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that the U
Ise bound
sastnuir. l by
or authority,
t'HTutes caii in justice,
iolatc its relations or
taiinfiaets^with Georgia, ns one of the
ifites of foe Union, or the rights of
thi^vstate as a third party, for the
tnere lijunsideraliou uf performing ;) n
wfter obligation, or secondary duty to
sfoc Indians.
Regardless of the pretensions of
^Others, I yield to none, in my respect,
'friendship, and veneration, for onr
'pr er'nt patriotic. Chief ^Magistrate
o ’foe Union. He has, upon every
fit occasion, manifested an unceasing
disposition to better the condition of
the Indians: and at the same time to
' relieve the states from this embar
rassing portion of their papulation.
In an especial manner, It# has mani
fested his deep sense of the wrongs
"brought upon Georgia, by. the want of
•grul faith, on the part of the Federal
•Government; and has fearlessly ad
vocated the riglds of Georgia, to the
full extent of her claims. Therefore,
«very Consideration of dutv and jus
tice, requires" our cordial support of
the President, in all measures eman
ating from him, which may not be
deemed incompatible with paramount
duties.
In conformity with the views herein
submitted, I would respectfully i re- i
commend to the General \ss-*>ifoly. (
an iui’sediate s"rvev of the Cdicrokije ,
Territory. Alter c 'mulcting tile <mr-1
vev of the country, (unless It shall
become indespensible to foe interest i
and peace of the slate t,o act different-1
Iv,) I would yet pause for a time, mid
■endeavour to maintain our present, un
pleasant, expensive, and embarrassing
situation,. in the hope, that better
co nsels may then prevail among the
Indians, and that those who govern
them, may yield to such measures.
tVn, I am asked, hotv the injunction
of this court, if granted, is fo be en-
I answer, fearlessly, by >thd
forced
unjwl
We naked them again, nnJ they con
tinued, to cede, until tiny have now
ffeduffiit) themselves' within the naflr
f the people of the Ufiited jpwgff* compass that their own snb-
SUites, before vvhieh, eanting an*,
thority (under the prostituted name
of patriotism) and 'presuming ignor
ance, if they exist, will hide their
U„n.1 a
Sir. I have done.
I have pr^santed to you all the
views that have occurred to dSe ^s
hearing materially on this question.
I have endeavored to satisfy you that,
according to the supreme law of foe
land, you have before you proper par-
sistence wifi permit. What return
are we about to make to them‘for all
this ^kindness? Wo have pledged,
for their protection, arid lor their
guarantee of the remainller of their
lands, the faith and honor of our na
tion. a idiijn ana r.„ .„ii:..j
nor eve-n drawn into question until
now. We promised tneift and they
trusted us, They have trusted us.—
Skull they Ire deceived? They would
aa soon expect to see their rivers run
prove that in many of the proceedings
oi. ibat gfiard, which is uimer the Ui-
Wm
rection of the governor’s agent, taw,
ties a ul a proper case to found your | Upwards in their sources, or the inn
original jurisdiction: that the case*
is one w icli warrants and most im
periously demands an iniiiu< tim*, ami,
unless its aspect be aUerer’i by an
answer and evidence {'/rhicb I
confidenly believe it cp.euot he,)
tliai if there ever ivax a-case which
called for a decree 'of perpetual
peace, this is the ce.ste.
It is with no ovdmary feelings that
I am about to f’l'xe U ave of this cause.
Tlit* existence ot this remnant of a
once greed and mighty nation is at
stake, tun| it is for your honors to
say, 'whether they shall he blotted
ont from the creation, in utter disre
gard of all our treaties They ai
►me in (he last extremity, and with
perish forever the hono,
(hem must
of. the A erican name. The faith
of our nation is fatally linked with
their existence, and the blow which
destroys them quenches forever our
own glory; for what glory can there
be of which a patriot can be proulT
after the good name of his country
shall have d parted/ We may gath
er laurels on the field and trophies on
the ocean, but they will never hide
this foul and bloody blot upon- our
escutcheon. “Remember t!\g Cher
as will ooviously promote their real i °kj?P notion ’ will be answer eiidngh
and lasting interes
-.B it should circumstances render it
indispnnsi le, to take possession of the
unoccupied Territory, we can then
sustain the Indians in their homes,
protect them in t!i< ir rights, and save
I’m-m from that cruelty and oppress
ion, which have too often been the
lr.berUenee of this unfortunate people,
—in the confidence, that their claims
to the terrii ry thus occupied by
Georgia, will bo extinguished by the
Federal Government, in compliance
with the compact of 130;.}
WILSON LUMPKIN.
