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CHEROKEE PHOKJflX AWD IIBIAITS’ ADVOCATE
POETRY.
From the Philadelphia Christian Advocate.
THE CHEROKEE.
CUzc on thiq landscape I one? in fleet ca-
** ■ reer,
The desert chieftain trod exulting here!
Cleft with light bark the still and shaded
floods,
Pierced the recesses of the old gray woods;
Poured midst their hidden dells nis wild
i • halloo,
And the light shaft with aim unerring
threw.
Proud was his spirit, fierce, untamed and
free,
Scorning to crouch to pain, from death to
flee,
With feeling suited to his savage state,
Faithful alike to friendship or to hate,
Seeking no meed bevond a warrior’s fame,
And fearing nought except a coward’s
shame.
These w'Ms were liis; amidst his chosen
dell,
Where clustering wild flowers fringed the
gushing well,
jLTis lmt was reared; and there, at rlos.ng
day,
ii's children’s luughtc;-shout of
hear
‘ Li
laid
with the chase, his limbs
beneath the oak tree’.
' i- r ea the white man
me
11 .‘Id to Inh ]•
With mho >.!;
of liquid flame,
n! •• and hold cn-
from the Chr.okee his futhfr’a
-mi,
if i*il on h s fast receding footstepspfest,
And urged him on wards to the distant
West,
’Till ail the precincts <>!' !•’.•■• nxc
ground,
Were closely hemmed u.idi <• Unveil lile
no distant period have an opportunity
to express, through the ballot boxes,
their approbation or disapprobation.
Wc hope that ottr readers will give
these several voles a careful examina
tion—their feelings, which revolt at
injustice and'the oppression of the
weak and defenceless will make the
proper comment.—Rochester Obs.
around;
And bn';ni'.g. ..itages and mangled slain,
Had malik War’s footstep* o’er the rav
aged plain.
Wearied, at length, the pale browed stran
ger swor-,
To seek the Indian’s hunting ground no
more; *
Treaties and oaths the solemn compact
scaled,
And plenty crowned once more the blood
stained field.
Then o’er the red men’s altered nature
smil'd
A kinder- lirit, and a soul more mild;
Brirr’* v lodge poured its sunlight o’er
.mind, • •
J ungs softened, and his heart refiped.
r longer then, when passed the storm-
flash hy.
He Saw the lightning of Manitto’s eye, •
Or listened trembling, while his anger
Sncke, ; >
As high o’er head the pealing thunder
broke.
H ; learned to light in heaven his spirit’s
flame,
And blend a Saviour’s with Jehovah’s
name. ’ i
Tiien tell us, yc, who have the power to
save,
Shall a 1 Jvs hopes be crushed in one wide
Si a 1 ! lawV-ss force, with rude, remorseless
hand, ^
fl.lve out the Indian from liis father’s land,
Burst a’l the ties that bind the heart to
home,
And th*ust him forth, ’mid distant wilds
» to roam?
Oh no! to mercy’s pleading voice give
♦ ar, 1
The training wrath of outraged ju°tice
fear, ;
Stain not with broken faith our country’s
nam**.
Nor we -b her tresses to the dust with
sha^e!
It memb >r }<H the solemn pledge you
The Indian Bill, as it passed the
Seen to, is notv fairly before the
House. Mr. BELL. Chairman of
the Committee on Indian Affairs, has
supported the provisions of the bill;
in a speech of great length and wide
excursion. A large number of the
ablest men in the House were, seen ta
king copious notes, and a powerful de
bate is confidently anticipated. We
hope the bill will not be made a party
question.
If there ever was a ffuestion pro
pounded to our National Legislature,
which imperiously demanded an ex
emption from all party influence, it is
that which is now pending. This
question is too solemn, too full of mor
al responsibility, to admit the trifling
display of party strength. Let politi
cal distinctions he; displayed upon
proper themes; hut upon a question
involving the faith and honor of our na
tion, and the rights and .happiness of
another, every man ought to give such
a decision as he would not hesitate to
carry in his hand to the bar of God.
