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| patronage and power, should look to ;
1 it. No President has heretofore pro- !
to; RtJVnAL AMONG T1IE ClIOC-
t 0 induce them to cultivate the arts of j "it. No President has heretofore pro-1 j TAWS,
civilized life. This is the express j tended to have the power to parcel j j n the last number of the Religious
object of the annual appropriation j oat the puoiic lands, and dispose ot j Intelligencer we find the follow ing tx
made in their behalf. With some of j them without the sanction of Congress. tract of a j eltel . t0 the editor oftha
the tribes particularly the Uherokees, j ihe proposition was introduced in p^per from the Rev. Turing S. V\ ill-
these efforts h*ve not been in vain. 1 congress last winter, to divide the , liis, one of the missionaries o( the
ious seats. This number constituted
quite a majority of those present, who
had nut been previously awakened,
j The chief of this place has been, un-
iu our State, &. to some cons{im, 0 . ia |
provision for a system of cm u.-.ip ,ti 0a
It is objected, indeed,that our
Prop
osition will give alarm to o.ir caVt-r'.
u what say the Georgians to so kind country west ot ol the Mississippi mto
and beneficent a work? Instead of districts for the Indians, to which
r joicing in its success, they complain, they were to be driven, but it was iu-
.. t Committee, of their Legislature dignanlly voted down, though support-
complained on the 5th of Dec, 1627, j ed by a strong party feeling, and by a
that the United States have con- few individuals, who should have stood
trived “so to add to the comforts of as a wall ot delence to these helpless
the Cherokees, and so to instruct them people. When this project could not
in the business of husbandry, as to at- be faiily carried through congress, it
American Board among the Choctaws.
It describes a scene “more interest
ing 11 as Mr. W. says, “Ilian lias ever
been witnessed among the aborigines
of our country since the davs of Brain-
erd.”
taeli them so firmly to their country
and their homes, as almost to destroy
the last ray of hope that they will
ever consent to part with the Geor
The cloud of mercy that seemed
to hung over us for a lime, which at
was attempted by indirection; this j ‘*'*t " as '* a lar S or ll <a» a '“ a,ls hand ’
also failed. It will be a new piece
dent in our country, to enforce a rnca-
has at length begun to pour down a
most refreshing shower. It is indeed
sure of high handed tyranny and op- j a rain ot righteousness;and this hitliei-
lil very recently, exceedingly harden- i brethren, who are slave holders
ed; spending his Sabbaths in ganiblin.
with his people, within half a mile ot’
tiie Gospel. We hope he is now
decidedly pious. lie prays, and
weeps, and pleads, as a dying man,
w ith his people; and it is not in vain.
Great indeed is the m mil change
among this people. Behold what
hath God wrdftght. The station
O
named Ai-ik-huunah where I reside,
has been highly favored since early
in the w inter. Several of the Indians
who joined the church two weeks
since were from that settlement.
on
larger scale than we of the west, a , 1
Unit they are even already alarms
at the anticipated power ot the
to impose unlimited taxes on this SM , V
cies of property. To this latter ol
jeclion we answ er that we are \vi||j a .
to see you provide any requisite
anty against an undue exercise ui'Vc
power, that thus the fears ofourejst-
era brethren may be quieted. \y
wish for nothing that is unfair. ’j\
the former objection wc say that ;!*
a political view, we esteem slavery
an evil greater than the a<">r .rr„*
ii i " i i*i v '3 t,l L Qi
U*UI LUII3UUI Itl IIOI l HUH INV wvi ' OUIVy J - I I J J. t * |
cia lands.” Therefore it is necessa- 1 pression, bv order of the Executive, | l0 : very dry and barren waste begins vve hope not far from the kingdom oi j that we are perfectly willing lo L.
o . . ... . . L 1 . . ^ ) to “bud and blossom as the rose. : r ri,«. ~ _r .»._ 1 . * -
ry to break up their internal regula- %and the arm of military power, to
Several others near the station, are j all the oilier evils which beset
Us ;and
tions for the promotion of virtue and which the sanction ot congress had
been invoked i:i vain.
