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met; the alTver coin being
the possession ef tho young
man could only ho explained by con
fat jecture--ihat when the boalawain gave
visii his
I'bsft bo-
surney, and
naan. Th« landlady,
told of bis intentiea toi
him Uj« knife in the dark, it is prob
able, as the coin was in the stuse
pocket, it stuck between the blad«-
of the nnJ. in this citaanor, be
came unconeciodsly, the strongest,
proof fgainst bini.
, .... ... On Lheir return to England, Ibis
it early, was net surprised; but, wonderful explanation was told'ie the
her uncle in the morniag, 1 judge and jury who tried tlio cause
call him. She was dread-1 and it is probable they never aflat-
wards couvietcd a maia ou cii eumslan-
4ial evidence.
This was the heinous offence with
which they were charged, lud for
fibockad to find the bed stained
and every inquiry xfter her uede tea*
in vain: 'be alarm uew boebmo gen
eral, and an further examination,
mu les of blood ware traced from the which they were doomed fe four yeirs
bed roem into the street, and, at in- bard laber in the penitentiary. Oue
E
tervals, down to (toft pver heard.—
Rimer was imroadiatelv busy, Sod
suspicion fell, of course, on the young
mvi who slept with him, (bat lie
cofln«iiMod the murder, and iferew
the i -dy over the pier into the sea, a
Warrant was issued against him, end
he was inkaa that dvdnhg at bis raj.
tber s neuse. On being examined
Ot?d searched, iti^rls of blood were
die over-d on ii(s shift, nwd trnv-sers;
and iu bis p-a:;ket were a knife and a
r»i)SLvl’abi*‘ silver coin, both of which,
tn« landlady swore positively,-were
ber un■ l*>’s property, and that she
saw tbv«K.in bis possession on the eve-
b'Ag hr retired to rest with 'he young
men. On those nrcnnistnoces, the
uutorfuiiase youth was found guilty
He related nil tna nbnvc cirenmsian-
cas in bis defence, bo as tic could
not account for the -Kirks of b'o'/d on
his person, uolfi6a be got \hi*m when
be returned to bed. nor could he nc-
f«> tbe silVor cniHg in bis pos-
Scsstou, ills story was iw»t credited;
the e'er! aigiv -of file boi swam’s dis-
appAurnctf
ce.l lYoa* h
dent, iljffju of his being murdered, and
of these Missionaries, Mu Worcester,
wvs a P,.st Master in the Chereketf
Nation at (he time be refused lo (sit
the persecuting orfMi. as such, being aft
officer ef the United Stoles GoVdrii-
uicnt, the Georgia guard darti tt-A
take him unless h* rvas turned out vl
the Post Office. Application was
made to (ho executive depart meat fur
bis reinov. I, and be iva* removed.
•d and conquered ff»r the more grot- 1
ficitinn of personal ambition. fn
turmageaer the bloodstained rolls ni
bistery , t«e friends D.ffliirrianity must
i|efr«qil«nl y
-Learn With abhorrent • r l«
What millions died that.' Cesar might
be great •
Sot iu almost all the instances en
record, even of gross and .substantial*
iy unproved aggression, there is at
l«Bst some pietexl put forward by
the aggressor, which if true, would
a some degree excuse the onlrago.
Eveu irt the celebrated case oC^tjin
part ion of Polsnd, which in form np
proaclfas perhaps were nearly lo the
prasuut tbau any Olliers;—a case in
which as iu tills, three prosperous
stud power"ul states combined to par*
cel out among thorns*Ires, the terri
tory of a weak and unoffending ntiglv
b«tr, lltaef, was ni least's pio’ea'co of
state nuc«s6i:y. The transaction
was justified by the partitionin' pow
ers, eu the ground of the iersnvc-
uieuce aad dttngir which they so for
«d Irbm the troubles which huhitually
disturbed the interior of Poland.—
The prcciairtstiuns that were issued.
The Gyorgb guard than look him—• l»re filled wilii joud cuttiplainis «f in
ti e was tried and gentoecod as bai'oru • juries and in«ult8 received from that
slated. —Indiana Phtnix.
