UNITED STATER
Report of the Select Committee in the House
pf Representatives, March 3, 1827’
(Concluded.)
The right to regulate trade and
intercourse with the Indians, was
qd6 of the first federal rights exer
cised after the commencement ot the
revolution. On the 12th July, 1775,
‘it was resolved by the Continental
Congress, “that Commissioners be
appointed by this Congress to super
intend Indian affairs on behaj£ of these
colonics,” and the Indians were di
vided by the same resolution into
the northern, middie and southern
departments. In the latter depart
ment the Creek Indians were in
cluded.
By the articles of confederation,
Congress had the exclusive power
of making treaties at that time, and
it is believed at all times the only
mode in time of peace in which the
relations with Indian tribes have
been conducted by the United States:
Congress had also the power ot
“regulating trade* and managing al!
affairs with the Indians, not mem
bers of any of the States. Provid
ed, that the legislative right ot any
of the states, within its own limits
be not infringed or violated/’ This
express proviso, a.nd the proviso im
plied in the worrfs, “nut members ol
any State,” were thehsourccs of much ;
embarrassment under the old con- ;
federation. Georgia particularly,
claimed the right to treat with the
Creek Indians concerning peace,
lands, and the other objects that
Usually form the matters of Indian
treaties ; and, in order to establish
her right so to do, she by the treaty i
of G.dphinton, in 1785, stipulated 1
that the Indians oftnc Creek na'iun,
were “members of the etale” ot i
Georgia. In what sense they could
have been “members of the state,” ■
this committee does not understand ;
and the right of a state to enter in- 1
to these treaties with the Indians, I
vTas strenuously rcsisted|by Congre s.:
At 1 r:glb the constitution was a i
dopted.—'l'm treaty-making p z
ag dn v. -• I'. Ihe United St '
A treaty duiy ratifx d becaim the
supreme law of the land, “any ! .tig
:n the cuistituf . or laws o! any
State to the contiu ry notwith: i iml
jng." By the confederation the
powers of the congress in rcgifl ding
trade, and managing affairs witiilhe
Indians, were limited, (as has just,
been observed) the proviso “that
the legislative right ot’ any state,
Within its own 1 nts, should not be
infringed or Vi ' ited.” No such
limitation is for u in the constitution
of the United States. This omis
sion was not undesigned!} 7 made. It
was one of ti e changes expressly ;
introduced, to prevent the continued
collision of Federal and state pow
ers, which had so long existed to
the injury of the public. Ihe grant i
of unqualified power to*egu!ate com- I
morcc with the Indians, the exclusive I
rigid of repelling by force, their hos
tile encroachments, and the exclu
sive power of treating were neces
sarily so many infringements upon
the ’ jurisdiction ofthe individual
states and upon the power of the
state legi-datures. If any authority
be wanted to confirm these principles
it may be found in the 42d number
of the federalist, a paper written by
Mr. Madison Comparing the pow
ers granted to congress by the pre
sent constitution, with those the
confederation, he says, “the regula
tion of commerce with the Indian
tribes is very properly unfettered
from those limitations m the articles
ufconfeikiration,which reader the pro-'
vision obscure and contradictory. >
The power istht re restrained to In-1
diatis, n »t members ot any state, and
is not to violate or infringe the le
gislative right ot any statu within its
limits What description of Indians i
are to be deemed members ot a state
is not yet settled , and has been a
question ot frequent perplexity and
contention in the federal councils. -
And how the trade with the Indians
not members ot a state, yet residing
Within its legislative jurisdiction, can
be regulated bv an external authori
ty. without so far intruding on the in
tianal rights ot legislation, is abso
lutely incomprehensible. '1 his is not
the only case in which the articles o!
Confederation have inconsiderately i
endeavoured to accomplish impossi
bilities, to-reconcile a partial sover-'
cignty m the Union, with a complete i
sovereignty in the states ; to sub
vert a mathematical axiom bv ta
king away a part and letting the .
remain.”
