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& National Nomination.
• At a meeting of the Democratic Mem
bers ot Congress, in the Chamber of the
House of Representatives of the United
States, February 14, 1824, the following;
resolutions were unanimously adopted.
kcsolved, As the sense of this meeting,
that
\\\M. \\> CfUYWFOUD,
ojT Georgia, be recommended to the people
of the United Sta es as a proper Candidate
for the office of President, and
ALBERT GALLATIN,
of Pennsylvania, for the office of Vice Pre
sident, of the United States, for four years
from the 4th of March, 1825.
sATAsrsr&a $
FRIDAY EVENING, Amu.SO, 1824
“I’HILODEMUS" shall appear as soon as we
have room—but we must protest against the con.
tinuation of a controversy which tins only h&al
interest, and that to a very unimportant degree.
GEORGIA CLAIMS.—Accompanying the re*
port of the select committee to whom was refer,
red the portion of the President’s Message relative
to the compact of 1802 between •»>- U. States
•ad the State of Georgia, are several documents
.which were furnished at the request of the com*
mitiee. The first contains a statement of the
quantitiee of Indian cessions of land to the United
States. The second is a letter from Mr. McMinn,
dated in 181$ of which we shall ip:ate tnore par
tieutarly. Several .otes follow that passed be
tween Mr. Forsyth, Chairman of the Committee
and the Secretary at Wa:. wherein the former
calls for papers that ought to have been on record
in tbe War Department, but which Mr Calhoun
cannot find. The last document Is the account
between tbe United States and the State of Geor
gia, in relation to Mississippi lands by which there
Appear* a balance to the credit of the state of
$,177,042. 73. The most interesting paper is Mr.
McMinn’s letter, because it plainly shews the
feelings of tbe Cherokees in 1819. It will be
found below. It appears passing sti ange to us that
although five years ago, they were willing to lo
cate themselves to the westward of tbe Mississip.
pi, and the necessity was then urged upon Gov*
eminent to pursue “its measiues ith an unabat*
Jng ardor” at the present moment insuperable
objections are presented to a removal, sad an at.
tachment declared to the comforts of dvilited
life that seems almost miraculous in the ions of
the forest. From a review of all the eircumstsn'
ees connected with the negotiations between tbe
U. States and the Cherokees we are irreaistibly
drawn to the conclusion that the righ t of Geor.
§i* have not been, pressed with that seal which
Would effectually have established them. There
must have been lathstse on the part df tbe ezecu*
five, or the feelinga that edited in 1619, would
dot have been suffered to cool Mr. McMinn’s
letter speaks s language that cannot be miiun
derstood, and it plainly informs Georgia that her
juwt and urgent claims have been neglected.
Extracts of Mr Ms Minn's letter, dated
January 26, 181$.
“ Suu As it has become impracticable
for me to attend at the City with the Cher
okrts, 1 trust it Will not be unacceptable
for the to transmit to you sonie ot the views
Which 1 expected to have explained in a per.
tonal interview."
“ With me they have always urged, aa I
presume they will with you, a division of
their country, by which those who did not
Choose to remove, should be petmitted to
remain, in tbe full exercise of all their
savage customs, during their pleasure.
. Bui, all applications of this kind being en
tirely inadmissible, I have met every ad
trance with the most positive refusal, alleg
ing, that, by the most clear and explicit
terms of the treaty, it would be kept open
Until an entire extinguishment bf their
claim, by reservation and migration, would
take place. To this construction of the
treaty, the whole council gave thellr silent
essent, although they weie frequently in*
vited to bring forward arguments in sup-
port of their former opinions."
n “ The Cherokee country east of the Mis
sissippi, is estimated, by the best calculators,
to contain upwards oi fl4,oC)0.000) fourteen
millions of acres, a great proportion of
which is rich land, and well watered, par
iicularljr in tbe Alabama. territory, which
fcettainiy cobthihik the most variable part • >1
the Cherokee country. Should a failure
ensue in the anticipated negotations at the
City, (which We trust is not probable,) I
thiqk I can venture to state, that 8300,000,
Including all former expenditures, will
cover every necessary expense attending
their removal, on the terms stipulated by.
