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-~F ~T.T> the New York'"Advertiser.
|t 's new understood from news-
. <r a tou. tsj that tie Rev. Mr.
orceSiei:, nun several other per-
i„ of a similar character, have
ieo sentenced hy a c0 |^ ^, il1 "! c
me of Georgia, to confinement iti
eii state prison at hard labor, ior
e term of four years. Mr. Jur
ist er is a clergyman of excellent
laracter for piety, and dovotedness
the missionary service, »u which
has lor many years sedulously en-
wed. The crime of which lie has
etf tried oiid convicted* for
I.ich he is now suffering a most un-
st'aiid infamous punishment, is that
declining to take the oath of alle-
ance to that slate, whilst resident
the Cherokee country. Mr.
'oreester bolieyes the exaction of
cli ah oath not only to be oppres-
jn, but a direct violation ol the
ghts and privileges securer', to him
r the constitution ol the Lmted
tales, and which he therefore as an
and conscientious mini, cannot
Irmit to. Allowing, what in our
dement is far from the fact, that
estate of Georgia have the right of
risdiciion over the Cherokces, and
eir country, we believe they alone
tve the honor of classing the re.u-
1 to an oath of allegiance among
Homes, and of punishing it in the
me manner that horse thieves, bur-
arians, high-way robbers, &c. arc
wished. But the clause in the ki
ted States constitution, which se-
ires to the ciliz$nsof each slate, all
e privileges and immunities of citizeiis
i the several stales, is directly, and in
le most open and barefaced manner,
olated in the case of the missiona-
es, even upon the principles as-
imcd, and the powers usurped, by
le state of Georgia. Citizens of
ates are suffered to reiide in Geor-
a without being forced to take the
sill 'of allegiance, This plain and
mple stato of the case establishes
le principle that we have asserted.
But it must be borne in mind, that
ieBe missionaries have been guilty
r no offence ,under the administra-
on of General Jackson, except that
r residing among the Cherokecs,
ladling them letters, the arts of
ivilizi.tion, and the principles and
actrines of the Christian religion,
i their endeavours to enlighten, im-
rovc, and civilize these unfortunate
L*ople, they have been countenanced,
icon raged, and supported by former
JudnUlratjons, and tlie pecuniary
uuuty of the national government
is been distributed with a liberal
Uernalkuud, for tjie promotion of
ieir labors and objects. Can such
stato of things be endured in this
ofcsse^ly enlightened, just, an ^
iiristian coiuinunily? When a num-
hsbt BoaoTA, sAtroaMT stovbmbeb is, wax.
VOL. IV.-MO 1.8
her of our countrymen weie taken
prisoners by the Algerines, and ic-
duced to a state of slavery in that
barbarous country, the national gov
ernment paid a very large sum of
money from the public treasury lor
their redemption, l'he character of
(lie nation for justice and humanity,
as well as the ieelings of the friends
of these suffering mariners, demand
ed the most effectual intorlcreiicu in
their behalf; and the government
would not have dared, even it they
had been so disposed, to have refused
their exertion*. But there was uo-
thiri" more inhuman, unjust, or op
pressive, and certainly nothing more
disgraceful, m the rase oi the Alge
rine captives, than there is m the
missionarie'. But it is in ' a 11 10
look for relief or interposition ot Hits
administration. The head ol il not
only disregards treaties, laws, and
constitution, but he even countenances
the state of Georgia in their iniqui
tous system of plunder, injustice op
pression Und barbarity,. Under these
circumstances, the people oi the L-
nion, who regard the reputation ol
the nation for justice, equity, aiul
righteousness, are loudly called up< n
to”iuani!est their feelings at this out
rage upon them all, and that this in a
manner that shall make an impres
sion upon the mind of General Jack-
son at least, if it docs not upon that ol
the people of Georgia, h or this
purpose, there ought to he a general
expression of opinion upon the cruel
and tvrannieol treatment cl the mis
sionaries alluded to, and this in such
a language* as lo convince these ulioj
connive at, as well ns those whopiac-j
lice it, that the nation at large, will j
not patiently submit to the reproach
of tolerating such bare-faced and in
tolerable iniquity.
From ihf* Boston Christian Herald.
The following remarks on the late
acts of Georgia, arc just and highly
appropriate. We know not to whom
credit should be given for them:
ARREST OF THE MISSIONA
RIES.
