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' iSiry"hv Coni' 10 Sr0nt B " bjp ‘ Ct of ^° 0d ,and neurV
Confess, IS not, in the
present instance, which of two mens-
chargi
tiitiui^ cotiv. „„ tu
four years nWd labor in the peuiten-
%T-*\ .
Now the law expressly disfranchis
ed ffetML^pf their citizenship uuder
Ihe coMf^tion'orthe'upfon nii> heUnig j chVXiN'be''' 0I '^' 18 ' ^ 8,ern V coer -
toi« question *f th. 'rl* JESUS 1^““' “
ures will bo probably most beneficial
to the Cherokee people; hut whether
tow.firsung—Nf* tWtn hc foPbw merchan- 'fW writ of error Rtvd citation in the
dtsing* lor tht*re .ve tio settle rants of i case of Worcester and Butler vs.
Georgia to that territory, or granting
tft&t Bne. has that rigtii ”* '
It ill tllV lulr
»s«o lesSjinConstitulionnl. Any man
of us has t 1% most perfect right, un
der tho protection of the federative
Union, .to go into Ohio and settle
down an^iivd there as a quiet inliab-
jffsut, without liu'ug afl y oath of al
legiance to that stated a'‘d Ohio (vould
lave no rlglit to require iuc.. oal b
of us. '"No more liad Georgia «'\V
; -right to require sucli an oath pi
Messrs. Worcester and Butler. Will
any one asjji; why they could uot, how
ever, for the sake of peace, lake the
'oath? Because that, by so doing,
they would, in tile sight of God and
man, acknowledge the right of a law
which they knew was not right, aud
t'Mr* fferju e their souls. Why not
then, for the sake of peace, quit the
te. rMC.7t For the same reason, to-
gelher with others, is any render an
■emigrant from a sister state? Did
•you come *; lt5 re tor a great and im
porter^ objects?- Are you just begin-
tlifog the attainment of them, and do
they grow more and more momentous
•as you advance in them? W onld you
then feel it your duty to submit to
such an outlawful interruption of
them? Would any religious or polit
ical principle aqmre you to flee the
country as a refugee, uuder such
circumstances? These men, as citi
zens were under the protection of
. . „ unanimous cum-
ptiunt 8 of the Cherokees thcmselv»»
7 “• 1 -...^agemejifa
of national treaties, and yet aided and
forwarded by the arm and the funds of
the national Government,
lie voice, on tins
The pub-
subjeotfr i? not per
plexed with any ambiguity. It is de
cided and loud on the sido of jifstice.
Though we are not among the num-
oer ol those who hold that the repre
sentative should be governed in all
,ca?*5S by the will of his constituents;
yet, jij »^|H S H'ts, where both are
equally 7«.7nMe of formiii
tie cannot of qourSe Tot j { n f^vor of the Cherokee Nation.
tk /isln tip f<t!lkw mPHi.Unn. ' f 1^1. .. u«i nf a i.l.n H nM^I a! *1
ty
Cherokees in the neighhoriwmf* It. is bis | Georgia, has been served upon Gov
irtention, likely, to open s public bouse,! ernor Lumpkin, who lias it a
lining a right
the general government, and it con
science was to dictate, the trying and
-only alternative was to repose io the
cuniidenoeof that protection. Whe
ther leaaeid upon a broken reed, re-
xnuius to be seen.
AVe are sorry to see from any
"source any qualms about this ques
tion's becoming a political one. It
is from from its very nature political,
involving (lie rights and principles of
constitution aud law. But tint it
should become a political party ques
tion is shameful, and those who make
it so mtisi be held answerable to coin- 1
n>unity Tor it. If the ruling puny
arc determined to go for Georgia up
on party grounds, so be it; Uie.irs be
tho responsibility They will Unit
their numbers thinned,, and they will
cfyne< with jaded limbs aud wan japes
oufof tho deep and troubled tvolprs
into which they are plunging.
judgement, the pJ-'c'iwiH, ™ ost ccr
fainiy ought to preva.J VVy confl
ileiUly predict boat those !tte».h’ r ^ of
Loagress who shall this winter make
ft powerful and well directed effort to
redeem (he national faith and the na
tional honor, and to rescue the Chei-
okees from a system of cruel, cold-
hearted and ^hypocritical oppression,
will reap an abundant harvest of pub
lic esteem and public gratitude.
CHEROKEE PHCENIX.
NEW ECHOTA. DEC. 24, 5831.