To the constitution of the United ’
States, thus designedly tranivd on (
these points Georgia became a party
and thereby relinquished, if she pre
viously possessed it, ail power to
treat with the Indians, and all right
to exclusive jurisdiction over them.
The powers conferred upon the
General government. in reference to
the Indian-, arc to be viewed, nut,
mule as conferring authority, than I
as implying and itn. oaiug burdens. |
With their exclusive rights in rela
tion to 'he Indians, uevulveJ on the ‘
United Slates the great inty ot de-[
fending the States against savage
Vi dene J. In Iho discharge of this
duty, is laid the foundation ot the
in.'.; „rv establishment ol >be I nited
Slate:.. The first armies raised after
t adoption of the constitution,'
w* lc fur deictxce against the Indians. ;
AnJ in Uns iv;n, the older States ot j
the Union, who struggled in their in
fancy, alone and unaided, against
numerous and powerful tribes of
savages, have been charged with
perhaps the greatest single item of
public expenditure, in the fulfilment
of the trust and duty of carrying on
the relations of the Union with the
Indians. But the power and the
burden must be reciprocal, and the
State which claims the right, by un
controlled legislation, of causing an
Indian war, cannot reasonable call on
the Union to sustain the burden ol
carrying it on.
The first law’ regulating the inter
course with the Indians, passed af
ter the adoption of the constitution
was approved July, 1790. After
prohibiting the Indian trade to all
but licerced persons, it gave to the
President the power to make such
order respecting the tribes surround
ed in their settlements by the citizens
of the United States, as to secure
an intercourse without licence, if he
deem proper ; and the same law de
clared that no sale of Indian lands
to an individual or a state, whether
having the right of pre-emption or
not, should be valid unless made
and executed at a public treaty, held
under the authority ot’ the United
States. The duration of this act
was limited to two years, and anoth
er law was passed approved Ist March
[ 1793, by which the surveying of
; lauds belonging to any tribe, by mark
ing trees, or otherwise, was prohi.
bited. All purchas s and grants of
;:md, or claims or titles to land “nut
luiuic by treaty or convention, enter
ed into pursuant to the constitution,”
were declared to “be without validi
ty m equity or law.” This act, limi
ted to two years, wa supplied by
that of May 19, ]7(j , : y the first
article of which the in L.ui ! na . ■
ry line was de'
from the mouth ■* ’ n Cay iho-»a
river, on lake Er.c io th ; ' Mar
At thi time t ; rmed
boundar Hue ■ '■ ■ am'
th<* Creeks By t • !w, the pro
hibition ol surveys ;■ rpcc’diciib.’
re-enacted, <md all right, title, and
claim, of whatsoever nature or km i
of persons settling or surveying 1 in.b
secur 'd to Indians, by a treaty, is
vested in the United States, or con
viction <d the cilender. This lira
was limited to three years, and i!
provisions were substantially re-en
acted by that of 3d. March, 1799.
Bv the law of 30th Match, 1302, the
previous legislation on this subject,
was re-enacted, without limitation ol
time, and has remained to the pre
sent day, and still exists unrepealed.
Il is not known to the committee
that, until recently, either Georgia
or any other State, has since the a
doption of the constitution, exercis
ed ur claimed the right to treat with
independent tribes of Indians, ex
cept by authority and conacnt ofthe
United States, or has exercised any
act of legislation over them, or ha.-
claimed to do any act or thing lor
bidden by the law of 180- Thu
committee b.'lieve that the State oi
Georgia has not only acquiesced, un
til lately, in the validity of this course
of legislation, but that her intelligent
am! promiuent citizens have giv n
it their express sanction. —In the
talk of Messrs, (’ampbell and Meri
wether to the Cherokees, in 1823,
these gentlemen say, “the sovereign
ty ofthe country which you occupy
[a consiberable part of which is in
the (State of Georgia] is in the U
nited Stales alone ; no state or tor
<Hgi> powa r can enter into a treaty
or compact with you. These pri
vileges have passed away, and your
intercourse is restricted exclusively
to the L ulled States.” In a letter
dated .March lOtii, 1824, addressed
bv the Georgia delegation ot Sena
tors and Representatives tothe Se
cretary of War, tlu? committee un
derstand lbw ilelegarion to say, that
the Cherokees arc to Ue viewed as
other L.dians, as persons suffered to
reside within the territorial limits ot
the United State-, and subjed td eve
ry restraint, zvhich the polici/ and
power of tin .pneral government re
iptire to be imposed on them, tor tne
interests cl’ the Union, the interest
of a particular state, and their own
preservation. ’
From these considerations the
committee are brought to the\ i nclu
sion that the property in, and juris
diction over the lands occupied by
the Creeks, within the state of Geor
gia, are not exclusively possessed
by that state, but are subjected to
the rights guarantied to the Creeks,
or reserved to the United Slates by
tldi constitutionot the I niied Slate,
the compact of 10G2, by the pro
visions of law’, or by treaty.
