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JOHN HABERSHAM,
Cfcmrstaaaad '
re* to thermal
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Im. Frew tbe*
treat of Mr. McGillivi
jitAtalino* M tha dr
own, aod from Mr.
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tendred,foto tb* Hickory ground* shout
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the Upper Crocks not
tritely omU b* farmed trite Sm Cemndwton-
aSvaASttvea; ssas
make, er the river At* Mfiryfe,... •• • .• vi ceded by i
sckoowtofip the Creek nation to ho .wkl
llmkmirsoroodorlboprotoedMoflbo Unk
ad 8W«mi although in express aoatredictioa
lo a former totter writtao by him on Ibo Mb
September, 1783, to Oooarol Picbooo.
Tbo Coownisswrae* beg tosr* forthor to
A. Itfclfi eoeeoquene* of talk* given by
VOdOmy, ofttr ieuM a»«y u I how
ion Hifcrniod Ho told thorn ho would
oottlo all motterx by writtegxnd ibot if they
Ooom down, tbo white people would oik
Iterator more lond- MriJiluvrey told Me
it woo eo bopnper tiote to hold e treaty *s
the Iodiooo were gdtog out W loot..
0. 4th. Do too think that M’Qillivmy
Woe ntboriaed by tbo Upper Creeke to
Write Ip tbo Oovoruor end Com mireio nets
fa thd Manner he lately did?
A. I think boom apt i the lend that was
given bp wae alwaye held by tbo lower
Creaks, ao their huatiaggrooads and the.
Oppor Creeke never need them at each.
The foregoing wae
(Orem to thie tOth
October,before the
Board of Cotemis-
hie
X
Philip P. 8. Scott,
mark.
JOHN HABERSHAM,
Otoinooo nod J. P.
V. This brings Mo to the foot paint of time
"fa *Qr fifth ere; wheo the Federal Coaotite-
tioo wan adopted by Georgia. Than wo»
lUtloioaitbdraftkatwoJaat troatiea, caoaa
oaot to tbo view*, fasting* or iotereita of
MoGiUiaray; accordingly, ia this elate of
things, Amt sbtoftaia, always subtle and a-
droit, andiaonorod to lay bold on the insa
ne rliaae ad tbo new Government, by appeal-
log to Ha sympathise io faror of an haploaa
Area Aon non, againat (what be termed, aa.
troll a* ether* of modem date) tbo prodigaey
and tejaotleeof tbo people of Georgia; add,
oe wae apteral, he aooehadad, for be was W-
Herod to the nteMetMMtefhfo wiebee. Bat
the Bwatdont oetmgRp fo orery idea of hie
whacagloer a grate, a good, and a jut mao,
ditenpaad to enquire Mo the whole truth
ihiijenli ■ I II julie leepautahloaa well lor
olaadingmad talent, or for tha uootdeooo oa-
tertaiaad in teem by orery part of tbo conn
try. Aecordiogly, he aeieoted Gen. Luteal*,
who was commander of tea Southern army,
duriag the Revolution ; and (owarda the clow
of it, thaSoorotary .af War : Cynw Qrifin.
aProerdeotof thtold Coogtme: and Cuhmet
■ Heupbar, aa wd-dn-oamp of General Wash-
iagteo (I think) i bate! aH errata reputed to
he a mao of exqaitito geaim at the time ; and
wtonabaaqranwy fUed an amhany to Ma
drid.
[Ej
Hwmpkrwt to Me Governor of
’Georgia)dated
AvOusta, 3d October, 1788,
Sir—As a variety of report* hare been
dfaenlatod tbrooghunt tbo United States re*
latir* to tha etreutmtanca* under which the
troatite of Angaria ia 1 TVS,.at Galphintoa
and at Sboulderbon* in
i .«Wr fc>
•fall
mi* 4efflmKf» Wbt
ksnttdeentejs#by Resold
|Im waf. op a eery preeariou*
foam fog limotoromore’
ofroaob. Bat is .(Hi more liable tot
to 0 wrago cap
ahtSteinkprapartel
after teoesjrireatto of iWel'Wnh,?
