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FROM TllE NaTiOSAL l^TfjLLlqEKCpR.,
) LIST OF ACTS f
Passed at the Second Session of the Nine
teenth Congi'ess.,
. An act to authorise the Corporation of the
City of Washington to introduce irjto the
Lotteries they are authorised to establish
certain land prizes herein mentioned.
An act for the relief of Noah jNoble* -of
Indiana.
An*act for the relief of Alfred Flournoy.
An act to provide for the settlement of
the accounts of James W. Lent, Jr. dec’d.
An act concerning the selection of certain
lands heretofore granted, by compact, to
the State of Missouri, for Seminaries of
Learning.'
An act for the relief of Francis King, As
signee of Win. King*
An act to provide for the location of the
two.townships of land reserved for a Sqmi-
and to complete the loCatiori'of the grant to
the Deaf and Dumb Asytdm of Kentucky.
An act for the relief of Tan Kapffe and
JJ.rune, of Baltimore.
An act for the relief of Lt Isaac Mc-
Keever.
AjS act to provide fo* the Reports of the,-
Decisions of the Supreme .Court*.
.. ,, An actto provide for taking evidence in
tlie Courts <if. the United States, in certain
cases. ..
An act in addition to “ an actto regulate
and fix the compensation of the Clerks in
the different Offices.” Passed April, 181S.
A& act. ^o authorize tho- State of Indiana
to locate and make a road therein named. |
An act for the relief of the legal repre-
SfentativeTof Balthazar' Kramar, and the
legal representatives of Captain Richard
Taylor. }
An actr to authorise the President of the
United'States to ascertain and designate the
Northern boundary of the Slate of Indiana.
An act for the relief of Polly Bell, alias
Polly C.ollins.
An act for the relief of Joseph Dunbar,
Receiver of the Public Monies for the
uLand Office Wesffof Pearl River, in tjie
State of lifississippi/
An act to authorise the*'J^^latUre; of
the State of Alabama to sell the lairds Here
tofore appropriated for fce of Schools in
that Stated '*• xr JF
Am act to exte,
An act making appriop«riuons;*fo^cprtaifl
fortifications of the United States, for the !•
year one thousand eight hundred and twent^-
sev.en. •’. »;?■. , ? '
An act to alter the time of holding the
District Court of tho-United States, for'the
Southern District of Alabama, and for other
purposes. ^ ^ -
An act for the relief of Thos. C. Withers.
An act making appropriations for . the
erection, and completion of certain barracks
store houses,, and hospitals, and for other,
purposes.
An act to authorize the building of light
houses and beacons, and for other purposes.
An act amendatory of the act regulating
the Post Office Department.
An act making appropriations for the $ip-
port of the Navy of the United Statcs r ’-for
the year eighteen hundred and twenty-seven.
An act for the relief of Richard W. Steele.
An act concerning the entry of vessels at
the port of Fairfield, in Connecticut..
An act establishing a port of delivery at
the town of Marshfield, in the District of
Plymouth, and a port of delivery at Rhine-
beck Landing, in the District of New-York.
An act to establish sundry Post Roads.
An actfor improving certain Harbors, ■&<?:
I An act making appropriations-for the Li
brary .of Congress,-and for other purposes,
An act making appropriations for the In
dian Department, for the year one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-seven. .
An act making appropriations for the
Public Buildings, and other objects-
An act to provide for the completion Of
the road from a point opposite to Memphis
in the State of Tennessee, to Little Rbjck
in the Territory of Arkansas, and for other
purposes
, An actto grant a quantity Of land^to the
State of Illinois for the purpose of aiding in
opening $ canal to connect the waters oi
the Illinois with those of Lake Michigan.
- An act to-grant a certain quantity of land
to the State of Indiana, for ’the purpose oi
aiding said State in opening a canal to con
nect the waters of the Wabash river with
those of Lake Erie.
An act giving further compensation to the
Captains and Subalterns of the Army of the
United States, in certain cases.
Athens, Mar. 23,1827.
An act authorizing the completion anc
d the time of issuing and I rc pair of certain roads.in the Territory p
locating Military Land Warrants to officers j Florida, and for other purposes
and sohlie
An aci
".An
of the Revolutionary Army,
tor the benefit ofiJohn Boardman.
provide fortpe adjustment of]
An act to increase the salary of the Popt
master General.