(Continued f. om'our ii-.^tiy
J. PERflDT - A whula series
of aolpHie t:'.■<i(i-8 negn iaie« and ccn-
oluded, successively, during a period
! dong^Torts gevWfhthont. Tlicv bicuhc
on odiivio- (eib *f jr.oti««« .irul humon-
j ity—Ituss<a, Austria >nd Prussia; f'
! you believe ihein, arc thre e pr.scea-
hle and cll-dis’poscd powers m hn
j bare combined to abate a common
! nuisance. All this vve know, .«
vll tno ndminis-j false and liellew; but it sheuni ^
:id the power of
bf fifty ye rs, ti td<;
ti’Riions that nave i'.eid t he power oi |« as t some sesH,» of shame , a the par
Rovwrnnont smee us organization, j^ics to the outran a; some dioffositiou
sro openly \tn!atcd, \\ itho-.it the ' to assiituca virtue although they had
slightest prclrxt or tipejagy. It is ’• i.t not1« ditcharge that tribute o.
not pretended that we were surprised Hypocrisy which vice habitually pay*
or forced into the coaclusiao of any | i a virtue. Put that a state, claim-
oflhcm. They wore free, fair and j jr.g to he civilized and nhristia ,
peace.
c* ndventaiie without eveu a pretence of injury e
and wwtiilgpmatisfaction for the inju
ry which Tie has sufferrod. If he go
beyond this, he puls himself in the
wrong. It appears, '"therefore, that
Georgia, in a time ofpr ofotind peace,
end without even n pretence dr pro
vocal ion, has prftceaded, in her ag
gressions upooth#*Ctferqlcee8 infinite
ly beyond tlio point which would
have been authorized by actual con
quest. in a war waged for a sufficient
citusn. ■ * ■
And then the meanness—-the paltry,
dastardly, pitifol meanness of the
whole frtinsatyjmj. A man of raol 4
power, and who has withal a single
sp^i k or the lofiv and genorows' spirit
which so natorally accompanies n
cdnscionsncss of at rtagth, scorns to
use Iris advantages, eifber in his pub
lic or private coecerrs, for the pur
pose of crashing the weak and unof
fending. He w ould feel himself dis
honored forever by such cnnauct.—
So.true is this senlurtast to nature
that we fivci it exhibiting llselt even
in i hildren. An ©Vorgravi n lubber,
wi n should tindnYtak* to ttoai with
barshricsa an unofiTcnding school fellow
ef-smaller sun, would be hooted out
a; evr < vilUee ia the country. But
bm dft
'if fou -
sf ><<“». nusBborttig na an average not
kes tbati naif a milliea spuls each.
% t,. "f;
lo tbo sooornmo
Th« gsverumoii
That it cannot a nd
them-that, whether
or wrong, she must
and I list they bad rtnicii
tiieir country, emigrate
wilderness on tlitf borders oi
River, andliiBre resume (1
er ruodns of life. Strange,
ing—incredible as it may appear,
ter we have labored for two ccctun
loqivilizc these Indiuns, and bavo:
last succeeded with a single t
the first salutation which vve rid
to them is a recemufeodation
do we say?—a peremptory (injunction .
issnoil in contempt of a whole eerie f
of treaties, to return to barbaK
istn.
And all this for flip noble ptifpogeffc
of distributing d fe\V rasi-^ acres of
Ir.nd by lottery Htnoog the inhabitants'
ef n »fat* where tbe population is,
new hardly ton to tbe square
mile!
4. But the most important and at-,
arming aspocl uudei which yve eari
leak nt these prerosilmgs-, is in their;
Tclntio* t« tWo eeustitutiunal autbori- rt
, ty of the Bupreaie Ceurt. Wo bay©
we see ia this ad’airf 1 Th^ee j new repebed that fearful Ciisis ia our
prosperous 'rid powerful j history when a few incutVs wtil de
cide «vhetb«r the constitution , airtl
with it the Uuieij eff ihe States’ is tq
b'cku?! by a Ur,ion ef iwtn'y-loar i 6tnnd or Celt. It hi tfsaless to'Attempt
fcre
lift ft
poueciftg, with all j Gvoi gin csorms bdr poiut against the-.
the bleed at tbe pier, tra-1 “I"* 1 ceitfpaols, or rather they were' should in time of profound
is bod-reem, were too evi-! C8W f* c ! 8 10 "diiclj ndvnntage | -*
WR3 entirely oil rtur side. It
4$v?>!> b* judge was su
cunvieced Wf pretended th^t they have
is not
not been
ehserveti in goed faith by the ludisns.
