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MISCELLANEOUS EXTRA<
Public Opinion.-*-When Captain Cook
landed at Otaheite, the Education of the na
tives compelled them to seek the good opin
ion of their fellows, by the observance of
several painful and ridiculous Ceren^pnies.
The idea, that tatooing their bodies gave
them a title to general respect, Hvas so firm-
his librar.
turning round his head -saw sitting
a woman in a red cloak.!!' And
came you in here,
man laid nothin|. \\ bat is
your being here woman 1 No answer made.
You have ho right to-fie here ; go out of the
r#hm . She took no notice of him. He got
up and rang the bell for a servant.' The
servant came in. Turn this woman out.
reading or writing, omVahd arrests attention; their very pauses are
■ n •'' n1 r expressive, and indicate gathering energy to
be embodied ih the sentence that is to come.
When fairly Animated, they are as impetu
ous as the toBjent, brilliant as the lightning’s
bdam, and overwhelm and take possession
of feebler minds, impressing them irresisti
bly with’ a feeling of gigantic power.’’
minds, that, to gain 1 What woman, Sir? Why, the woman in a
s . ... V^tfjoy cheerfully sub-1 red cloak,—There’s no woman, nor any red
mined to this painful .__ and hu .
has b*e
man nature is- and always lias .been, -
where the same.
There is scarcely an inconvenience to
which mankind will hoi submit, to gain the
Ifcfcpect and approbation of tb.eir fellows.—
. And to give a right direction to this all-pow
erful stimulus, should be the first object of
rational Education.
The present notions of anv individual can
not possibly appear absurd to him ; but this
generation can still recollect, when, among
themselves, the Good Opinion of the com
munity was obtained by the ridiculous cus
tom of wearing a load of false hair, made
stiff by white powder and pomatum,—
when instances were known, of indi
viduals, upon certain great occasions
spending the night in an arm-chair, with
their locks frizzled <n a fantastical manner,
because the Hairdresser could not overtake
the bu®5r»e‘ that lay before him on the fol
low' ,-v. if- \
*•' individual
any one
uch pro
ven offended
uiey werenot act
iures. r
were produced . by the
— oeen impressed! on their
these ideas constituted their
l up present Education of this Country
hr the Ideas that are generally impre9se<j,p:
m»nds.pf its. inhabitants, leadttariinl!
the Respect* or Good Wjfti
may be obtained, b#
4«Pj| of* money, and bv what i4
cmlea anfc joinQd with'g<?nteel-;niadners
and awacj^mintanre with the cu?t-;.,'xs
i<d|^d order
M’f* il 11 is. .necessaryt- ttxs
cloak Sir. Well go and fetch the doctor
iw ujc i ;.eu min i am tiT, and I wish to
speak to him. The man however, was not
to be frightened by this, because he knew it
was a delusion of his sight. Now I have
had it so often, that it has been a matter
rather of amusement to me, than any thing
else. I have stood before a glass, and
seen the upper part of my head, and eyes,
and nose, very distinctly ; but I never saw
that I had any mouth or jaw ; and I have
seen uiy shoulders very well, but all was
blank between my nose and shoulders.
Wfiy, now I say, what can you make of this,
hut that it is errors of action, or inactivity iti
parts of the retina ?” ? ‘
ry to hiddimity, if
anof ‘sthtoiop'Urt present E-
'^^t'^' ^ call Civilized Society.
ids were,pleased with the vari-
rp.tatooed on their bodies
jfrB9C gratification that they them-
^®*det>re d f roST , these figures. hut ta
lar friends were delighted with their
Mstflce. Our Fathers submitted to thei
^Pfatiens of the Hairdresser, not for the
!ke of the pleasure that these operations
afforded, (for they were really painful,) but
because their friends were pleased with their
^appearance when so decorated. And jthe
■¥oung Men of our own day lace themselves
•jttp in .stays, and have their dresses made in
we' most fantastic manner, not for their own
Bakes, but through the laudable desire of
giving pleasure to others. They shun every
appearance of Industry or useful Employ
ment ;—or, if necessity compel them to- la
bor, they do it in vocations that add little to
the sum of human happiness ; and they act
thus, not from the pleasure that they derive
from a mode of proceeding so manifestly ab
surd, but because it suits the ideas of the
people ; because, by this manner of acting,
they obtain the good opinion of society; and
it is -merely owing to the prevailing system
of'Education, and not to its own merits, that
such a line of conduct meets with general
approbation.