It remains only to ask, whether
the occupancy of the small portion
ot lands now m controversy i«» reserv
ed to the Creek nation, and on what
right Georgia claims tv survey it.
Georgia claims a right to survey
it under the tnaty ofthe Indian
i Springs, but ihe Committee are of
I opinion that no right nor title, could
| vest under that treaty, for the fol
lowing reasons, in brief;
Ist. That treaty was negotiated
uut only contrary to instructions, but
on a basis expressly forbidden bv the
Executive, when previously submit
ted tor his sanction
2d. The treaty at the Indian
Springs was concluded by a partv ot
the Creek nation, not authorized b\.
the Creek nation tv treat for the ces
s,ion Qjf any
GEORGIA STATESMAN, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1827
3d. The treaty was concluded by
a minority, not merely of the princi
pal Chiefs ofthe nation, but by a mi
nority of the Chiefs present, and
without regard to the protest of the
Head Chiefs, made by their repre
sentative, both before and at the mo
ment of executing the treaty.
4th. Supposing the Commission
ers authorized, and the Chiefs em
powered to treat, such authority and
power could, in no circumstances,
extend beyond a cession ofthe lands
occupied by the Chiefs treating, and
those who empowered them - where
as, by the treaty of the Indian
Springs, a small party assumed to
themselves the right to cede away
nearly all the lands occupied by the
nation.
sth If the Creek nation was a par
ty to the treaty oi the Indian Springs,
then it has been declared null and
void by the two parties to it, viz: the
United States and the Creek nation;
iif the Creek nation was not a party
j to it, then it was no treaty at all, for it
I purports on its face to be negotiated
with the Creek nation.
For these reasons, on which the
Committee are prevented for want
of time from enlarging, they are of
opinion that, by a treaty like that of
the Indian Springs, the Creek nation
could not be divested of its right of
occupancy, nor Georgia vested with
a right of possession, and that the
lands West of the new treaty line
naving never been ceded away* are
reserved t< the Creek Indians by the
treaty ol Washington, and 'hat the
survey of them is contrary io law.
The Committee, however, are
happy to add, that the inconvenience
resulting from this circumssauce -~
much less than was apprehend
In a letter of Governor Pi
M ■; ■ Cobb I ith
:■ the sources of information here,
shad prove erroneous and deceptive,
toe State (if the validity ofthe new
treaty be admitted) has been de
frauded of one mniion of acres ofher
best lauds.” But if the We.-t.*rn'
boundary of Georgia w re rm, ac
coi imp to a rigorous c-.ns-ruci. m o:
the compact of EO2, a tv.;u! I pass
.ii surn.- pom’s Fast ofthe Ch Jfa
.louch e, and thus give her a uoun
dary which she might consider less
advantageous firm the line drawn by
the treaty of Washington. Il tire
Western bouiidaiy nne be run accord
ing to toe interpretation put upon
tiie compact by the Commissioner*
of Alabama, it would leave Georg
less than she now claims. But greet
ing the ex parte line, run by the
Georgia Commissioners, to be the
true W<-st rn boundary of the Stat',
the quantity ot unceded land, by the
only computation the Committee has
seen, is 1 (<8,632 acres, and that of a
poor quality, being about one nine
ty-eighth part ofthe lands, the Indi
an title to which, the United States,
in 1802, covenanted to extinguish fur
Gcorgia, as soon as it could be done
reasonably and peaceably.