An act granting to the Corporation of the
clmnnh^f persons entitled to ihdemnifica- City of Mobile the right of preference in
tior^i*;d er the first article of the treaty of purchase of four sections of land, or a quan
iA * J /* il J* a.1 ' !’ L 1 fill? nnnnl fnti* confinno of nv nCnvim
Qjficnt. and for the distribution among such
Claimants of the sum paid and to'be paid by
the Government of Great Britain, under a
Convention between the United States and
his Britannic Majesty, concluded at London
on the 13th of November, 1826.
k An act for the relief Warner- Wing.
•\n act making appropriations for thepay-
niexnrof tKe Revolutionary and other Pen
sioners of the United SZklfes. ’
An act fo v r ttfe relief of Edward Lee. ;
An act for the relief of the indigent'suf
ferers by the fire at Alexandria.
An act to .allow the citizens of Ib<j Terri-
tity equal to four sections, , at or near Spring
Hill, in the county of Mobile
An act supplementary to an act to perfect
certain locations and- sales of the public
lands in Missouri ; passed April 26, 1822.
• An act concerning invalid pensioners. - ■*
An act for the relief of the regal represen
tatives of Joseph Jeans, deceased.
An act for the relief, of Jpspph Le Cat*,
penter.
An act for the relief of Pedro Miranda.
An act for the.relief of Timothy; Collins.;
An act to alter the times of holding the
District Court of the United States, for the
tory, of Michigan to elect the Members of Eastern District of Virginia, holden at the
', their'Legislative 'CaufitU, find for other j City of Richmond. ;
An act for the gradual improvement of
purposes. m ■
An act to refund ,certain duties paid upon
vessels and cargoes belonging to* the City of j
Hamburg. ' _ 04
An act for the relief of William Menden
hall. f .... ’?
An act for the relief of Daniel Fielding.
the Navy of the United- States.
An act for the establishment of an Arsenal
at Augusta, in Maine.
An act concerning the location of land
reserved for the use of a Seminary of Leara-
; •z ktf' • ■,
iCiP We deem it proper to inform those who
■may fayourqs with their advertising patronage, that to
secure prompt insertion it js necessary to hand them
ip. by Thursday-monaing. Thcjcgality of several on
hand has been destroyed by inattention in . this re
spect, and concerning which we now await further
orders.—JldvetiiseaentS do not much startle us on
aecount.of indistinct writing, except where proper
names occur. These the preceding or following
matftfr’ wiflseldorft elucidate, for Jack fits just as
well aS Tom: and paving lost the benefit of several
from the impossibility of determining who was meaht,
we respectfully reqtest names to be written distinct
ly;- for the rest we can depend on our experience.-
We will- endeavour next week to insert a list of
the.peraons in this and some adjoining counties who
havc r be§n dpiwrip the Land Lottery, and bo con
tinue until its conclusion.
It will be Seen by an advertisement in this paper
that a stage is ahoot to run between this place and
MiUedgeyilte,-;! Independent of the public conve
nience ,whieh /Will grow out of this enterprise, we
have satisfaction in contemplating the facili
ties it; will, orearte between us and a respectable por
tion, pf pur pptrqns.
“ iigns of ihe] times.”—Such, in the National In
telligencer, is the caption to a long editorial essay,
or rather a denunciation of those Senators who
dared tp de^aTt Eropi ‘tsafo precedents;” qnd, pass
ing overthb usufructuary and prescript^ rights of
the edifow/ tp'^ect Glen. D. Green, printer to their
body. Orifll-We read thra piece, which smacks, we
‘fear, sdmewhhl of idministration feeling, We were
riot iWafe^dfflie high standing that Mr. Van Buren,
(our Georgia Tice President;) possessed at the Fede
ral city. Hi9 speeches, the last session but one,
prijWCd"fi|a%feone of'the- most able .men in the
Seriatefbui tliaUihe.magical wand of his talents
cbuld bendancf guide implicitly such men aaBcnton
Berrien, &e. (vriio voted with him, and,‘as the Na«
tional Intelligencer says, form the party of which Tan
Buren is' both' jftafent and gudrdian,)"has transcended
all of OUr'fooif highly raised notions.—i-But the edi
tors state ^tfakt secrets are yet behind the curtain,
and shall be revealed, - With the latter part of the
sentence we are .well pleased. Arfree press, can
vassing foe measures and designs, and, if it were
posable, even the thoughts of our public men, is the
invaluable blessing that a.free country can possess.