The President says to the Creeks,
the punishment of vice; to extend o
vrr them oppressive laws, without at
the some time granting them the privi
leges of citizens; to debar them from
the right of witnessing in a Court of
Justice; to harrass them by running
surveys through their country, and by
seizing, under one pretence and ano
ther, different portions of their terri
tory. The Georgians well know that
no man is proof against the power of
multiform oppression: and hence, the i
more their red neighbors can he in
commoded and vexed, the more likely
will they he to consent to a removal
into the wilderness of the 'Vest.
[The above will furnish a text for
the Athenian, or some o f her paper, to
throw out a little more personal abuse;
and when that is done, we shall per
haps afford them another opportunity
etill. But we give them notice, that
ns long as we are able to hold a pen,
and as long as there remains a rem
nant of the Indian tribes to sigh and
bleed under the oppression of the
white man, that remnant shall find us
ready at all times to vindicate their
rights, and expose the violence of their
persecutors.]
it is ail of God, and we would give
hiUi all the glory; and we hope our
Christian friends will join us in ren-
4 ‘Mv white children in Alabama have ; during thauksgiv ing and praise to him
extended their law over your Country, j \ vno ,s v\ orthy; lor bis mere) enduielh
If you remain in it, you must be sub- i forever. Iwo weeks ago a genet ul
jeU to that law.” What right has j Reeling was held m the woods* about
ihe state of Alabama to extend its
laws over the Creek Country? None.
From th° Hamilton Intelligencer.
The United States never have
claimed the land as their own, on
which the Indians reside. In all our
treaties and intercourse with them,
we have recognized their right to the
country which they occupy. The
Constitution of the United States re
cognizes it, nay more, we have so
lemnly, time after time, confirmed
this right. In the first treaty made
with the Creeks, concluded at New-
York, in the year 1700, the 5th arti
cle stipulates, that, “the United
States solemnly guaranty to the
Creek Nation oil their lands within
the United States, to the Southward
and Westward of the boundary de
scribed by the preceding article."
In almost every subsequent treaty,
the faith of the government lias been
pledged, to protect the Indians in the
peaceable possession &, enjoyment of
the lands which they occupy. In the
late treaty made at W asldngton in
May 1820, by the 13th article, “the
United States agree to guaranty to
f he Creeks the country not herein ced
ed, to which they have a just claim."
We would like to be informed by
what right we “we have always
claimed the land where the Indians
now live,” and how* we obtained
it?
However unjust and cruel may
have been the measures hitherto pur
sued towards the Indians, the forms
and semblance of justice and good faith
have generally been preserved. It
remained for those now in power, for
the tiist time, to set up a claim of
right, to all the lands belonging to the
Indians. Why has not this doctrine
been avowed, and acted on before? —
Why have w'e paid millions for the
purchase of their lands and pledged
the faith of the nation, that we will
guaranty to the Indians the peaeeabie
possession of the lands which are yet
theirs and not curs, if wc now intend to
disregard all these solemn obligations?
'fbe Indians are not citizens of the
State. They are independent of its
1> miles from A vlayiiew , which con
tinued three days, it was attended
by brethren from different stations,
ahd by some clergymen and Christian
God. The converts, and awakened ; our proportion of the burden of remr
persons are scattered over a consider-j ving it. Wo ask further, wlnt
able extent of country, under the ju- j the evil of any such alarm as on
risdielion of Col. Eolsom. But we j proposition may possibly excite i
is
our
are made glad also with the prospects . minds unnecessarily jealous, com . si
before our brethren in the South part e* ’**
law s. If Georgia couid have driven j Mends from Mississippi and Alabama,
the Creeks from that state bv law, \ 1 ; suppose there were not more than
Governor Troup and his hot headed I Uimctaws present; yet, ol this
partisans would have adopted that I number, 18 adults entered into solemn
mode of proceeding long since. It is ! cpvenant with God s people, and en
tile duty of the President to protect j jwyeii for the fust time the sealing
the Indians against these encroach- i ordinance ol ihe Gospel, t ol. I ol-
ments. He should say to their op- j 4 in , tlui principal chief of Ibis dis-
pressors that the Indians shall be pro- triot, with three ot Ids bioineis, wete
tccted in the enjoyment of their own this number. Iwo white men,
country, that the Treaties and faith hired laborers in the elusion, also uni-
of the nation shall he preserved invi- | ted with the church at that time,
olate. He should stay the hand These persons dated their convictions
which presses heavily on their heads, ■ principally Ironi. impiessions received
South \
of the nation. The word
has not been in vain. Our brethren
there have long sown in tears, but
they are now' beginning to reap in joy.