Rank and money arc objects of ambition
upon the same ground. They are earnest
ly sought after, not for their intrinsic value,
but because the admiration or respeef of the
multitude is bestowed on those who obtain
them.—If it were otherwise, mankind would
cease to desire them, farther than their im
mediate wants require.
Those who have examined this subject
attentively, will liave perceived, that man
kind have been long upon a false scent ;
and that those who have been most success
ful in obtaining these objects, are, in point
of real happiness, little tatter than those
who want them. Like the Indians, in the
operation of tatooing, the Respect or Ad
miration of their fellows is all thev get in
return for their trouble and pain. This pain,
or anxiety, is entailed upon them by igno
rance, as the necessary consequence of a
bad Education.
Extraordinary Pine Tree.—-In No. IX.
of Dr. Brewster’s Journal of Science, just
published, there is an account of one most
extraordinary species of pine trees yet
known. It is contatnefl in a letter to. Dr..
Hooker, from Mr. Douglas, the Botanist:
“ I rejoice to tell you. of ia new species of
Pinus, the most Pincelv of the genus, and
probably the finest specimen!of the Ameri
can vegetation. It attains the enormous
size of 170 to 220 feet in height, and 20 to
50 in circumference. The cones are from
12 to 18 inches long. I have one, which is
16 1-2 inches jn length, and which measures
10 inches round the thickest part. The
trunk is remarkably straight, and destitute
of branches till within a short space of the
top, which forms a perfect umbel. The
wood is of one quality and yields a large
"portion of rosij)., growing trees of this spe-
partly burned by the na-
.•tiy«eSj*jLp' strive-the--'trouble of cutting other
to which they are greatly
k’ddic&w) ;e a substance' which. I and
Jtyngst assured in saying, is sitvar.; but as
isbmetofit, with the cones, will soon reach
nature can be easily and
The tree grows a-
degrees South of St. Colum
bia in country inhabited by the Umpt-
qie , '*ti^lw4>ffnd?ahs. The seeds are,gath
ered, by the-natives in-autumn, pounded,
and baked into a-sort of cake, which is con
sidered a luxury. ‘The saccharine substance
is used in seasoning dishes, m the manner
that sugar is ih civilized countries. I shall
bring home such an assemblage of speci
mens of this Pinus as will admit of a very
correct figure being made, and also a bag
of its seed.
The second scholastic term of Franklin College,
for the present year, commenced its session on Tues
day last. Much promptness, we understand/ has.
been observed in complyirig with the collegiate re
quisitions, the major part of the students having al
ready returned and resumed-their studies. The dif
ferent classes embrace at present 120 students, a
greater number than has at any one time belonged to
the institution, except.during two or three month?,
in 1822, when the above number was exceeded only
by a few. ' At no period of its history, we believe,'
has its prospect of usefulness been so much in ac
cordance with the wishes of those fijendfy-to a mo-,
ral and int ellectual elevation of the character of the
state, as at tie present day.—We indulge the hope,
while it maintains an existence unconnected with
those political views which occasionally revolutionize
public sentiment, enlists public prejudice, and de
stroys public., tranquility— that its literary character
will rise with the increase of confidence and patron-'
age bestowed by those who associate with their
ideas of usefulness, that of mental respectability.
