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It;*.Jim pTea«*d aa®H*
> rovid*neus t*. cast my Io l a *
iif the Cherpkeej, and why sho u *d
. murmur? „ lynrould not, if I could.
exchange U for adrtlWJ If design-
lag meq mitt abuse, andcount the ,r
abuse .honorable, they are \ve!conn e
to the lull enjoyment of all that i 9
necessary tjt the pleasures of sveh a
at X]
oft
to revive jt
the last instruction
’oshtugteu on the 'subject,
lokihn ^issuance « coup
ling ,“Geu <tl Jackson docs
tot speak with affor'ed tongue!” If
this he the fact, may the annuity re-
nuin therb forevet, Bh eternal monu-
eaent of hja inSusUce. v to those who
hiiTr !
The Tndiao may have died and se
creted by ourjriends.
And I Jfcrther understand from a
friend thaflhe saido command shot
Another Indian at or about (he same
time. This was stated by one of the
Guard, that they shot two Indians,
one in the thigh nnd the other through
the hody And be further stated,
the one shot through the body was
mortally wounded, but the certainly
of ihc latter is unkuown.
New, ,Sir, I need* not dictate to
you, ou such an occasion. Y have
b«6b Using my influence to prevent
private revenge, thinking it to be the
best policy. Not that there bos been
any such intention expressed, by any
but we all know the disposition or hu
man nature, when blood has been
shed. If this Indian should be found,
ble fet articles I never wrot«*, as they say, i do immeoa^ood by reVoahng it. Geor
and yetcomplain bitterly ‘<ff certain’ coin- g«» would soon get rid of thfe Musuoriarres
munitions to which are appended the j without sendingthetn tothePcmtentiary
Hfosght tiisujfttleh, An traded in crow-
it may create some excitement, which
with laurels' which h»vej' vou, ‘ l require yours and other influ-
_ t'ti»oipd>««snort to his ence *° prevent a revenge.
^watted station* I never hear I * oftl8 . with respect and a friend to
BftUttmHft trumpeted but my ■ I n °‘ an liffhtf.
ideas Associate with it what was once
u favorite maxim of his:—"■ The tree
it /tfoten by id fruit."
The*' JBditor of the Cher. Phoenix
jKtfldir.Wr *jo aid of mine to keep him
it competent to the task
is ow.ri.defcoce
right*
The suspicion as to the fate of the young
man shot in the thigh, we have since un
derstood, is not well founded. He was
but sligh*ly wounded and ba» returned
home. YVe have heard nothing as to the
ngnafs of persons who Jid *ot write them
on the very ground, it - would, seem, t
those who penned them «c to be consf
ered responsible? If Mr- Worcester has
written the editorial articles, of wbicl^
they say, they are “well informed,” how
is my name, standing at the top of the
paper, to shield him? If they can prove
that he is the “real editor,” why cannot
the law reach him, and drhv should T be
punished for the a;tf of another person ’
But if my name has really “shielded” my
persecuted friend “from that punishment
which his crimes have, so justly merited,”
what shields his own name? IJe lias ‘ap
pended’ his oanrte' to certain statements—
ifthose statements are not true, how is i
that the law cbnpot reach him there, un
shielded as he is by my name? My indo
lence *nd ignorance prevent me from un
derstanding these matters.
4. There is one way in which Col Nel
son can obtain a complete and speedy sat
isfaction for all the injures done to him
‘n the Cherokee Phoenix. He says he
informed me that ‘Uhoir [Missionaries)
character for falsehoods was so well es-
8. Col Nelson says l did nbt correctly
tatc his' hasty words closing our sccon^
terv icw f am pretty confident I stated
them substantially us I heard them.—
There were jertOns present who heard
them 1 am willing an appeal shodld be
made to them.
ELIAS* BQUDTNOT,
Ed. of the Cher. Phas.