S >me few individuals have been re
cently awakened, and may now he
called a praying people. Their chief
also, is at least friendly, if not (as it
is hop*»d he is) really seeking the sal
vation of his soul. So that the three
kings or principal chiefs of this na
tion, are standing in defence of the
Gospel.
The letter concludes with the car
nest entreaty that Christians of every
denomination would pray for the
missionaries that they may he hum
ble, prudent and faithful, and for the
and arrest the foot that was trampling ! M a meeting similar to tins s ‘ ;mr ‘
them to earth. months ago. We have had an inti-
rv-i , . i*i •,* ! mate acquaintance w ii h them all, and
Ihe onlv hope which remains to . , 1 .
*• .. »• I could not hesitate in receiving them
the Indian race is to live or d c around . . , °
i mto the bosom o the church, as most
the graves of their fathers, and upon ’
Indians, many thousands of whom
are still groping in Heathen dark
ness.
their native hills and plains. Those
who promise them a good country,
and rest, and protection, beyond the
Mississippi, know that their promises
are false. The Indians may read
the sure presage of their fate in the
starvation and wretchedness of the
tribes that are now* west of the Mis
sissippi. We believe a remnant of
this race will vet find in our national
councils firm and patriotic men, who
w ill not desert their cause—the cause
oHumanity and justice.
hopeful subjects of renewing grace.
But 1 must add, what calls for devout
& incessant thunksgiv ing to God, that
about eighty others ot this people were
awakened lu a sense ot their sins ami
danger, an l took the “anxious seats;”
besides three or four white men and
as many blacks. There w as a shak
ing among the dry bones, and the
ground was bedewed with the teais
DO n KST1C.
We publish to day a memorial ad
dressed to the Contention of V iiginiu,
by the inhabitants of Augusta in that
slate, praying that bony to devise
some plan for the gradual abolition of
slavery w ithin ils boundaries. This
J
document exhibits a view of the sub-
>outh part j e d with that of the fatal catastrophe
dispensed j which ultimately awaits our counfrr
and the general depravation of man
ners which slavery has already p ru
duced and is producing? These w»
think sufficient answers to the objec
tions mentioned above.
In laying this subject before you,
we are not insensible to its magnitude
or its difficulties. We are aware,
too, of the rooted prejudices whirl
w c encounter, growing out of old hab
its and present real or supposed iu-
tciest. Nor are we indifferent to
those imputations of enthusiasm and
rashness which will probably be cast
upon us in no stinted measure. But
we know that no great good was ever
i achieved without strenuous efforts,
; and that such efforts have always
| been sul jeeted to reproachful impu*
; t at tons. We must, therefore, pa-
j tit nlly submit to them; considering
j them, in our turn os the ebulitious of
heedless passion or uncompromising
selfishness. The awful weight of
the subject foibids any approach to
it in the spirit of levity; and we feel
assured that w e approach it with as
much caution as those observe who
turn away a ii, ! refuse to look it in lhe.
face.' But we should esteem it mor
al and political cowardice in us to re-
ect winch we have no doubt is strict- i • , , • , . .