The lands which they granted, have
u«eu eccupifld and i lie public slipu-
ktiens ia our favor have all baeu #x-
i vented—no luvs lu*l the benefit of
, Ihetu to tbe last fraction. It. is not
j even 6«i iuusly pretendue! that tbe
Tick Ksichoa 'of those days ■ treaties were informal, although if
such were tbe lact, it would furnish
on excuse for the violation of a ba**
fide engagement, at which ue have
had tbo benefit. But it is not wbm we
haves sill, seriously pretended that the
treaties were eVen infarmal Anob-
jeciibu of ihis description was indeed
not forward ay Qeergia, who uiJtau
ly attempted to pick a flaw iu the
his guilt, that he ordered the execu-;
fien ’.o take place in three days. At
the l a a I tree, tbo youth declared Ins j
hiti.c ace, and peuisted in it with
Such a<f<tc!iug asses voratkas, that ma
ny pitied him. though none doubted
the justi -e of his sou'eaco.
p t ;; .jir. ;'
ibv- k so nx iert at their trade ear
id ado. j >*n-*s, our wore drops ef pi in
fer ms i«vented; the rouug man was j
Ye*? 1:11; tits feet sumetimos touch-i
ed i.he gi anad, au J same of Ins friends 1
whe s .irrynadud the gallows, contriv- j
ed to givu (bo body some support us !
if ■ a* suspciiddd. liter being cut !
dowot those i"ri«nds bore it speedily j
a.wiv io awofliu, ^nd, in ,-thft course j iBl l “ Bi un ‘“su-umeut
Of. a few hehrs, an’raatioo was restor-; •'** beaaht, for
ed aad the kuoeaut saved. Whon ! “S-'aputg drohi
was
l be
of which ah;-
the sake of
payment ef tbe
me Caer:
he was able to move, b;s friends in- j consideration; but tuc Supre
ewti.-i «m bis qoittiag the country, and i i , , u ^ oxiiaguuner at eec« opun
* . ^ J . - I I, in f,. .Ul.. .. J .. .. I .. ilC* ■ .. *. f PL .. ..
accordingly ilj ‘ s * eu ^ e i,ui1 uaiuauly rffort. There
iv. returuiue. ft
U*v.md by eight in Portsmouth, j 13 nut « vuu tllfJ \>™ aR,i “ ; » ,e P lea ,
tV bora h« entered on baard a of! sUte wetfeeay. It is_eet pretended
War, on tbs point o( sailiag (or a dis
taut part of th<* world, and as be
end disguised his
bunged his us me
person, bis melancholy story never
Was discovered. Alter n few years
of service, during which his fixemplna
ry conduct oas the cause of his pre-
raetroa through the lower grades, he
vyss, at last, made ft muster’s mate,
and his ship being paid off in the West
Indies, he, with a few more of the
crew* iVero trarsferrod to another
mad of war, which hud arrived, short
of hands, from a different station.—
What were bis feelings of astonish
ment, andthen of delight and ocstacy^
vrhbd almost tbe first one bo saw on
buan) his new ship, was tbe identical
boatswain for wb‘*se oiurdec lie bad
boon tried, condemned, and executed
flVft yuarg before. Nor was the sur
prise oi tne olb boatswain much less
Is this a light thing?