From the Hamilton Intelligencer.
MR. WIRT’S PLICA FOR THE
INDIANS.
We shall always respect Mr. Wirt
'for the noble snort which lie made
i » behalf of the oppressed Indians.
The following paragraphs, from his
speech de.fore the supreme Court,
are well calculated to inspire respect
'for the orator, and enlist both the
lieai’lSiiiid the judgbniui.t in the cause
jfo advocates.
* Sir, mi ss the government be folso
to nie trust which the people have
csnli led to it, your authority will be
a stained. I belipve that if the in
junction shall be awarded, there is
p moral force in the public sentiment
of the American community, which
will, alone, sustain it, end constrain
obedience. At all events, let us do
our duty, and the people of the Uni
ted States will take care that others
do theirs. If they do not, there is an
end of the government, and the union
is dissolved.
For if the judiciary-be struck from
jho system, what is there of any val
ue.that will remain? Sir, the gov
ernment cannot subsist without it.
ft would be as rational to talk of a
solar system without a sun. No, sir,
the people of the United Slates know
the volueof this institution too well,
to suffer it to he put down, or tram
melled in its action, by the nictates
of others. It will lie sustained in
whatever course its own wisdom, pa
triotism and virtue shall direct, by
the ruapeet, foe affections, the suf
frage, and, if necessity , by the arms
of the country. It has been an ob
ject of reverence to the best and wis
est men of our country, from the first
movements of <mr constitution to the
present day. It' hns been considered
/by them all ns the key-stone of our
,political arch, the crown of its beau
ty, and the bond of its strength: nor
.will the people suffer it to be touched
by wsh and unskilful hands, for foe
worst of purposes in the worst of
limns, even if there are any among
•Us $'f hardy as to meditate it. If
i to the proudest boasts that ne cert
■ ever make —answer* enough to cover
with coiilusiou the face and the heart
ot every man among ns, in whose bo
som the last spark of grace has not
been extinguished. Such, it is pos
sible, there oiay be, who are willing
to glory in their own scheme, ami to
triumph in the disgtace which they
are permitted to heap upon this no
lion. Bnt, thank heaven, they.art*
comparatively few. The great ma
jority of (lie Vmcricau people see
Ibis subject in its true light. They
have hearts of flesh in their bosoms,
instead of hearts of stone, and every
rising, abd setting sun witnesses the
smoko of the incense from the thou
sands aud tens of thousands of domes
tic altars, ascending to the throne of
grace, to invoke its guidance and
blessing on your councils The most
undoubting confidence is reposed in
this tribunal. <-
We know that whatever .an be
properly done ior this unfortunate
people, will be done by fids honorable
court. The cause is one that must
omo home to every honest, feeling
heart. They have been true and
faithful to us, and have « right to 7 ex
pect a corresponding fidelity on outr
part. Through a long* course of years,
they have followed oilr cnjmfcii with
the docility ol children. 01?*’ wish
lias been their laiv. We asked tli?fo»
to become civilized, and they hecanu*
so. They assumed our dress, copied
our manners, pursued our course of
education, adopted our form of gov
ernment, embraced our religion, and
4#jliave been proud to imitate ttsfo eve
ry thing in their power. 'lh*have
ivatchod the progress of our prosper
ity with the strongest interest, and
have marked the rising grandeur of
our nation with »6 much prido as if
they had belonged to us. They have
even adopted our resentments; and
in our war with tho Siminole tribes,
they voluntarily joined Am arms, and
gave effectual aid in driving back
those bajbarians from the veiy state
that now oppresses them. They threw
upon the field in the war a body of
men, who proved by their martial
bearing, their descent from tbe noble
race that were once the lords of these
extensive forests— men worthy to as
sociate with the ,‘lion,” who, in their
own language, “walks upon the moun
Inin Inna H Iam>»Li .! J.. I •!
oil back in his career, as that the
United Slates would prove false to
the word so solemnly pledged by their
Washington, and renewed aud per
petuated by his illustrious succeess-
<>rs.