The small quantity of land in con
troversy, and its trifling value, ren
der it probable, that the Indians will
agree,to cede it. Inasmuch as the
quantity depends on the direction
which the line between Alabama
and Georgia may take, it were to be
wished that this line should Ikj first
run. It appears, however, that the
Executive, from an earnest desire to
meet the wisl.es of Georgia, has in
structed the Agent to urge the
Creeks to a cession of all the lands
Ea.-t ofthe line, which Georgia has
established lor herself. The pre
liminary steps lor this ce-sion re
quire no appropriation; and ihe Com
mittee deem it me.xj*edient, by now
making an appropriation tor the fi
nal purchase, either to fix on an inad
equate. or an unnecessarily large
sum. It is the result of the best
view which the Committee have
been able to take ofthe siiject, that
no legislation upon it is at this time
necessary.
In conclusion, the Committee bi g
leave to observe, that they have giv
en to this important subject all the
tnnt and attention they could com
mand, at this advanced stage oi the
session. They have felt how many
greai interests are concerned in the
subject. The powers ofthe Inion,
and the manner in which they have
been exercised; the rights and :ut ?r
--ests of a sovereign State, and the
protection due from the strong ami
the prosperous, to the feeble rem
nant oi a once formidable race.—
Notwithstanding the collisions of
opinions, which can rarely be avoid
ed where such interests arc involved
the Committee think it may with jus
tice be averred, that, in tiie general
result, while the Constitutional pow
ers ot the United States have been
asserted, tiie great objects desired
by Georgia have been attained, and
the public sentiment of the world
has not been disregarded, w hich re
quires a tenderness and muderatioc,
indisposing ofthe rights of those,
wlrom Providence ha** placed, with
out the means of resistence, at our
discretion.
Such are th*' views which the Com
mittee had prepared themselves to
submit to the House. By the mes
sage and accompanying documents
yesterday referred to the Commit
tee, it appears (it the Governor c:
Georgia correctly represents the
other autlioritcs and People of tin
Si.tie) that the prospect o' a promp*
..nd amicable termination of existing
difficultise, is less flattering than had
been hoped. To the letter ol the
Secretary at War, informing the Gov
ernor that the President, in conse
quence of the remonstrance and ap
peal of the Indians, would feel him
self compelled, if necessary, to em
ploy all the means under his control
to maintain the faith ofthe nation,
by carrying the treaty of Washing
ton into effect, the Governor has re
turned a direct defiance. Instead of
submitting the decision of the ques
tion to the tribunal provided by the
constitution, he has issued orders to
the Attorney and Solicitor Genera]
ofthe State, to take all necessary
and legal measures to ciiect the It
eration of the Surveyors, who may
be arrested, under the authority ol
the Government ofthe United States;
and has directed them to bring to
justice, by indictment or otherwise,
the officers of the United States, or
others concerned in arresting the
Surveyors, as violators oi the peace
of Georgia. He has ordered the
Major Generals of two divisions of
militia to hold the regiments and
battalions within their respective
commands, in readiness to repel!