pie of of the Uuited Stales prepared,
by conliuuiug their present agents
iu powefv to give their sanction to and
tako upon themselves tlio responsi
bility fur Ibis moustrous abuse of au
thority? W« uMswer for them bold
ly, emphatically and deeukdlv, NO;
a thousand times over NO Tbe
PUBLIC PAITH MUSI AND
SHALL BE PRESERVED. The
Wnej .be hcanl tbe story. Au ex-! uupritciplad ami rerkloss tools of par-
plaujiiuu of all the mysterious cir-1 ty, who are ondosVonug to fasten up
f
cumstances then took place It sg
neared the boatswain had becu bled
for a pa<ne, ia tlie side by tbe burbor,
unko vn to his niece, on tbe day
tha young mao’s arrival at Deal; that
When the young mas wakeusd him,
and retired to tb« yard, ho found the
Uaijdigi: bad come off his arm during
|he fllgM, uud thrit, tbe blood was
fl'^iag afresh. Being alarmed, he
ero*c> te go to t|to barber, who lived
•eras t(»e street, but a oress-gaug
laid hold pf him to the pier, where
tiio.r boat wa* watting; a few minutes
brought them oa berird a frigate, then
agio dm yyay fV the Jodies and he
pia ttnd «r» p y'ritjijs; home to account
f«v bi| sudden dissifpeai’im^J thus
we e tbo ohtof et»puW3it»uc.«> ®*-
I w« /rtondij Jhus
on eur uatiuual fcbaructor tbe stamp
of indellible dishonor, by the violation
of these treaties, must and shall give
way to inau vrbo have at least the
common beaesty te feel aad ackuowl-
•dg* the ebliga:ian of a contract.
2. VIOLENCE and MEAN
NESS.—Independently el tbs posi-
itivo engagement which we are un
der le the Iediaju; were there no re-
latieo between them and U3, but tli*t
Wkich is ereated by the law of uature
and the fact of eoighberboodi'-—lb*
proceecLkgs towards them are such,
that they cpn hardly he psi ailed *-
ven in history of barbarous nations.
There uo doubt is anJ always has
btfea a great deal et'jejustic# and vio
lence in the world. ' Vv v rs have been
carried eh j—states have *nvad-
provftcaiion, aftproprinic to i(s- 1 f nip
sovereignty ever a weaker neighbor
ing community, destroy its poi.tt” 1
existence, so^jeet iu members »
the most ntreei^us tnd'gnilivs, an<)
distribute thejr rierritoiy by lottery
utwftiig its o(f’n poopl-A!—-This,
coatess, appears to us 1 to Ur entii-eli
i new case.? havn inid v in* ni
t<i«U<wi to neiuical and difdowaMe
history, but have met Kith nv
uittirr exactly :4k<- it
I’Vhou vvo sav that Georgia riuG
forward ho pretea'',os io jusiiNcatien
of be r proc^dkas, we uiyia'i that
>i$ aMegatio/is injury or
fraud oa the ether side which, if well
founded uotvld ji>s?i \ her co-.irse.—
The Httcmpts at apology wliicb she
W«s iu f;*et HUaslc :,r« ofsticb a kind as
rather aggravate tbau oxteauate the
injustice of lift? conduct. Siw says,
for example, ibul wlv.n sh« took pos-
HC.ssiSu of b*i . enitory, she found the
I ahurigiiittl iubibitaats batbaritins, and
l brcoeie, iiumcdiately their lightWl
| sovcrr'ioi*. b(?-,iBsc n oi viIizad com-
j mnni'y possesses a nntufoi right ef
fiovcrcigoty over its barbarous usigh-
bftrs The light thus acquired «h?
ceded ftwny, in n series of solemi?
treatics.. She.pow claimed the right
of rooinding, theso treaties, and re-
j suming tlm soveignty iihieh bod been
j granted atvtiy by them. Why? Be
cause the Indiass arc now civilized.
believe U6-
is the actual, bonaiidc intent and
Are the pt‘o-1 mennieg ef the language of the judget
i of Georgia assomble'd in cenvectien
, to decide upon (be case ef Tassols
The autVerities of Georgia in ear
nest, nr are they sbarpeeiug tbe sling
of u/»pr*e«i»e l»y o billvr itlliJ
criminal niftYkery? W’e will uot
11ust .ourselves te comment seriously
upon sued) t‘048<H)kg. It would be
impossible to keep within the limits
of moderation which are fixed by' ihe
dignity of lhe*parties to this cause
Tbe attack of Georgia upon tbe
Clierokues is therefore destitute evon
of a plausablo pretence of justice.