Let tlie unerring voice from within he
heard; let the sentiments of thousands,
expressed in their earnest memorials,
be heard; lot the opinions that are
coining to us from other continents
and climes, be heard; let the sacred
sanctions of those whom we'most hon
or among the glorious dead, he remem
bered; let the righteous verdict of an
impartial posterity he anticipated. If
there be a listening ear turned to
these oracles, we fear not the result—
(he decision will he one upon which
Justice and Humanity will set their
brightest seal. But if seotional In
terest and party spirit shall be allow
ed to predominate, not only will the
first principles of equity he violated,
and all that we most venerate in the
nicniorirs of our forefathers be pro
faned, but the pavement will be laid
upon which this nation will, travel
down to disgrace and ruin!
dimer. Spec. May 15.
“Poor Devils.”—The papers tell
us, that Mr. Senator Forayth, of Geor
gia while pleading for the removal of
the Indians, frequently spoke of them
under this contemtuoos appellation.—
Something of a same spirit has also
shown itself elsewhere. It has been
pretended, for instance, that the mere
circumstance of a “few naked savages
dancing upon land,” could never en
sure them a title to it.
But such barefaced pretences will
never do. The “savages,” it seems,
whether naked or clad, have had
their land guaranteed by treaty with
the United States; and whether the
Indians are “poor or rich,” the pledge
must be redeemed, or the nation dis
honoured, . It will avail the oppressors
nothing to asperse the character of
the oppressed. It is but adding insult
to injury; a thing, by the way, which
is very customary with unprincipled,
men.
Western Rec. .
M?3C- ; SXiZ.AA:33l OCXS.
The Memorial of the Cherokee Le
gislature, recently presented lo Con
gress, will convince the public that
the men who penned that document
perfectly well understand their rights,
and are prepared to mantain them, by
sound argument against the bewilder
ing sophistry of our Executive con
structions. It is a gratuitnns piece of
impudence for our Government to set
themselves up as conservalbrs over
men so perfectly well qualified to take
care of themselves. All they ask of
us is to let them alone.—Id,
•mp!e of Louisiana, and expel them
from their coasts? Perhaps neither.
For there is one other alternative
which will secure the double object oi
relieving ust- from the swarms of free
blacks which surround us, and at the
same time confer an immeasurable be
nefit upon themselves. It is the
simple project introduced into Con
gress by Mr. Mercer, of appropriat
ing a curtain sum per head from the
national treasury, not exceeding $50,
000 per annum in the aggregate, for
every free person of colour wliu shall
be transported to Africa
gav ’
Arid lift ' e potent arm, to shield and
S1)V<
INDIANS.
VV.j giv;
ings of I he
i ti
i t!r
rite
■m
inpev the proee e 'b
’!ales Senate in ro-
I ofi.hu Indi irs- —
tli.it every pro-
> f hi; ri r'-‘ r of ill *
.uni 'ending
■ i s ii is been
•v nil :nipt to pro
to s' iy the
,, Vs b *en
III its
com
hi
.mg it—v
■ I “ss t>t cunsequen-
y neither felt accountable
The Indians.—The bill which ban
passed (lie Senate of the United
Stales, for I lie removal of the Indians,
provides that the President shall lay
off so much of any territorv belonging
♦o the TTnit< -1 States, west of the
Mississippi, as he may deem necessa
ry,.for the reception of su'-h Indians
as may choose to exchange the land-on
which they r< side, and remove thither;
which territory *s to be for ever
guaranteed 1>> them, and their heir s
and sued ssors. The Indians are also
to lu- paid for the improvements on
their h'tidr, ami rid is to be given
them in removing, and for their sup
port and subsistence the first year
thereafter.