the treaty, which wuld be but little mote
- 2 than two centB per acre, but this calculation
is predicated solely upon an expectatipn
that the Government will pursue her mCa
aurea with an unabating ardour. Indeed, to
’ relax nc,v, (unless by entering into a get)*,
•ral agreement with them,) would be atten
ded with the most serious consequences,
38 it would not only check thfe progress of
enrolling, but would certainly prevent those
front removing who have enrolled^ Now
is the auspicious moment, the most violent
opposition is silenced and the friends of
an exchange have at last assumed an air. of
independence, and an unalterable determin
ation to acquiesce in the views of’Govern
ment-
This spirit of conformity will certainly increase,
ftrn this circumstance, il from no other, that at
present we claim one half off the whole population;
hence, says one of our Cherokee friends, we see,
with great pleasure, that the name of Cherokee
, nation js fast migrating towards our western set
tlemCnts; anti those who (lave hitherto heen ini.,
roical to llie views of government, say, our friends
are gone, and, to retain our present standing, «g
to wealth and power, we must follow. But, inde
pendent of this, they possess a degree of national
attachment for each other, not surpassed by the
population of any country; add; although you may
hear much about reservations, yet-* hope ] feel
authorized in saying, their, object, for the greater
part, is to secure them for purposes of speculatioo,
jij few, if tin)’, will reasain east of tbe Mississippi,”
TRB MINISTER fOMF.XtCO-.hrma.lt will
be seen that i. g« mlem.ti.’s ir.emo.-i d.cmbarta
«e. Congress as to the mode of.dispodng of it It
i* yet pos ib’e to detain him for a rigorous inves
tigation of his charges, aa by the last accounts he
had not left New Orleans But at all events he
should be recalled, for the dignity of the nation
demands that its ambassador should like itself
bear no stain on his escutcheon. The following
indignant remarks are from the able and veteran
editor of the Richmond Enquirer.
RICHMOND, Avau 23.
-Jt. B. PLOT u f l!
The 3d act is now presented to an astonished
public. The real fattier of the piece at last steps
upon the stage. Mr. Ninian Edwards, late Sena
tor of Illinois, and now minister to Mexico—after
being long suspected as the author, yet originally
skulking from the public view, and latterly deny,
ing that he was the author, and having that eon
tradibtion published, for the sake of doing away
the objections to his nomination* and of having
himaeff confirmed as minister to Mexico, at last
throws oil the mask, and avows himself to be the
author of A. B—Twice has the plot failed—twice
have Committees been appointed, and twice have
reports been made exculpatory of Mr. Crawford—
yet a S \ time is this experiment to be tried upon
die pstience of congress and of the country.—
fir. Edwards is already feeling some of the effects
or the ordeal which lie has provoked He is writ*
hing Under the Tudignsnt itslies of some of those
member*, whom the prese ntation of his memorial
called kip.—Tbe Washington Republican states
that this extraordinary paper embraces some SO
or ‘0 pages of manuscript—and that it exhibits
tbe following charges:
(Here follow tbe charges against Mr. Crtwford
which were published in -the Republican' yester-
day.)
We cannot regard these charges without un-
utterableconterr.pt. We hare not the remotest
idea, that they wilt establish aught against the
character of tV. II Crawford. He has twice pas-
ted through the ordesl—and not a hair of his bead
w-.s tinged by the d irk nud assasain like plot of
Ninian Edwards. But wl at shall we say of their
author t Of him who while senator of the United
States, refrained from seeking an investigation of
the alledged misconduct of an officer of the gov
eminent, in the face of day—yet tkulked into a
nowspaper, making charges there which he dared
not avow and suffering innocent individuals to be
suspected of making charges which lie bud not
the spirit to acknowledge, either as a senator or
a man I of him, who would permit a fraud to be
palmed upon the Seriate of tbe United State*,
for the purpose of securing himself an office ?—
It this man fit to reprt sent the dignity of his coun
try abroad f Covered aa he is wiRi obloquy—and
openly charged in the National paper with a Hu.
grant imposition! Will Mr. Monroe still suffer him
t" go abroad with 'l a high rank ofaforeign min
ister t pan the Senate pau no resolution request
mg the President to retard his departure, or su
persede his functions t
Since writing the above, we have seen Mr.F r-
jyth's proposition for detaining N. E Though
it was rejected, may not the select committee lay
their hands upon him, under the general power
to send for persons and papers ?—He is on the
wing; for hit memorial is transmitted from Wheel.