so long disturbed the political tranquillity of the
State. The pretensions of Col. Campbell are ad
mitted, and the qualifications, should it become'ne-
cessary, of the two candidates, will no doubt be im
partially, if not dispassionately investigated. In the
vindication, however, of Col. Campbell’s credentials
to confidence and approbation, their arts of politi
cal sophistry Will even fail to convince a discerning
public that the accusations of 1825 arc so soon for
gotten by the party, to whose inconstancy he has
become a willing victim. We cannot but mingle
our iegret with that of others at the sacrifice of self-
respect which must attend the station which Col. C.
now occupies in the view of the public. Had atone-
nl ent been made for tta^tier. with which his ho
nesty and political characier has been treated, the
ground assumed w.-uld be respects** and com
manding. ' '■ \ "A;
The miseries of the Editor of a paper have been
often, and with deep sensibility, deplored as being
almost too great for nature to bear. The weekly
period arrives, right or wrong, prepared or not, he
must be at his post; he cannot relax from-his efforts,
for some olio must be gotten ready t.9 suit the palate
of those who live only on his speculations, and woe
be to him f if he fail in this weekly repast.—Wc, from
a short editoral life, have riot suffered as much as our
professional; brethren have'often done, but we are
compelled at times to utter many a heartfelt sigh,
an(i to hnng up a soul stirring groan, when the
“folio of four pages” is at a ritand, arij) we feel aU
most in despair at the wariti not, only, of words* but
at times even Of the very thoughts, which thev
should represent. Our files* it is^true, present us
pubu
■ oftcj
Important Improvement.—-A self acting
stomach pump has been invented by Mr.
Tinewell, surgeon occuiist, &e. of Chester. I
whereby any poisonous or offensive rentier “* ““«'aong other msUima
may be evacuated from that important or
gan in a few seconds, and nutriment con
veyed into it in the same space of time,
when nature is exhausted or the power of
swallowing impeded. It ronsists of a large
elastic gum bottle, to which is connected a
tube, of the same substance ; the air being
pressed out of the bottle, and its return pre
vented by a stop-cook, its contents instantly
rush into the elastic bottle. Mr. Tine well
intends presenting it to the Royal Humane
Society, pro bono publico.
Physiology.—The Hunterian Society is
at present engaged in the performance of a
series of experiments on the subject of the
human blood, its properties, component parts,
operation in the entire system, .and its co
existence. with the vital priciple. . The ex
periments am intended to discover the truth
of certain doctrines with regard to the hu
man blood, promulgated! by Doctor Barry.
At the last meeting of the Society, on the
27th ultimo, the result of a very curious ex-
neriment was detailed. The stomach of a
subject just expired was opened, and the
pulsations of the heart were distinctly per
ceived for about twenty minutes after. This
fact alone demonstrates, that the cessation
of vitality was not in consequence of the
termination of the circulation in the blood.
Several similar curious experiments were
detailed, and it is intended, when the result
of all shall be ascertained, to submit it in an
authentic form to the public.
“ Without professing to be adisciple of Chesterfield,
or, setting myself up as a censor Of public manners
and morals, permit me through the medium of your
paper to notice a few improprieties connected with
attending public worship. The first I would men
tion, is the habit many persons (principally young
men,) axe in of parading themselves in front ofthe
church they may attend, after the religious, services
are over, to the great annoyance of every modest
young lady wW is passing from the church.”