E Ml It A T.
In the extract of a letter accompanying
the resolution and preatrhle of the Union
Presbytery in our last, for “noise.” read
voice—and for were in Tennessee, read,
even in Tennessee.
In another part of this paper, we publish
a communication from Gov. Lumpkins to
the house of representatives in the le$ s la-
ture of Georgia, in compliance with the
resolution of the house, requesting his ex-
celUncy“t» communicate to that hjan«K of
the General Assembly, any information ; n
his possession ii. relational) the Cherokee
nation fee,” Immediate survey of the
Cherokee territory is reciftnmended by his
excellency, as we understand him, to re-
the place lam speaking of b“ing on the
main road leading from Georcw * n
nessee. It js n.— 1 ’ ' ’ also, lie intends! to
. . ,..<*ffossion of certain medicinal springs
which I am told are*t 0 be found abonj a
quarter of a mile from where he is build
ing. And as to the authority, it is as is
practiced of late, encouraged by the State
of Georgia, and countenanced by (be Gen
eral Government.
At Gainsville we saw Milledg-eville pa
pers containing the Message of Govern
or Lumpkin relating to the citation of J\lr,
Justice Baldwin on the rase »bf .Messrs.
Worcester and Butler. We have heard
very little said.on the subject, and in fact
on the general subject of Indian affairs.
J he “PPcar to be more indifferent
,l,n " 1 cx peeled to find them; and it is not
M all improbable (hat, if it were not for
the .leading men, another demagogue who
cannot oT)ta>.'l <hr* votes of the people I
hut by promising ti’.e Indian land, the!
Cherokees would he peri,:iU “d to remain \
peaceably on the soil of their fathers, and
Sllbjuct tlf ..".rHIUBlCyllOi! to the 1 >()-
.^Mi'amre, hot »o voice ol’dc-iunce to
|J >« nalboHiy Ol the 3. Court, has ic-
trhoed from thoGeorgia Slate House,
rerhaps, what was said on Tastel’s
case, last winter will be deemed suf-
h'^ient, until a mandate for the re
lease °T Ihe prisoners shall arrive,
when «>»y expect to hear the
notes of pi opaj ation for the pomp and
circumstance of llie war against tire
United States, h indeed they design
to support the state criminal code so
far. In that case I am p iling, though
no* the son of a prophet, Jo prpplicsy
that the siege of the BenlU’nt.'ury,
will not last as long as
ast as long as that of Troy'.
But to be serious, the Georgians flat-1 k''nd of logic may pass current
ter themselves with the hope that | tlift Indian question is not K
General Jaekson will not
court. Bui in (hat event what lj<
comes of the Union? And of him
who
Gcor
unde
lied to act freely and fully within jiepj
constitutional lights, but tfhen she
langes into the rights of others, when
she attacks the Indians, under the
protectioi/of the United States, thru
she at once plunges into the “present
perplexed am! extraordinary condi
tion,” of which lie complain*; The
Gov. says, “It is new too late for us to
theorize on this subject; we are call-*
cd upon to act—It is our constitu
tional light, and moral duty f rthwillf
lo interpose and save that part of our
State Irom contus'd!, a cart hv, ao.tte
perhaps from bloodshed”. Here u-
gam he is wrong, because the Chero
kee Nation is not a part of Ins State,
aniMjocausc the State has already in
terposed and caused the senjusien, and
unit} chy and bloodshed, and it has been
the blood of an Indian found on the
gold mines of his own country. This
w here
conn, hut
sustain the | ju tlibsit United States, where tin
Cherokees are now assaulted, drag
ged about in chains, for living on t "
, . . , , | pcachment by the House of Repre-
the authority of the Supreme L.-uK of sentalives of the United States? That
f na T I 1 1 1. . - 1 «.n-t m _ ! . i r-\ .. ...
ho is the flattered chani[ii(in of and' of their forefathers, wl cic they'
eorgia, how will his laurels flourish, now return good for evil, will meet
idcr the blasting influence of an mi- with a cob’tradicliori. Gov, Lumpkins
rnchmoiii hv i ... . „ . 1 . “'I'l'ius,
the United states would ,,ot be coni**™- U, c Slate of Georgia is running wild
cd. I am glad that it has so turned oct I in the practical masses of nullification,
that Mr. Baldwin, svho is supposed to lie ‘ ~ J '
favorable to the Georgia policy, has sign-
id as sho runs denounces the oc
(lint.', there is no doubt, and she will
cd the citation. Fou will recollect the fly off from the orbit, if now in time,
Chief Justiec was very harshly dealt with she docs not blow off a considerable
last year, on Tasselps case, by th° legisla.
ture and by most editors in the State.—
His conduct ivas viewed in the light of
interference. Whether the legislature
Midge, which
#t State, at'
made to the
lection; A
CONGRESS.
