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utism has not subdued to its dominion
je very look. Yuu will meet it upon
Ustage; you will read it in the nov-
and the eves of your children’s
ildren, throughout all generations,
jll gush wit tears as they run over the
or y, unTtess the oblivion of another
(C 'of darkness should come over the
„rld, and blot out the record and the
emory of it. And, sir, you will meet
a t the bar above. The Cherokeos,
they are men, cannot submit to such
ff s and such degradation. They must
d, Urged by such persuasions, they
lU .t consent to go. If you will not
iierfere in their behalf, the result is
jevitable—the object will be accom-
lished. When the Cherokee takes his
look on the cabin he has reared—
fthe field he has cultivated—of the
ioun<l that covers the ashes of his fil
lers for unknown generations, and of
is family and friends, and leaves all to
e desecrated by the greedy and ob-
[usive borderer—Sir, I will not ven
ire upon a description of this scene of
nation’s exit and exile. 1 will only
,y—1 would not encounter the secret,
ilent prayer that should be breathed
otn the heart of one of these sufferers,
rmed with the energy that faith and
„pe would give it, if there be a God
bat avenges the wrongs of the injured,
jr all the land the sun has looked up-
q, These children of nature will go
0 the stake, and bid you strike with-
ut the motion of a ftiusclc; but if they
an bear this; if they have reduced
rbatever there is of earth about them,
5such a subjection to the spirit within,
s to bear this, we are the men to go
nto the wilderness, and leave them
icre as our betters.
Mr. Speaker, there are many collat-
iral arguments, bearing upon the main
vint of this discussion, that I intended
ihave urged, and many directly in my
ay, that 1 have passed over, and most
f them I have but touched. But full
l interest ns this question is, 1 dare
iot venture longer upon the patience
(the House. At this age of the world,
nd in view of what the original posscs-
ars of this continent have been, and
hat we were, and ot what they have
ccoine, and we are; any thing but the
ecp and lasting infamy—so say noth-
ig of the nppaling guilt—of a breach
f faith with the Indian tribes. If the
reat men who have gone before us
ere so improvident, as to involve the
'ailed .States in contradictory and in-
tmpatioic obligations, a breach of
kith with all the world besides, rather
kn witn thc ie our confiding neighbors,
five must be made to blush, let it be
lefore nui equals. Cot there be at
east dignity in our humiliation, and—
omethn.'g besides unxnixcd selfishness,
ind domineering cowardice, in the act
that produces it.
From ilio lnijopeudent Citizen.
FROM ARKANSAS.
JCpWc have been favored with the
pordsal of a letter from Arkansas ter
ritory, (Cherokee country) bearing
date Juno 25, which states that a great
amount of rain had fallen there during
tu# latter part of May. The writer
says that it commenced about the mid
dle of may, and continued to rain tor
two weeks, almost without intermis-
*ioxi—raising the Aiknnsas river to
such a height as has never been seen
by the oldest settlers in that section of
country. The writer states that, so
destructive lias been this flood, nearly
all the people who lived upon the l iver
have been ruined. Several buildings,
on each side of the river, arc said to
have been swept away; and on the
bottoms, near several of the crocks,
every house has been washed away,
Cantonment Gibson was almost over
flowed; and all the fork of the Cana
dian was inundated. At the iatter
place, a large amount of stock, of al
most every kind, was washed away;
and it is said that, so powerful was the
force of the water, the course of the
river at Fort Smith was changed en
tirely—making its way through the
Arm of Mr. Alexander, and carrying
before it almost his wholo property.—
Mr. John Rogers is said to have lost
1700bushels of salt; and his works are
destroyed. Mr. Webber is said to
have lost ih stock See. at least $3,000,
besides a small black boy, who was
drowned.
We would have noticed this lettor
last week, but were not sufficiently at
lewurc.