The bill is mild in its language;
ami were the Indians at liberty to
pursue their m\ n inclinations, unawed
by tin* unji.si and oppressive laws of
Geor-in, an I secure of the protection
of the U iited States, whether they
s’ay or ?o, there is nothing on the f; ct
| of th.r measure, which would parti, u-
larly alarm their friends. But when
the pretensions which have been r-
vo\ved, ; and thu course w hich luis been
pursued, hy Geoigia; the language
employed by her Senators during the
debate on the bill, and tho rejection of
every Amendment which was offered
by its opponents, are taken into eon*
vm votes to their constituents,
or thuir God. But let it he remem
bered that th 'so are the proceedings
of the Senate,\tbe members of which
ore required on’y once in six yesus 1 sideration, there is no room to doubt,
!o surrender their authority into the
hmds of the people. In the other
house we hope fur better things.—
They are not thus far removed beyond
1h? influence of public sentiment.—
They will hardly venture to disregard-
the will of those who have clethed' them to despair
them with authority, and who may at
that if the hill passes the Hoi's 13 of
Representives, no choice will be left
to the Indians, hut to abandon their
country, or be subjected to every
species of persecution which may be
calculated to dishearten and drive
Free Blacks in Louisiana.-^-We
have before us the bill passed at the re
cent session of the Louisiana Legisla
ture, wtiieb provides lor the expulsion
of free persons of color. It contains
17 sections, the purport of which is,
that all free negroes, inullatloes, and
other free persons of color, who have
come into tile State SMce the 1st of
Jan. 1825, i.i viol ti* n of ilie Act pass
ed on the 14th of April 1807; or who
may heieullvr come into the Stale,
shall be ordered to leave the same
within 60 days; under penalty of one
year's imprisonment at hard labor, and
unless they depart in 30 days after ihe
expiration.of their sentence, the pen
alty shall be increased to imprisonment
Jor life. An exception is made in fa
vor of those holding property, on whit h
they actually pay State taxes,—so far
as lo allow them one year before de
parture, on condition of giving securi
ty for their good behaviour, and that
they will depart when the year hns
expired... Free persons of color.,who
shall codie into the state as seamen,
&c. attached to any vessel, provided
she is destined for anoutward.voyage,or
if not, who •hull remain in the State
longer than 13 days, are made liable
to the penalties as above provided.—
Free, persons who shall knowingly
bring or cause to be brought into the
State, any free person of color, and
shall hold him as a slave or offer to
sell him as a slave, are made subject
to a penalty of $1000 for each of
fence, .over and above the damages
which may be recovered. Persons
emancipating slaves are required lo
give bounds of $1000 for each person so
emancipated, conditioned on thc.per-
manent removal of the same from the
State within one month after the act of
emancipation.
“Sec. 9. Beit further enacted, &o;
That if any white person shall be
convicted of being the author, printer,
or publisher of any written or printed
paper or papers within the State, or
shall use any language with the intent
to disturb the peace or security of the
same, in relation to, the slaves of the
people of this State, or to diminish
that respect which is commanded of
free persons of colour for the whites,
by the 40l1i section of an act entitled
••an act prescribing Ihe rules and
conduct to be observed with respect
lo negroes or slaves of Ibis territory,
approvi d June. 7th. 1805,’' or to de
stroy that line of dislinctio' which the
law has established between ihe sev
eral classes of this community: such
person shall he adjudged guilty of
a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined
in a sum not less than three hundred
dollars, nor exceeding one thousand
doilais, and 'moreover imprison, d for
a term not less than six months nor
exceeding three years; and if any (ree
person of colour shall be convicted of
such offence, he, she, or they, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine not exceed
ing one thousand dollars, and imprison
ed at hard labor for a time not less
than three years, nor more than live
years, and at the expiration of said
imprisonment, ho banished from this
state for life.” , . .
This law received the signature
of the acting governoi on the 20th of
March; and of course, the sixty days
granted for the departure of the per
sons mentioned have nearly expired
by tho A-
uiorioau i/olimzatiOii Society. As the
expense ol transportation would not
exceed $20 head, $50,000 would
remove Jroin among us 2000 persons
per annum. And as the country be
came sensible ol the benefits resulting
Irom tliis souism, the appropriation
might, without the least inconveni
ence to the treasuiy, be so far in
creased us to rid us entirely of our
free black population. Louisiana,
surely, alterllic steps she has taken,
cannot refuse her consent lo such an
appropriation.