•! i. •. i i i main silent on a subject so dt-tim m
ly correct. 11 so, it would seem nti- *- 1 •
possible lor the politicians and pat-
pf repentance. Some trembled like j riuts of the state to shut their eyes, or
^ Lol' rlnl nn 1,1- tlicx ivi.1,1- tn-tnv iviuit slon their mis In the rermesf
If the Indians alone were witnesses of
our perfidy, we might protect our
selves from merited reproach, in the
same xvoy that the highway-man se
cures himself against the testimony of
the victim, whom he has robbed,—a
few r more years of rapacity and op
pression, will sweep the Indian from
the face of this broad continent; but
we cannot thus shield ourselves from
the reprobation of the w orld.
The assertion that “the land beyond
the Mississippi belongs to the Presi
dent, and to none other,” is assuming
pretty high ground. Those who
have said so much about executive
Extract of a letter, dated
Athens. August 3d, 1820.
“I was exceeding sorry to see the
censure which you cast, indirectly, or
| in advance, on Col. Crowell, in your
remarks on the statement of the Co-
lumhns Enquirer, in relation to the In
dians and Col. C. published in your
paper of the 25th ult. It is true that
that censure was founded on the pre
sumption that the statement of the
Enquirer was correct; and I have not
the slightest doubt of your entire im
partiality in the matter; hut perhaps
it escaped your memory for the time,
that the Enquirer has been most bit
terly hostile to Co!. Crowell ever since
its establishment, frequently using a-
gainst him language of so unnecessari
ly violent and abusive nature, as could
leave no doubt that the feelings which
dictated it were at least as much of a
personal as a public character. It is
extremely difficult,with such feelings,'
to bestow” censure inpartially, and
with a view to the public good alone:
anil therefore those w ho possess them
are not likely to lie good authority in
statements with which they may in
terfere, and particularly those in
which they appear to do so. Those
who know’ Col. Crowell peisonaliy,
and have judged impartially of liis
conduct as Indian Agent, must be
deeply and regretfully sensible that
few men have been more violently and
unjustly assailed in the bitterness of
party spirit, and for the mere sake of
party success. Immediately that I'
saw the statement of the Enquirer, I
felt convinced of its improbability in
general; and particularly of its injus
tice to Co!. Crowell; and the counter
statement of Col. C. and another per
son, as published in the Macon Tele
graph of the 25th ultimo, (which I
doubt not you have copied ere this)
fully confirmed this conviction.—I
trust too it will convince the public
of the propriety of receiving with cau
tion, hereafter, all remarks of the
Columbus Enquirer which relate in
any way to Col. Crowell.”—Augustal
Chronicle. j
a leaf shaken by the w ind; many wept
and sobbed with groanings that cannot
be uttered. All were solemn. All
the clergymen and Christian friends
v\ ho witnessed the scene, I el t that
it was the Lord by his Holy Spirit.
There was an overpowering, an ir
resistible evidence of this. Here
were seen very aged Indians of both
sexes—(one woman n hundred years
old,) middle-aged, youth, and children,
(locking, as clouds, and doves to their
.w indows, to the place appointed lor
those who w ished to be on tin* Lord s
side. It was at several times during
the meeting that they came forward:
sometimes an individual, then anoth-
ei, or perhaps two or three, and more
at a time. Among these were three
or four “captains” oi petty chiels.
One very aged chief who w as awaken
ed last wilder, found peace with God
at this time; as did some others who
had been serious for some time.
Others since the meeting, alter a
season of great distress, have been
filled with comfort—a new song has
been put into their mouths, even praise
i our God. The preaching at this
slop their ears to the request
of the memorialists. The in
habitants of the s!a\e states always
complain loudly, when individua ls or
public bodies in the free states touch j
the subject of slavery; it being, ac- 1
cording to their notions, a
to
matter ex
clusively their own, and of course un
derstood bv themselves only. Here
we have a specimen of the feelings
and sentiments of men who belong to
a slave state, and w ho therefore must
be supposed lo understand the subject.
No person in any part of the Union
could have drawn a more sable or so
lemn picture; and no persons who aie
not blind to their own personal and po
litical interests, can refuse to admit
its torce and justice.—vV. V. Jldv.
From the Staunton [Virginia] Spectator.
MEMORIAL.