The above article, from the “■ Boston Traveller,’’
is extracted for its applicability to a-custom but too
prevalent in this placeoqe which some of our-rea-
ders will recollect has already engaged the specula
tions, and proyoked the strictures of a “ Cjierokee
Sap-age,” and still more recently the attention-of, a
fair correspondent. We revert to it in this' instance
not as the professed “deeiplesof Chesterfield,” or
as the willing “censors of public manners and irip*
j als;” with the former we nave no direct fellowship,
and the responsibility of the latter it is uot our wish
to assume.-f As the suspension of a habit sometimes
lessens, if it docs not destroy its force, wc are of the
opinion, and suggest it with the hope that others
will concur with us, that at this .particular juncture,
the evil bf which many have complaiped, might be
abandoned with lcsq sacrifice of inclination, and pos
sibly oCfeeling, than after it is again resinned and re
confirmed. We commend the sensibility or tender
curiosity which so frequently prompts to agaze direct
and a gaze intense at the beauty usually congregated
on Sabbath fo)r devotional purposes, but curiosity and
propriety are .sometimes at. variance, and this we
Persons abroad
have commented on the impropriety of such a course,
and regard it as an aberration from politeness which
should have no connection with the reputed refine-
mens of the village. Wet confess ourselves some
what surprised, that the custom of watching with
lynx-eyed vigilance, the last foot-steps of retrqating
loveliness, until the parting melody of their sound
dies'gently upon the ear, should be‘so pertiniacous-
ly persisted in when courtesy, if not civility, demands
a suspension. The Bacred instructions of the sanctu
ary cannot, we thing, if they have effect, be lasting,
when the mind so instantaneously reverts frohi the
contemplation of “nature’s God” to nature’s “last
best gift to man.”
with pages heavily filled with speeches of 4 6 rmv b ™ nd t 2» s . a PR b f t * ~ This *? certainly, a serious aceu-
S-and 10 columns; but aftt, or
bouring throiigh .thern for hours, jn hopes to catch
one idea of such a nature that it shall serve our pur
pose, and answer as a hook ori which to hang our
original matter, we find our labour in Vain, and that
we havrf toiled all night and caught ddibing, When
it so happens, the only alternative, is to azray the
vagrant opinions, and scraps of intelligence that may
have accumulated beneath our scalp, which Will ac
count for the desultory character it sometimeh vifea^s
Apparitions.—Many -are the stones that
* ere told us of ghosts, and apparitions, and
numerous the individuals who have believed
them. Some of these stories have been re
lated so circumstantially, and with such evi
dent sincerity, that even the most sceptical
have sometimes hesitated in their unbelief.
Now the fact is, that the sincerity of the na-
rator is no proof ichalever of the truth of the
. narration. The following extract from the
lectures of the celebrated Abemethy is con
iirmatoiy of this opinion.—* l There is a cu
rious case related, of a man who was a well
Jcnown character, and a man of sense—
) where it is said, he used to see a number of
| -people in the room with him. Now he him-
|Si te l self has described the whole of the pheno-
A^tenon, arid, all to it. ije has
after taking a cup of coffee, or tea, or
so on. they came into his room in great
numbers; and as he got better, and less
nervous, he has only 6een the arms or legs
ofthe person, without overseeing any other
part of them. Now this is all irregular ac-
' ftjonpf the riMina
A gentleman sitting in
Origin of Steals.—The seals of deeds,
those important etiquettes which give va
lidity nn effect to the parchment, were in
the beginning ciphers, cut for the use of
those who could not write their names, or
badges of cognizance to identify the unlet
tered individual, the prototypes of copts bf
arms which were but hieroglyphics, stand
ing in the place of ciphers, such as the North
American savages still employ for the sam«
purpose. The placing both seal arid sig
nature to a deed is the consequence of that
tendency to surplusage which is the beset
ting sin of lawyers.
Spots, it is said, may be distinctly seen on the sun’s
disk, through the medium of smoked glass; possibly,,
as in 1814, with the naked eye, should a peculiar
state of tlc atmosphere so diminish the intensity of
his rays us to favour such an observation. Some
may find in this -superstitious omen of wars, earth
quakes, convulsions, drought, &c. a natural cause
for the intense cold which has so sensibly affected
the animal, and so materially injured the vegetable
kingdom during the past ten days. The prospects
of the planter in some sections of the State at least,
have * been nipped in the bud,’ by the severity of the
cold, and the lateness of the frost, which have check
ed, blasted, and finally destroyed the labours of
premature spring. Such has been its influence upon
vegetation, that replanting has in many cases been
resorted to; and in others the necessity of such
result is fearfully Anticipated.—The possibility of ef
fecting suthia change in the habits of the vegetable
kingdom, tib as to lessen the time required for their
maturity, and remove their liability to destruction by
frost, either early or late, to which all are subjected,
but more particularly the cotton plant, is a subject
which might, by experiment, interest a mind dispo
sed to investigate the laws and operations of nature.