Mr. Hardwick thinks we have
mistreated him in this paper, and if he
Wishes for redress, he ought to direct his
communication to U9 and we will attend
to him. But he ought not t;» employ the
weapons of a bully'. We have nothing to
do with corporal size and physical strength.
them we have no
If he prides himself in them we iiave.no
objection, but lye can assure him. .that,
amongst honorable, men, abusive language
does not const tute a great man.
other. If he has been shot, we hope it has
not caused his death. On fact is impor-1 iablished, and their motive so well
taut to be remembered. This act has been I understood, that censure from them was
done since the de ision of Judge Clav
t nis —- - I none since »ne ae ision 01 judge wiav«| . . ., 0 , „ .
conclusion of the letter , oflj that th(> cherskees have a right to dig P tawe to the 0,mrd * Now lt * cems to
It will b® fioough to say that it has gold on their land, the lots of Georgia to me that it he can make it appear to the
.awakeneT h > uupl«Msant forebodings tfle contrary notwithstanding.—V.uivok.
A>fi‘mffTotare. ’
F«»r the present, 1 have done with
tie 'I. He i» ‘left to the exeirise
s own discretion in determining
.bit “course.”
COODEY.
Jfatd of Coosa, i 5th, 1831
re* tt f Ai
CHEROKEE PIKE '■IX.
NEW ECHOTA REPT. 11, 5831.
|CT?ewy uiPC5>hj«y, *a*» *
TfrAl-'-M- d®i-ko, 1 tion at once, and instead of denouncing
satisfaction of the public that these mis
sionaries have conducted this paper, that
one of them is the “revl editor,” he will
at once gain his objr t, for whatever is
said in the Phoenix wiif be but praise to
the Guard. This would settle the ques.
Vtr-AA* Ah-tfBWO- ■pi" TOT* A a ViWovA
_ APZ h-Ah-if b A 1C fTAOS^a.
RoawtNfl watkrI, Cher. Nation,
4'Ot-h Sujiujrabef 1 1831.
OUDIArOTT.
Th ; > information received
of tb** YunheV hostile outrage,
illed,' by the Georgia Gu*rd
our defenceless citizens. you;( P ,|in a newspaper; and, second,because 11 said, Col. Nelson “did not sv.ecify, but
y* by the enclosi li. is > on- f j, a t c <Jmmuii,cation substantially confirms j spoke of the Phoenix in its general couise
my statements relating to our interview. ' character.”Certainly I did not exagger
I, most readily, publish the eommunica-
t on of Col. Nelson, because, fust, 1 on-
eider the course he has now taken the
most correct and honorable way to obtain
satisfaction lor an alleged wrong coinmmil-| Speaking of the «nr.ie in my
the paper they would have occasion to
rejoice in its existence, if, under any cir
cumstance, charity may br said to rejoice
in iniquity.
5. Col. Nelson rays he told rte that
there were not five lines oftmth in the ed
Uorial articles relating to the. Guard.
statement,
polluted of all rccepticles, ttie
okce Phoenix—they would have £»••*:
ed mo at does tbc idle wind, but for
their introduction into other cofotMlf
and their dissemination abroad.—
They are as false sir, as the canting
nnd hypocritical fanatic who indite*
them.'
%
Allan re the -President
‘•touring l«on” fcni compassion
for!,
”8
K
m’u
’‘will
A.-msid -fit caimi to the Principal _
Chief by-ekprcss, and fro n the oi i- n W ,J: Jje recollscted that I did not pro J ate here. T« say that there have not been
fiual. I obtained tins xtiaet, tvliiih ; tPgs t0 re ] a |. e 0 rery thing that was said by | five lines of truth is sajutig too much. It
you will please to publish. Mr. Ross Vr-laon my object was to give t!? ft i is that when a man attempts to prove
Xvill make it a lubjtftt of^onamunir- ubstancei that j 8 , t0 . n r or m my readers ! too nmh he invalidates his test,msnv. A-
tbat I was threatened with personal vio- j nolber expression is as equally unfortir-
- . . i tnnee, &. to stale, what 1. understood to be | na t“- “Impositions attempted to be pass-
in«S i the r< ‘ ason assigned. It did not enter in- j «1 «pon the public, by inserting the most
st*coov«uiional
^%br»
bave^bey^etnT now tb*y" are fired t0 purpose, and still m*r- 1 considered i tbos* “more ignorant” men who presided
• Upon with a; »s ond blood has been i *oo fooLsh to demand any attention. ...... -
abed, under the official instruments of! public, howev r, can now judge, having ! dccorou« preambles! k infiartiuiatory res-
G«0'‘tfia. But from til* Presidont, J Nelson’s own narrative and my siatenrents olutions’Mt were passed, but efthose we
to com)iare, whether I c*uld possibly have
bad any ^motive to publish “mutilated
accounts.”
