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UKJ.lTj.mLL, L«iFJJ»UTJ.Vj!i
A
ltdt by spectators, that so
Represents ives
need oi more laud she was fairly en
titled to, inasmuch as New \ork has
seventeen hundred thousand souls,
and l*e:iiisylvania twelve hundred
thousand, while each of those states
has less territory tha* Georgia actu- * .
ally occupies for three hundred and tolled point, and uigcd it wil 1 & ,ta
fifty thousand. .-aruostness. The precede,,l, o.
Friday, April 23d, >lr. White rose "Inch lie insisted, ha.l been establish-
iiuuiediately alter Mr. Sprague had ed, alter a snoit discusaon, y lu
delivered his animated protest. On casting vote ol the eldei i t «»n*s, w ie
that day, and the succeeding, Mr. i ^ icc-l'rcsident ol theLniU • a ( s *
ioiit'-t Ui), but, fviiatever tiiey a
lead us to a
them the
ivarrors.
Ilial UU ▼ y llliu UIU * • • _
White occupied the floor five or six ^‘1 | 110 decisions t f the .. cnatt., mat t
Noth- unanimously, and after the most sol-
hours, in the closing speech. , . .
ing new was advanced, unless it were \ enlu deliberation, and contumu iy
a new joke upon the Presbvterian j every Senate, and by e\ ery Scnatoi,
joke upon «. , ..... t y . - . .
clergy, which caused a laugh at their from 1 iSO to 1827, were uttr. y C IS
expense from the lower class of spec- I regarded. No apology was m<u e oi
tutors in the gallery.
The question was taken at 4 o’
clock, i*. m Saturday, \pril 21th.
Mr. FVcliaghuyseu s first proviso,
which would have pledged the govern
ment to protect the Indian tribes a-
;ainst all encroachments, till they
tiiis wide departure Imm some cl the
most tirmly established principles of
government and legislate n. ^ 1 he le-
coriled decisions ol the lust Senate o.
the United Slates, (which counted,
among ils twenty-four members, ten
framers of the constitution,) were dis-
regnded with as little cetemouy, as
if they had been the crude opinions <»i
bar-room politicians. i hough, on a-
nether subpact, Mr. Grundy said ex
ult ingly, in reference to Mr. Madison,
whose reasoning be approved, ki I fere
shall choose to remove, was rejected,
27 to 23. His second proviso, which
would have require! that the now
country should bo secured to emigra
ting Indians by treaty, was rejected,
iS to 19.
Mr. Sprague then moved the fol
lowing proviso: ‘-That until tlie said
tribes or nations shall choose to re-
m we, as is by this act contemplated,
they shall be protected in their pres
ent possessions, and in 1 lie enjoy
ment of all their rights of territory
and government., as premised or guar
antied to them by treaties with the U-
nited States, according to the true j <*ipal men id Georgia,
intent and meaning of the treaties. , "'ere considered o
This iv«.s rejected, 27 to 2). ! tha.. an old newspaper. This
Mr. Frelinghuysen next moved the | more astonishing, as all: the
following proviso: ‘■ That nothing , na
herein contained shall he so construed . dred and fitly treaties, are
as to authorize the departure from, j interested in an adherence 11
or nouohservanc.« of, any treaty, t;om-
jnct, agreement, or stipulation here
tofore mitered into end now subsisting
between the United States and the
Cherokee Indians.”
Tnis wu rejected, 27 to 20.
Mr. .M'Khnley ni-ivcd the following
ameulnic.il: *-And upon ilie payment
of such valuation, the improvements
s> valued and paid for, *hall pass to
tins United States; and possession j
s lail not afterwards be permitted to
any ol the same tribe.*’
flic design of this amendment was
•Missionary Socicti ,. ...
piscopal Church. ! nse ■» hononv oi religion; i
Lookout, Cherokee .X. July 22, 1830. j blooming sous of fali« n
Dear Brother:—With no ordinary ; with sound converted souls, will take
interest we would again invite the at- j their stand; and in the anlr «' < b i ms
tent ion of the Christian community to of Indian eioquencp pr.c .n.i .» u-
view s of I ho relative
h
the progress of our mission in the
Cherokee nation. It is not ours to re
cord the miraculous letimiol ihousanus
or tell the undisputed triumphs of the
cross over a whole nation. As yet.