'VVe look forward, with intense in-
.terast, to the present session oi Gon-
trgtess. This iotecasi is attached both
to ilie su'biecis which arc pionably to
£be hmtiffhi op, and to the nun that
t’<Wri 'discuss tiicin. Sonic of the
Tbrightesl of our political lummar.es,
that had attained or passed tke mori-
slian. are U» renew their upward
course in their full noon-tide power
a.pcj splendor. How much better fur
<li»un and for their country, than to
•t*l prr-il»<>tur«ly in itiu ohsciMity ol a
Xalso tud. fading diguity! We consid
er this measure.as far more honorable
both to them and to the country, than
that such men, in the full vigor ol
uihrir faculties, •.•should b« supported
by a charity fund, or become unem
ployed pc us ion ers for services already
©iiee^feruuncrated as well as rendered,
Of waste liieir fortunes, and bury tlietr
powers, iua'-djgniCt'd but unprotitablc
.retirement. It requires, too, but a
‘'though! to defernitne which course is
•Jiiost consistent^ with tho prirciples of
|eiiuii)e ''demonracy. Rotation in of
fice most sliirbe'Jicpt up as far as it
avill nnswer tor tlie best interests of
the Republi. : and there will be, at
/Uw same'lime, the ablest of leaders,
lo awemsU^rtlkand discipline the raw
* recruits.
,Tho subjects which address tliem-
. -selves to the attention of this Con
gress, aro many of them marked and
prominent. Some of them require,
,tm a high degree, both wisdom in man
agement.and power m debate; and
.none oftiie more than tbjt which re
Isles to the Gheroke .Nation. VVhat
can be done on this subjoct ? VVhat
ought to be done? And how can it
h> s* be done? These are questions
which we hope and trust some of our
wise legislators will be able to an
swer, blended as (hoy are with the
national honor and the national faith,
the public interest and tho pnblic
voice demand (hat an attempt should
<be made to answer them in a satiafac-
lee
poo
plcdgp tJfffrivp the Chvrokpcs. from thpir
GulJ min ps and their pp(Grfiff‘a1m&i 7hp
public functionaries of th? Staf . ” he’.says;
“ptanH pledged to their constituent, and
the world to sustain the ground thevhuv 1
anthoi iziiisj^he irrtnediate survey and o
cupancy ol the Cherokee* country. Tl
taken,”but we were not aware, Jliat the
state of Georgia had pledeedbersfh?*oth"
world to sii|^ain the ground sh» had tak n
in taking possession of our landsj janri in
passing oppressive lawsover us, in order,
t,.' compel us to give up the inheritance of
ourfk*hers. “Itisour constitutional right
and mot.ai dntV, forthwith to interpose,
and save Ihjt part of our stale, from com-
pulsi«)n, anarchy, and perhaps'bloodshed.”
Who are the nmiji*>rs ofthis “confusion,
iinarchv, and bloodsu'd,”—siirlny it can
not be the Cherokees, for they have for a
great number of rears, livej in peace, un
der the enjoyment of the “inesfumable bles
sings of civil government,” which his ex
cellency, seems to think, that the ‘‘half
civilized, (ns Im i* pleased to call us) (can
never enjoy. But while we were in the
midst of peace, enjoying comforts which
surrounded us, under our own govern,
^lentfthe foul destroyer can e; confusion
and anarchy were brought into our coun
try, by the extension of thc^Jaws of the
State of Georgia, confusion and anarchy
have been followed by bloodshed; but it lia s
not been the blood of a white man, by an
Indian;- it has been tho blood of an Ind^ig 1
shed by his more civilized white nei* hVmr
And to remedy a‘l this evil wine’, been
brought upon us; the Gov. recommends to
survey and take possession of our territo-
rv, “It ivould he yisiony,ry to supDose,
that the Indian claim he allowed, to
this extensive tract r/ Country”—says his
excellency, an-l ; n going on little further
he says; “As, a member of the Federal
Union, \vc should *uly consider the obliga
tions ol the United States to the Cherokee
Indians.” One of the obligations of the
United States to the Cherokees, is a sol
emn promise, to Gurantee to the Chcro"-
kcc nation, all their lands not ceded.