I cannot say that Col. Nelson has given
Wf m«y
V •: ire.
not expect justice, but u
fro a the text of this bloody
transaction, <>n ilia propriety of an
“ emigration to the weslAi'it wilderness.
“Who is there to wiwp for Logan?
JNo not one!” ^
Your frieud,*
JOHN tIDGE>
Hickory Leo pisTmicT,C. N )
Sep. 1831. i
presume, vilio published accounts of their
arrests by the Guard. He alludes to
one in particular, &.ihe only one who may
be laid to be too ignorant to write, but lie
A correct account of his conversation, that. dor* know the first letter 9!'the Alphabet,
account being, or prof ssing to be, a par- I ,<tm told by those who know him best that
tieulir one. I do not now recollect to 1 h f can read. And how did he abuse the
have heard many of his expressions he! Guard? The lollowing sentence is copied
has introduced into h s communication, from his communication.* “In justice to
and I think of others which he has forgot
ten^ relate; but that is to very little
pufpbSPi as his conversation throughout
the oflicers, and privates generally, I am
bound to say that l wa* friendly and po
litely treated by all, except the above
Ht John Rosa,
1 wish to iaforin you of a-,
Aether-hostile outrage com«litt«d by j wa?nearly of the same tenor, and as my named Mr, Poj.e ” As to the alleged un-
Ihe Gwfkia Guam some few days wa nt of recollection may he attributed to I position there was none. The readers of
•inc*. ThcraJft’as a command or- | my mental indolence in attending to big | the Cherokee Phoenix were not informed
4cred to tbl^apper niiues. While lecture, or to m; ignorance—His expres. ! that Benjamin Murray penned his com-
•* that rout, scouring the woods, sion* may have escaped aic, or I may hgve munication himself.
.-they fouad a couple of Indian boys on misunderstood.them,
Bra«ch and shot at lh«*s, butj On th- letter of Col. Nelson, cansider-
did u* damage: the boys made their; ir.g it as a communication, a few remarks
escape by rus^ng into ihe tfjMerness. I w^,y be necessary.
The Guard extended tboij^bai^ll, far 1. Whoever has been the “real editor” of
And wide; and another tootivc the Cherokee Phoenix, he does unnccessa)
w T*rfel*' l Mill creek alone, and as j ry injustice to him when he says, that he
they ^thtj Guard) stipposed had been j had‘never failed to attribute theii [Geor-
«T AOrk digging for gold. On the j gia GuaFd] acts to the worst passions of
approach of the Guard, be the In- j the human heart.’ On this score I might
■dian fled, when orders were given to. Vfr y ga f e |y appeal to the
| .HI reader, who
ohoot him. Fortunately for the poor 1 must be supposed to recollect what has
tulferer he was no^ shot until the been ga i(; ; n p r j n t in regard to the
third Are which. brought him -to fh^Iouard. Sure I am . if any such liberty
tground. The ball or shot struck him. | ja8 been j a | ten w j tb their acts and mo-
Reav the butt of the thigft, ranging. by tbe editor, in any editorial arti-
forward to the cap of the Wee tvhere de } 8m lgno ^ nt c f it
ft was Uken out by a doctor. ^ ^ was ^ He says they were “well informed”
I ibat ytfprcester was the real editor, and
b. r. Worcester has thought prop
Hutteriid somewhat 4ike as if it Had
1 . 1 11. »• 1 1
btruck a bone bui did not brake it.-
J-,. ... # . -»■ . r>.... vet'aflAb.r.WorcesterhastUoughtprop-
Tlie liidiaij wos thenta'en 0 a 1 t o publish a flisclkimer, not si particle
b.o .»jl left JL» ben to prove
*cout being under tbc command ol ^ 0. .
dian is nst at Daniel’s, feeport says possession of the proofs. In this enlighten
he hat ranaway, but it ip quite un- ed age and country^a man is not, as we
likely for any man to fun or even ta
Walk with such a wound as lie had
received from the Guard. We haye
fflome taspicioQf idea* *f the affair.
have been taught *0 believe, to be pro
claimed guilty without some testimony.