Satan extends his empire over the be
wildered hearts of uofeiiunate thou
sands. His “right,’ til within a
few years past, “there were none to
dispute. ”
It has been ours (wiili
record it) to -witness the
happy scores to the Niepnctu
tali!if and eUrnal li;c Jo \m i
dering multitudes.
Yours, in missionary bond-.
URANUS A. O'A i:x.
*v on-
positions ot jr e
S'.de of Georgia, and the hiding
within ils holders, are conveyed ’
!(!i?.s gubernatorial |;i eduction,
does not stiike us that Georgia
any advantage, w ben she places
. self on a remote point, and looks dtntr,
, with cunt(*u»pl on a pn scribed ;il t
• ciilfM hlctl people, n ho d.»rc to i,ad
Frnm tkr Nrwv York 0!>--p: \'m*.
VISIT TO TIIK ClIUUOlvErS
an appeal for protection, in il
tieuuiy, to the eitiy and tIre leailinij t
n ir e\.
! and constitufiouai li ibuual ii
* , • . \ . , . .. ' monfed (incsliuns of if,is
A mghly respectable crentIcman at . 1 . * a
latitude 1
• etuin oi
and
she south in a letter to the edifm
fie New-A m*k American, savs:
>y wllicit
bnpoi taut
(v| J cli,iracter must be decided. l; u | ess
: our o* the must au-ust and iuteliigent
l»is!io|i ol souls, to join in the gem rat
acclamation ol praise, and weep lor joy j
over newly canveiled s * i * I s. An j
addition of 95 was made to our bjuicd ;
!IU iuu- i "IK i iif in .m, a. 13 >. . . . . ... .
j and mipanial Jumciaries in the worlu
8mnc months suv’o I aecor»ipnnieu f , • i .. i i , u
i, .. ii* i s-t i * 11 Will<n *n *.u b^ Menace, or &\\:»v —
.stn-.ll party of sol.l.ers to the < Uno- j j(1 (lcl . j!>iulis |, y ,; 1C |ll||ul • >
:o,< fount IV, lit on.or to rj'nO v»' | of of lM ]?
listiirhances, uhb h bad oris *n !;c-
i wi'cn the Indians and snuw* white i;i
f ru-.lers: in the execution f*f this duly,
• rcnuisliinn-s rendered it uo’c^sniv
nml cnpresscji Zto.i on my la^-l round 1 r ' ‘ • . r .. • • ,
, » » . • , . , i for us !o \ »s:t some et ('loir !ie:ul men,
of nu .i ter y meetings, a id ilif? wci.v . , - , T » i>
. . « . J i • ami, among nthcis, Mr. .b an Koss,
beiore it.
j \v«‘ see no imm lit ubicb lim Governoi
! of Geortria has cunfeirrd tiptu Ida
j Stale by this silly indulgence in s;den
I,
j *“i(l peevisiun s", ami Uy Ihn nilfal
is iiKMcasing. An unusual iolcic • is
is tuy constitutional lawyer;" yet, m ref- | wa k e j u ., pj almost every part of the ! l ‘ U J, i . li |‘ ( r „ • , , „
onMice p ,, S hl, of - ^ nation, .niil ne ..nly »ttnl nine ami op- ; s si „ Jit|l:;! „„ |,
,-fleet ol lrea .es. the o.stMil, raU [ lum(y , , luvc U.e happiest soce.y t , |u . )ll0 h
opn,.o"S a.ul l e most um oul o. the tvo. !,|. . .. i , v « 11 built, ia t!:c style of the
licial acts of Washinglon, Adams, flel-
ferson, Madison, and Monroe, an 1 all
the members of the Senate and House
of Representatives lor thirty-five
years, and all the governors and prin- j r0IJ
do'A n to l - ~7. , h.-js been, and is yet, nctorious
of no more value
Our quarterly meet! ig at Uoosa
watec was by far the most iuteK'st-
i ig we have ever held in this section;
live were gained over tot lie J.ord who
lise abundant usefulness. I bis
: residences of
i cii (. uinstances
. f-ui i ouuded bv
o
Irmc: s i 1 ;:uurmiimg
at fho nmth. cud is
ell cultivated lie
; misconstrue! ions which bo li„s heeu
led to place on a proper, temperate
l and lespe'-tfui communication. Weak-
! nr ss may !>e sneered at bv folly, and
juj>|u.'ssed by power, bat before i\ iC
! triljtmah of justice, il aequius
; strength efjini to th t of the
most
dew i ed
w e
ub.