Jour, of Com.
The Salem, JVlurd r.—Yesterday
foi cnoott, we understand, kiUiuui
LrtMMiiiigbliield, Jr. and Gcoi to c
Crovvningshield, both ol Danvers,, &
Benjamin Sclinan, were brought from
the Salem iTison before tire supreme
Court i.otv hoiuen at Ipswich by the
Hon. Samuel Futnain, aud an indict
ment, charging ,lbe said Richard as
principal, and the others as accessa
ries, in the murder of Joseph White,
Esquire, at Salem on the sixth of A-
pi'il last, was read to them. In the
first count, mortal wounds are alleged
Vo have.been indicted on the bead cT
the deceased t\ itli a hatchet by Rich
ard Crowningshield, Jr. the other
prisoners being present, aiding and a-
betting him. The second count alleg
ed that said Richard made several mor
tal wounds in the breast and near the
heart of the deceased with a dirk,
the other prisoners being present. Ac.
The arraignment (says our corres
pondent) ■'was conducted by Mr.
Prlni-v, r'lrrjf,, in (ij e friost cor
rect nnd impressive manner, mm ii*c
scene was most solemn and affecting.
The prisoners seem to be very young
iften, and behaved with great deco
rum. They severally pleaded Not
Gnilty, and said they would be tried
by God and their country. At their
request Mr. Walsh and. Mr. Shillaher
of Salem, were assigned ns their coun
sel. The day of trial cannot yet be
appointed, the engagements of the
other Judges preventing a full Court
at present.—Boston Gazette.
THE DRUNKARDS TREE.
Tim Sin of
DRUNKENNESS,
Expels Rea-on, Crowns
Memory, Defaces Distempers
Body, Beauty .Diminishes Strength,
The Corrupts the Blood, Inflames
The Liver,weakens the Brain, Turns
Men into walking Hospitals, causes
Internal, External and Incurable
Wounds; it is a Witch to the Senses; a
Devil to the Soul, A Thief to the Purse;
T|ie Beggar’; Companion, a Wife’s woe,
And Children's Sorrow; makes man
Became a b« - a I. And self-murderer,
Whodrinasto Other*’ good health,
And. himself of his own! No* is
This All—It exposes to the
Divine
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DRUNKENNESS-
JFbr the Committee»
LEWIS ROSS,
THOMAS FOREMAN.
Dot.Aera«y,
d$:p D«t.o-ic*y—M*, D&atQjyfiyzj-
JEIiW©y—JoSSP, spotvi, ytFE, o><v#f
bXSJtSZ,
For the Council.
GOING SNAKE,
DOO-SU-W0 LAH-DAH
JAMES FOREMAN,
JOHN WATTS,
Maj. JAMES MARTIN,
GEORGE BUTLER.
Of the Candidates in Cooseewslytee,
have been requested to insert tha following
names for the Council. v.. ^
JOHN FIELDS,
JESSE HALF BREED,
WATI#,
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the streams are not copious, we trust they-
will at least be pure.
West. R»e.
The effect will he t<> drive them into
oilier States. And what limn? Will
the other Stale* consent to e, leitnin
nn extra share of that species of pop
ulation which is already a hunbn to
then ell? or will they follow the cx-
The following persons arc Candidates
for the Gen*ual Council, to represent the
District of Kiower tor the next session-
• For the Committee,
DAVID VANN,
OLD FIELDS.
For the Council.
JOHN BEAMER,
CHULIO,
BEAN STICK,
S OFT- SH F.L L-TURTLE,
WALKING STIC.K.
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of CASTINGS, of almost every de
cription; he will sell low for IQ^casii^C _
or ne will receive Hides, Deer skin!,and
all kinds of Furs in exchange for them.
The tbllowing persons are candidates fox
the General Council in Abmohee District.
JNO. F. WHEELER,
Nev. 18,1829.
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