To the Honorable Convention of Vir
ginia to be held in Richmond, October,
1820.
Seeing that the People of the com
monwealth have deemed it necessary
to reform our existing Constitution of
Government, to supply its defects,
and to remove a number of evils
meeting was partly through iulerpie- which were thought to press heavily
ters, (one ol whom was hopefully upon the community:—We, the sub-
converted ere the meeting closed,) scribers, inhabitants of Augusta coun-
partly by some brethren who could ty, cannot but congratulate ourselves
preach in Choctaw without an inter- j atk j public on the selection of so
preter, but chielly by com erted : manv of our distinguished citizens for
Indians themselves. \ es; > ei ily the | performance of these solemn and
Lord Jesus is raising up a people here * interesting duties. Distinguished as
to shew lorth hisipraise. ihe king you have been for gravity, prudence
w as apparently filled w ith the Spirit, . an j wisdom, we cheerfully accord to
and eminently assisted in dispensing y 0U our confidence, in the important
those truths which have become so i ant j a rdnuus station to which you are
sw eet to his own soul. Most ot the j ca }{ C( ] 5 an( j trust that you will em-
mwv members exhorted and prayed ; p| 0 y your wisdom and prudence in
with much feeling. Oh such a wrest- j tliat way which will redound most to
ling
in prayer, such a yearning over
sinners, such Hoods of tears, I my
self never witnessed in any land; and
l suppose that a scene more interest
ing, on tiie whole, has never been
witnessed among the Aborigines of
our country, since the days of Brain-
erd. 1 am permitted also, through
abounding grace, to add, that since
the meeting I have been trying to
describe, another in some respects
more deeply interesting, lias been held
at the station called Hebron, when
j nearly 40 more persons took the anx-
our common welfare.
There have been many topics of re
form anticipated and discussed among
the people. We do not mean to med
dle with any of them, or to express
any opinion on their merits. Our
purpose is respectfully to call your
attention to another subject, which
we regard as of paramount impor
tance; and respecting which, if noth
ing be done, we apprehencf that your
other labors must prove comparative
ly nugatory. We ask your attention
to the existing slavery of our negroes
(cresting to us in all our cUnustk
and political relations; ore which in
termingles itself with every interts*.
and concern of life; productive, per
haps, of a few transient benefits, but
certainly of an infinity of evils, now
pressing upon us. and portending gen
eral desolation in future.
We waive, at present, the consid
erations of leligion and humanity
which belong ;o ibis momentous sub
ject; and present it as a naked cjucs-
tion of political w isdom and safety.—
V\ bile we believe that the public mo
rals and general prosperity, which it
is the province of government to a
great extent to protect and cherish,
are deplorably injured by slavery, ive
proceed to affirm that is cur own ex
pcrieuce and observation confirming
the facts and deductions of political
economist’' that the labor of slaves is
vastly 1 -S5, productive thfit of tree
men, that it therefore requires a lar
ger space to furnish subsistence for a
given number of the former than
of the latter; that the employment of
the former necessarily excludes the
employment of the latter; t hat hence,
our population, white and black, av
erages but about seventeen when it
ought, and wrnuld under other cir
cumstances, average, as in New Ln
gland, at least sixty to the square
mile; that the possession and manage*
inent ef slaves form a source of end-
less vexation and misery within (he
house, and of waste and ruin on th6
farm; that the youth of the connfrt
are growing up with a contempt ot
»rvile
steady industry, as a loiv, sei
thing, which contempt induces idle
ness and ail its attendant effeminacy,
vice, and worthlessness; that this pov
erty and the scarceness of onr popuh*
tion, either prevent the institution oi
schools through the country, or keep
them in the most languid and incln-
cient condition, and that the same
most obviously paralize all pui
schemes and efforts for the needful im
provements of the country. These
things arte incessantly pressing them
selves upon otir feelings and observa
tion; and it would be easy to enlarge
the melancholy catalogue. But there
are other considerations' claiming out
attention.
It is conceded, on all hands,that '
ginra is in a state of moral and polit
ical retrocession among the States of