Randolph,—'The Philadelphia En-
J uirer relates the*following anecdote:—
luring the session of Congress of
1824-25, John Randolph, then in Con
gress, hoarded at Dobson’s No. 2, near
the capitol, Washington. Among oth
er members then residing there, were
Mr. Barbour of Va. Messrs. Macon,
Hail, Branch, and Speight of North
Carolina; Mr. Cobb, of Georgia ; Mr.
Crittenden, of Kentucky* &c. On one
eccasion, the conversation at dinner
turned upon the Indians of Georgia,
application had just been made to the
General Government from tho Mate
for their removal beyond its limits.
Mr. Cobh became animated in the ar
gument, even to exasperation, and de
clared “that Mr. Monroe and Congress
might have the Indians sent away or
not, as they pleased, 05 dispose ofthem
in any other way they thought proper:
but that, by G—d, they should not re
main in Georgia!”
Mr. Randolph, who had hitherto ta
ken little share in the conversation,
then remarked, with that coolness and
point for which he was so remarkable,
that “if there tvas a superintending
Providence above, he trusted his thun
ders would not be idle, while they were
driving those poor creatures from the
homes and graves of their forefathers.”
Extract from tho North American Review.
WILLIAM PENN.
One of the greatest triumphs of this
extraordinary man was his influence
with tho Indians; and since our rela
tions with this unfortunate race arc
likely to produce excitement for years
to come, his example cannot he too of
ten cited. The only charm by which
he acquired so much influence over
them, was by treating them with uni
form justice; and perhaps it would be
well for states and individuals, who
complain of them as bad neighbors, to
try the? same novel experiment, and
see whether it may not he attended
with similar success. In his letter to
the Free Society of traders, Penn gives
an accoHnt of this unfortunate race,
as descriptive as that which Tacitus
gives of the Germans. After speaking
of their habits and manners, he says,
‘do not abuse them, but let them have
; us!ice and you win them.’ ITe pur
chased from them the land to which he
held a tinP from the king of England,
and strictly enjC>n<5d it as a duty of in
habitants and survey ors, )»ot to take
possession of any land tvhii'h they
claimed, till lie had first, at hisl oC'i
cost, satisfied them for the same.—<
The modern practice of assuming ju
risdiction over them was then unknown;
and had it been otherwise, his con
science might have been too unaccom
modating to allow him to take advan
tage of that ingenious discovery: it is
gratifying to reflect that he lias lost no
thing by his course, hut on the contrary
stands considerably higher than he oth
erwise would in the estimation of the
world. The Indians always regarded
him with respect and affect ion, and he
kept up a frequent intercourse with
them in order to confirm their good will.
Thus palisades and block-houses, the
usual defence of frontier settlements,
were rendered uncessary; so far from
having any disposition to molest them,
the Indians sometimes carried their
kindness to excess. Thus we are told
that Mr. Carver, the first settler at By
berry, was in distress for food. As
none was to be had nearer than New
castle, he prepared to go thither, and
sent his children meantime to beg the
hospitality of the Indians, which they
not only granted, but took off tho hoy’s
troweers, tied up the legs, and sent
them hack to the parents filled with
corn. It is not till a comparatively
late period, that the aborigines have
disappeared. Tedyuscung, a Delaware
chief, was a frequent visiter in Phila
delphia so late as 1760. Governor
Dickenson speaks of negociating a trea
ty at Albany, on which occasion this
chief undertook to address the assem
bly ; his wife, who was present, spoke
to them in the most gentle and silvery
tones imaginable, in the Indian tongue,
with her eyes fixed steadfastly on the
ground; every one was cilchanted with
the sweetness of her voice and manner.
On inquiring of Tedyuscung, who
spoke English fluently, what his wife
had said, he answ'ered, ‘IIo! she is but
a poor weak woman! She told me it
w r as unworthy the dignity ol a great
king like me, to present myself drunk
before the great council ol the nation.’