These transactions present a lie v
scene in the history of the United
States. It yet remains to he seen in
what light our citizens will view it,
Heretofore, when they have seen
men seized, tried, convicted, and
imprisoned, they have seen (linn to
and what feelings they will express,
he the intemperate and profane, the
fraudulent, riotous, and the frequent
ers of the haunts of dissipation and
crime; they have seen them taken
for their deeds of dishonesty and out
rage, and made to bear the penalty
of the law, with the full approbation
of the whole intelligent and virtuous
part of the community. Now they
witness a new scene. They behold
men of highly cultivated minds, men
of irreproachable character, citizens
pursuing lawful occupations in a
peaceable manner, charged with no
crime but that of being found occu
pying their own houses and lands,
where they had gone with the express
approbation of the government of the
United Slates; such men our citizens
now sec dragged from their schools,
their pulpits and their ministration at
the Lord’s table, chained one to a-
notlfer, like felons of the first order
and hurried before a criminal court
and to prison. Our citizens have'
been accustomed to see offenders a-
gainst the laws arrested by civil of
ficers acting in obedience to the war
rant of a civil magistrate;’ hut now>
they sec armed soldiers without any
precept, scouring the country, ar
resting whom they please.. Our cit
izens have been accustomed to sec
persons that were under arrest, es
pecially before their condemnation,
treated with great humanity, subject
ed to no unnecessary confinement and
hardship, borne down witb.no insult^
or abuse; but now they seg those
who make no attempt to resist ores-
cape, loaded with irous, forced to
travel great distances on loot, villi-
iied, reproached, and threatened by
j their captors. fiu< h scenes .as these
! are strange and unexpected in Hus
'country. They are so strange, that
j perhaps out citizens do not believe
! they exist. But they arc actually.
! ihat witnessed at the present time; &
i the missionaries with the churches
'have sent forth to Hie niievaiigelizcd,
| are tint sufferers. Tlu/y bring fresh
j to mind the pets cent ions and impris-
! omneut of the noucoiufoi uiists in the
| days of charles. ami the cruel vexa-
i lions experienced by tin). Waldcuses
j under the Duke <>‘ Savoy.
From the N'fw York Observer,
| We have copied on our last, page
jlrmn a Geoigm paper the fullest sc
icoii- t we have y< t oceii of the trial
i and senteucc d ! 'C two missionaries,
j Worcester ai d Butler, for refusing
i lo obey a tyrannical and unconstitu-
! tion.-iUuiv p! .H ti slate. The Cluis-
I lian firmness of Hicsn devoted men
j has been apparent in « vtiy stage of
i the disgraceful persecution which
j they have been made to sutler, but it
! shines forth more c learly in this i.on-
sumatmg act.
j * * * * * *
* * * To the missionaries
alone, it would seem, bdugs tin*
they were sentenced to hard labor in plead earnestly lop, for a spirit to go
the Penitentiary /or four years. We j abroad in our land seeking redress tor
understand, however, that the Court Iheir wrongs. A multitude of fami
lies are thus suffering at this moment,
and w ill the Christian public longer
slumber when the sufferings of ouu
missionary brethren and the wier.gs of
the Cherokee nation so loudly call op
en llmm to awake to action?
From the No: wick Gourier,
Til E MU ii EG A N INDIANS.
Mr. Duniism—It was with nu-
igned feelings of pleasure, that! lis-
of imperative duly?—Parilotl! Lot | tvned to the recital of the ' follow ing
the violators of law, the *■-iiullitiers'*’ I circumstauce. Not long since, one
oi curst it utioi-s aid treaties, the ioi-.or more ol the Mohegan Indians went
(Viters of (heir country’s honor, the, to a shop where ardent spirits are re-
tiairiph'is on right and justice tailed, lopuichaso the usual diuin.
pledged la ill) the avaricious robbers I The shop keeper positively, refund,
of the poor, Hie inhuman oppressors I tp turnish a, tilicdgiog as a leascu,
of ,hc weak, the dinuuncers and iui- U bal > "tide some were making efforts
e f honest patriotism and 1instruct and reform the in. lie ivcuild
was magnanimous enough to insult
them by a recommendation to flie
Executive pardon ml condition ol their
removal t’rem the lands claimed by
Georgia. Pardon!—lor what?— -lui
preaching the Gospel?—,-for transla
ting the Word of God?- for instruct
ing the ignorant?—for comforting the
..lflicted?—for honestly cliiming Hie
rights of free speech and ol citizen
ship?—for the conscientious discharge
prisoners
Clirislian purity, the dealets in grat
uitous insult and outrage—let them ask
pardon!