Is this the high mack to which the
American nation has been so strenu
ously and successfully pressing for
ward? Shall we seal the mighty
meed Of'our high honors, at so worth
less a price, and in two short yeOTs,
cancel all the glory which vve have
been gaining before the world, for the
last half century/-—Forbid it, Heav
en!
% will hope for better things.—
re is a spirit that wilj yet save
I trust that we shall find it here,
%r.
in lilts sacred court.; wliere no ("oul
and malignant demon of party*enters
to darken the understanding or to
deaden the heart, but where all is
clear, calm, pure, vital and firm. 1
cannot believe ^Hhat this honorable
court, possessing the power of pre
servation, will stand by, and see these
Reojile stripped of their property and
extirpated from the earth, while they
are holding up to us (heir treaties and
claiming the fulfilment of our engage
ments. If truth, mid lailh, and hon
or and jus* ice, have fled from every
other -part of our counity, we shall
find them here. If not—our sun has
gone down in treachery, blood, and
crime, in the face of the world; and,
instead of being proud of our country,
as heretofore, we may well call upon
the rocks and mountains to hide oar
shame from the earth fc irom heav
en.
.From the Christian Advocate and Journal'
THE MISSIONARIES.
Rev. and Dear Brother:—Having
noticed in the Advocate and Journal
of the 30th ult. two letters from his
excellency Governor Gilmer, of the
state of Georgia, in one of which I .in
held up to public view ns an asserter
of falsehood, I think it is my doty to
let the public “hoar from me again”
in sett defence. The honorable source
irbm whence this infamous imputa
tion has eliminated will of course give
it notoiiety; and as I feel mysell hound
by promise to substantiate the truth
of that very statement which his ex
cellency declares to be “wholly desti
tute of truth,” I think I pjn now call
ed on to give my proof.
The only part of my statements
which Governor Gilmer seems inclin
ed to contradict is tvliat I said in re*
iation to the guard’s acting “more
from orders than from law.” By this
remark the governor evidently feel/
hip sell implicated, and positively de
nial he charge. Now if it can be
made to appear that the Georgia
guard, tinder the command of the of
ficers, have frequently acted in direct
violation of the fatv’js of the state, and
that the governor’s agent must have
b?cn apprized of these vfowitidMS it
willjcertainly be most manifest foaf
justice, aud humanity have been al
most totally disregarded. But it be
ing at present itapractlcable to obtain
such . ertitiacies, I addressed a nolo
to the Rev. Mr. Troll, who has
doubtless had a good opportunity ot
knowing much about the slulc ot
me nation, and by him 1
have been favored with plain answers
to u few questions which I proposed
to him; and although Governor Gil
mer, in his letter to Colonel Santord,
loumdy asserts that “the flagrantly
criminal conduct of those two men
[Rev. Messrs. Troll and Worcester]
induced him to discredit them,” yet
I presume it will lequire some strong
er proof than the ass. il.ous ol liis ex-
cdleacy to induce the p'abbc gener
ally to “discredit ’ the united testi
many of'two inn islets ot Uurisl so
unimpeachable in men lives. The
answers to the tolluwiiig questions i
receivedHorn Mr. troll, signed with
his <nvn name:—
Q. I. Have you ever heard any of
the officers of the Georgia guard say
that tuev had orders to chain the uiu-
cOi.aiesf
A, “Tea, i have frequently heard
them MI had.”
Q. £. Was colonel Sanford at Clamp
Gduier uM rit) £ your h‘at imprison
ment, and ou*'- 1 *“'} 01 the officers then
say mat they -had orders to chum
you?
A. “Colonel Santord was certainly
ui Camp Gilmei white ) i^as first
eoimned there; and luose wile Jasten-
ed me chain upon am said they it
iroiu orders, and not because tliey
were at laid i would got away.