(Jongre8B.
April 21
IN SENATE.
Mr, Dickerson, on behalf of the committee on
commerce and manufactures, to whom was refer
red the bill “to amend the several acta for impo
sing duties on imports," requested permission for
tbe committee to sit upon that subject during the
sessions of tbe Senate. Mr. Lowrie opposed the
motion Leave was refused.
The resolution submitted yesterday by Mr. Mills,
proposing “that the commute on finance should
be associated with the committee on commerce
and manufactures, for tite consideration of tbe hill
“to amend the several acts for imposing duties on
import*," and that the members of the two com-
mittees be considered as one committee, for that
purpose," was then read for consideration, and
after some debate the resolution was withdrawn.
Mr Newton, from the committee on commerce,
made a report against amending the law so as to
admit vessels to navigate canals without enrolment
or license, or payment of tonnage duties; in which
the house concurred.
Mr Newton, from the same committee, repor
ted a bill “to allow bounty to vessel* employed
in the Cod fishery, in certain caseswhich was
twice read and referred
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
, Mr. McDuffie offered the following i
"Resolved, That the clerk of this house be di
rected to furnish the President of the United
States with a copy of the memorial of Ninian Bd.
wards, recently presented to the house, containing
certain charges against the Secretary of the
Treasury."
Mr McDuffie, said, that he regretted that the
subjected had been presented to the house at all;
but, since it bad he tho’t the fact should be sub
mitted to the President of the United States, that
be may take such course as be, may deem proper
in this matter, it being a dispute between his own
officers
Mr. Skunden accorded in the propriety of the
resolution, and suggested an amendment, that tbe
President be informed of the organization of a
committee, by this house, to investigate the case
I’bis course, he said, would not surprize the Presi
dent. If the President should choose to recal Mr.
Edwards, he would have it in his power to do so
He might be permitted to say, that the course of
Mr. Edwards was not the same as that pursued
towards Mr. Hamilton, then Secretary of the
Treasury, in 1794. Mr. Giles called for informa,
tion, and boldly offered and supported his motion,
and did not throw charges into the house, and
leave them to pursue them if they coilltl. The
same course ought to have been pursued by Mr
Edwards in this case, instead of which be bat) de
parted hence on his wsy to a foreign station, and
thrown his charges back upon those he has left
behind.
Mr. Webster said, he hoped he might be excus
ed for makings single remark, without going far
ther* It was obvious that the committee, which
had been appointed, had no time to make any
progress in investigating the charges of Mr. Ed.
Wards, at this session. He hoped the House had
confidence enough in the committee to agree to
the motion he should now make, which was, to
defer acting upon this motion until to-morrow
morning With this view, Mr. W- moved that
the motion lie on the table-
The course waa agreed to, without a division.
bHI n,altin g appropriations for
the fortifications of the United States, was read a
third time.
Mr. Cobb moved that tbe bill be recommitted
to the committee of ways and means, with instruc
tions so to amend it, as to reduce the total sum
appropriated for the preseht year to 8400,000
Mr. Little moved to amend the motion byatrik-
ing out 400,000, and inserting 500,000
Mr. Cobb accepted it as a modification.
The question was then taken by yc as and nays
on the motion of Mr. Cobb to recommitthe bill,
etc. as follows
Yeas, 64, Nays, 103..
The bit/ was then passed, and sent to the Sen.
ate for concurrence.
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.
The joint resolution from the Senate, fixing a
time for the adjournment of Congress—15th sfuv
next—was twice read, and referred to the mint
committee yesterday appointed on the motion of
Mr. Taylor. '
The following bills from the Senate, viz: «a
i;
bill in addition to the a U-tetalive to the election
of President and Vice President of the United
State*also, a bill for the relief of William Du
ane,” were twice read and referred.