Aud let it be observed that bur pre
tensions extond much farther tbau
they could b» carried by cou-
quost in tbe-. ordinary forays of civ
ilized warfare.' 0 The law of uatiems
is not undcrstoodjto permit a conquer
ing people to tako advantage of its
success for tbe purpose of uppropri-
stiug the territory and reducing te
subjection the porsou* of tho coequer-
«d. Those are '.be practices ef bar
barous cornea unities: they wottj prac
tices of tbo oort^ore hordes that oror-
rau tbu Rocuau onipiro. Tbs princi
ples of public law, *s established by
the practice of civilized Ballons, only
permit tho coaquorer to proceed un
til he has reduced bii&ueay to term
. i ihn' tUo observance of tha treaties
»vould be productive of any material
uicooveeioece either to Georgia or
the United States. The immediate
•iolive for violating then is, to pro
cure for Georgia the opportunity of
distributing tlio CherokOo land by lot
tery among her citizens. The pio-
ceeding is an act of open, avowed,
SSBm&L f ERr l br“ Wlita ' ed I ***~r~*" -ill
auvcrcigti status and ti irtecii million • to concept from ourselves that. tC
iihabitffliis
ihoir -qi»l
con,-! v <-atS'poScI of Borne • authority of th»t tribueal, aad witli.
ibuua-jutl persuMB, incspablo,! it the basis of #W our iaelitmious, is
buiKd sircagtb upert a little ; suprem« evert wlbis great cuso, tbe
->! course, oi ntTsrifig t!i« lesst resit- j destroyed forever. The dcrisiee of^
Irincp, or »f (kfemdin^ lUfift-svlvce in
my ray Hut by im appeal to ifi • t»ix-
<*8n tn»iti< fi in which these very ag-
griNisors have salcRiidy gualautied
heir ptilitical existence aud tbs* iuio-
rit/’mf their territory. Is there au
mu: side ufsn iu tlie country wliese
•:<pek is not «n fire wish sbimo when
feds th.it. as a citizeu - of (he U-
/ii'ed States he is uecnuicaiislv s par-
iy -oRiu lia traossetioc? But eveu
his is h.v. ‘he worst.
3 BRUTALITY. Moan and pit;
fnl p.p ilisia *11 cases for au tnaf-
vidujl or a nst.iyu to abuse power for
He purpose of injuring the fueble,
there is ia this affair a fua.ure of a
still morn rcvoliiiig cbaiactor. 'fheso j sist
Uhcrokees arc uni merely a peaceful
a id vtuofuudiug >iitlv community, but
(h^y are a coinsuunity of a vt*iy po-
vuliar and ! inlorvgiiiig character.—
Thrv Rie auisng tbe last reuantuuls
af ibs otiica potveriul native race that
io firmer days occupied the vhok
cauctry: they are lli« only tribe of
this great fmly that li-s inuuo auv
rensiderable advaeccs iu • , .ivi!i«sa;kni.
it tins often b«fr« doubted whoiberif
were possible t« induce these aalives
to ttssomu tb« habi s that bslong. to
European culture; aud, until witlnft
■i shsrt time, tbe general opiuiea was
decidedly iu tbe negative. For t«v«
feulHi-ies in succession tbe govern
ment aud people of the Uwitvd States
have becu urging, entreating, praying,
cetnpellbig them, as it wera, to come
within the pale, but all i« vain. At
length, a single tribe takes us ut our
word, and comes in. They adopt our
religion, form of government, dress,
manners, aud custotus; learn our kin-
gnRge, make sn alphabet for their
own rise, in short, very nearly to a
level willi ourselves in all the arts and
accomplishments pf civilized life.—
A comiuuni y which has risen in the
way from civilizntku to barbarism.,
in the life-time of a single get-oration,
is a great moral and politioal curiosi
ty. Their bistory forms a very val
uable addition u> (lie experiments that
bavo been made upon the fortune! of
our race. Eve ay euligbtened b»uh
would for (his reason—independently
sf any other circumstance—watch
tliair further progress with peculiar
interest} and would anxiously desire
that nt unfortuue accident might ia*
tpifere with it. How, then, do ne
treat ihitm? How do we—a civilized
aud Christian community—couduct
ourselves towards ibis liibe of bar
barians, whom »ve have succeeded in
converting into-a civilized and Chris
tian country like ourselves? Geor
gia say* to tkeii}, Gentleman, wo have
succeeded in converting you from a
tribe of bnrbariau into a civilization
aad Christian ceuiuuunlty like our
selves, aud to show you tlm satisfac-
tiuu we feel at yeur success and nu*
i (bis question will depend upon tho,
J result of the election ef President,,
I At the next Jorso of tbe supreme?