The truth ig.important to us, and- the whole truth
should be told: then justice can be done, and * fiat
ju3titia, mat ccelum.’—Will the editors also favour
us with a republication of some of their editorial es
says in favour of Mr. Crawford, together with the
Jcremia<],-|hat was issyed fay them, when they quail
ed before the.-poterft staff of Mr. Secretary Clay.
Prior tq,that time they held a strong hold in the re
gard and rsteem of aM politicians of both parties, for
their course Had been unwavering; always advancing
dnd 'ilph i oldmg the cause of correct principles.
For their aberrations since, allowances may be made
under Covhf df hutnan imperfections, but they had
best haul jn'in time.'' Two years will soon roll round,
and that very small party, as they humorously desig
nate the majority in the -Senate of the 19th Con
greasy and (we suppose they will say) the smaller
party in the, 20th Congress, will rule, and insults are
less,- easily fotgivefi than injuries.—A word to the
wise is said.to.be sufficient: we hope it will be so
on this occasion.
An act lor me reiiei oi ^aniei uieioing. ingiw tj ie Sta te of Louisiana.
An act to authorise the importation off . . . ^ n
samo foSo benefit of i drawback of So i^ u , ^ (i t j ! 0 S^ ditional tenn3 Superior
An act for M preservationand repair of. ?”?.*. fj us,rtent of
.»!><. Cumberland Road. • 1 land cla.ma .h the State of Alabama.
Ai> act for the relief of James Mav.
An\act to authorise the. laying out and
opening of certain roads in the Territory of |
"Michigan.
An act for the relief of Jacob Butler.
• Ah hei for the relief of John W. Bingey,
the legal representative of Alexander Young.
An act for the relief of John’ E. Dorsey.
An act for the relief of Jacob Shafer.
An act for the relief of the heirs and legal
representatives of Louis Do La Houssaye,
deceased.
It * An act concerning .a seminaiy of learning
* in the Territory of Arkansas.
An act for the relief of Isaac Ricker.
An act to provide, for the. confirmation
and settlement of private land claims in
East Florida, and for other purposes*
An act making appropriations for certain
Indian treaties*
An act for improving the navigation of the
Ohio river.
An act for the relief of John A. Willinck.
An act for the relief of J. Ballastier anc
Company, Peter Harmony, and William,W.
Russel.
An act, supplementary to the several acts
providing for the adjustment of land claims
in the State of Alabama.
An act for the relief of Horace Waitd,‘ anc
others.
An act for the relief of P. B. Price, Ad
ministrator of George Mansell, late a Col
lector of Internal Duties and Direct Tax
in the State of Kentucky.
An act to grant a certain quantity of land
Our distinguished representative, Mr. Forsyth, has
met the .fot'e .decreed to all honest, fearless, and m-
dependent nicp: for. his remarks on the outfit to the
splendid imsslbri to Tucubaya, an attack has been
made in the servile. Democratic Press, upon Iris am-
bassadorialcharacter and conduct while at Madrid,
by one v «Fme Friends of Mr. Sergeant. From this at
tack he bhii dgfeiifted himself, (we judge from the in
ternal evidchWof the ansWer) and has come out
triumphant—By the way, a speech delivered by
him on. thef <3eor$a business (as it is proverbially
called) alAhe,verydose of the session, is said to
have bcen-oriq of the most brilliant displays of elo
quence wittiessod during the session. We trust it
will be. given to the puWic: it is needed, in order
that the inforniation contained in it, added to the
Report of ti»e Senate, may dispel aU those clouds
which the administration have cast around our In'
chan affairs, jn order to hurl more securely their
vengeful arrows against our devoted state.
An act for the-eelief 6f the representatives tb the State of Ohio-for tire piirposfe of.. ma-
of Joliri Kerlin,deceased.
"An actfor the relief of William Morrison.
An act'for the relief of Benjamin Wood
king a road from Columbus to Sandusky.
An act for the relief of Thomas Gulledge
An actfor the relief, of Bar. J. B. Valken
burgh
Resolution directing the-Secretary of the
Navy to apply to the, Government of Perm
sylvania, for jurisdiction over certain lands
at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia.