The last chief of til# Delawares near
Philadelphia was Isaac Still, a tnan of
scuse and character, who had been
much employed by the whites as an
agent and intqrpretor among tho In
dians. He dwelt with his people in
wigwams on Logan’s place for a time,
but as soon as he could, collected the
remains of his tribe, to lead them to
the Wabesh, ‘far away,’ as ho said,
‘from war and rum.’ A person who
w itnessed their march, with Still, a fine
looking man, ornamented with feathers,
at their head, described it ns an impos
ing scene: thus, in 1775,the last ves
tige of the Leni Lcnapc disappeared
from the region. This writer however
tells us that one, called old Indian
Hannah, was living in the present cen
tury on the Brandywine, and retained
a high and haughty spirit to tho last.
Temperance.—A boarding house in
this city, announces, 011 a sign over
the door, “No Alcahol, Tea or Cof
fee.” They have only to add, no bread
and butter or Manhattan water, to
make the temperance bill of fare com
plete.—A*. Y. Courier.
CHEROKEE P1MENIX.
NEW ECHOTA, SEPTEMBER 23, 1833.
erratta.
Several material errors escaped our notice, in con
sequence of running over our proof sheets rather
hastily, contained in the third resolve ofthe General
Council. We therefore republish tho whole sec
tion.
In our editorial, last paragraph 1-ltli lino for sin
cerely road seriously.
Resolved, That under existing cir
cumstances the nation is in a state of
duresse, and that until removed it can
not properly exercise that freedom of
deliberation and action so desirable
and necessary for the final termination
of present difficulties, and being con
vinced that the country West ofthe
Mississippi to which the Government
lias invited the removal ofthe nation,
is such, as c/tnnot better the future
prospects and welfare of the Chcro-
kees, as a nation, under the present
unsettled poj/cy of the Government in
relation totlic Indian tribes; and should
they he ct/inpelled by the force of cir
cumstances contrary to every principle
of justice and humanity to leave the
“land of their Fathers” the Council
can determine no other alternative
promising relief than a removal beyond
the limits of ihc United States; but
having confidence yet ia the good faith
of the Governm’ent ofthe United States
and no desire to remove West ofthe
Mississippi nor to leave the limits of
the United States and being solicitous
to have a speedy termination of pres
ent difficulties.
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FOREIGN.
FROM MEXICO.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in
the interior of Mexico to his friend
in this City, under date of July 2.—
Mil. Intelligencer.
“You will have seen before this,
that my predictions are true. You
are now in the midst of another revo
lution. St. Anna, and the people, a-
gainst the Bustamante party, composed
of the soldiery and the priests. St.
Anna was taken prisoner near Mexico,
and mado his escape; he is now in the
city of Puebla, at the head of live thou
sand men. There seems to he some
understanding between the leading men
on both sides; at least so it appears—
for the revolution broke out simulta
neously at very different places. The
soldiery here are all Bustamente—but
they have pronounced in favor of Santa
Anna as Dictator for life, and in favor
also of a Central Government, to the
destruction of tho state sovereignties.
Santa Anna is said not to agree to it,
as he had pronounced for the Consti
tution, and calls upon the Stutes to de
fend him and themselves. The troops
here, after imprisoning their genoral, &.
appointing a new 011c, have marched
against Vittoria and Monterey, where
it is calculated they will meet with a
warm reception, particularly tho former
point, at which place one of Santa An
na’s famous generals, Montezuma, was
expected with a considerable force.
An. extraordinary lias urrived hare from
tho vice-president, announcing t^ie cap
ture ofthe President, Santa Anna, and
calling the people to his succour. Al
so, publishing an ordinance banishing
from the country all persons whatever
for five years who have pronounced a-
gainst the government, and ordering
the governors to carry this into effect;
in case of refusal, they subjecting
themselves to same penally. There
are here now only about five liuncjred
to garrison the place and keep the peo
ple down; they have forced the Ayun-
tamiento, with the Alcaldi, to pronounce
sorely against their will. The custom
house officer had been deposed, and
made his escape to Vittoria. The
general Alcortie, commander here now,
had issued an extra, allowing all kinds
of contraband goods to he introduced
at this port, except Tobacco; which
ia, in effect declaring themselves inde
pendent of the General Government.