[court to b« Avid af Washiegtou aext
, winter, u return wiiJ he made ef the
j refust] of Georgia TO execute the ste-u
l duo of last winter, a«d the euprema-
| c»urt nil! (has, agreeably to the pro 1 -’
I YiiieiiS of tlio statute, addjrest o preV.
copt in the marshal of tieWrgia. re-
: qui'i.Dg bi*i to execute the decree.
jlajjSBsdf, a«d release (he missiwnariea
IV«ia (he p»»it@ati:ry. tehould wa
have in office at that time »- Presi*
dsial who has the iutelligeaca t* kwaw>
aud the manly tirrsuess to do, his du
ty, Georgia will uet venture te tA*-.
tu# ruisfiiouoritjs will be liberal-'
«4:—-tne Cberokees will be tisaiu-
taitied in the rigbls secured te tueui
by treaty, ned the whole aflair vviU
pass off without furtberi trouble. If
(ft« prescat iucmubenf 1 should be re
elected'. and Georgia should feel that-
tbe is Mistaint-d aud eucoura^ed by
the very pou-wr whose rfuty it is la’
arrest her mad course, tbo will pra j
bably resist Jacks** wiU iefusM td
ctopluy, live military ferce of the Un
ion in aid of the court, as he has. al
ready refused to employ it iu tha ex
ecution of 'ho intercourse act;-—tbe-
ducrcc will uet be exeettfedr —tbe
eaigo ef law will* termiaate:-—th»t «£
(error violcuee will commence^
and ivil^ it trill comweuco for us the
long series of iatnraa! comsootisas,
proscriplions, iiwifiscatian. wars f«-
rtign und dom^tic, with all their
frightful accomp-rtniments and c«usc-
queuces,—which make up the
iory of «eosi otlier n&tions, aud frim
which, in the goodness of J*roviid«a«e, |
we have becu thus far almosf >rft«lil|r
exempt. * >
How fearful to reflect that sacjfr
immense national interests are st*k*
ed upou the almost fsrtutous resales'
of a popular election, which is to tako ;
place within six weeks thrjugheat
(ho whole countryi-Are tbe wise 8id f
good-the fathers of families, who wish*
to bequeath to their children the sacuo
blcssiugs which they inherited tbetn-
eelves from n Virtuous and patriatic
ancestry, sufliceotly olive to the em
ergency of tlio crisis;-Are they strains
ing every nerve with the intense anx*
icty tbot oieu oui^ht '« G< I who knew
that every tiling valuable is at haz?
aid?
5. Tbnrc is still ou* considoratimr
connected with (his subject, more
solemn tliau nr.y to wldck we hsve
bitliorl* adverted.*^ We hare see* io
this affair the authorities of Georgia
*ud the President 1 of (he United
States combiuiap; to violate the re^
spent due to lha sacircd character of 1
a minister of Religion, with «
n«ss hardly to be pnrallclod evr-n io
the hisoorv of barbarous .(Hom'inlies,-
Ww have reeu tfatf) MISSION '• R'Eff,'
V?
A.
awn, we proceed te appropriate yeur | afiar having been ner sicr«5y autlmi-
couatry, caufiscats your property,! ! lised, but invited, fesoaursgsd wider/*
subject yeur persons te airociaus in-jgbdby»he gevernmenf fa pir-seciite
dijjBilies, aid ’destroy yeur pelt tie* I j their labors ef love sqd ^!**'y in i)
oxmenoe. They appeal for redress j remote rogionp, suddditl^ Ion
riff,