»-<*» *■«»«»«> «fW<r Wfowf
SassaanaBsl
without etaliag kiln not qptieor to be adequate |
.*t * u *• ,, .*"*'
' pjannaijiikiy (fa «er5?k the nation. '
foybowe^deefo. M Reeetred, Thi
. ■ in the
them tee men. The
wmmmm
B «* tefnagement agon Stem righta, there-1 mm >t fo, aneehy of their
It^TiTri^nthn‘.Til ftif.lg?
teT' jTi JT" . I«wit VPP*" vfUBt cun lorvan
ulndipna, that < tefaeed to peyewr troepe, fomnroa, and akhoegh Ih
when ordered onttorapai thew aggreeri.u, j ^ ^ ^ dwwncTtewarda ee,and
h other, eel, in their debate* apoa
4tk Rewired, That the foarth
fo* mid treaty k alw iiabl* to oetwtKp m th*l
in ulliionlfou Aim tkn InJUno the ntMtenaifeiiftA
HIVRIr|EMM w HP , IBipiMfl , MU,pMVPw>U
of * dirtriet of oeantry which by tw'O teiaern
M*®teSfia*jreL^5»wt£L , S2ias!!SfcsaL , wJ! tessiitaycjsisift;,
. That after thamote aoeorate iaroWigatiao
iA their power |q make, alter aonaultiig' the
bimtidoeumeate, and. hanag recount to
orodihto, dapuekirn*, they are ooahto to die-
cover hot thte the treaty of Aoguota ia the
year 1783—the treaty* Of Gelphiaton, ia tha
Veer,1786—end the treaty of Shaoiderhono,
n the year 1786, ware all of them eoodoet.
ad with aa foil and ha anthorired repreooa-
tetioh, with oo mdeh whitentiel form
end apparent goiyj foith and ondentandit
uf tha bnaineot aa Indian treatie* ha<
footaly been conducted, orperhap* can ha,
wbero on* of the eontraeting partie* ir doa-
tituto of the benefit* of enlightened aocioty
That the tend* in Mention did, of right be
long to the lower Crook*, ar their hunting
ground*, hnva bean ended by them to the
StateafGebrgiefore valuable ooaeidera
tion, nod were yieinii end eaihWnf /hr
oniyrin wilheaf any etaim ore*oi**Mi*n6y
any pari of Me Creek weiioo.
: Ac'Mr. McGilttvrny, and til thaathnr
chink, hnad-mon, pad wprrion hero given
atrorig paenranooa ia thoir talk*, and by writ
ing, that no forthor hoatilitio* or depreda
tiona, (ball bo committed oo the part of thoir
nntioii, and aa the Governor of Georgia, by
iaauiag proolamatioaa tad othn efoctnel
inaaeureo, will prewat tha oommuaioo qf
bootUitia* and depredation* upon the Creek
nation on the pert of Georgia, tha Com-
mwotonere, in the boat of their judgment,
Report,
That all aninuwHina with the Crook na
tion ahould henceforth
That »ome perion ebould he deapntehed
to tbo Mid nation with the nltimnte draught
of a treaty to eatebliah porpetaal peace and
amity.
. That when auch a draught for a treaty
(hall be properly executed by the lea "
n-of the nation, all tha praaeota intai
for. the Indiana, and now in the State'
Georgia, ehoald bn dintribnted among thi
That if the Indiana eball rel'uto to oxo*
<;nte each draught for a treaty—
Tbo Coramiaaionera humbly eobmit,
That the arm* of kho Onion ehonld be
nailed forth (be tbo' protection of the people
of Georgia in tht peaceable and jnat poa-
•emion of thoir land*, and in caw the
Creak* ahull commit farther hoatilitio* and
depredation* upon the Citiaaoa of the Unit*
ed State*, that the Crook nation ought to
be deemed the enemiea of the U. S. and
punialmd accordingly,
[Signed] B. MNCOLN.
CYRUS GRIFFIN.
D-. HUMPHRIES.
[One would nntnrallyhave aupi>o*ed, that
after inch an.exposition ae that of tha Com-
mianooera, every thing would have' been
reduced to order in the notion, but no Mich
thing!—on the contrary General Knox
(then Secretary tt War) candidly admit*,
that the relatione of the Union with the
northern Indiana, wperindneed tha nereaai-
ty of a compromiae with MeGillirrsy—thus,
and at tbia early period in the history of
the General Government, did tho State of
kaown that ear dofoorie* attiiodo wae —■ —oo or warmtn tnan l Pan over — »
ly coated Py tbo oompumirp which Goa. oflnSpwT Tltetfotelfotelha^w!
KooxmadewitPM’Gillirery. Acomproaijtt I position chief* took ae by the IwUl. tor tT*
ndK-oloa* anagh w he nre, when it w repot- tiow; and gey* an the ceremony ofth*
!*f ^ **? ****.'?***.3 * a, * t * I Mack Drink. The oppooitlon poratetad in
infringed, in tbo fooo nf day, witeant ptedd* J reforiag to receive the payment for their
cmgaoyeftbuae mpk. wtonkted apw^rh,*,Shfep vugiven nete the Square by
^wretobed and untoward pehoy. tboSpeakar of the natron, who/with hu
M’GiHirrqy returned, bo feand tbe Crash til* Upper Creeks, were reads In
country 2U.to.Md. wd hto. -*-113 foter JJ? p-T^ uSteMh Vld
Treatie* have nsaally bean or perhep* oaa be.
when ooe of |he coatraotiog partite ia doati-
r the benefitt of aolighteaod Society,
abeotetaly form rateable consideration,
by the said iodteos tu tha whit* Inha
bitants of Georgia, at x time whoa there was
no Moral oompaot against took oewton by
-Treaty.