S. By what kind of improved logic do they
cottte to the conclusion that I am respona-
I did not inquit e
whether he. wrote it—U was sufficient that
he brought it tithe office with his name
“appended” to it. As 1 fold Col Nelson }
in cur first conversation, Murray had a
right to procure another person to write
for him. Even General Jackson had
appended’ his name to pieces he never
wrote.
6. oiutthing was really said of “real
wrongs” done to the Chefokres by the
missionaries in appropriating to them
selves Charities yearly sent into the nation
for the poor Indians—Col. Nelson thought
if I w as patriot I ought to expose the
fevll. I can only say I have no right to
speak of things which have no existence.
Col. Nelssn, I presume, was misinformed
as to the object of the charities sent into
the nation—but he was credibly informed
by these whd told him that they have nev
er been distributed among the “poor and
more indigent Cherskees.
?. What were the counsels which the
Missionaries gave, and which, “if follow
ed, would have been treason to the state
and destruction ti the Cherokcesl” It is
to be regretted that.in all such grate char
ges so little attention should be paid to the
proofs necessary to substantiate them. The
testimony of respectable Cherokces will be
credited, if not by the Georgia Courts,
certainly by the public, and Col, N, will
The following are extracts of ti letter
from Col. Sanford to Governor Gilmer--^
That some of the presiding officers of the
meetings, of which lie is speaking, retreat
ed at the approach of Col. Nelson is nows
in this part of the world. They were prob
ably absent when Col. Nelson went to
their houses. One would suppose from
the report of Sanford that several were ar
rested for presiding at meetings as presid
ents, whereas only two were arrest i,
Thomas Woodard and Alexander MeCov.
We think of no olher that was taken that
had any thing-to do with the me.etiiigs of
which he is speaking.
We are sorry Col. Sanford does not
hold oitr print in a little belter estimation
than he seeins to do. If the Cherokee
Phoenix is, in liis view, of all others the
rnoxt polluted, we are happy to know .hat 1
a great majority of its readers think dit-
ferentlv. They believe truths have been
published in it, which a mere flat denial
cannot invalidate. Who dse<$he mean !>v
the canting &c hypocritical fanaticl Col #
Nehon’s narrative must enlighten Us mi
this point. He means then the Urv. S.
A. Worcester, the “r<-al editor” who
instigates all things done in the nation,
for the- purpose of furthering his “base”
views and who is now in Georgia to re
ceive that “punishment” “his crimes”
have So richly “merited.’*
Believing that llio subject adverted
to in your letter of the 31st, worthy
of still further investigation, Coi.
Nelson had been dispatched upon the
rmite mentioned in mine of the 28ih,
for the purpose ol ascertaining more
particularly the character and nature
of those meetings. His report fur-
nialics no evidence that they have been
held for any other object than that.
ascribed to them in my last commu
nication to your Excellency. !f
therefore a dilferent opinion exist a-
broad, it has been probably formed
by too hait'ily attributing to those as
semblies now r , what formerly might
have been their object. If indeed
different from what they claim to be,
they possess the advantage of circum
stances, that heve as yet baffled all
inquiry into their true character. If
councils, the most untiring research
lias not been successful in discovering
them such as are interdicted by our
laws. The retreat and concealment
of some of (heir presiding officers
up*n (he approach of Col. Nelson
created af first an impression of their
guilt, and induced him to arrest such
as were still within his reach, and to
detain them until satisfied of their in
nocence. Tbe.y appear to be ignor
ant and unsuspecting dupes of others
—probably, of Ross, Ridge, and Co.
who no doubt are very willing to di
vert by any expedient the national
mind from the contemplation of a sit
uation resulting from their own short
sighted and misguided policy. While
in custody they were treated with
every possible kindness and lenity.