any hostile invasion ofthe Territory
of Georgia; and he has declared, in
substance, that he shall regard the
attempt ofthe United States to sus
tain the Indians by force, (which it
wtil become their sacred duty to ‘io
should all other means fan) in the
occupation of the land- reswved to
them by the treaty of Washington, .is
an attack upon the Territ ny, the
People, and the sovereignty us Geor-
The C' ? will not Like up
on theio !”•:s ’u . Nore-ss any opin
-311 Cl i( ' counst Is, so
to I a de: io . They have
< apn ehen ho People oi
\ ■ dll eng ■ lent col-
. ‘Uni purpose
efsust onwg -i t.d- - ... n u! .Mi-q- ol
barren lauu, acq-iii** ' under aa i. ; -
‘rument, which, by a /. y Urge ma
jor ty ol the other House ot Gvn
gf 's, sanctioned by an almost .in m
irnous -.’Ote of ibis House, has been
■ ■ccl.ired “null a 4 void.” If, how
ever, it is nece. v sar/ to contemplate
so disastrous an event, the Commit-
■ tru-jt tiie law ofthe land will be
maintained, and its faith preserved
mviolate. The Committee recom
nended t.;e adoption of the follow
ing resoutiom;
Resolved, That it is expedient to
procure a cession of tiie Indians
I l ids, in thff limits of Georgia..
Resolved, That, until such a ces
r-io:i is procurred, the law of the
i md, as sei forth in the treaty of
Washington, ougnt to be mai .tained,
by all necessary Constitutional and
legal means*
A LARGE SQUASH.
BRIGADE ORDERS.
11. Q. Savannah 24th Feb. 1827.
When we are awfully told by the
President of the United States, that
•he will be compelled, under certain
circumstances, by an obligation
“even higher than that of haman au
thority,” to use the “military arm”
of the Union to prevent the enforce*
ment of a law of a State, parsed un
der the guarantee of a treaty oi'tho
Union, solemnly ratified and promul
gated as the supreme law ot the land
by the proper authorities, whereby
rights have been vo'-ted in the State
which no human authority can di
vest it of but by the strong arm of
power: when the Executive of the
State tells us that “He will resist
to the utmost any military attack
which the Government of the Unit
ed States shall think proper to make
•on the territory, the People, ur the
sovereignty of Georgia” — it is, indeed
time to stand upon our defence , and
having assert d our rights, to pre
pare to maintain them. We will
not, then, wait for further orders.
The Colonels under my command
will, therefore, forthwith have their
regiments in the best possible at
titude of readiness to meet the worst
Aat&of things which may grow out
of any attempt to prevaiH the righ
to pursue the ends for which our
Government was instituted ; to es
'ablish the sovereignty and indepen
dence of the States, and promote
the welfare and happiness ot the
People.
ED. HARDEN,
Brig. Gen. Ist Brig. Geo. Militia.
[Qitere. —W ould not'.he G. neral make a
good Governor himself? —He has before this,
evinced several rar. qualifications.]
A VOICE FROM NEW-YORK.
GENERAL JACKSON.
The states :riendly to the election
ol General Andrew Jackson .ire right
.u supposing that the indications o!
NewjYork premise an auspicious re
sult. Things are daily shaping their
course in ifiat direction, not in a
sudden, hasty manner, calculated to
produce reaction, but with delibera
tion and steadiness of purpose.—
There are lew who took an activv
part in the election of Mr. Crawford
who are not now equally zealous in
.’avor ofGcncral Jackson. The prom
.nent friends ot Mr. Clinton ar*?
equaiy decided on this point, and i;
ie canvass is conducted with mud
ration and firmness, with union and
good feelingthc entrie vote of New
fork max be calculated for the
' General —.Vu?.
Virginia.— Our sister state, fair
Virginia, has been tossing up bar
head, and turning up her delectable
nose any time these last forty years
at the younger members of the A
merican family, as if she alone of all
the sisterhood, possessed purity and
virtue—We have always known that
like Queen Betty, in honor of whose
single blessedness she received her
name, she was given to scolding—but
as to any fauxpas of her ladyship, we
were not informed. The following
toasts, however, of Mr. Randolph,
given at the late public dinner in
Richmond, seems to tell a most dis
reputable tale ofthe elder sister:—
Virginia. — The Son who will not
stand by such a Mdthe'r—must be a
Bustard.
Now, however, it may suit the
personal views ofthe Honorable gen
tleman to place the bend Senister in
his brothers shield, we cannot but
think it a graceless act to slander his
own mother, by such gross insinua
tions.
£7. S. Gazette.