6. jJwyou Know ol any white
men in the Cherotteu ualloti who have
neeu permuted to lake tin oath ol al
legiance since itie 1st ot inarch
last {
A. ‘It is a notorious tact, and one
mat cannot u« Uetncd, mat s m> Mto
were at rested were utlcrwu.us sut-
i.sied lo lake me oav.5,a.Kt scvoiuij
oliiers have since Vue isi ol match'
oeen permuted to take me oalu and
remain utuiisiurocd.
Q,. 4. Oo you know of any Chero
kee* who have biten arrested oy the
guard without legal authority?
A. “It is will known that there
were several Cherolmes arrested,
soznfe oi whom were chained aud evu-
entreatod in various ways, winmut
ihe least shadow ul legal authority,
namely: John West, who was arrest
ed, chained, and competed to walk
thirty mties from home, and then lib
erated. Also Ttios. Woodard, A.
M’Coy, aud Jos. Vann, with some
others, against wtium there was not
the least evidence ot their having vio
lated any taw. And also the case of
Judge Aoair, who was ordered under
guard by Coionei Nelson merely be
cause he suspected bioi (a have advis
ed young Mr. iiicks not to let luc
guard have corn at an ordinary
pilCtf.”
(i. 5. Did you ever hear any uf the
officurs of the guard give ordeis to
exercise unlawful violence upon any
ei the citizens ui the nation?
A. .“I heard Colonel Nelson order
a detachment of tins guard to go in
search of’ ufrtaifl .while jnun; if,'
said he, ‘thoso tcotftW iil3!*ll you put
li-ll upon them, tfi^t is, as I under
stood him, give them a severe whip
ping-”
“Yours, &c,
“JAMEbJ TROTT,”
“ Octobsr 26, 1831.”
The above unequivocal statement:,
of Mr. Troll, which, if disputed, can
instruction* from hj« eXrellfiicy I
have no doubt but the ‘oflfeirs and'
members of the guard felt ttwmselvei
authorized to go almost a ay lengths
in their inhuman trealiheat of the)
.persecuted missionaries, although it
is quite probable that thejM»$Dt evea»
farther in their act** of violence than
ever the governor intendf^^phile
I was a f risoner iq, their crtfol hand#
they often qupUdithe aigove .mention- ,
ed instructions as ' a license for " their
conduct. But I iliail a$id“tpmore.
In my litst statements my sole desigu j
was to let the public know some im
portant facts which ought hot Jte be'/
concealed; and,now my;- onl«#hn has.\
been to defend mvselffoofll ail insidi
ous attack upon my moFal fharacfor, •*
under which I am unwilling to
Yours respectfully, >
D C. M’LEOD. '
Williamson CoTerm., October’
30,1831.
From the Republican Farmers Free Fresg.
The Imprisoned Missionaries.We
ask no apology for once more bringing
this matter before our reade*’C.--^
While misrepresentation slander-
esuel as the grave, are jforoad against
citizens of our rcuutry, we shall not
look od vvitl\ silence and jpdUfetv
One?,
In a political view, we ask no foef-
ing in behalf of the victims of, Ga.
persecution, on account of their
clergymen and missionaries.' JfyZ
are American citizens, and beoaise
they are deprived of the rights of
citizenship without being guiRy 0 f
any crime against the laws of .the
land, they are entitled to |U foe gen-
erotts sympathy which has% Com e g(>
wide spread in their favor. Any ot j,_
er mail would be entitled to tlw * Mnc '
and we ask no more for them fhan
we shon'd for their slanderers in New
Y-rk, w«.re they subjected to lie
s.nne condition. We put the qaes--
lion oil the broad ground of the rights
of man mid the supremacy of the
laws. We are told thaTfhe mission-
at ins were political, and for this they
are punished. Where is the proof?—
Without it, the charge must be false,
and as false vve set it down. If there
ivafs the least evidence that they had
inculcated any political doctrine upon
the Indians, pr that they bad ever*
advised them to resist the laws of
Georgia, would if not have be/*n
brought .qp on their trial? Would*
they not there have been charged
with infusing rebellion into the minds
of. the natives? But nothing of foe
kind was said against them—no,at
tempt was made to prove that thrqr\
did not strictly confine tberaselvca\
to their religious vocation, instructing,
the natives in tho doctrines and prac
tice of religion. The only crime al-
Jedged. was their refusal to take the
oatii of allegiance to the laws of G«or-i
gia. The charge that they were po
litical, is not only false hut cowardly.