From the Christian Minor.
AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC.
Mr. Editor: — Having seen, in the
papers ol liiQ day, a notice cl the
CijursC 1 iliai has been pursued by ilie!^ 00 ^ place, lusl vviuler, in Moiitviile.
emissaries of Georgia, towards oui |An Indian cart icd iiis bottle to u deal-
liul be accessary to any measure
which were calculated lo counluiwt
those effuns. This occurrence will
be treasured up with grateful rc-
memberence by the liivmis oi Hie In
dians, and will ever remuiu at h
bright spot iu the character ol that in
dividual. A similar < iiimmsU.m c
missioiiai) brethren in that tegiun, 1
have aiixiously awaited un t*xpi ussion
of public feeling. Mr. Editor, 1 have*
er iu tildeut spiiits, who net only th:-
i liued liilimg it, but eutleavotcd u>
dissuade him Iroin the practice of
glory of having endured hardship in , 0|>‘.*t»c-d many a paper with the cxpec-;‘•••Hmq.eiauce.
this ^ matter like good soldiers, and j UHion that there, woul-t be, through-^ the Ln,ls rcl
io them alone will belong the praise ; out our land, one simultaneous burst '• l,u l,;ii
which nosteritv will he sure to r*n- ‘ ol indignation, at the insults hm.pc d . “b ike Choc law
related by Mr.
sided a unci.oil
Indians, nud
witnessed growl iiiijno\ ciuent in l! rir
Itabiis, ir<»s lhe following. A cunvcil..
i w hich post si i t v - ,
dor to martyrs in the cause of liboity. i u i’bn out mioficuomg methren; but ah,
! 'Phi* |a>v Hinder which Oi;-se mis- { how slow arc wc iii extcndiag to | >u * , ...
; siomuies have, been compelled to snf- ; suflering friends the voice ol > 1!lsl '|‘ . ou* biisiii^- ' t
Ifqr, is I bn greatest otitrsgo upon the ! «*»n sympathy and bow lardy in °ur j - ; ** L » .j! A V ' b V„ .
• * f* | • i i j • i j., jA.it «.{ . U j i P!' i ; ' I i l * O ill lilt' (t if • xUi U ; £,t B Hi Hi iO (iilltik it J? liC liiMI lOT'*"
rights of man, which baa boeo nerpe ' ^ bl0,,s 4,1 " liUjn * ,a c lU , 1 ' I. , w . , ,
(rated since (bo commencement of' pressiou permitted uudor our coasted '*><• > J oonc, u.;d would scaixely be ue-
our independence. It condemns free-1 repobliean government! Do y. u ask ; . he muiao rcniamcd slcuoiast
born American citizens to choose be-! 'vliat more can be done, than has ttl-l - l ‘ iid ul ‘ C11 l »« hail.
tween banishment and four years im- I ready been attempted lor the Uiero-j piutcd his uusmess and was aUul to
prisoninent at hard labor!—for what? ; bees and their Teachers? \ nout suy 11«*<' l!uis ad.lrcsscu toe white men.
— for refusing to lake an oath to! answer, that 1 am a woman in the re-j •; * h *' r 0!,e f, ' vc . r i0 t.sk cl )ou- v
support the most flagrant and wit ked | tired walks oi life, nnd know little oi j »hcn . corrc again, ou not i»Vlti* m*
usurpation!— au usurpation which mil- ! political measures—therefore / 11111 j 0 1 1 !U v > ) oi. -.r.un , uit used to ie
lifios tho laws nnd treaties of tl.b na-j not loll—but F de know if we w ere addicted to this vice, Il you u.go
tionnl government! an usurpation, j ourselves, sulleriug as the ui igmai j "ie lo icturn to it, perhaps 1 may U
which robs the. most respectable na-! proprietors of this soil are, that some- j led away by Ihe temptation.'”