6th. Renolvad, That tbs fifth article of the
said Treaty h also liable to caesura ia Uat,
from the
tm?ht drawn injurious to Urn righta af this I, W |,[te man so.* acquired aochMbence u-
Stataamoeatmg to aa admiwMO, that, thp ao 1
vrwgnly ever the lands at proisnt allowed ti
th* ledianator tk*ir ; hearing grounds within. wlwr e he ahoruy —
the bmjtauf Georgia, betoogs to Urn United Trert , of New York : which tote wap howe.
States mGennral, and not telhe mdiridaal I revived at Cplcrain, in the year 1798.—AI la 1806. boWevsr.(two yearn afterward*)
8Ute of Oeoifia t—wborcm^bit Hom coo-1 mikam (who vu in the Lcfiilaturo of I theoc sturdy fe!Jo*u» vero orderod on lo
orive ,sd “^rt* .“Tf •rr w * 0 . , Ml796 end to whom nothing in the ehap* oT Moteiagton CM. by Gee. Dearborn, then
( reproach has ever been attached, oxcep- Secretary nr War, who ibond moan* that
tiog for iiM vote in favor of tbs Yaaoo law) I induced thorn to extend tbo line to tho Oe-
agjg&'SjasfJS!
waiting tor th* noamnt ufjtbore Town* situ.
* M|WI ft* wstenoftho Cocte sod ToU*.
MsMsMr-
bJsjaHvtSKsa
Mm** dkrfog Ms war; wkkk had osewd
Me resits* or tammUraf oil Me Mudh —-
ivt* rt. x Ae«**«»««<«*■ *•]***«* *>&* -hU th.Tw^id ke
,th *I<*y«-a.***»*■—j*- 1 !Srtod. ..d^radw, tod th. oppo*i.
n d SISTtoM-2*L“ .w, '™*r 1BU "' “ ,k * Mo, chief*, thte they would attend aadroe
.. h. tnen leianiei mil* nd<i> ‘h" I a while man *><>0 acquired auch mlpeneo *-1 j. A Inehott. the Uuoer Crook*, seem.
“ I moug the Indiana, tha t he waeeeaktod tuba.- j lo U fc, t h* toad, aftovlh* two find day*
‘•fish hw rival auiuag bio frtesdn io Flortds ;| .bich I think they will kaeo —ail thinae
Hwh.%ite^^dwt.M*iihkMith. ^
tieead m Me TVeaty ef PWt Jtcktm.
Thar* are aleo three important fact, hw
toagiag to the history of this tnittactwa.
aotoly appertains to the Stale of Georgi*.
“ that the same hae never boea granted, or by
vy # ‘'"Stnterigh'e umlgnm
by thnt treaty, and the demtl or jurtice to I t u ... •
nnr citiaena by raftwing to settle their mili-1 a H jMwo traatteo were concluded; and
tin dlnima, hastened the *tto of our western I •* l ^ , 1 " rr » **"*. ■* ^ ofl Jnelmon pro-
territory«the friends of the mcawro think-1 10 [J* * ^** K /
ingthat thiongh the mean, of companies for ‘ ““P 11 ***
.. ■ .. ■ .- .atfi their ramification* in lMothte¥t*te.N»lte.rt,plte«wteiuag»w^wi**»h
i aorormgtsiy L ioteraat would be created, qaito m,„.| Gwftpn t hat tha Uuttod Staton, (ahliough
and right of pre-emption, oaolosivrir over th. | ^ tba u , k ^ eompasoing the oxtlnpiab “) °'T* ‘uoteere.
mete of the whole Indian title ; rite cor- which conMdorauou hhmdiog itoskf wtth a
reetoeas and aiacerity of which remark, ^ »“•»»f.i^«^/<d«>w».(*r«touy-
are rendered probable, by th. rot. which mOu* term.) induced thmu toeaui^uiW the
ha gar. for th. highekt propooal; are pro >"*•• » »«» r~i <“•"«“» “* «;'!
ven, by tha eap&u of tKVcritoelf; arc ?ni to Atouaina,jrrnto 'Georgia n. told
bevoad all maaner of bf thel u, »‘* l » he«mtenl with a portion o!
taS2^whiSr»at^^.Mfiu2 Piite-karrea territory; a hoaUhiul retro..