The following is an extract of a letter,
from the Editor of this paper, who is
now travelling through partr- of the
United States, on bussiness connected
with the nation—dated Augusta Ga.
On the second day after wc left New
Echola, wo passed a p ce, about halfway
between Taloney and Daniel’s, where we
were told one of the officers of tha Geor
gia Guard intends to settle. He has al
ready made a commencement towards r-
recting some buildings. By what author
ity he intends to settle in the nation, and
what business he professes to follow for a
livelihood are nq£ known. Thcro is no
will think proper to notice Mr. Baldwin’s
citation as they did the Chief Justice, I do
not know. I think it probable, however
they will. Some of the editors are out upon
Mr. Baldwin already. Th^y view his
conduct as an “outrage upon the dignity
of the State.” It is surprising bow some
of them, at.least, will attempt to mislead
the people. They must know that for a
Judge of the Supreme Court to sign a ci.
tation is not an outrage upon the dignity
of a state—it is a matter of course. Wheth
er the court will lake jurisdiction is anolh
er question.
Since wc came to this place I have seen
the Federal Union which states that the
HopiQ ol ilepiesentirtivts of^Georgm Le
gislature passed, ^ few days since, a bill
oc-
he
Senate had not yeffteted up*on it. Be
their course as it may it cannot effect the
determination of the Chctokees. They
Iiaye taken their stand, and are contending
for vital principle*-- I’hey have counted
the cost, and if the long protracted con
troversy between them and Georgia must
end io the loss of their beloved country b
must he so. They must trust themselves
to snperii,tending providence, and to the
guarantees anil promises of good faith
which the people of the United States have
made. To take our lands bv force is a se
pious matter—it js fraught with considera
tions full of interest to the people of Geor
gia themselres and to the whole Union.
A respectable portion of Georgia view it
in that l:gnt. 'Tt would be robbery to all
intent and purposes And would the Gen
eral Government look on with ’.ndiffc encc
and see its solerfin pledges trampled lrt
the dust? ‘'There is a Lion in ‘ v ' (ie wa ^j,
whether the Gorgvmnent of the United
States interfere.,, or not—The integrity ol
(he Uniop is at stake. As respeets the
ChcroKec-tf, their duty is plin^-lhey can-
net err. They-reside on the land which
Cod gave them—they are surrounded with
guarantees which this Republic has volun
tarily made for their protection and w hich
once formed a-sufficient security 7 against
oppression. If those guaranties must now
be violated with impunity for purposes al.
together selfish, the sin will not be at our
door, but at the doof of our oppressor and
our faithless Guardian.
portion |}f (Iu* sleotn ol' her boiler.
Her office hunters Jiove promised loo
much to the multitude, - tvho arc non'
sick with the expectation of Indian
land and gold. Their voles must get
bought with a promise, and no can
didate can succeed to any I'espec-a-
ble appointni«n( in their gift without
it. This class is numerous, and are
ignorant—they do not know any tiling
about writs of error, constitution of
tlie United Slat es, &.e. 'They know
•hat they are poor and wish to lie
i 'd), and they believo, that they, if
they have luck, will draw a gold mine,
and most every one expects lo have
his luck in the lottery. 'This class, 1
"ill not call half civilized as Lump
kin is pleased to denominate our peo
ple. Feelings of unkij:dncs3 I have
nontT'in my breast against them.—
They are honest if let alone, aside of
llie Indian question and have been led
astray, in the first place, by their
Hotspur politicians. They do not
know the consequences of resisting
llie authority of the United States,
because they never thought of it.—
‘■h iglit the United States?” wlmt
for? No! wc love our lives and our
children and the United States, and
we only ward to frighten the Indians
to get tlicir land,” will be their an
swer if
subject.
serious’y addressed on the
Augusta Georgia,
10th Dec. 1831. ) i
Editor of thf. Cherokee Phcbnix,
Sir,—We a*-rivx?d here last night,
having taken the stage at Athens, an.l
sent back our horses. Since we
have entered this <&'tate, nothin*) wor
thy of interest have occureu, and our
intercourse with the citizens is of
course limited, and all we can gather
of their news and their intentions, are
derived from 'lie papers, and ns the
Georgians are an electioneering people,
they say many things they ought not
to have said. However in (his mut
ter, their habits are amending, from
the fact that tho Georgia policy will
iiot bear discussion abroad, and pub
lic sentiment is increasingly arrayed
Beloie tins reaclic's you, the com
munication of Governor Lumpkin to
the House of Representatives of llie
Georgia Legislature, dnt»-* j sl J) c .
comber, will be read in the Nation.