lion of Indians on this continent, of j thing would be devised; caucus after! His generally acknowledged, and
liberty and rights, which they have j caucus would he vpnfoi ked,'while ! " ith truth, that the habit of inlem-
been guarantied to ilicm again and a-i°u»' halls of legislation would ring j pei’anoc was introduced omcng the iu-
gnin by the most solemn pledges of j with the sound of ‘lyiahny and o;'- rlC 3- j dlaus by w bite men—but pci haps It
our national iailb! Jsion, ’ feveiy longue would it'll its j ,s not S l well known that the Niolie
Bv suffering imprlsonnient Ulltltff j VfiongS and every press teem whh . , -
is law, the missionaries will direct | measures lo free us from our sutler -
this
public attention to its tyrannical char- j ings. I appeal to past experience
actor; they will excite deep interest i was it not so during our revolulioary
in a matter which has hitherto been | struggle?
treated with the most unaccountable | What then means this apathy?
apathy; they will open the eyes of \ Hath not God made of one blood all the
the American people to tlut insult | nations oj the earth? and docs he not
which has been offered them; they w ill except that we should feel when trea-
eompel the Supreme Court of the ty after treaty is broken—ticalies as
*■ ' solemn and as strong as could possibly
lie formed to hind the faith of nations?
United Slates tq pronounce its sen
tence in the case, and they will call
lorlIi a feeling, and an expression of
feeling, which will demand tho exe
cution of that sentence, and thus save
our nation from the deep disgrace
with which it has bey n threatened.
W’e have given tlie sentence of
Judge Clayton in full, ihat our read
ers may see lor themselves the miser
able sophistry with which the author
ities of Georgia attempt to disguise
the .tyranny of their law. VVu pre
sume that there are lew of our rend
ers who will not he able at once to
detect its fallacies. We propose,
however, to make a fou r comments
upon it in our next paper.
THE MISSIONARIES IMPRIS
ONED!
A l.etter from one of the honored
sufferers has lietjn received at the
Missionary Rooms, stating that
Messrs. Worcester nnd Butler, Mis
sionaries of the American Board, were
on their way, with other convicts, to
the Georgia Penitentiary! The trial
terminated, on the 19th ull. wo be
lieve, in their couvietion; and ns the
law did not allow' the Court any dig-
notion in awarding the punishment,
an tribe were the only steady allies
of our rnccslois, in their struggles for
liberty. W idle defection frt qneii'iy
occurred iu the oilier tribes, and opi n
hostility iu some, the noble race of
thu Ui.c iscs we.e out unvarying
friends, and they hesitated not t<.
their own blood in our cause. I doubt
not that nearly all, even of those who
may have aided iu puttii/g the cup ro.
their lips, would us patriots, rqfdica'
in preserving this feclle remnant, as
Dues lie not expect us to feel when [a monument oj gratiltdc to their air
our red hreilircii arc driven fr om tin ir | cicnl warriors. Wit they not then
cultivated farms, their work shops, | exert their influence to diminish in
and their comfortable dwellings—cal- [some degree that e.'tl which has been
led upon to turn away from them and more fatal to our red brothers tlints
fre in the graves of their fathers, and
seek their home in a wide spreading
w ilderness, w here no mark of culti
vation is visible? And ah, above all
does he not expect us to feel when
under these accumulated trials no
Christian minister is near (q point
them to that belter world where no
proud oppressor dwells, and pray with
them for that meek and quiet spirit,
which they so greatly need under the
heavy calamaties which are now
crushing them tu the earth.
With the laws of nations I freely
confess myself unacquainted—why
then do 1 speak of matters tod high
for me? Simply because the laws of
my God (of which I plead no such ig
noranec)—simply because they com
mand us to love our neighbor as our
self; and were my own fireside to he
desolated—my children taken from
(heir schools and their religious privi
leges, and immersed in ignorance and
barbarism,—J should plead, and
the touiuliawlf ox; the sword? Their
native shrewdness and re8.eeti.cu
would not be woolly insensible to this
kindly restrain. Whenever a poor In- ,
dian crosses our path, degraded and
fallen though he he, let us regaid him
as a shadow of departed greatness,
and imagine that we hear a voice
from the graves af his illustrious
Sachems, saying—“Spare his rem
nant of my people, and the Great
Spirit himself will blpss yon.’? ' ’' " ‘
“LO, THE POOR INDIAN.”
We never behold a wretched- and,
forlorn Indian wandering over this fair
heritnge, without strong feelings of
sympathy for the abject condition of
the race and their destitute and. de
plorable state of hopeless misery;
original possessors of the syil we cov
et and owners of the teintdry we now
claim, many of these w retched objects
of ignorance and debauuinoni are nciv
left without a home, destitute «(those