The makers of it dare not defend the-
judgment of the. court upon it’s t>' e
grounds. They know that •' would
the said guard acted either by special! he demonstrated by an abundance oi
orders, or by silent connivance, equiv-j corroborative testimony, luve douln-
aleiit to a permission. In either case ! less sustained me in
tain tops
with our
They fought side by side
present*' chjef magistrate,
and received his repented thqpks for
their gallantry and conduct.
May it please your honors, they
have refused to us no gratification
which it has been in their power to
grent. We asked them for a portion
of Iheyr lanjfls, aud they ceded j;.--
niy declaration,
blame of« glaring character must which the governor so unhesitatingly
lest somewhere) and if the governor; pronounces “wholly destitute ul
will clear his agent, and throw him-1 truth.” And since the governor, in
self in the - 1 * “ * .... - -
way of the charge
is doubtless at liberty so to do.
he | his letter to the Rev. Mr. Howard,
- J regrets that any members of .the guard
By a letter from Governor Gilmei 'should be so excited by the improper
lately rcc.eivejptud iT<q^|n my poses- conduct of tho missionaries as to
sion, and bjpfhe obvious" construction chain them, and yet openly declares
ot the laiv requiring an oath of allegi- that neither he nor Colonel Santord
n^nce Irom while residents in tlic na-Hins any power to punish them for
lion, it is quite evident dUiat_ thc said their improprieties, it will not be a-
oath cannot he legally admioistdred
to ary of said residents after the 1st
of Ins* March. That the oath has -
lieen talien by several white men in i trale acts of cruelty
the nation since that period, and that! "ionarics. In a letter
Colonel Santord, the agent, has grant*! ernor to Col
cd the samo men permission to re
main in quietude, can be proved to a
demons!ratio l. If I were now in tho
nation, I could obtniu numerous _ye-
speefoble certificates, which would
miss to show the public that the
guard have ha I some encouragement
from the governor himself to perpe-
upon the mis-
irom the gov-
Sanford, dated about
the 1st‘of July last, he says, “Let
the missionaries feel the full weight
of the law, since such is their cBoice.
And if the courts acquit them, have
them arrested again.” from • these
not he tolerated*ui thp sb^pe, nn d to
save ihcniselvfs frFffi disgrace j a
at tempt vug to defend it, they manu
factured the additional part. Colurnu <
after column have they written, say
ing that the missionaries were insti
gators of rebellion, hypocrites, polit
ical emmissaries,, and all this and
that—but ive appeal to their readers
fo ur( ,,a i’e, after wadin > through it
>11, whether ?hcy have ever been in-
! ormed of lh»» precise charge upoi>
which the coMvjci/C. n place.—
‘Vie they then the inen tu about
ciridor, or to exj^ct any crea^.'.’oef
(mm the community? The men whd
•vould not on'y sell foe great birth,
i is,ht of freedom of their own opinion,
tmt would labor and toil to keep truth
out of view, and scandalize those who
prefer the chains, and fetters, and
intended infamy of a prisoiu^Ap yield
ing up of right and triiw|^he men
who would do (his ‘for a rflPlt ofpot-
tage’— they are the men to talk about
sanctity and virtue? They have col
umns to spare for shrouding the sub
ject in mystification, but not a line
for the simple facts, which arc the
three small paragraphs following:
TbjnTstat-e of Georgia pnssed a Jaw,
requiring ill white men, resjdfog
within the Cherokee limits to take
an oath of allegiance to that state on
move from the territory.
The missionaries, regardir^Pthe
law as unconstitutional, did not com
ply with it.
They were .taken wi'hoiu resist- •
sure by. n military guard, bright in
chains to Gwinjiptf. cpupTy, aud on tfa.