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AGENTS FOU TitE CUdROREE
I'll (ENIM.
n»e following y* • < n ”' ^uth n-'z-l t
1 iM-eiv'p *nh%e»*‘ptions an p ' * t i» c* • r i 1
tC11*’ k*»e Piitcmx.
M *r . 1 *l' scr. ok W . i.i,» \
Ma "t St. B e -m, M • .
ir :ua»ss At. f'UCV, \ r .1 ol ill
4J. F. M. New Y’ova.
U« next examuied the report of the
Georgia legislature, ns approved In
the Governor, and transmitted by him
to the President ot tiie United States,
in December, 1827; waicn report
goes the lengt !t of denying to the In
dians all rights whatever. He show
ed lira 1 the laws, subsequently enact
ed hy Georgia, have carried out the
principles ot the report.
The Clierokees have appealed to
Congress. If they can have no re
dress here, they can have none any
where .
This shoul I nM lie a party question.
It is not On sour* of the mem o i «h,
the verv best hi’MiIs of too adminis
tration are the first signers.
Tht; President ha* tt • powe r to ab
rogate treaties, no power to expound
them They are the supierne law of
the land; and he is hound hy li ; s oath
to execute them IE* lias mo dispens
ing power* YY hen a treaty is made, it
is beyond bis control. It derives its
force from the constitution; not irorn
the President, unless h» is above the
constitution. P’be can abrogate or
x p*'»!#nd ! h’*se ? e ics, he can s* t
side tri r.' 1 s with the pace s * i Go
re.of a d m iy cn m
ns.
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r o» c-:
temptible mass ot sophistry is this ) ble land holders of our county, if, ii » «i%s,:ut; indeed, Governor Troup,
great question disposed of.* 1 j then they were the original owners of ; as late as 1825, by pi oof-mat w n,
I he guaranty ol the treaty ot Hoi-'the soil injustice and inhumanity can comm.mbed ouedicnce to one ot tnese
ston was declared by Mr. btorrs to! done forcibly dispossess ttinii of it , vci y treaties. How then can G* or-
havc been ni ide for life very put pose
of protecting the Cherokecs against
Georgia. lie asked, L '‘ Is nut Georgia
not
a member of this Union ? H as
Georgia adopted the federal constitu
tion^ Is she not hound hy theobl-ga-
t ions ol our count rv? 'Pile good faitli
•an v age commuuiiit s
the cl a sm of conquest
ail u ii’ ioreign
i! r-
r %
>»,
• c 1. that the state
t .*\ereis >1 ■ i * s ai”
III-ii \\ t» • *S Y\ ,. m .*
s migut interpose j gin now nvi w that she is tu t bound by
*st, but il is a part j the trnusa tions of the general gov-
‘d tiie moraliiy ot ti at law which ex- ! ernment and assert that that is in »o.*g,
ists between, and governs associ.itions ) which she lias for the last century, ic-
•t rational, intelligent men, that ihejpeatcdly and sob nmly deteindued. is
>t roager shall not oppress tr destroy j right* The champions of^’state tights
‘he weaker power. Consequently can best reconcile the inconsistency
(■* t t a i s go\ e i mi! e n t must be m a i i it a«u- j *\ e !, no w of b u t t w o wa v s t o e x 11 n^ u i ■> h a (id a bs u rd 11 y cd I icr c a u se.