Great Rail Road.— 'Pho Legis
lature of Id ary land have incorpor
ated a company under the title of
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
Company, with a Capital of $3,
000,000, to construct a rail road
from Baltimore to the Ohio—a dis
tance in the shortest line about 350
miles. The Corporation of Bal
timore are expected to subscribe
lor half a million of the stock; one
branch of tne City Council hav
ing aiready passed a resolution,
wiiicn will, it is said, have the con
nrmaiion of the other branch, au
tiiorismg such a subscription
Tne State reserves to itself the
right to subscribe a million ol dol
lars.
Liberality.— The citizens of Cten
vu.aad, Omo. must feel obliged to
tuj ecu or of a, New-Hampshire pa-
I ?., now before us, for the uncom
mon generosity he ascribes to them.
He says they have “ sent 12 pounds
of pork, and 8 of beef, for the relief
of the Greeks.” A sufficient convoy
has gone out. we hope, to protect it.
The editor ofthe Baltimore Patri
ot has been favored with the follow
ing interesting extracts of a letter
irum a gentleman m Europe/ who
has tiie beast means ot acquiring
t.ic moat correct tnlormation,) to his
m Baltimore, dated 2Gtb Jan
uary ; —Whether his predictions are
wuii founded or nut must soon .*<*
realized
“My.unconquerable persuasion, is
that War must break out ero lon e ,
and that France and England must
ue parties. Every efloit will be made
b) England to involve us, some way
or oilier. I know, that a policy to
this effect lias been agreed on and
laid down in England several years
ago, as the policy to be observed
with respect to us, whenever any
new war should occur. There was a
policy adopted then, nud it will be
followed, not to allow' us to enjoy a
profitable neutrality, ami to re-be
couic the factors ofthe world They
move every spring to deprive Us ol
another indefinite term of progress
ive, unexampled prosperity.—Taey
will not allowdc a renewal of Joana
than’s thrifty, nourishing system ol
paddling bis own canoe, ai.d picL
i.ig up grists all oVur the mil-ponds
ol tiie world, and ol ellectmg m some
twenty years, what other nations
have required centuries to accom
plish. I teli you my good Irieud
1 know this. England will have e
nough on her hands in Europe, and 1
siiail not be surprised, if, under her
present pressure, she may Ln? in
earnest m actonimodating every
cause of difference with the United
Status—mdeuo I have some reason
to believe that she will.
•‘There must be War—ill Europe
is alive lor it-vspeciaily tne French :
they arc indignant at Mr. Canning's
audacious language m bis afterwards
-übduedand mitigated speech. The
English arc detested every where
on the continent, and no where more
than in Portugal, the Portuguese
a=k the British officers, what the
devil brought you here! Who wants
the English lo be meddling in our
affairs * You may be assured that the
Portuguese neither understand nor
want Don Pedro’s Constitution. The
English are as well aware of that as
arc the French or Spaniards. Again
I say, there will be War.” #
" The Greek Supply Ship.— the ele
gant ship Chancellor, Capt. Bark
Hauled out in the stream yesterday,
ami will probably sail to-day, with
provision, icc. fur the Greeks. Mr.
Miller, of Vermont, w’ho was three
years iu Greece, and eighteen months
.n active service, goes out in the ves
sel. He will have, the charge of
the supplies, and pay attention to
their distribution. The cargo is said
to be worth abost >18,060, inclu
ding the freight and insurance, which (
have been paid. It consists prmci
pally of corn meal, ilower, rice, and
the like articles. May prosperous
gales attended her! We have al
ready staled that a secund vessel
w ill be despatched as soon as practi
cable, in which Lieut. Carpenter,
of the V. S. Navy, who hasju.-t re-1
i urn from tne Mediterranean, will go
as agent.
>\* 1 lOtfi inst
Volume. IL
The Tallipot Tree.— A leaf of this
extraordinary tree has lately been
brought over from the Island of Cey
lon, of which place it is a native, and
is now in the possession ofthe Rev.