, —- ___ .. — . ...^totime. Since that deplorable erent, *» *" ~ *»"bt! who were alao
Ibt immi it fiaoded in t principle of innqtuli* I every n«Uer iflectiof this Stale, overt I ®®V ° j *®,
ty: tnd it moroover doficiom in itt pwKion thinf that Imntpirot here, ond every pereon W °°S* "“y.T 6 "
for prmerving peso*; for while it mlraina L,nMcted with it, is aow said to owe every J? dl ? , *ST j 1 " C4 *^ r< *
thp whit* people from bnntiug oo tb* Creek | adr ontioua coaoeqeeaca to corrspiie*.— I qf Mr Sim, ot UartramX Paradiee, aitboul
Conaoraiow, fhnooth! a. raaaoaable maa
would be inclined to tkink, from th* contin
ual clamor on the subject, thte this State
ought to have ratted long ago; besides which,
it ia hardly susceptible of proof, that any per
or dapuaitod with th* Umoo; bet on tba oaa
trery, ia ia all lb* initramaDla of coofadora
tuo, oo* of tb* rtghti uudaretood to b* re
tervod, nod wbiob the other Males solemnlv
guarantee. They therefore, although of
fering oo prataneiooa to tb* immediate poe
eaine, aooordiug to the limit! mentiooad and
dmeribad is the land act* of this state, pesaed
in tb* year 1783, and tha Treaty of Beanfort,
mad* between tbo commluioaer* of South.
Caroiiaa and Georgia, in Ih* yaar 1787.
whteb wae afterward* recognised by Co-igreaa,
8th. Rseolvod. That tb* 7th article of tb*
laid Treaty, is also liable to ooueura, in tbai
lands, it do** not prohibit tb* Indian parties
from coming in upon the hod* of th* white
people; * practice, this latter, which daring
ite oaotinnaoce will always be pnidaetiea of I
low of property to the oi tisane af Georgia, sod
oooaeqaently, of qaanela katwsaa tlmm and
th* lodiaoa-
[H-]
LeUtrfr*m the H*. Wm. Few, (Me* a Sen
atorfrom Georgia, hal now uf Smgeifig, in
the State^fyYtw York,) to for Bwcoltenep
Pmt.ADii.rau, Jan’y. 16th, 1781.
I eeeo paying them th* poor compliment of
I telling them, aa General Jackson had ai-
I ready told the Crooks and Cberukees, that
they aMMt rig* the treaty. Jeating aside.
I (if oaa emild jest on auch a subject) the
Early ?—and lastly though oot the toast,
its—I wrote you a few day* ago I where, stood Wm. H. Crawford, through
and aadosed you some papers relatira to I whom our Suit hae boon ao mack Malted,
th* construction and operation of tba Croak I vilified, and abuaed ? ho stood in tiid plain
Treaty, which will preclude the neoaasit.i I toodoat and unassuming character of * -lU
of adding any thing on thte subject now. I veto ckiaenAOeakinx with n iriimpet-tonguc. | * ao - 1 ^ r?
Tha animadvernons of the Aatembly ol andholdiagnp both his hwids, in protest,
I and holding op both hto hoods, in protest, |
| against th* whole Yaaoo trxneertion. In
I fact, Georgia was invaded aed o ar-rua by
ith the Friendly Chiefo, ahote
weeks eioc*; in relatioo te> tho origin aad
to the
llwo Agents immediately preceding the prt-
I eeal iocombeat.—
1786, and at Shcolderbona in 1786, were „
formed; sodas it ia highly important that Oomgfarhaeotaan martyr toStaU-Right*!]
facte ehonld h* eecartainod, we taka the ti-
berty of requeeriag yonr Honor to aeeiet us in
obtaining tha iaformattoa necaeeary for that
parpoa*..
Th* prioeipe) point* to which oar attention
has boon attracted, an, whether (lew lands be
longing to the upper and tower Creeke, ar*
tho oommon property of the whole nation, or
whether th* had* stated to baya been ceded
to Georgia by tb* thro* treatie* or either af
them, were acknowledged by th* Upper
Crooks to both* sole property oftha Lower
Creek* ? Whether the acknowledged pro
prietor* of the Unde stated. to have boon ced
ed to Georgia, wore proseat or folly repre
sented at the said three treatie, ? Whether
tho Crooks pros ate at th> said troatiea, did act
With a fall aoderatanding of tha oaerione they
an Mated to have made f Aad whether the
(grid emtonaaod treatise were freely made
pa tb* pan of the Crooks, aninfineaood by
*ny threat*, or impUeatioa of force ?