i*.l. I rneasu: e my wotd'. «/*£ gooti hie Indian title to vtt'Vpwl lands, yi>j: \\ jian this sulqeet w as fu st ngitat
J ii i (^f tur c nnVrj mn i t Lc muinta' uc l!, j by purchase or gijt Yiitnout <! ii( ss or cd we looked upon it as another ol the
(K cmy hazard. . j violence. Iinlceil, until lately, no frothy ehullit ions of that i evi-lutii i iz-
As to tin* pretended right of con-j other way was contemplated or even ing spirit w hicli has for the last live
qutsl. Mr. St or rs said, that e l;a<! hinted at. 1 lie eobimsts vn.i!; tiie years maddened the people of the
never mailed ourselves ol il, and it roval charter el their King in their South—ms a misebievious notion eon-
w as now too latt*. j pockets, commissioning tl-em to p<*s- <*octed in 11 so stiain of some Southetn
He concluded hy a very strong and : soss lands w ithin eerlafn defniod limits iiotsj-ur, that could harm no one hut
eloq lent appeal to members, w itli re-; still chose to act m the w v that jus- i:s s-useiess author; and accordingly
gord to their responsibility to then i ice and equit y diet tcd. ami < ould ‘ leh no ala.i m. Although Troup HwhI
; ‘*°nstituenls, to the enlightened A-j not bring their mines to **do v iolence t xbansted th<' nrgiimtnt 1 am! drawn
meri an eomninnitv, to the \y ise to tin* laws wt Gud as well as the jaws his sword, still we were not terrified,
and good ol every land. t o t ii o 111<* mis | o I N a * i ous. j I o r w e su p posed Limcuttc a *' 11 - v > -1
anr. enemies ot free institutions, to \\ ith t !iis unders; an<!o*g of thepiim- fellow, and m do evciv ebarital.de cl-
the great lanjdy el uatioiis. 11*' so ji ? ive rights of t!ie Uherufees ;!e ar- Imvanee for bis absurd exhibition of
leoi'i'y declared, that he should ? uinf j ing ii mind that they never can he t< rn->er. exjiecting v, iicn tiie mcieurv
i- t iessevtj, ami a more supp- risa *i ifieed or lost without their con- sunk to freezing point, to bear better
f ' family, to haw a dictator sor the nivauce or consent j we may at once things from bun. Hut alas! the sea-
( f«f* f d one lima, than to h ive the con- clearly pcre-lve bow uttcf iy untena- son of mirth has ^mie hy. Absurd a?
* :u late-l 111'.' .so es with < ''<• lii-bam- : bio are (be ( films of Georgia to the the cl ems of Georgia arc, she bar
‘ i i:i(o Mit 1 i’ i M'l ! 1 -» bei i:-*\ cd ? • S •* o{ t he In lid now held h v t iio 11 ibcs found 11 m
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'• sufjcct. nod declared that the de-
that such a cooisg wf> ilvi do i\ t io-
.a v to lb** cause ot free institutions
* *••'«*» . oaiil be dour: by alt the armies
of all themo»:arefs o: Huiope (or a
; »*;itnry. He ronio dect tiie House,
till 1 , t lie judgment ei posterity on ties
td.
mis—she lias the power :-.t*d
her hinds. Tor if Greo gia in d< ii,nice cd^ just ice. conscience, faitli
v arrogate to herself the imp.M ai d lias bugun her rapacious exterminat
ing p'oli v. El e work of plund *r end
de-.t ruct ion already goes ui. '1 be
m’.gnrcii'ri .ns i ;w ; that once sou < f the nin e lordly proprietor (i
lli \ sl doni in, is sinUitig in the wu sf
creel power ol (hiving ! ( von j the
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On S it.nrd.iV. May I5tu, Mr. Stun s
oT New York, opposed the biil in one
o the ablest and most conclusive
is M*ches, w .ii *!i liave ever iieeii do-
f .ored i i our House ot Representa-
ti >*s. It will boar a very honorable
coupnison with the best discussion
m me Dritish House of Commons, lo
paint .)t order, close adherence lo tiie
b .bjecl, lair and m » dy argument, ami
■••'gent expost illation il has rarely
i *i?11 surpassed. Whoever doubts
tie* currecfness of iiiis representation
ni-v read the s leech for hiinsell. as
p*» -ii m m! i.i the volume of speeelies
0.1
*g ? indian
bill.
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Mr Simrs
OCf!
upied the
floor just
f
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1 W
as heard
with pro-1
t.i
id ini crest
a in
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Public
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pnetation.
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h hod he
en raised
h
ji. was full
v s;i
it L tied. /
Vniong the
wliich
he
discussed
, are the
ti»*s eannof be reinstated as th *y
iverp, W e a*'“ to decide in eur own
eas**, :ini! we must decide rigid It
we give the world -C'S iu to s.?V. that
we east our sword int the scab*, we
♦oust hang our heads with stianie for-
ever
1' »“ri‘ are two courses to he pur
sued with the Indians, that of '"'pain in
South America, and that o> P * »» and
the I’uritans. Wo must take our
choice.
Before the American Hevolution,
the principle vas settled—delinerate-
|y settled by the British, government,
— that the Indian nations wen' sover
eign, and capable ol miking tn*:!ios,
and of selling or retaining their fin is
After tiie Revolution, the same prin
ciples were acknowledged, am! acted
upon. In 1703. the cabinet ofG**mv
tr mage nor l»\ a ven*.l pi ess. ‘He
\ si- -.1 «hat t ht* !’• esi.le it woof.l still
pa s ' and redo,:;; tli .1 he w ould e•*n-
s ilt lit * lioaor of Ins country, arid bis
uwn true glory; and that he wo dd m-
t terp 'se, and save lie.' j lightt d 1 till ot
!lr* fj liteil Slates from vi f;«ion.