Richard Fletcher,' of Hampstead.—
The leaf is in a good State of preser
vation: it measures fully 11 feet iri
height, 16 feet across its widest
spread, and from 38 to 4® feet in
circumference. If expanded as a,
canopy, it is sufficient to defend a
dinnerparty of six from the rays of
the sun, and in C ylon is carried
about the by natives for the pur
pose.
Lazo Intelligence. The case of
Charles L. Smith vs, P, Franks, the?
Editor of the“lndeponderrce Bal
ance."printed at Philadelphia, for a
libel published in that paper against
Mr. Smith has bees lately tried and
determined at Nisi Prius, before*
Judge Duncan. The Jury gave a
verdict ot ten thousand dollars dam
ges for the Plait tiff being the whole,
amount claimed in plaint ill’s declare-»
tion.
NEWToRK,* MarcMl (K
unweZcomc Disclosure.— The
greatest political misfortune of our
country is, that while the South
rons in Congress cling together to
a man, there are almost always
treacherous members enough from
the North, to give the actual min-'
ority the ascendancy. And when
speaking upon this subject, we
have more than once had occasion
to lament that Mr. Van Buren
should so frequently sacrifice the
great interests ofthe noith to cis
southern predelictions. Such,
however, is tiie fact, and we have
now before us another instance, of
a more formidable character tnan
transpires every day. A memoir
of Congress has just put into our
hands a volume of docunents by
which it appears that in the Geor
gia controversy, when in the Sen
ate in secret session last year, Mr,
Van Buren was the active partisan
of Gov. Troup, in his crdfel op
pression of the Creek Indians.-
We are aware that?fevv fi will believe
sucha thing possible, &?tve should
have doubted it ourselves, upon
any testimony short of official.—
Fortunately we have that testimo
ny, and we are informed that his
publication has given no little un*
easiness to Mr. Van Buren. On,
-tho» 60th page of the volume of
documents before us, (entitled the
Reports and Resolutions ol' the
of Georgia, with ac
conipanying documents,) at the
close of a long letter from Mr
Berrien, one ofthe Georgia Sena
tors, to Gov. Troup, giving anac-.
count of iiis labors in the Senate
to defeat the new treaty, we find
the following paragraph:—
“1 cannot conclude this letter,
without stating to you, that we
have, in all this affair, received
a frank and cordial support frortf
Gen. Harrison, cf Ohio, from Col.
Hayne, of South Carolina, from
Mr. Van Buren, of New York, anti
though last, not least, from Judge
White of Tennessee. ’’
The next document in the book
is Gov. Troup’s answer to the
foregoing, which concludes as
follows.-
‘•Do me the favor to present my
best thanks to gen. Harrison,-.Cel.
Hayne, and Mr. Van Buren, and
judge White, for their able and li
beral co-operation with you, in . he
cause of the weak against the
strong ; and, as I trust, ofthe just
aginst the unjust.’’
Here, then, is Mr. Van Buren, a
Senator from New York, and the
only northern Senator who dared
hazard the experiment, if they had
a disposition to do it, ichen in se
cret session, and as he fondly sup
p ;sed, secure from the eye of his
constituents, leaguing himself with
Gov. Troup in his atrocious de-'
signs upon the poor Creek Indians,
and his daring opposition to the su
preme laws ofthe land! Not only
this, but he receives the thanks for
his services from this same Gov.
Troup. The manner in which
his precious secret was disclosed
was this : During the session of
Congress which has just closed,
the Georgia delegation brought
forward a bundle, ot documents
which they, without careful exam
ination’ moved to have printed,
which motion was adopted. Mr.
\an Brueji, in the mean time,
knowing that it was onhj in secret
session that he had directly be
trayed Lis constituents, felt snug
ly secure, until the documents
came printed upon the tables,
when lo ’. it was fonnd that by some
strange fatility, the confidential,
letters of Mr. Berrien andfGov,
Troup had been accidentally shuf
fled among tne papers, and here
tlte secret was disclosed as large
as life !—JV . V . Coni. Vide.
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