The day on which we arrived happen-
L !
is the
I tidian
have a buu-
di recti v
for wiektulness; the most so perhaps
( of any t' wu in tin* nation. M itli but
♦ very few exceptions tbev arc gi\e.i
up to intemperance. ^ c have in
,t .is place a flourishing seluml, and our
to lieatie.s. . on jy o ol exfensive usefulness rests
hat would be thought ol a conit ol > , t (},,, promising mnl interesting «'hil-
iaw, whicli snould all at once sr i a j ^fren under ihc rare ol brother I). C.
j M'Lcod. 1'jie Valley town circuit in-
I eludes a laigc section of ihe nation,
! lying chiefly in th.e chartered limits of
! North Carolina, and presents one of
the most romantic prospects I ever
rd to be Sunday, an
course of well tin ".-ed
assembled, we soppos m
celebrating divine scr\ i
proved f o be t !.e c sc; i
lime, e
rooi
I' j '
he « oa
haughty and self
ins i iglif s w hi: h cut il !c if
reepret, a*i 1 c*oinma,ul for it equal in
tent mm. \i oro it to
S;‘l: il- '.r
to c(jua-
nalivt s lliere
! * hey inf end:*d
Ti.N
after a
o? her
t ’nurt
of t b
accoiuplis!i
i.i
should l>
cans-' ( '
end. the decision of the Sunremc
on \ his gieat (pies’ian would !-c
* tiisi iuipiu'tam **, i”. . a if it.
to I he flub;
a :vet S;
»r,
i a us, I
i c-
slioi t
it jss '
( I in
Che i oi-.» i e
to facilitate tlio breaking up of the
In.ha.i tribes, bv r enabling the govern
incut to make purchases of individu
als, when the Indian nation would not
s
side the unvarying decisions of forty
years—and all this without innmtest-
mg any solicitude to explain the rea
sons of such a change, or the necessi
ty of it t The convluct of tin* major
ity, iii passing tin; Indian bill, suffi
ciently evinces, that, although public
m mi may quoit* the opinions ot W as!i
ington ami Jcflcrson, with a view to
cany a point, or preserve the confi
dence of a party, yet they do not al
ways pay respect to authority how
ever venerable, nor to prin iplcs i*ow -
ever sacred.
It is impossible to state, or to ima
gine, a dearer ease, than that of In-
righis.
bout fifty Indians,
sent two iegiil.ilU
r 41.
* ill
• ite:
x tit
the
(fain -
i
boo
beheld.—Never did mv eves roam
with s icli dejight-iiP.ver did I feel so
perfectly abstracted from the world— j';
and never was i so interestioglv im-
pressed w ith the sublimity of the great
Creator’s works. Far below the lof- , , , , ,
, . . . , . . j | . fused, and ncaily all the audn'in
tv summit on which l stood rolled m» . . . , ,
. . . . . . , , tinpiitcrl m 1 ho s icreu exercise.—
dark columns fue rising Hounds. ! , 'i^i,, r ii, t .«- n ,i .<
thoucht
sion; me ci
Indian, tl»e tdber a very u ni
blood."’ possibly or:C-ib»ii t b w
services commenced I))' the sin Jug cl ;
hymns in the t bernkce tongue, trails-
iroin the Knglish and
ed to Unglish times 1 >> n»n
in the Cherokee eln racier
e in
vi’e 1 by
dl
MM
’•IS'
i; c f*t
such
S t 4’ 1 Ul
less
those
S.U\
ice pci f
or
ill-
(»t
bu»
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v w lu
• coU'iidci
r 1 lie
111!
a'!, lid,
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I :\
v a
i t by
w bii
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be, il i
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edit i:< {*
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l!.
r. i ( k
S'll f
of |l
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3" he
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dif
to hi
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.lllcd
1 al
brr \
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J
ia
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O'.
1. c.
1. ri
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1 .u tv
fc<
lings,
M > * t!.
Ml.S*. 111
*' s
*1 .* {
, j
|t!i-
ub
i t!C\ (
IT be
cd
tu III
v. s a
full bb
)Ok
!cd
a »
pH*
>; ion
of SU( It \ 1
i al
const
* ots
.m i red
W l;i< Ii
l.-u l'l-
U hieli
iigb* ir
lu ihui-batid) uf human beings.