It toalte desirable that any other interest
fag efooumetanea* connected with the objects
of those enquiries ehoald b* mad* known to
as. For exampio, whether the India ns did.
for nay ooneitfamhl* length of riaMtJMqaiesce
qototly in th* tooaiioa aad eoUtommA of the
Mods io quest too? What valna ifffadshas
been grrso at tb* several treatiee as presents
or eompqeaattoat for those oetrioot ?—and, in
edect,jteMttear othar matters nwy serr* to
pleo* Hfisndnct of the fitoto of Gewgia,, oo
tMvewmt.'fa Ha true points of light. After
befag pmateeed of tho wriifoa andofikial do-
mmoats, wo wish to rocciva oral icfonnstioe
foam private characters, who wer* present at
tb* several tmaeantfoue before alluded to.
’ Wahnv* tba honor to b«ki
Sir, with groat rmwoct.
Tow meat nbadtsw sore eats,
B. IJNCOLN,
ORIFFIJ
(imph:
with prate
1 ‘-fojteted twfart Mr, how ever,
_ * thtefoMpi MfipptqHy« If wo .are 1
^ttsaaawaa 1 aaa
.Mtegnmhte gaotfamm-]
m „
CP Proteet of the Lagislaters of the 8late
of Georgia, against rim Treaty of New-York.
In tme House or RtPXEsxirTatTivEt, 1
Friday, t(M JVoeember, 1790. J
Th* House took op the report of the Com-
mittee to wlmm was referred the message of
hit Eacelleoey the Goveroor relative to the
treaty of peace entered into between tha U.
States and tha Creek Indians, and rim same
: • D. HUMPH
fYhm OovarrarS ropfiy, ( left with
.» JKHfadravllfa;
batefovn, l cannot raw insert * fa - thi
tke^owUtemhSane.
tnfifi
•wKs,|veKssvsrscsasssfSt
Assembly
Georgia, on that treaty, have boon promulg
ed here, and I belinvu are generally approv i met, ueorgia wae idiwrish a mien ey i ■ _ .. ....
ed by dtointereetnd reflecting peopfe-raanv » horde of Speculator. Amber adventurers. I
were epprehensive that the indignation otjjuat after the cio** of the Kcrolution ; and I . —TjVTft M |
that State would have drawn them into I wen aa completely changed fora lime, as to I h[ ■ insrheinlnhri tho verv great aid
measures more violent and lees guarded | character eon tenant or caaduer, »s ewer was I “STL ■ MiM eamsioa. from Cau-
Tbe Legislature has taken tha only consti I England after tha 9axon nr Nonnao ion-1 ■ w Bowen- who was assistant ^
tuitonal ground that was left lo act on, and I sioa- Lot then the enemies of our State 11
I think been discovered great omderationlseek for the principle of corruption, ehe-
and coolness in their proceedings. Already I where, than in the germ of our lustitutione:
iTitipa (Alhc j they will oot find it, for we seared it with a | I mast premie* however, that eomo-white
red hot iromfoog ego ,—if it Mill fester* any | men bog adopted amongst them, refer it to a
y to I where(anMLesnpMte it dace) why lot them metes! prejodice rabsistiog between M’lo-
r many I probs the mtem to its lull extant; but. at | tuaii aad Culuael Crowell, bufore their rels-
Ibt end I all events, Georgia baa no longenany concern I itoae were well cunomuced: tba Chieftain
. , .rer the I with the subject, except as a matter of His- having been as ardently attached to General
ruins of the latter. Runs iadeud have im-1 Kiry—To return however, from thie Digrga-1 MKobeii, as the present Agent wee apuo life
bibed the idea that nothing but nconsolida laion. I encomsion, known to be politically opposed
ted government will'answer the purpose ofl VII. We are now arrived at n most im- I to him; if nut while the totter wet yet a citi-
genoral protection and safety, and theplpuftant Era ; or the period when Georgia I sen of Georgia, at all events aAer hi* remo-
pursne with avidity all auch measures aiTcdded her western empire to the United I veil to Alabama.—
tend to that object, notwithstanding they I State*. So much hit already boon said by I _ . b _ RoU . M’latosl.
may be an obvious viulation of the princi the public print*, io reference to the eon- . friendlv Chieh. is mamlv thu.
we begin to peroeivn tho coll
Government of the United Stnti
of th* individual State*, and
obnnrve'that there are to bo
public characters that wish to _ . . . „
extend the powers of tbo Sir mar over the I with the subject, except so n matter of His-
iatt “
On Morion—Th* Hone* resolved itself ioto
* committee of the whole oo the tame. Mr.
Taliaferro In the chair—Mr. Speaker re
sumed th* otwir, nod Mr. Taliaferro from the
Committee of tb* whul* Homo, reported that
they had bad th* tame under consideration
and mad* some s mend menu thereto. And
th* mid report being read
to whom was refered that
part of Ma Eaooltoooy th* Governor’* oom
manioatfen respecting the lata treaty of poeoe
with th* Creek Indian*, report s—That bar-
fag matorrlly eanridared th* said Treaty, aad
tb* several articles thareof; aad taking into
VMW tha varions opinions entertained oo tho
subject, they eobmit the following resole tiote
as expedient for Ae Hoae* to enter into.