The Curate of this place is the only
man who has not pronounced, a great
many others refused, but on being con
fined a few day* they came into the
measure. Wa calculate on seeing
some hard fighting before the ordinance
is carried into effect, as most of the of
ficers who pronounced arc men who
will not retire with a struggle; and
they are at the head of some of the
best troops in the republic. Well, let
them flight it out; the people gain some
thing by every revolution; and have
begun to find out that the military and
the priests are heavy task-masters.—
There art: now in actual commission
one hundred and two generals, and, I
really believe, that of inferior officers,
from Colonel down, there arc about
two to every three soldiers. Santa An
na is believed by many, to he a patri
ot; the present struggle will decide the
question, whether he is to he enrolled
with Washington, aud the worthies, or
take place alongside Napoleon, Itur-
bidc, ami the accursed.”
From tli c New York Observer.
By an arrival at this port, London
papers have been received to August
7th.
r ihcy bring accounts of the'Surren
der of Lisbon to Don Pedro’s army
on the 24th of July.
It seems that on the 23d, Count Vil- |
la Flor, marching from St. Ubcs, met
and totally routed the Miguelite force
sent from Lisbon, the Miguelite garri
son, about 4,000 strong, abandoned
the city and retreated to the north;
upon which, the people, with one con
sent, hoisted the standard of Donna
Maria, and proclaimed her majesty in
due form.
Count Villa Flor, entered Lisbon on
tho afternoon of the 24th of July.—
Very few excesses, it ia said, were
committed by his troops, considering
the excitement of the occasion, and on
the 25th all was tranquil.
The fleet, under the command of Ad
miral Napier, with the Duke of Pal
ladia on board, entered the Tagus on
tho 25th.
On the ,25th of July, (before the
news ofthe Capture of Lisbon had been
received) the Miguelite troops before
Oporto made a desperate attack upon
tho city, but were repulsed with a
loss in killed and wounded of about 1 ,-
000 men. The troops of Don Pedro
also suffered severely. *
On the 27th of July, Don Pedro,
having received the intelligence of the
capture of Lisbon, embarked at Opor
to for that city. At that, date the at
tack had not been renewed udon Opor
to; and, as the Miguelite troops were
seen crossing to the south ofthe Dotiro,
it was believed that Marshal Bourinont
had raised the siege in consequence
ofthe intelligence that hud reached him
from Lisbon.
In the attack upon Oporto on the
25th ol July. Col. Cotter, a brave and
meritorious English officer, lost his
life by a random shot. The Regent
immediately made a handsome provis
ion for his family, as an acknowledg
ment of his distinguished gallantry in
the Queen’s service.
The gallant Napier has been creat
ed Viscount of Cape St. Vincent by
Don Pedro, as a token of the admira
tion of the condnct ofthe Admiral in
the capture of Miguel’s fleet.
Donna Maria, it was expected, would
shortly leave Paris to take possession
of her Throne: and her recognition as
Queen of Portugal, by the French
Government, it was anticipated, would
follow the official announcement of the
capture of Lisbon.
At the latest dates Don Miguel’s
troops were deserting him, and Don
Miguel hfhisclf, it is said, has fled to
Spain.
In the British House of Lords, Au
gust 1st, the bill for removing the
civil disabilities of the Jews, was lost
on its second rending by a majority of
50—the votes being 101 against 54.
The House of Common, in commit
tee of th# whole, had agreed to a res
olution for the grant of20,000,000/. to
the West India proprietors.
The Irish Church Temporalities hill
had passed both Houses of Parliament,
und only awaited the royal signature to
become a law.
In the House of Commons, August
5th, Lord Altliorp, in answer to a
question put to him by Mr. O’Connell,
said he must decline for the present to
say what course Government would
adopt with regard to the recognition of
Donna Maria as Queen of Portugal
defuclous well as de jure.