,Nt it Jo ill'.
w ere
oar-
..... c . . , . I hen followed
o Mt. Smai, when lightnings ; n ., , t ,
. . .,7 . tiihle, then ;
arcund its summit; w hen the
__il. Idius all existing treaties might j dian ng'a s. file precedents, tin
be undermined ai:d rendered power- laws, th * private opinions of our po-
iu^s. N I fair and upright tribunal,
however, would give any
sue ii a prov isiu.i.
t he aiueiidinent was adopted.
Mr. S infold moved an amendment,
nil.i a view to provide lor the re
in iva 1 of the Indiiusiu iln State of
New York, which was rejected, 37
to 10. Tins decision must h ive sat
istied Mr. &. that lliere were persons
very ■ diing to profit by liis vote, who
mfciitiou Inal he should profit
irs.
Foi^yili moved an amendment,
confined the operations of the
iuch Lubes of Indians ns occu
rs owned by the United States,
liut . . of which the United States
lineal sages, have been on one side,
force to Not a custom house bond, not a note
oi hand, can be more free fi om nil
tluiibt and cavil. Yet here was a de
play ed
thunder shook ifs
base, and sent a
a ebapter from me
a sermon and cxluc t it ion,
Sin. according to the riles of the Mrth-
thrill of (error through all the camp
of Israel. On all sides round, as far
ns human vision could extend, moun
tain rose above mountain, some clad
u.i f r:
c131oii against the Uherokces, on the al
leged ground tli t treaties with them
had been mistaken transactions, and
In the dirk caves and valleys of
these mountains travel our worthy
brothers. Greenbury Garrntt, N'it
odist
church.
'Ybe
depart :i
sent oi
the
andb nee th
ougbout, w as
set icu:s
and
at',< nt ve.
I net
ul not sa
v that i
i w as
set prised and fi* l
gbfedt indeed
i was
a truly off.
'Ctiep
sight to
/ i
fefM* I :*r i
I d-*sc
endauts of
a »a c
o, \> ho.
t v\ enty ,
• veai
s since, w ere plan
god in ig
nornnee .
A C \US>.
I / > the Ltiifnr oj t f :f: l ‘iiilt-n Cm US* lit.
I observe, in yimr j aj>cr < f last c\t
|ing, r^s extracted from Poulson s
j a did pin i Ainei icon, a letter o f mine
:t«»tlu 4 t »o\ernor of ti<*orgia, ofjni
) »*!), mu! tin* Goveruoi s rmswri
| ot the t!)'h of tbaGinouth. I v *o’« it to
be understood that the publication cf
these let'ers has not proi eeded„iilher
diiT^tly or indirectly, iYom rut*: ;l*
\b:'ogh I leave ci*rl.tin!y no < auso to
regret it on my own account. My
letter to the Governor is in accordance
and barbuiism, now profiting sn Inigo
ly by ibe precepts of that Gospel, in- j
! tended
giving; nojio'*, cvi n to ajui'
II* -ru
by li)
d
Tv lie,
brl ti
p v la*
man. H a (‘< nlcnijdaled suit, beibir
«ero now mere imllilies. It is tme | Ml n (osli, (iiis intoi i.relor.) an,! I 'V.T 1 ' \\ *'>' !’. s . 11,0 '"‘"‘p’ i pno^clii-ir asa.nsi him. Il is al«:i«s
ihe law diil not sa> this in express | ,| 1R nnt i r in^ z» alo is Turtle Fields. ! ' 1 *' "lute in.m ami m j imrml.ul as a mail, of irsprel. ami. "1
terms; nor even necessarily ini|)ly it; ,j y meachers! * enteimi me 11 r " lf ‘ I tliis <|nai ter oil he l mom i» always
init eveiy body knows that the law is (ha{ cvcr pe’netraled this part of the ' "* ‘! so rv-ei, r .| hv the yentleinan address-
nation. 1 he lirst as surh that evei | p, „ 1P ar.-oui.ls j-ivt-n r ' 1
sounded the tlirilling note ol salvn 1 !"
tu be interpreted in this manner, be
cause such was the previously declar
ed opinion of the President oi" the U- t j lc
nited States and the Secretary °f | echoing s
The Senate has been consul
\V
ar.
sr valleys, or waked up t :u
sound of redemtion along the
mountain s side. Their success ha<
have
ered the conservator ot the honor oi equalled o n* most extended anticipa-
tlie United Slates. Oil! this was a p, 0 i 1St riiey already begin to reap a
he right of pre-emption,) or ! <leep and ghastl_v^ w ound inflided upon hountifufl
S: w«*s
ly
reward. Our
lauds, the Indian claim to which, the j the reputation of the country by those nilH q| n2 r n t the agency was e.bundantlv
I S nr* rpe bound to extin- j Senators who voted for the Indian j j,| f ^ S;>l j
1 ‘ted
gu.>n.