I beg permission to assure your
Excellency, that in the few instances
requiring the interference of the
guard for the enforcement of our
laws, no act of useless qr wanton vio
lence lias been permitted. Nothing
could be more abhorrent to ray own
feelings—nothing more flagrantly un
just to the command, in general, thau
the imputation of such a chargo. At
all times has a careful regard been
inculcated for their persons, thoir
roperty, and for those privileges not
: “j$>itcd them by our laws—not a
itary instance cun he adduced of
tliieir violation without a previous li-
$tiitity, or upon presumption so
nraQ; as scarcely to admit a doubt of
it.^ It is with feelings of indignation
therofore that I hare viewed the foul
aspersions cast upon the guard and
ttpunn those conducting its operations,
emanating as they do from that most
The following lecture on Blackguards*
from the New York Gazette, we recom
mend to the special attention of such mm
as Old Ned, Ralph Scruggs, &c. Ac. Ac.
The condition of a blackguard is
peculiar. “The Ethiopian natj
change his skin, or the leopard his
spots,” but for llie blackguard there
is no redemption. All efforts at re
claiming him are vain. You may
think perhaps for a moment that your
exertions are lively to he crowned
with success, but the hope soon
proves delusive—“the dog hath re
turned to Ins vomit, and the sow, that
was washed, to her wallowing in the
tn’ire. ” Arrogance
insolence, and
f.dsebood^clmg like “beeswax” to
his skirts. Elevate him, and you
only afford an exemplification of the
truth of the proverb—-‘seta beggar
on horseback, and he will ride to f lie
deiil ” The wealth of Croesus or th«
honors of Caesar, would he showered,
on own in vain. Fate lias decreed
it. You cannot transmute a black-
goard into a, gentleman-—to use a
homely adage, • You cannot make a
siik purse out of a soiv’e ear ”
—ouooeo—
In society Character is the first/
j second, and the ultimate mjali'ty*
A man is never ruined who fill's not
hat | | os ; i,j s character; while lie who had
• his
i§id
tost tus character, whatever hr-
position, is ruined to all moral
useful purposes. Envy anti calniifiiy
will tblioiv a man s success' iik> h.s
soadoiv; but they will be powerless if
tie .3 true to himself, .-afid relies on
Ins native energies t||jifecal or five
mem down. Vi'rtiK^H^be ifiiiutp*-
resented, but (h<!$'(w|fc”mtues $, Ji;
and u) vain will ah industrious mar be
tailed an idler, a sensible man a fori.
a piiuieui iiian a spendthrift, a per
severing until a elniinj.f ling, 0,” .an liort-
esi man a knave. The cuaiiti's ’•tv.
lulicicnt, and cannot be rc/now ri i>y
words, eXespt by a man's own own-'
Sent; at tile same* time, ail ca!n linl.w'
tors ilirtce detected ought to b, ban
ished us criminals, uiHOilh? ihj
benefits of the society of which tinw-
ever powerless, they c-udeuv0.c»• ,0
bo the pest and bene.
I-OVE AND MA flU.MOXY. %
Extract JrovX tio-well's Lift cj .won. *.
From iVii . tine tor I r,i.ty
many particulars ol r.. i ^f.hnsV.VrfH
early life, which, with
gave me al diflcicul li
cordributod to tiic e , fo;-ni.‘urtni^
t* , nt‘L k Ji’ irdiwemi cn nl r
morning, You will
Hector’s, Ins sister Mi's ‘CbV^MPSra;
clergyman’s widow. She was llu*'
jit at woman with whom I was'in love..
It dioppcd out of my head impercep
tibly; but siic and I shall always have-%
a kindness for each other.’ He
laughed at the notion that a man can
never be really in love hut ouce ? , and
considered it a mere romantic fancy.
When we again talked of Mrs. Care
less to-night, he seemed to have had
his affection revived; for he Rigid, .‘If
1 had married her.^inight have been
as happy for me.’ IScsisell—* Pray,,
sir do you not suppose that there are
fitly women in the world, with any otic-
of whom a man may be as happy as
with any one woman gin particular?*
Johnson—'Aye,jffif{y thousand.* B.—
' Then, sir, you are not of-flhe opiuioet
with some, who imagine that cettain
men & certain women are made fof
each other; &“that they cannot be hap
py if they miss their counterparts?’ J-J
•To be sure not, sir; I believe ihar*
riages wou^ in gencray|a^B8 happy, *
and often uu.re so, if ralp^vere all
made by the Lord Cliavihltor, upon d
dtifjponsidcratwn of characters and cir
cumstances, without the parties haoinjf
choice in the matter J
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