Mr. Littleton brought forward a res
olution for the grant of 1,000,000,/. to
bo raised by the issue of exchequer
bills, to tho Irish clergy, in payment
ofthe arrears of tithes due to them
This sum is only a loan, to be repaid
by 10 half yearly instalments. The
resolution was cai riecl^n a division by
87 to 51.
On the 3d of AugcK^six men were
buried in the ruins of a brick wall which
fell upon them at a great fire in Liver
pool.
Some excitement was produced in
London on the 5th of August, by a no
tification from the Admirality, that ten
ders would he received by government
for vessels of 300 tons burthen, to serve
as transports for three months. It
was conjectured that the object was to
send troops to Portugal to counteract
any interference of Spain in Portuguese
affairs.
A second uttempt to assassinate the
Emperor ofRussia had been discover
ed und frustrated.
PORTUGAL.
Capture of Lisbon.
The following summary account of
the capture of Lisbon is from a London
paper.
Intelligence has at length arrived
that Villa Flor, the brave Duke of
Tcrceira, entered Lisbon on the 24tU
of July, after an action with Telles
Jorduo, who had opposed him at the
head of 6,000 men, the whole Miguel
ite force about and to the southward of
Lisbon. The Queen’s commander
hcul under hiin^no more than 1,500
troops of the line, with which lie had
marched from St. Ubcs on the 22d,
and coming up with Joidao the follow
ing day, on the left bank of the Tagus,
instantly attacked him. The Miguel-
iter-, notwithstanding the desparity of
fire, were totally routed, and a great
portion of them driven into the river.
Joidao himself was killed on the quay
at the water side.
The Duke of Cad aval, with Miguel’s
garrison, evacuated Lisbon on the night
ofthe 23d, and the pressure being thus
removed from the inhabitants, they
opened the prison and set free 5,00i>
captives, confined mostly for political
offences. They then proclaimed her
Majesty Donna Maria, and took arms
and embodied themselves as a national
guard. It is to he observed thut hitli-
eito not a single soldier of Villa Flor’s
army had crossed from the south bank
ofthe Tagus, nor had one of Napier’s
ships been seen within the bar of Lis
bon.
This declaration in the Queen’s fa
vor, therefore, was the act ofthe people
themselves. A communication was,
however, made by the inhabitants to
the Duke of Tcrceira on the morning
of the 24th. The Queen’s flag was
hoisted on the citadel, and afterwards
that of England, which was saluted
with 21 guns, a salute which was re
turned to the Royal Standard of Por
tugal by Admiral Parker and tiie Brit
ish mcn-of-war. Tcrceira marched in
on the 24th. On the 25th, Napier,
with Palinclla on hoard the flag-ship,
entered the river. The Duke of Tcr
ceira took the command of tho city,
and of all the forts. Deserters, (say
despatches) were coining in from tho
remnant ot the Miguelite force which
was flying towards Douro.
The news of these events having
reached Oporto on the 26th, Don Pe
dro embarked that night from the Foz
on board a steamer for Lisbon, leaving
Saldanha the supreme command, both
civil and military. Up to the 27th,
Marshal Bourinont had not renewed
his attack on the town, and, as the
troops were observed to bo passing
over to the south bank of the Douro,
it was supposed that lie was about to
rahe the siege.
Liberty appears to be going back
wards in France. The revolution which
pluccd Louis Philip on the throne, was
provoked in a great measure by the
attempts of Polignac to check and re
strain the lib^jtv of tins press. Louis
Philip, uninlffl^ed at the results of
this conduct part of his prede
cessors, lias seizxu more presses, fined
and imprisoned more editors, since his
elevation to the throne, than any other
monarch in Europe. The last arrival
informs us that the editor of the Pari*
Tribune has been sentenced to three
years imprisonment, and fined two thou
sand dollars, and that tho sentence was
carried into execution without tumult.
How long people ofFrauce will you
tolerate the Hopocrite King!—Pn. In
quirer.
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