E U An act for the benefit of the heirs of Gre-
gorjvStrahan, deceased
f m| An act authorizing the settlement of |h
and the merchandise .^imported accounts of Henry M. Brackenridge, keeper
U> from, the payment of discriminating of the pnblic archives in Florida. , t J
+■„? r * H| Anact. authorizing thepayment of interest
An. act for the relief of Edward R. Gib-
soft, and W. H. Simmons, and their Clerks.
' An act for .the relief.of Isaac Delawdqr.
An-aci to-.-.authorize the sale of certain
in the State of Ohio, common-
lied Moravian land,
act to exempt Swedish atid Norwegian
dutiee’of tonnage aad imports, for a limited
time, arid for other purposes. * ] B *
•- An act making an apjiropridlion for prize
money duo x to Thomas Douty. * jjj
An act authorizing tkv, president of the
United States to remove the land office in
tc> the St^te of Pennsylvania. JH . , .B.
A n act for the relief of the legal represen
tative of Gileai Egerton.
| A n act for the relief of Haley and Harris
An act for the relief of the Assignees or
■the Cfioctaw,District, in thc^tate.of Mis- legal representatives of Kendall and Butter-
sissippi.
An act making appropriations for. thb sup-
- port of Government, for the year one thou
sand,eight hundred and twenty-seven.
*• An’ act' mating appropriations for the
• military service of the United'States, for the.
year one thousand eight hundred and twen
Hr
lield.
An act making compensation to Peter
Hagner, Third Auditor of the Treasury’De
parlmcnt.
e | Congress adjourned after the usual pre
‘ 1 timinaries, on the ,3d instant.
'* -iV 9 / * r*'- *1
is in the United States alone,
Foreign power can enter into a treaty or
compact with you. These privileges have
passed away and your intercourse i3 res-
■feted' exclusively to the United States.”
u a letter dated Match 10,1824, addressed
by the Georgia delegation of Senators and
Representatives to the Secretary of: War,
the committee understand the delegation to
say that the Cherokees are to be Viewcd'as
otlicr Indians, ds persons suffered to reside
within the territorial limits of the .United
States, and subject to every, restraint, which
the policy and poicer of the General Govern
ment require to be imposed an them for the
interes t of tho Union, the interest of a parti
cular State, and their own preservation.”
From theso considerations the Commit-
tee'are brought to the conclusion that the
property in, and jurisdiction over the lands
occupied by the Creeks within the State of
Georgia, are not exclusively possessed by
that State, but are subject to the rights
guaranteed to the Creeks, or reserved to the
United States by the Constitution of the U.
States, by the compact of 1802, by the pro
visions of law, or by treaty.
It remains only to ask, whether the oc
cupancy of the small portion of lands now in
controversy is reserved to the Greek nation,
and on what right Georgia claims to sur
vey it,
Georgia claims the righUto survey it,'tty-
der the treaty of the Indian Springs, but the
Committee are of opinion that no right nor
title could vest under that treaty, for the fol
lowing reasons, in brief:
First. That treaty was negotiated not
only contraiy. to instructions, but on a basis
expressly forbidden by the Executive; when
previously submitted for-his sanction. -
Secondly. The treaty at Ihe Indian Springs
was concluded by a party ot* the Creek na
tion,* not authorised by the Creek Ration to
treat for the cession of any lands*
Thirdly. The treaty was concluded by a
minority, not merely of the principal Chiefs
present, and without regard to the protest
of the Head Chiefs, made by their ^represen
tative, both before and at the moment of
executing the treaty. ■■
Fourthlyw Supposing the Comraissionets
authorised, and the Chiefs empowered to
treat, such authority and power Could, in no
circumstances, extend beyond a cession of
the lands occupied by the Chiefs treating,
and .those who empoweredthem; "whereas,
by the treaty of the Indian Springs, a small
party assumed to themselves the right to
cede away nearly all the-lands occupied by
the nation. ^
Fifthly. If the Creek nation was a jfkrty
to the treaty of the Indian Springs, then it
has been declared null and void by the two
parties to it, viz: the United States and the
Creek nation; if the Creek nation was not
a party to it, then it is no treaty at all, for
it purports on its face to be negotiated with
the Creek nation.
s .For .these reasons, on: which the Com
mittee are prevented for want of time from
enlarging, they are of opinion that, by a
treaty like that of the Indian Springs, the
Creek nation could -not be divested of its
right of occupany, nor Georgia vested with
right of possession, and that the lands
no • State or great interests are concerned in the subject.