The House then went into committee oF the
whole, ou the State of the Union, Mr. Lathrop in
the chair. ®
And then adjourned,
REPORT
Of the select committee to which wot re
ferred the President's Menage, of the
30th of March, 1823, relating to the
compact ef 1802, between the United
States and the etate qf Georgia ; alto,
a memorial qf the Legislature of the
said etate upon the tame sutject.
April, 15. 1824
Read, and commiled to a committee ol the
whole house on the state of the Union.
The select committee to whom was refer
red the President's message, of the 30th
of March, with the documents accompa
nying it, relating to the compact of 1802,
between the United States and the state
of Georgia, submit to the House, on
that message, and oo the memorial of the
Legislature of the state of Georgia, also
referred to them, the following
REPORT:
The state of Georgia claimed, on the cs
tablishment of the Independence of the U.
States, all the lands now forming the state
of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, with
the exception of those portions of the tw >
last states which formed a part of Florida
and Louisiana.
This claim was founded upon the charac
ter of incorporation of the proprietary gov
ernment; on the royal Commissions issued
to the Governors of the state, after the pro
prietors had surrendered their charter to
the crown. The claim was disputed by S
Carolina, and by the U. States. The con
flicting claims of South Carolina and Geor
gia were adjusted hy a convention between
them, in 1787. The U States recognized,
by the treaty with Spain of the year 1795,
the claim of Georgia,a having revised, in
1788, a cuts ion from the state, on account
of the remoteness ol the .lands, and of the
terms proposed hy Georgia.
In April, 1798, Congress passed a lawd
in relation to the western part of the terri
tory of Georgia, with a reservation of the
rights of Georgia to the jurisdiction and
soil.
In May, 1808, another actc was passed,
containing a similar reservation.
In December, 1800, Georgia remonstra
ted against these acts, as a violation of her
rights of sovereignty and soil.4 The com
pact of 1802, put an end to the disptites
whifch were likely to arise out of this colli
•sion between the general and state govern
mentB. By this compact, the U States
obtained a surrehder of the rights ot Geor
gia to the sovereignty and soil of two states,
containing, by estimate, 66 millions of acres
of land, for the paltry consideration of the
payment of 81,280,000, out of the proceeds
qf that land, and of a promise to extinguish
the Indian title to the land withjn the terri
torial limits not ceded to the U. States, as
soon as it could be done peaceably and on
reasonable terms. , The execution of this
compact produces no change in the right of
Georgia t» the sovereignty and soil of the
land within her newly defined boundaries.
Its only effect was, to throw upon the Uni
ted Slates the expense which might attend
the extinguishment o£ the Indian title, an
expense which, but for this compact, must
have been borne by the state. Nor did thin
compact, in the slightest circumstance, adr.
to the title of the Indians; it recognized on
ly the claim which they, as Indians, were
allowed to have, according to the usages of
th states, and the liberal policy adopted to.
wards them by the General Government.
In relation to the Cherokees, the princi-
pal topic of the President's message, it
would appear that new doctrines are per
mitted to be entertained of them, in the opi
nion of the committee, neither consistent
with the opinions heretofore entertained,
with the practices of the Government, nor
with the interests of the Union. The Chcro
kees claim to be an independent tribe. The
President avows the belief that the articles
of cession of 1802, is a full proof that the
Indians had a right to the territory, in the
disposal of which they were to be regarded
as free agents.
The act of the General Government, in
1814, in relation to the Creeks; the ian
guage of the President of the U. States, in
1817: tbe language of the Secietary of
War, in 1818: of the agent of the Govern
ment in that year, in treating with the Chero
kees : of the agent treating with them in
1823, does not correspond with the opinions
now expressed.
In 1814, General Jackson, acting under
the authority of the Government, took from
the Creek Indians, for an equivalent, named
by himself, all the land the U States chose
to require, to effect a grea» object of national
policy in regard to the Indian tribes. It
cannot be alleged that this was done by vir
tue of conquest. The letter of the late In
dian agent, Col. Hawkins, of the lllhof
August, 1815, laid before the House of
Representatives,e on the 5th of April, 1824,
shews that nearly eight millions ol acres
were taken from the lriendly Indians, (our
allies in the war) over and obove all the
hunting grounds of the upper friendly
Creeks, for what was called an equivalent,
but which the Indians did not deem such.