The call of this brnr ob 0 fthe Legis-
aturc was fr v “in rein-
’?? , l ° “'ft Cherokee Nation, and
w "’-'i tnight have an influence on the
policy of the measures of the imme
diate survey and occupancy of the
Cherokee lands, which lias not here
tofore been communicated, together
with any views of (he Executive, up
on tho subject, which that depart
ment may think proper to make
known.” If the Governor lias given
a correct quotation of the Resolution,
it is one of ambiguity and hard to un
derstand, and his reply also bears the
same character. What is that “vrh’ch
may have an influence on the policy
of the measures of the immediate
survey and occupancy of the Chero
kee lands, which has not heretofore
been communicated”? Is it the se
cret correspondence of Inc President
with the Executive of Georgia? Are
(wo things, much dreaded in the way
of dispossessing the Indians of their
lands? Ifitisdono, will the Presi
dent interfere? If he does not and a-
handons^the Indian rights altogether,
will lie not lose tho vote of Pennsyl
vania, &. if he does, will not the Geor
gians lose their President? The con
fidential letters, which I believe
pass • between the Georgians and
the present President of the United
States would, if published, explain
that influence on the survey and occu
pancy of the Cherokee lands. “The
State cannot consent ttfbc resisted in
the exercise of her rouslitntiona
rights” says Mr. Lumj
desiups any such thing-
says, “the question of the right of the
state to jurisdiction seemed for a time
lo have been scltjed”—where was it
settled? The; Cherokees denied it,
land uere sustained in tbatjopinion by
the Supicmc Court of the , United'
States, & a host of the abje.st Jurists
on the Continent. “But new audA
unexpected difficulties are arising, ho
says “out of the imbecility of ourV n,
measures and the selfishness of some
of our eitizciis. It has. Seen thought
thal some of our most deslmguif bed
citizens have thrown afmost iusepera-
blo ahstncles in the way of a speedy
termination f our difficulties,” who'
are the distinguished citizens alluded
lo in this paragraph, i\ Ho have hern
kind enough lo pour the oil'of eornmlsa
tion into our bleeding sores, inflicted
by the Georgia Guaid mu-hove Modi'
between llie effects of “lire laws
heretofore enacted, for t!.<> inaintaii;-
mu e ol the jurisdiction of the state
over that portion of our Uwifoiy, onf
foi I he G( \ er< in out of ;]| j.cr&tu^
thrieiu,' which iili the Gc< finer, to if/,
us, he is willing to admit, “jiave
failed (o accomplish all that tvas dc-
siicd and expected by the fiicnds of
these measures.” Sir, not one res
pectable Indian has bowed before (lie
Idol which Neluichednezzcr basset
up. Our people have acted lor
jiiiucipal, and have stood on the grm d
pyramid of justice and of ljutJi,
when; they will stand ro long as
the Bayonet is withheld frooMheir■ pal
pit tiling hearts. One scene has shift
ed to another, calculated by the
friends of these measures to run (ho
Cherokees from their abodes, like
sheep bofoi-j the ravenonr wolf;
lul they hare stood. And the last act
ol tin.* tragedy must be finished (c ob
tain their lands, and when (ho .-11-1010
falls, may Ihe liisLruin withhold Ids
-nu Gift (otfgtic- of the po< t cleave
to the roof of his mouth. Let dark
,igC3 of forgot fulness rest over our
bleaching bones, as the ploughshare
of the descendant of the fertnnajo
(Iran or, of tho Indian land Lottery,
shall turn them up.
Your friend,
Onf of tiif. Delegation-.
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„„„ STOZ..EN
I^ROM the subscriber on the night of
■- the twenty first of last month a roan
mare, about nine or ten years old—lone
busliy tat!—branded on the shoulders with
these lettore—C M. Also a two year old
tin.5 —sorrel having a narrow and strait
mark on her back, about three inches long
commencing from her main* down—sho is
a natural (rotter—haviftg a rfiorf fail, j
wd gu-elcn dollar* to any paison who
will deliver to me M m V bouw tb e above
mares—or five dollars (or each
STEPHEN GRAVES
■New Echota, Ct. N. l)e», 1st, ism,
so-- tr.
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