The powers of the Union, and the manner
in which they have 4 been exercised; the
lights i and interests of a sovereign State,
and the protection due irom the Strong and
the prosperous, to the feeble remnant of a
once formidable race. Notwithstanding
the’collisions of opinion, which can rarely
be avoided wfifere such interests are involv-
West of the new treaty line having never
been ceded away, are reserved to the Creek
Indians by the treaty of Washington, and
that the survey of them is contrary to law.
The Committee, however, are happy to
add, that the i nconvenience resulting from
this circumstance is much less than was
apprehended.
In a letter of Governor Troup, to Messrs.
Cobb and Berrien, dated 4th May, 1826, it
stated that, “ unless all the sources to
is
On the 3d inat. the Committee of the House of
Representatives, to whom were referred the Mes
sages'find -Documents relative to the matters in dis
pute between this State and the General Govern
ment, made -l a Report, which was ordered to be
printed. Tt -ig long, itnd takes a view of it consider
ably difierent"irora that offered to the Senate, which
was published in our last. It commences with,dis
cussing 5 the-’ nhture of the sovereignty assumed over
the Indian tribes ‘and territories by the discoverers,
and then proceeds td trace the history of this affair
disputes the - Validity of the Treaty at the Indian
Springs, and asserts the potency of the one at Wash
ington; The tone of it sides with the U. S. execu
tive andits spirit; generally, maybe collected from
the concluding part herewith presented, which is all
we have opportunity at this time to insert.
It is not known to the committee that, un
til recently; either Georgia or any other
State, has; since the adoption of the Consti
tution, exercised or claimed the right to
treat with independent tribes of Indians, ex
cept by authority and consent of the United
States, or bis exercised any act of legisla
tion over .them or has claimed to do any act
orthing,forbidden by the law of1802^'The
Committeebeliove that the State of Georgia
haa not only acquiesced, until lately, ? in the
valttiity- ; cif'this course of Legislation, but
that her intelligent and prominent citizen
have givHn it theifr express sanction. In
the talk of Messrs. Campbell and Men
wether, to the Cherokees, in 1S23, those
gentlemen sdy “the sovereignity of th
country which you occupy [a considerable
part of which is ii^ the State of Georgia]
information here shall prove erroneous and
deceptive, the State (if the validity of the
new treaty be admitted) has been defrauded
of one million of acrea of her best land.”
But if the Western boundary of Georgia
were run, according to a rigorous construc
tion of the compact of 1802, it would pass
in some points East of the Ck&ttahouchie,
and thus give hera boundary which she might
consider less advantageous than the line
drawn by the treaty pf Washington. . If the
Western boundary line be run according to
the interpretation put upon the compact by
the Commissioners of Alabama, it would
leave Georgia less than she now claims.
But granting the exparte line, run by the
Georgia Commissioners, to he the true
Western boundary of the State, the quantity
of unceded land,* by the only computation the
Committee has seen, is 19S,632 acres, and
that of a poor quality, being about one nine
ty-eighth part of the land, the Indian title to
which, the United States, in 1802, covenant
ed to extinguish for Georgia, as soon as it
could he done reasonably and poacealaly.
The small quantity of land in controversy
and its trifling value, render it probable, that
ihe Indians will agree to cede it. Inasmuch
as the quantity depends on the direction
which the line between Alabama and Geor
gia may take, it were to be wished that this
line should be first run. It appears, how-
ever, that the Executive, from an earnest
desire to meet the wishes of Georgia, has
instructed the agent to urge the Creeks .to
a cession of all the land Ea&t of the line,
which Georgia has established for herself.
The preliminary steps for this cession re
quire no appropriation ; and the Committee
deem it inexpedient, by now making an ap
propriation for the final purchase, either to
fix on an inadquate, or an unnecessarily
largo sum. It is ihe result of the best veiw
which the Committee have been able to take
of the subject,.that po legislation upon it is
at^lhis time necessary. tor
In conclusion, the Ccximittee beg leave
to observe, that they haye given to this im
e portant subject all the time and attention
they could command, at this advanced stage
of the session! They li^re felt ho.\v many
ed, the Committee think itunay with justice
be averred, that, in the general result,-while
the Constitutional powers'of the United
States have been asserted, the great ob
jects desired by Georgia have been attained,
and the public sentiment of the world has
not been disregarded, which requires a ten
derness and moderation, at disposing of the
rights of those, whom Providence has placed,
without the means of resistance, at our dis
cretion.