In 1817, in his message, at the opening
of Congress, the President says / “the hun-
ter state can exist only in the vast unculti
vated desert. It yields to the more dense
and compact form, and greater force of
civilized population: and, qf right, it ought
to yield, for the earth was given to mankind
to support the greatest number oi which it
is capable, and no tribe op people have a
right to withhold, from the wants of others,
more than is necessary for thefeown support
and comfort.”
In a letter of the 29th July, 1818, the states.
Secretary of War says to Mr. McMinn,
speaking of the attempts to prevent the
Cherokees from going to Arkansas, “the
U. States will not permit the treaty to be
defeated by such meapa. Those who choose
to remain are permitted to do So in quiet— W |, a t
those who choose to emigrate, must be on
equally free " And further t « it is in vaip however, they hfeaume it U*
- - * —- «*“•'> —■
shew, by the statement No. 2 i'rt
niary advantages have accrued ,5? 1
orue.td’the United States
I»o> »!th.,qcon.ja. B^VrSa
for the Cherokees to hold the high torn
which they do, as to their independence y
a nation : for daily proof is exhibited tin. ,
were it not for the protecting arm of the U
States, they would become the victims >.{
fraud and violence." Mr. McMinn -tell,
the Cherokees, in conf irmity with this dep
laration, in his talk to the Chiefs, of the
23d of Nnvembet, 1818, “It must suveli
be, my brothers, that you view me as an im
postor, acting upon my own authority, with
a view to deceive thp nation, or that you
fatter yourselves with the empty expecta
tion that the United States cannot execute a
measure of general defence tor the safety oi
her citizens, which ’ shall, in the slightest
degree, -affect your interest or your wishes."
The agents of 1823 assert an unqualified
right in the United States to take from the
Indians any of their lands for public use. .It
is asserted, however, by the Secretary'bf
War, that there were treaties existing with
the Cherokees in 1803, which guarantied
their lands. These guarantees were only
of the Indian title, as understood by all at
the date of the execution of these treaties—
a title of mere occupancy, for the purposes
of hunting. The idea of title to the soil
was, until lately, unknown to the Indians.
Their lands were overrun by them, not in
habited : their rights not transferred, but
extinguished, dependent upon the will of
the power to whom the sovereignty over
them belongs. This sovereign power was
Georgia, prior to the adoption of the con
stitutton of the U. States. That constitu
tion gave to the U States the authority to
manage (he affairs of the Indians, for the
peace of tbe Union, and the eventual bene
fit of Georgia The Indians had mere oc
cupation: the U States were the agents of
Georgia for the extinguishment of this al
lowed possession. Vhe compact of 1802
required this to be effected out of the gene
ral fund. No’act of the U. States, nor of
the Indians, nor of both, could, without her
consent, impair the rights of Georgia to the
jurisdiction and aoil of the territory in ques-
tty 84i512>850
tion, whenever the Indians should be reitv
ved from it, by accident, by contract, or by
force. This doctrine is confirmed by the
decision of the Supreme Court of the U
States, which has declared sales made by
states, of Indian territory, valid, prior to the
extinguishment of Indian title:# That there
is a species of seizin in fee, which enable.* a
state to grant to individuhls. In fact, the
compact of i 802 is the acknowledgement
of the U. States of this doctrine: as their
only title to the soil of Alabama and Missis
sippi is founded Upon it. The Secretary of
War, in his attention to the treaties guaran
tying the Indian title, has entirely omitted
to notice the first and most important docu
ment in relation to this subject, the treaty
of Hopewell of 1785—a document sustain
ing the opinion of the committee;and giving
to it what is now deemed important, the
sanction of tndian acquiescence. The 4th
article of the treaty of HopewellA is, “the
boundary allotted to the Cherokees lor their
hunting grounds, is, find shall be, the fol
lowing." Tne Indians acknowledge, by
that treaty, the United States as. their sovc
reign: and, by the 9th article, Congress as
sumes, for the interest and comfort of the
Indians, the power to regulate their trade,
and manage all their affairs as they- may
deem propor. This treaty existed at the
adoption of the constitution of the U.States,
and Georgia, as a member ot the Union,
was vested with the sovereignty and soil of
the Cherokee lands, subject only to the In-
•;ian right of hunting within the allotted
limits, which right the General Government
was bound to extinguish as early os the
general convenience would (leriqif.