IM. Resolved, Thte th* said treaty of peace
being concluded by the Department of the
Gorarel Government, which radar th* Fed*,
ml Coaetitulfoo, it folly, and atora competent
tort* meant* of making uf treatise, ought to
ho' inviolate. And in cocrideration of th*
ptblio foith being plndgnd; this Hans* wiH
anppoit th* Executive sad Jodiciurraa-
thoriiy of th* United States, god of tbi^par-
t jcnlar Mat* to rendering firm and permaoent
th* mid peso* so cam '—
the hlaeriagi ihproat
orvtotattoaoftbeMM fote^; wfafa it ateii
yrt
to^yff^Ho^rih.'
Ofth* Uni
aassa^arersi
Ftopfa gf Georgia (a
‘ ov lhnoomporarivr
that te Air
■rttoafar, hhehto tooawsare.
af property te-
oT^up Pn GaiorgieTivere «, -'y raq-«U.n •»«, -rathe
more than dope* to the Fr.ndiWhero.thei 1 ""* acquired from tho Irat; on which
Mood our own natural portion (oo tu apanh) I ra® 08 " l **« iMgitonlnre of Georgia entered
of talent and virtne; where, in th. Trent- tniotetomn protetesaratost the rata and
ful timra of >89 A 96 stood TattraU, T.lto- aftho Feirel Government; ae
form, Miltodge, Hah*rehem, tb#thro* Jones’, I “J ^
Gibbons, Slirk, Morrison, Irwin, nod Mitch-1 fro— JCJB® * * toteMt, iralueire. I t
ell f where, saheoqunntly, Bryan,- Jraheon| 0,,r 1®* F*" 1 ) Untey teIM1
• : l-
ow lenctoded my nhetnet ef the
diLiiemiiei y evidence tseetiieg this 'Creek
—ere either to the power or poeeeeeiun
of the HnMilee, until relieved hy lMutote
•» Jra Cowetuh*. *. That neither the
Big Warrior, the reiterated BopoMle-Te.
hoto, nor nny other Chtor of the Upper
Crook Nation, signed the Treaty of 11*1;
a treaty whore validity h*n never bet*
questioned. 3. That m lb* treaty held by
Campbell and Merriwether, the Ckstaete
bad already token the Toth hi the Coinmi-
tuner*, before their departure over nigl.t;
which being the Indian mode of accepting *
proposition, wae held by MTntioh ee tut) ,
cient tu justify it* formal conclusion sccur .
tog to the mudenf the White peuple, without
obliging all hto hoathno* to afllx the tigas.
lure of the crow.
The relative nwnbart of th* two parties, it
it now diBcnlt to uceylaiu. M’lotush ststrd
hot a shun lime before his murder, llitl It),.
OOO wueld emigrate:—since that mm, bos.
aver, important change* have taken plan.
Tim common IndwiM have seen line* Chwii
amrdered, to whom they bad before been so-
cammed to look up with deference i and ilieir
murderers sustained by uffiurre of the Geuer.
el Government They liav* seen the cuniid*
erattow—mdony tendered equally to thus* she
opposed the Treaty and tu those who fuured
it; not only so, but ss well tu him who relin
quishes no improvements, w to him nbulesvrt
his wigwam to the white man. They are sa
gacious. and readily apprehend their iqleresn;
sayingjnatnnUy to themselves,—if cue si-
ikieuf a Treaty is violated, nwy nut another
bo f And, radar the circumstances, what ad*
ditiooal security or recompense oaa bo acquire
ed for ourselves, by adhering to it I—Th*
statemeol of Geo. Gauitt, that Uto partim
are io th* proportion of 60 to I. ie said to b*.