The amendment was adopted.
in
Freli>i,'ln>rsen (lion moved ihn ’ h’ss there is public virtue enough
’owiH'j; amendment.
/Vwii/ed, That before any e\-* a vis viedicatrix in healing it.
e« ,ge or removal shall take place, | On the vote of the Senate bein
ite Piesident of the United States j claret!, the friv-uls of the Indians, both
blessed to m my. 'Hiis is one
| most flourishing societies in the nation ! |
niented tlirougli all future time, un ' j Jlrother ^ in. M. M Ferrin informs
bill; and most bitter will it be Ja-
! Kces j inen.ts, me aecoums given of
‘heir progress in civilization. cLc. bad j
iirrn rather exaggerated : hut. although
1 visited bv no means the mist durr-i
: sbin» portions ofib.cir countiv, 1 w as
led to the conclusion that it errors j
had been committed, they were gen-!
orally on the side least favorable m.
‘‘V'V' ) the f’berokees
of the ,. T>
dr. Koss.
ap
quarterly
ed
Iv
due to tin* G-wcmor ol ti.e State
oftMuugi.i. The "llier motives of my
letter aif* apparent ujM*n ils lace, and
a 10 cbee 11 c I i v submitted lu the con
st rue I if>n ( t f l»e Public.
TIomo is oulv one passage <*1 n»y
own b ficigvv hieli.to the general leader,
can rt*q»iiiu a woid of explanation.—-
t ? I Mv suggestion to the Governor is not
‘• r ’ ' 011 ,!a ' < ’ 1 t! ! fliat "nr>. c f!t\ the intfiawt and the Gov
is a gentleman of excellent 11a-j m?f ? . cf^ff mn l, r V p ( , (a sr to It sul*
me
that the addition to tliis society ;
the community to act immediately as j }as i )Cen upwards of (10. His school
is numerously attended. The school
at Lookout, under the immediate su-
i pe» intendence of b.'olbcr N. H. Scales, t
is rapidlv improving in science —
tnrnl taimiJs, and of solid, 1
had al
ii il
is
de
ni
; mv exp.
ctntions.
ig fo reeoial the growing
s 1,ill nominate, and, by and with the i bt Congress and out ot it, felt evceed-
adviee and consent of the Senate, ap- m^ly sail. No language can d > jus- j pp^*,,. examination
point tlnoe suitable persons and by Uico to their emotions. \ hry vit'w-
liuMii cause the country to which it in * e*l the measure ns altogether unpai-
proposed to remove the Indians to he j allelled in tiio history of tree govci 11-
fully exjilored, and a report made to’ me.its. I he smallness of the templa-
the President, and i»v him to Congress, ; K°n to such an outrageous breach of
of the extent ol ^ood and arable lands ’ f a »'h seemed to render the w hole bn-
that can be obtained, and of the pro- siness unaccountable. Bonaparte i n f f} lC gnsficl over those ot ripiM vears. ^ 1 •, ,,
porfiin of woodland in such country, .might be expected to break two or j lns been said by those inimical to
«i . --- ■ 0 1 ,J '' 1 ‘ * the ("herokecs, that
mittfd l’> the Supreme ('ou t:' It
most said, brilliant ntlainmenfs. il :& • Sl . lip | y , t |. nt decision maybe ex-
Ii'hm' v is small inn well au.'nged. ®.|pedited. bv making a case by consent,
bad an opjMnlanity to S( c but few (, I j iTtG:*! course should soil 1 he views of
ibe other chiefs: of these, some ueio j r . tC S : (l!c of ( ; fl r , j( , ^ TI|P . Slate of
.full Indians nmlHhcis of mixed blood. M arv ! ;in ,i | l;H ] t | onc . this, on the occa-
j 'Fbey .appeared lo be men of good '•
antbm itic ' J a PI >ra,(Ml 10 h< ‘ mrn 01 *" ot ' 1 j sion of her law to tax the Brandi Bank
, , j ‘ . ’ sense, ami generahv posscsstul n luler- ,* ,« c,,,.,. .^t-.bli-liMl at
Knglish < v '*ammer. and geography, (on , , , * • . . . .» 01 t!,< Liulcii s < s.nnu.nn'
^ . •*.?(• . abb; Lnglish nlucuti.m, w bicli they ^ ]f; MrCulhh vs the Stott
'iiv last nuarterlv visit,! far sui i;assed • ■ - • m. i . , > , 1 > <• 1' 1 moi c. »*j <( 1 11 n \ •
■ 1 1 ! a.-q...rea in I cirinsso.* nml»t <•"* i ,4.M„r- hind ! Wl,onion. SIO; a.nl, a-
miss.onary ost-.Mislim.-nts. ’O.c rom-1 n .;' oct . asiim am ,iU,-r Stnle
i men people were
gain.