The duty of the General Government
was to do all acts Which'would accelerate
this event; to refrain from all acts which
would retard it. Over the territories of
the United States, the General Government
could rightfully exercise unlimited power
in relation to the Indian tribes Within a
particular state, the sole (lower was that of
agency, for the preservation of peace, the
regulation of trade, and the extinguishment
ot title. To this general obligation, impo
sed by the constitution on all the states, a
special promise was added in favor of Geor-
gia, in 1802; partially executed: but, to the
complete execution of which, difficnlties dire
alleged to exist, which require the inter
position of the power of Congress.
How far this promise has beep complied
with, is attempted to be shewn by two doc
uments, marked A and B, sent to Congress
by the President. By the document A, it
appears that the Indian title to 15,744,000
acres have been extinguished, and there
remains 10,240,000 acres yet in their pos
session as hunting grounds. Thefirst quan
tity is alleged to be all that could be pea
ceably obtained on reasonable terms.
The document No. 1, accompanying
this report, will shew that, since 1802, the
U. States have been able to obtain, for their
own use, more than 30,000,000 of acres in
Alabama and Missiasppi, in addition to
7,633,400 obtained in. 1801: to 5,006,880
obtained for Tennessee, by treaty, from the
Chickasaw Indians,subsequently confirmed
by a treaty with the Cherokees; 700,000
for North Carolina: and a quantity, an esti
mate of which is not in the hands of the commit-
tee, for South Carolina. No satisfactory explana
tion is afforded to shew how this difference in the
quantity of lands procured by the United States
for their own account, and in compliance with
their promise to Georgia, has occurred.
The document B is intended to shew the
expense incurred iu the,'execution of the
compact ofl 802. It is defective arid de
lusive. It contains no credit for the money-
received at the Treasury of Georgia, Viz.
th» Yazoo fund s* It is omitted to be stated
that the 81,250,000 was paid out oftheprol
ceeds of the property acquired. It chai ges
the Yazoo compromise aa a benefit to
Georgia, who Jiad no interest in tbe settle
ment bata common interest with the other
utai... The land procured lor the Chero
Mississippi stock, have been reLi
the public.treasury; ,that 86,444,821^
due from sales made; that the
by the Indians, and not yet sold t"!* 1
800 acres, which, at the Jr SSr '
is 834,486,000. That there Sfjjj
576* acres? tyf”*-^ ^ S
the extinguishment ol Indian iU| e
benefit or Georgia, without great J/T
cetve that the same Real.has he*... L
fully exerted for the .state of Gcorcta '
treaty of 1814, with the Creeks, 2s h .
ted by General Jackson to the Creek.!
order ortho Department of War hA
been already seen, a large territory J J
ken from the Creeks. ^ " I
The policy-pf the United State:, a,
plained by the Secretary, required a
ration of the tribes orlndians from e
ther, and from the ocean*,. To this
x compliance with the promise to Q
was sacrificed It is alleged that the,
gation to Georgia extends-only to the/
chase of lands, kp. The term purcha
an interpolation; it is not found to ;h e ,
clea oi cession o! 1802. It j B alleged t
that this land was obtained by conquest M
therefore the nation was at liberty, | a !|
the contract with Georgia.out of>ie/i
pursue its plan of policy. .Withohi <J
ing into any consideration* to shefihat
United States, having obtained )y
not used for that purpose,-but dejien
the opportunity to extinguish tbe
title within the limits of Georgia, lyasL.
in good faith to use it, it is deemed lufficL
to refer the House to the feet: disclosed!
the extract from Col. Hawkjms’ fetter, f
ready quoted,, .that this acquisition by i
guest was an acquisition of lands f
friends and allies, for an equivalent i
ed by the United States.