iwurnet; and it is still maintained by tbs
Frioadly lndiaus,thal 7 or 81)00 would yet emi
grate, if ail tb* artictoe ofth* Treaty wi-r*
fairly complied with, and aodiAunitiea ibrowa
into tha way hj Agente uf the G, norei Gov
cover themeelve* under what is termed the I with quoting tho fourth article,
sweeping clause, which they contend gives I
the United States ail power* thte they may 1 U-J
think necessary to exercise fur the geuciut I The Unit ed Sutra slixll at tkoir
interest and aafety. Although this doctrine I pence extinguish for the use of Georgia, a*
cannot ba admitted without annihilating the
Mate powers and state governments ; yet
:ed. otbei '
early
it cannot b* fully refuted^ otherwise th»re
would be a deficiency in the power* of the
United Government, that it might be nece«-
ssry to are for tho general safety. Thu in
ference than to that th* Government of the
United State* is vested with vary extensive
power* and that the administration of thaw
power* maM necessarily foil into the hands
of those kho will feel (ho most powerful in
centive* to strengths* aad extend them,
this cause will tana to beaten the progress
of ear federal government toward* moo
archy and depotirm; and th* only mean*
that emu-bo need to cheek that program are
to be found in the that* Governments. I
therefore think that tke eeceeee uf tho Gen
eral Government depends in * grant
nre oo tb* press nr stin* of the right* te the
State Governments in a rertsia degree. It
to true there to no line can be drawn that
will aerertaia precisely th* powers of the
National Government. The great tow of
noreaoitywiU •ometimeo. extend it—oeu
stoutly with propriety; bat th* lamer pro
tence of expediency is too ~ '
rating in th* same dire ~ 1 '
Col. Few appear* to
oheraoter of hie pnimdem fcBow-ettinane hat
ter, tlmq hoaosme to hare apprehended the
actual nrelt. Ehawharn, feeling may he
mere firm, satire, and owwritent: bet it is no
teener radar the Infineeee of oer Sen thorn
too, than k melts tote fife, had equally so
wnelbor it b* tend, torn argoU, indeed, ! fin
odt know that firhmiraa*. raid arete
. as the samo can be peaceably obtain-
on reaeonable terms, the Indian title to
I prosecution of George
I ilian countryman, or a white man Dslarnliseil
at a Matoogeo. He had married th* Oener-
alH Slater, mad kept in ooaaectiua with l lnll)
s Store, to the vicinity of the Stand occupied
by Thonws Crowell; e brother of the Agent
end formerly hto co-partner to trade at St
■n reasonable terms, tne “ Stephen’s.*^Ih. Stale of Atoteme—Duriog
ie oonnty of Tnlraroo. to the lend, left out ^ WIMer . ^ IM0 , u „
bythe lino drawn by th. Creek, in the yonr b u ^fegte vi-Mtfon of the United
1798 which had boon pre.mu.ly granted hw , ^feUng trad* with the Indians;
by th. mate of Georg..; both of which aD g MWUutur ^ be fled tolas Brother-in-
law, for proteclica:—oo the other hand,
Uw Agent tent fiamMy to the Little
• recta bad formerly been yielded by the In
dians ; and to the lend* within the fork* of
the Oconee aad Oakraulgee riven; for
which several object* the President of tbo
United State* baa directed thte I treaty
shall bo immudielnly held with the Creek*.
nod thte thh^oited foatraehdl to the raera | „ 4, fhree, /aoa hme fo dteroy
mennerextfagmhthelodwntWjtotel thnLuriNTOSH, tote Me wWe eeUMehmmt,
| Prince with thi* message,—'-1 call .
■'you, aeth* head if due nation, tohoeeSm-
-eoR token, and brought lomtalallhanarde ;
I - if he awn io not *rang*, send he hundred
loefietit*:—ho pleased to refer te the A-
th* Documents [1] page
at Foit TYilkinsoo^oa the Oco-1 too tnmmilted by yon to Ihe Legwlsture, et
near the present ecke of MjRedge-1 ibo epeeing of the extreieeesio to''Mar
other lands, withto the State afOaosgto."
The treaty elhdedtn in thto article jee* |j,oiC letter
concluded " “ -
MO.(endi _
viltojin Ides than two month* after tha sign-1 hut. Finally, hewerovSrimew was triad bis
ing of the aodvention; bnt, th* Praaidnnt | fare th* DiMriM Cojlfi keM to thtoeily, to
regarding the acqnisitiba ns too trifling, di-1 December bat; hot, w** acquitted. Shortly
rected a new eomatoaton to tone, for the I afterwards, the Ageot mCerod tho Chieftain
* “ mml Coerail,
himself before th* Npttoonl Coaacil. rad pre
ferred ohniyoe agntoM him: hot they did not
leaca as lode, by ahrwptly qeiiltog hto teal,
aad having the aaemnbly.
Whitfield. Cortato 8 to, thte no aooimrdW
tod General Chirk (who was not oeljr a potrtot
of the Bawhtion, hat ns hen eat, derfog and
intrepid a spirit ■■ ever breathed,) Inara, that
Garainl Rnux had maden aamprnmin with
M’GiUi vray ; that the Treaty Imhad htowtof
| end that
Thare wp* alio another eano*.
what hefot* thto period, Mlntosh prepo ed
I in n Ctetmil te th* Chorokeea, thte they,
the Cirioke.tho Chicharaws, and Choctewa.
panose of oxtendiag tb* lira to the Oc-
m
Gen
^one-flhe United .
dated Aagaet It, IfltA, Ip General
Pared JtforriwiMsr *f Qrnrgto.