'I'he elfort of NJ/. S orrs was a no
ble <>ne. He threw in it ids whole
soul I? was the result of sober e» li
vid ion am! deep feeling; and excited
in the minis of heart s overpowering
* eui"!intis.
Mr I. :nnl;!i) of Oorgi •, n mem-
• her ofGho Indian ( omnutl<*e. ebtain-
n«*i
New V
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it; ’ lie e
xerri -e
ol sinn-
to he
s i; * ■ e i
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by
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night.
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pow er
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pOi ! i>.
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b*!i Si'S
bred
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to se**k a *
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have :
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h would l)e j i'd i 'd a-
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* obit i ary and d«*spoi ic
is r aclu'd,"
e\« S. on -v' h o re-
' »be pond
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rnittee rise, and the eomrn.Ue
accordingly. On Manduv Ajj*. rcim -
led? but an account ol Ins
rose'no
in proec
nu mber
tan e !>e
'•ernes
a
duty
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We s v t
bat G
cn
rgia
has
not
t he
ulow ol a
i i _ ! 11
or
1 rc»*
ede.-
t in
be r
u-n
tdilv, of iioy jx.wer. But the br.w is
broken a d the acts of p.cai <! ami c iv-
iiiZiilir.il liave uimcivcd the slung
arms of their pi out! wan bus. They
trusted, in ’be s P icn guati i.'ces <f
♦ MW g•*> • (. meat, and bin ted 1 he ratch
et. G lieu the nileis of this I’nicn
pledged to them, the undistuibed en-
iovmeut of all (he.i Imiu s vb it!iii» ihe
lim; s of the l . States, thev n ii I
X r. tiita ns A m an's
Fmni tli f * Q^lrn, NT. A . P.itmt.
THE (ME itOE EH INDIANS
j ftn pis! and o;>{ iissi\e pnli v towards ct that their tcrrituiy was to remain
t;io ("iiero’.ees; nor mpii lately ir s itwiobife. uu'ess tbey Ireely consent-
she pretended to it. The founder of ed to part with it.” But it is other-
lhe e< b>ir» d i m*t qmsliu i tb< light w isi*. ‘Fhe general government has
of (he I-di.ms 1 * (he owner s ? »»{> of t he directed its special avitnt to say to
! ; •••' •• otiati ’us willi , ilw m. ‘Mont whenever the Slate of
We apologise io our readers am! to (etit < >. ami •■(( ■ is n
nekm'W f Ige.l in ‘he mi'St poH-| Georgia tbink's proper to ent?r ti;
tin* fiieuds of justice and humanity, uem
hr our uede! in no! noticing earlier Dive and miequivm-al terms their sole , teri i«ories of the Nation to survey it,
lie present interesting eo-it rov<*isv power t o grret. Indeed, ivory sui)- the IN esident cannot int«*i fere or pre-
! r
tho pi
respecting the righis of the Aborigines, seq-n-nt act of the eoioms-s wrs pic-
au I w e nriV add, their existence. As dil ated upon this uu Y?iia be basis.—
vent her, and that the citizens of
Georgia would then draw for the land
the honor and idigl.tcd f • t!l of our The ajiprov.il or silent acq-m sconce iggroealdy to their law s; or in oilier
government, arc deeply involved in the of Georgia t <> e ve i y t re.! v made be- ; w ords, that they would take it by
' G^oe aid us the condition of these tween the government of [lie United ■ forec without any opposition from the
•vrelched ami defenceless children of States and ike (her lees, from the general .government. ” ^ The treaties
nature claim, and Iinve, i deed, seciir- » ; nie of t be eoid'edci ae v to the year of I lope we I, I 785, of Holsten, July
I * began by expressing his fear,
tbit idsnuerablo obstacles bad been
thrown in 'he w ay nf 'lie Ireo action
of CWpe,*, by the previous action ul
Bin E, utive c i this subject;—a
- i la u nr'»-emim*ntly, on which the
E . * ■ i,! ,■ s.i-mbi not have nntiMpat-
e i 'm proceedings ol the national le-
g Mature.
fn Storrs then entered upon n
d:sc«iss.io'» of the i.daimS ol Georgia, in
doing wlf h he said he should express
ids opinion fully, faithfully, and fear-
bwdv. ]|. asserted the obvious
in"aiong of the compact of 18 )J to
b *, tint the Indian territory should he
oV due j by fur niiil honorable trealv if
obt ibiel at all, and that treaties had
boo a rn ide under that compact, *t
the instance and w ith the aporoba* ion
ol (Jcorgi-i, down f o fhe vear 1825.