law. r
q'lii n:g
the imjiorteis and ycm -
I I IS It PnUl)!T U) iia mu me liuhi'h , 1 . • ,,
* ' r , - .. . r ; men people were almost universally
intelligence of th»; voutfi of this conn- r * i i i ,i 1 • i i t « <
comfortably clotlicil m babdiments r f , » f . • . , , » l(l . \ n ,,t „ m.
ti*v. ^ to witness the benign influences \ . ... , Ct oersof foieign goods tu t.-.k« 01,1
tbe.r own manufacture and after lhc lf . rnM . fron| |||p State— vs. the
Sfatc cf JW arul and 12 M I: cat on, 4Hb
j 'Ibis las! on so is made up in the turni oi
in such country, : In *^bt be expected to break two or j 1 1 | 1ns been sai
dud of its adaptation to the object of|l^ , ee 1 rea *cs with Spain and Hoi- |j R , interest of .... — .. , .
tbi s bill and fo the wants and habits of < lor the sake of bringing millions j t ] )P y have been gradually deteriorating i We publish in another pm I of our pleadings, not requiring n statement oi
Iho Indian nations. ef.men, and hundreds of millions of f 9r t j ie last twenty vears. Such an paper the letter addressed by Mr. 1 fa* tv. Bur in both cases, the Atior*
'This amendment was leiected. money under bis control. Here was assertion, in tin; estimation oftbose A^iit to the Governor of Georgia an- ncy General of flic State, it isuiulci-
eat temptation. Rut. we have ; n q 10 are nequaintiul w ith the religious, ; nouncing i’i resp* etful language t* e stood, co-op*’rated in »lie measure, niu
in scores ol treaties with depend- literary, and political improvement of course which tin* ( herokecs have, pro under the instruction ot the State on
, , Indians, and descended to the j t j lis p C0 p| 0n will be viewed as a lihal scribed for themselves fo ascertain Ihorities, gave facility and despatch
j.,a* one, in the jmlgment of enlighten- i most pitiful subtarluges and evasions. on our missionary reports, and a slnn- i the a
«*:| and candid moil, who have the per-tofct to augment our national power ,j P r on the nation. M e have no he si- | whic
The bill then passed to a third i a great temptation
reading l)y a vote of 28 to 19. ; broken
This decision was a most humiliat- J cnt
and resources—not
ger—but simply lo
less clamor and to make
ger—but simply lo appease a ground
manent interests of their country at nml **<
heart I —
'^The majority in favor of the bill less clamor and to make an insignili-
j , rs;cl ,hun had hern expected by j ‘'ant acquisition of new lands,
pilher party. <3. cat surprise was j In giving4be history of the debate
; amount and extent of the rights
hich have descended to them from
to avoid any dan- | fancy in saving their improvement has nature, or been acquired by treaty;
been in proportion fo the means af- j and the reply of Governor Gilmer,
forded: and should flier he permitted . which some newspaper Editor has
to lire in the peaceable possession of! pronounced to be dignified. Our no-
thc land of their fathers, at no very 11 ions of dignity may be crude and er-
to the reference of the questions to
the decision of tfic Supreme ( ourt.-—
In both these cn3cs, tlio question in*
volvcd was tb° constitutionality of
State laiv; and, in both, llie State rf
Maryland united in the reference o»
tbis question to the Supreme Court.,