"We hoae net outcoeded in oar mMm;
The w^^MhaldftritkiimrfIsbotednmigral*-rewarduf the Mtoripsip-
,o* racoote of tho capwre ofthtorlp; and there, that Urnoe foor ratmra of
r, Bwafitp.no donbt was ora of tha I Soathorn Indiana ahould foxm ora eooatoida-
wennena. The chtofe of th* oppoei-1 ted govern mast Itisaoodtoan tesay, that
-anticipated and conntetncted tha oh- those1 pwpndrinte wten iterated --tto* wra
te oer mooting, hy a kind te election-1 »* ail r—MTtecwh (who bod hooneoradlo-
re artitfafoTkey hdd msptfaga bn- ted aCheroko* ChK tooonraqwawot
” nmt ns at Qaaiaoehee, rad agreed I fatereteiyiagnttoth one of tkoir women)
to refose to pan with load, fiat Upgynfied; and deaooncnd to Ha own cran-
aleoth tqfoeed* ratify Metvpnlp—fate Fhr* | trymafi, a* an animp to tfcw Rod Poopto.
milkman—to reject tho payment to ho lTkaao nawrinmntn wore apoodiiy adopted by
mad* to thorn ibr th* toad, and te prevent I tho BigWnntov. wh* raramllid * few te
th* Ran from hmng marked ngrenaM; ,te Hh* Upper Crook Cktefe, at thn Fain-'* '
th* treaty mode at Fort Wakinaan Oe Imre-1 <prings; where, wkfc dm amtotara* of
•aid. lioyAppoitead a Ratfat <m thtor Ipon-to hw, ~
~wkiirairet% jatoid fey tJ thn town* |Ctoana| C. .
' * the oitoiaplfat Ittora yrere premifc whtoh ore
tt
1 cannot conclude this eommaDicatioa,
without ofioriog for your coneideratiun, uua
or two suggeatwns, that fell ftoui a cummua
friend; n gentleman, whom every Mj
loves, honors, ’and respect*; but, (il I may
with propriety say ao; none more uun juul
Excellency.
The cardinal and (it must be believed)
the unintentional .error of the Preeideot,
consisted, in send mg Major Aadreee heie;
who was totally unlit for no delicate a cut. •
missionand next, to authorising Ueoei. I
Gaines, (though on officer poneeeem* t inn
measure of huuur and respectability) to act
as a mediator, with arum in his baoue ; loti
military cuoaequet ce is always tu be ejjue-
headed in negotiation* tor peace, Tii*
Chief Magistrate of the United States uever
could have authorised them to mveeligel*
(or tb aid in the investigation of) 1 he merit*
of this Treaty, the power to make it, or tba
means hy which it was obtained ; a step,
measure, and eaercow of power, ss novel,
inpoliue, sud unjust, ss it would be, moot
tain redly, entirely unprecedented, ilhgtl,
sod dangerous. Ue had uo inure aulliuriiy
to instil ute n cumtutouou to iuveetigaie the
matioet that induced the conclusion ot a
Treaty already ratified, than tlmae ehicii
led to the peering of the Tariti Uill ;■ orshst
Mr. Rakdolpii might be disposed to con.
eider as s more fit subject oi compiruwn,
tne Faroe Coaprw, iee --—nil of which •>«
equally tows uf the land, which the Presi
dent to hound by bis oath of office, to exe
cute. Much lesa, waa lie empowered la
sustain a rebellions portion of the Creek ns* t
tiou, already painted with the blood ufiheir
treaty-making power, end uttering iheu
wild yells of savage vengeance agaiusl «U
such as would dare to enforce its provitjom-
lodecd, Coogreas, as snch, (including Ih*
Howe of RcpresenUlir.e ) have nolhuif t*
do with onr own treaty miking
though Congress may (as Coo*— •U
repeal the French Treaty of 1778, !•*'*: *
at last, fart *■ ant o' Congress; Ihe potej
of which, th* enemie* of Georgia may
to rue and sorely to repent, ror, the «>*
caasion of thm qoertion muM bring te'' 1 '*
the aatioa, (and especially before the tneodj
of rtat*rigbt**t last, tb* only real "***”
of the Cooslitation) that, as to ttepow-
which tb* General Government w
authorised to oxort over Indira
wuhio the <
eevenletel
taken up,
equal'
fo other eueetiom w
ly follow.
tht toNtt with if
JSlfiSSSmiSJ&S-l.
Mt!tiled and eetersrined “ hv Ote «■**"
itry;“ thoogh. it would h. re««“7
by mnehTtoo for, to sty,
so-raid reward every cdises of*^
ry other Mate, ae aftogtehnr an **»to—»
^nmroriwThraor. to tekaerib* JjHt
yoor ExceUencyk Mend rad
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