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PHOENIX.
KEW ECHOTA, THURSDAY rtjS'CAltY 28, 1828.
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WOMAM.
'‘As the vine, which has long twined
its graceful foliage around the oak, anti
been lifted by it into sunshine, will,
when the hardy plant is rifted by the
thunderbolt, cling around it with ca-
* passing tendrilji, and bind up its shat’
) tered boughs; so it is beautifully order
ed by Providence, that a woman, who
is the mere derendent ornament of man
Sn his happier |ours, should be his stay
end solace, wilding herself into the
rugged recesses of his nature, tenderly
supporting the drooping head, and bind
ing up the broken heart.”
Original Anecdote.—The Rev. Mr.
1Y. now a Missionary at the Sandwich
Islands, a short time before he left his
country, took passage from New-York
to New Haven in a packet. In the
evening a company of fellow passen-
i gers, who yvere quite profane, gather-
led round a ijtable, on which was the on-
Hy light burning in the cabin, and soon
' ily engaged in gambling,
ir reflecting sometime on
fans of reproving them,
^from his trunk, and po-
jd that he might have a
table for the purpose
|e sight of the Bible at
Ir swearing; and after
ience about ten min-
V
lecame det
Ir. W. aft
le best
row a Bibl
itely requi
[eat at the si
jf reading.
(ice stopped tl
[ambling in tots
[tes, they all li
mn deck: thus
[nl reproofs of a
|e in his hand,
minted for a guil
ire,—JY. // Ret
:he table and w ent
jjdncing that the si-
d man with a Bi-
oo loud and too
onscience to en-
nd Ob.
you ever
bar?—I recoiled
jpany with a y
jged himself in t!
iguage to an imm
/as so circumstance
myself of him, ho'
society might coi
I did not “ 4
of God p
; him 1*"
too
never dii
d that it
profane
re oaths from
ilssion of profanity
very agreeable.
Getleman
ce being in
man who in-
6e of profane
erate degree,
lat I could not
er unpleasant
inue to be to me.
ear the sacred
I ventured to
d a gentleman
ippeared panic
ch abashed; but
justly too) that
entleman swear,
a man to
heard no
and the
,his soci-
e some
b le upstarts who are so ignorant that
ti y think they cannot be gentlemen
f hout they swear roundly. I say ig-
t# mt, because it savors of great igno
re and low breeding.—Zion's Her-
[continued.]
CONSTITUTION OF THE CHERO-
KEE NATION,
Formed by a Convention of Delegates from
the''several Districts, at New Echota, Ju
ly 1827.
Article iv.
Sec. 1. The Supreme Executive Power-
of this Nation shall be vested in a Principal
Chief, who shall be chosen by the General
Council, and shall hold his office four years;
to be elected as follows,—The General
Council, by a joint vote, shall, at their se
cond annual session, after the rising of this
Convention, and at every fourth annual ses
sion thereafter, on the second day after the
Houses shall be organized, and competent
to proceed to business, elect a Principal
Chief.
Sec. 2. No person except a natural born
citizen shall be eligible to the office of
Principal Chief; neither shall any person
be eligible tb that office, who shall nor
have attained to the age of thirty-fiVe years
Sec. 3. There shall also be chosen ai
the same time, by the General Council, r
the same manner, for four years, an assis
taut Principal Chief.
Sec. 4. In case of the removal of the
Principa l Chief from office, or of his death
resignation, or inability to discharge the
powers and duties of the said office, the
same shall devolve on the assistant princi
pal Chief, until the inability be removed
or the vacancy filled by the General Coun
cil.
Sec. 5. The General Council may, by
law, provide for the case of removal,
death, resignation or inability of both the
Principal and assistant Principal Chiefs,
declaring what officer shall then act as
Piincipal Chief, until the disability be re
moved, or a Principal Chief shall be elect
ed.
Sec. 6. The Principal Chief and assis
tant Principal Chief, shall, at stated times,
receive for their services, a compensation,
which shall neither be increased nor dimin
ished during the period for which they shall
have been elected; and they shall not re
ceive, within that period, any other emol
ument from the Cherokee Nation, or any
other government.
Sec 7. Before the Principal Chief en
ters on the execution of his office, he shall
take the following oath, or affirmation; I
do solemly swear (or affirm) that 1 will
faithfully execute the office of Principal
Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and will,
to the best of my ability, preserve, protect
and defend, the Constitution of the Chero
kee Nation.”
Sec. 8. He may, on extraordinary oc
casions, convene the General Council at the
Seat of Government.
Sec. 9. He shall from time to time give
to the General Council information of the
State of the Government, and recommend
to their consideration such measures as he
may think expedient.