u b *n the treaty of the Indian Sjiii»igs
"•as farmed
rai Washiegton held a solemn m.dibc-; f , t j j| Jt , po«.\er ; ul svm;»a 1 hies ol the. l'-5, also, shows com lusiv cly, that
ration, the result of which was the
she not o» iv viebSt 1 1 !o llu in tiie right
just. and honorable and intelligent oi
Am Mean ; ,c »: le. the interest felt | ol posse?-sum in f.*e to the lands which
dian rights
(’h'Tokens.
now claimed by tGo
' ' • i
is t <M'M intens** for tin* mnid to he w ea-;
! lie 1, t!m ;gh in tin* pi esont ing of our
here read sumo o\-
v i<* \ we should in* somewhat pro
t* ha 1 ui >de 1 rom ttie
lix.
ual of the Senate b v
'Id*..'* first settlers of our country
ared, that tin* fullest
’did n t l: id tIn* laud unoiu u;«i» 1. Th»*
and most positive d o'!.»rnti»»ns ' v, ' rf1
m ide to tribes wf fmlmns hv <a*'u*'ral
Washington, dis bainiin.c any right to
their country til! th-v shoul I volunta
rily cede it.' d'h- DJit of discovery,
so far as it might be considered ns in
volving anv cl-iini to *he soil, e. • a ie-
nounced as unpM and o it enable.--
T!,; s decision of th » qocstion hv such
a eabi'iet, Mr. Storrs considered as a
precedent whi-di banished all d-m it
and defied all cavil.
lie next examined M.e le»«er of »he
^nrl.nv of Mb?r to the New-York
Indian Board; a id after s *an:im r ft.
enfenee by sentence, eon bided hy
“And thus, by such a con-
2, 1701, the one negotiated by Gen.
Jackson in 1817, and th t by Mr.
Calhoun in 1819. by which peace was
made, bomidaiies fixed and perma
nent iclatioiis established, the Chero-
11 .led themes a Sovereign and ind’e- koes taken under the protection of
pendent nation. :v d ns ict forming a the United' States and no other Sov-
component, part <>! her population.— jeieign; intrusion upon their lauds for-
For the general government has not ! bidden under heavy penalties,—ard in
savage iuduGed in the pb*is: - s .nd the power to make fieali'S or com-| w Inch il is declared that the Indians
i\\" !• s of tin nasi* within pr» srrib- pacts, with any {ini! ion of * be eit izens j as a body wish to remain on the land
• *.! limits, and deiWd bound l ies, of i State in the eonfederation, nm j of tlieir fathers irith a view to their
w hi!** the imnafes of bis wigwam,'*u|- w ith the state its- if; and the rat ilica- j national preservation, and tfre conse-
f ; Vt f C | adjacent tlwretn. ton slight I i n of a treaty is an absolute aduils- quently promised permanent protee-
d *g;ee. the nits of civilized life-- sbrn of t he Soverei gntv and iud*’pen- j t ion: are to he dispensed with, or set
The w \rth vas tilled w ith the im de- dr M existence of lh*» parties. “Tub- j aside by the stronger party, merely
meets invented by their genius, and
its vegetable productions wen* sew- _ , « .....
♦*d «m .t the same repost with the enuteart iu the name of the State,” j the pre sent administration, from au
meat of tin* Bulfilo or De.er. V*r
profess not to be b* unej iu the vi- . „ ,
on e of It v hut , * V- this am ears to nW -tween the fmleral government ; conduct ors ought to keep their prom-
I|S I„ ,...swsM.'.» an ! o.ru- an:1 die Imlian* ivilhin I lie rtmrterc.l is**s nml llieir IreMi.s invariably.—
Iimin.-!, of fiporih; ami let it be if-! I le w ho violates hi, treaties, violates
Ii'* treaties can only he executed by to gratify the avarice of the Gcorgi-
su’ fiirr powers, hv Sovereigns wbc nns, and thereby continue support to
eouirnet iuthe name of the State,'M (lie present administration, from a„n
Vtitel 23G. During the above pe-j unruly member ol the confederation,
d alm^t twenty treaties were form-{ “Nations” says Valid* “and their
nancy, and eoi*c*»quentty ns indisnnt i
single instance I at the same time tiie law of na-
<5 m
saving•
hie a ri r, ht soil and inherit ue«* ms memhered. th- t in no , . .
1 ■„!,<•, ioiil.-.-p one of (he rcs|M.-.M.n-a Senator of that Stale n ithhohl j lions; for be despises the faith of trea-