The propriety of accommodating
state »f Georgia was suggested to the i
misstoner of the United States by the
dian agent; but the answer, was, that
instructions of the Government would
permit a compliance,with thi|t suggenil
(See C61. Hu whins’ letter.) The tof
mittcc are of opinion tuat an acquisition
land to Georgia, to any extent, could
been obtained from the Creeks in 1
The attention of Cungress has been call
to the arrangements made with tbe ChJ
kee: in 1817 ami 1819. The arran^cral
of 1817 was for the purpos£*t>f carrying!
to effect the irishes of the ChfiokaeU
declared to Mr Jefferson in 1808, by i
putation frohi fhe.upper.and lower to»
According to the pteamblo ol th arrar
ment of 1817, the upper fo*»ne desiret
remain fixed above the Hi*v»a*see riverj
contract their Society trithin; narrurf. Ifo
and begin the establishment of fixed l
and a regular government. The fen
towns desired to continue the hunter 1
and for that purpose wished Ip move act!
the Mississippi. The wishes of the up\
and lower tovyn3 wde granted, and arnnJ
mints fhaile fof the removal of'the latl
across the Mississippi. No line was drai
between the upper and lower towns, altlj
a request was mado of the L.diahs (hstj
should be done by the United States. '
arrangement of 1817 provides for thi
foment of the wishes expressed in |8
and the promises of the Uoverrimenf ol l|
09. .The wishes of the.. lower to wit
a removal beyond the Mississippi ; 0 |
upperj a contraction of their societj will
in narrower limits. By (he id and 4th i
tides, it was agreed that a census
be taken of the population beyond tfi-.
sissippi, and of those who chose id't
grate thither, ind a census of' those vt
chose td remain in their present locptioi
The territory occupied by them on thi>sid
oi the Mississippi was to be divided rcco
ding to the relitive numbers of those wh
had migrated, and would migrate, td 1
remainder; ana that portion which fell
the migrators was to be received bjt : thl
United States, m place of the lands furiuri
ed to the Cherokees beyond tlie MissUsifl
pi. From this plan, theextinguishmeot <
the title of the Cherokee,Indians was jtnt'
cipated, and would have taken place had
been executed In its spirit by the Oen<n
Government. (See No. 3, 'extracts from
M‘Minn’s lottri\) It appoars, however!
that the census was'never taken, and tlul
in 1819, a deputation of Cherokees
permitted to come to Washington, to ^
just, finally, the difficulties arising out
the treaty oF 1817. The lower Chero!
towns, in the limits of Georgia, did not i
move beyond the Mississippi. Most of
removals, took place from the upper towns!
out of the limits of Georgia. In place ol
the proportion of lands to be abandoned acq
cording to the treaty of 1817, a fixed quand
tity was accepted, 4 very small-and worth
less part of which is in Georgia.
It is alleged, by the Secretary of
that the desire of Government,was, fo.h'avc
a cession in such fojrm as would sepgta 1 *
the Creeks and^ Cherokees; but that it.^
found impossible to induce the Cheroke
to yield to that proposition, or-to
(her more favorable to Georgia, tbanlMI
which was adopted. He does’ nptj fiowov' 1
er, state that any other was matie, with,
viewr"
The
theCVeeksi,
benefit of Georgia, had'it been "actfedeq
pofii
the!
keos,on the Arkansas, is charged at the though the interest#of tiib _ .
mtmtnum value of lands surveyed and of- I 18 *® been more advanced than by tlteadV* I
ffiFRrl mn-aolA Ku »La j o.j. • 1 • . L‘i.i. i tUftl
fered for sale by the United S.tates,.and not
at its trifling actual cost, about 825,000.
The committee are at a I6ss to know
ml nauainn tUio i ,*■'
al arrangement; vet, dveri in
United States would L ^
ligations oi the com
iat bearing this defective document., hai 1 -.icpfiratiogAheIndiai.....^,... .
the question of the Cherokee tends. ’As* sequent acqbteltion plilfttidu f^T $
that t&MU.
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ris +.