Sec. 10. He shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed.
SeCi 11. It shall be his duty to visit the
different districts, at least once in two
years, to inform himself of the general con
dition of the Country.”
Sec. 12. The assistant PrincipaLChief
shall, by virtue of his office, aid and advise
the Principal Chief in the Administration
of the Government, at all times during his
continuance in office.
Sec. 13. Vacancies that may happen in
offices, the appointment of which is vested
in the General Council, shall be filled by
by the Principal Chief, during the recess
of the General Council, by granting Com
missions which shall expire at the end of
the next Session.
Sec. 14. Every Bill which shall have
passed both Houses of the General Coun
cil shall,before it becomes a law, be pre
sented to the Principal Chief of the Cher
okee Nation. If he approve, he shall sign
it, but if not, he shall return it, with his ob
jections, to that house in which it shall
have originated, who shall enter the ob
jections at large on their journals, and pro
ceed to reconsider it. If, after such re
consideration, two thirds of that House
shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent,
together with the objections, to the other
house, by whieh it shall likewise be recon
sidered, and if approved by two thirds of
that house, it shall become a law. If any
bill shall not be returned by the Principal
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Chief within five days (Sunday’s excepted)
after it shall have been presented to him,
-he same shall be a law, in like manner as
f he had signed it; unless the General
Council by their adjournment prevent its
eturn, in which case it shall be a law, un
less sent back within three days after then-
next meeting.
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Sec. 15. Members of the General Coun
cil and all officers, Executive and Judi
cial, shall be bound by oath to support the
Constitution of this Nation, and to perform
the duties of their respective offices, with
fidelity.
Sec. 16. In case of disagreement be
tween the tw o houses with respect to the
time of adjournment, the Principal Chief
shall have power to adjourn the General
council to.such a time as he thinks proper,
provided, it be not to a period beyond the
next Constitutional meeting of the same.
Sec. 17. The Piincipal Chief shall,
during the sitting of the General Council,
attend at the Seat; of Government
Sec. 18. There shall be a Council to
consist ol three men to be appointed by
the joint vote of both Houses, to advise the
Principal Chief in the Executive part of
the Government, whom the Principal Chief
shall have full power, at his discretion, to
assemble; and he, together with the assis
tant Principal Chief, and the Counsellors,
or a majority of them, may, from time to
time, hold and keep a Council for ordering
and directing the affairs of the Nation ac
cording to law.
Sec. 19. The members of the Council
shall be chosen for the term of one year.
Sec. 20. The resolutions and advice of
the Council shall be recorded in a register
and signed by the members agreeing there
to, which may be called for by either
house of the General Council; and any
counsellor may enter his dissent to the re
solution of the majority.
Sec. 21. The Treasurer of the Chero
kee Nation shall be chosen by the joint vote
of both Houses of the General Council for
the term of two years.
Sec. 22. The Treasurer shall, before
entering on the duties of his office, give
bond to the Nation with sureties to the sat
isfaction of the Legislature, for the faith
ful discharge of his trust.
Sec. 23. No money shall be drawn from
the Treasury, but by warrant from the-
Principal Chief, and in consequence of ap
propriations made by law.
Sec. 25. It shall be the duty of the
Treasurer to receive all public moneys,
and to make a regular statement and ac
count of the receipts and expenditures of
all public moneys to the annual Session of
the General Council.
Article V.
Sec. 1. The Judicial Powers shall be
vested in the Supreme Court, and such
Circuit and Inferior Courts, as the Gene
ral Council may, from time to time, ordain
and establish.
Sec. 2 The Supreme Court shall con
sist of three Judges, any two of whom
shall be a quorum.
Sec. 3. The two Judges of each shall
hold their Commissions four years, but a-
ny of them may be removed from office on
the address of two thirds of each house of
the General Couucil to the Principal Chief,
for that purpose,
Sec. 4. The Judges of the Supreme
and Circuit Courts shall, at stated times,
receive a compensation, which shall not be
diminished during their continuance in of
fice, but they shall receive no fees or per
quisites of office, nor hold any other office
of profit or trust, under this Nation or any
other power.
Sec. 5. No person shall be appointed a
Judge of any of the Courts before he shall
have attainsd to the age of thirty years,
nor shall any person continue to execute
the duties of any of the said offices after
he shall have attained to the age of seven
ty years.
Sec. 6. The Judges of the Supreme
and Circuit Courts shall be appointed by o
joint vote of both houses of the General
Council.
See. 7. There shall be appointed in
each District, under the legislative au-
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