Such are the views which the Committee
had prepared themselves to submit t‘o the
House. By the message and accompany- ^
ing documents yesterday referred to the \
Committee, it appears (if thU Governor of v
Gorgia correctly represents the other au
thorities and People of the State) that the
prospect of a prompt and amicable termina
tion of existing difficulties, is less ’flattering
than had been* hoped. To the letter of the
Secretary at War, informing the Governor
that the President, in consequence of the
remonstrance and appeal of the Indians,
would feel himself compelled, if necessary,
to employ all the means under his control to
maintain the faith of the nation, by carrying
the treaty of Washington into effect, the
Governor has returned a direct defiance.
Instead of submitting the decision of the
question to the tribunal provided by tae con
stitution, he has issued orders to the Attor
ney and Solicitor General of the State, to J
take all necessary and legal measures to r
effect the liberation of the Surveyors, who
may be arrested, under the authority of the
Government of the United States j and has
directed them to bring to justice, by indict-
mefttor otherwise, the officers o^||e U.
or others concerned in arresting the Sur
veyors, as violators ofthe peace «£ ,Georgia-
s|He has ordered the Major Generals of two
divisions of militia' to hold tile regiments
and battalions within iheir respective com
mands, in readiness to repOl at:
yasion of the Territory of Georgia;
has declared, in substance, that he shaii re
gard the attempt of the United S tates t o^s us-
tain the Indians by force, (which it will\be-
come their sacred duty to do, should ajh-'
other means fail) in the occupation of the'
lands reserved to them by the treaty of
Washington, aa an attack upon the Terri
tory, the People, and the sovereignty off
Georgia. ;
T&CtyiQfttiLtcc will not fake upon them
selves to express any opinion on tho subject
of counsel-* so much to be deplored. They
have nr •r'y’.-eh ension that the people of Geor
gia wil^Qgage in Tiole^#d|^An-with the &
UnioffTor ih§ pnrposeof sustaining a title
to a small strip of barren land, a&qfiired un
der an instrument, which, by a very large
majority of the other House of Congress, *
sanctioned hy an almost unanimous vote of
thib y^kuse, has been declared “mill and
void.’^Ifi however, it is necessary to con
template so disastrous an event, the Com
mittee trust the law of the land will be
maintained, and its faith preserved inviolate.
The Committee recommend the adoption
of tho following resolutions:
Resolved, That it is expedient to procure
a cession of the Indian lands, in the State of
Georgia^ ' U - ;
jResolved, That until such a cession is
procured, the law of the land, as set forth in
the treaty of Washington, ought to be main
tained, by all necessary Constitutional and
legal means.
Fiom theiSational Intelligencer.
Letter from Governor Troup to the Dele-
S ition of the State of Georgia, in the
longress of the United States. ‘ ^
Executive Department, Geo. >
Milledgeville, 21st Feh'uary, 1827. )
■Gentlemen : I was glad to learn, by
the mail of to-day, that measures had been
taken by the President, subsequently to the
communication of the Secretary of War, of
the 29th ultimo, to procure the lands left
out by the instrument called the New Trea
ty. I have uniformly urged this measure
on the General Government, from the mo
ment it professed a willingness, contingent
ly, to adopt it, and in no part of the cor
respondence more strenuously than in my
letter to the Secretary of War, of the 26th
January, a copy of which was transmitted
to you by the last xnaih Jtwas known to
me, that a sincere desire to .procure them,
accompanied by corresponding efforts,xfould
not fail of success, and I had felt both sur
prise and regret that any reluctance had’
been manifested to have recourse to the ne
cessary measure without delay,The rea
sons assigned for the postponement;were, in
no aspect of them, satisfactory; and so the*
President was informed in a candid end :
amicable spirit. You are at liberty to state
to thfc councils before whom you represent
the interests and right of this State, what
has been repeatedly represented to the Pre
sident himself, that the Governor of Geor
gia has never at any time; entertained tho
idea of resorting to military force to coun
teract measures of thfe Government of the
United States, but an. the occasion where
it was deemed better in honour, in con
science, and in riutyXto sacrifice every
thing we hold dear,' than. unresistingly to
submit. On the laat occasion* when mili
tary coercion was threatened, the President
was promptly and candidly informed of my
resolution to meet that coercion in a mili
tary manner^ So far as at« determination
was expressed to resort to the civil process,
it was decided to resort to the like process