Naturalists, we believe, are in favour not only of
their susceptibility of such a change of habit, but an
entire change of character; an opinion'which has in
some cases been rendered as certain by experiment,
as it appears plausible in theory.
Powerful Minds.—Mr. Combe, in his
ingenious work on Phrenology, makes a
distinction between power and activity of
the mind. The following is an extract from
his eloquent remarks on powerful naiads :
u There are other public speakers, who
open heavily in debat<|:|^ieir faculties acting
slowly, but deeply, like the first heave of a
mountain wave. Their words faU like
minute-guns upon jthe ear. and to fhe super
ficial they appear about to terminate, ere
they have begun their efforts. Bat even
their first accent is one of power, it rouses
told that M’Intosh was to B.c murdered,) and t
are witnessed by Major Thomas P. JhulrciDs St
agent, &c. who was sent to the Creek nation ta
lect facts for the information of the President. Sun
ly this is a humiliating piece of business, all aroW
One is at a loss what to approve ii^it, least; the rl
prehensible levity of the man who could curie tl
President in a negro house; the officious loyalty 1
the agents who informed him of it; or the grave col
duct of Mr. Adams himself in communicating '
fact to Congress. One thing is certain ; the p '
officer who listens to the tales of ear wigs, too.(
becomes the dupe of their designs and the instr
■nent ot their passions ; and it is truly deplorable
be compelled to believe that the arts of such pe
informers, have contributed to produce the prese
alarming state of afliiirs between the United St a’
and Georgia.
: ; ■ - —JVb 4.—
It will be recollected by those who.have paid SO
attention to the Georgia Controversy, tliat the 1
of dispute between that State and the:Fed«rai L
cutivu, is the won-execution ofthe treaty of the Ir
an Springs. The President alledges that he Q
faithfully labored to prevail on the Indians to fuL
that Treaty—and the Georgians assert that all his i
gents have exerted themselves to defeat it. ThaG
the Georgians are correct in this charge, so far as i
lates to Crowd,^Triplett and Andrews, has been su.„
ciently shewn ; that they are also correct in making
it against General Gaines, can likewise be shewn,
and that upon the authority ofthe same Official Do
cument which has been already quoted from Gen«
eral Gaines wa9 avowedly sent to the Creek Nation
to accomplish the purpose which the President pro
fessed to have- ini view. His orders were, as we
learn from Mr. Barbour’s letter of instructions, “ To
PRevxit. oil the Indians to acquiesce in the Treaty of
the Indian Springs and theconvplaint against hint
is, that he disobeyed this order, inflamed the Indians
whom it was his duty to liave soothed, and contribu
ted to the overthrow of the Treaty Which he was
FROM.^Ua RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
THE GEORGIA CONTROVERSY—No. 3,
It hasbeen shewnthat Crowell fa morally, if-not
legally responsible for' the murder of M’Intosh ; of
course that he fa h&f*!fentitled 46'the confidence arid
protection of the President, ‘it remains now! tb be
shewn that in another essential particular, he has v&
ofated his duty as an agent, and deserves to be-dis
missed from ms station.- It is- a well known rule of
the Indian department, that no agent .shall be enoa-
jed in trade, effher directly or utdireefly with die
Tribe tip which pp js- appointed. This rule is as old
as the establishment of Agencies, and is founded,in
reasons ofthe most obvjopsjustice and propriety. Iri
the first place, the agent having ihe annuity, of the
Tribe uE hfa own hands, and possessed ,of great pu-
tTu)rity,iWouIdbe able, to impose upon improvident
savages, and, transfer all, their money to himself, by
iving th'em credits before hand.,’ In the next place,
avjng the authority to grant licences to trade with
his tribe, he would be tempted to fafu$&them to oth
er traders for the purpose of keeping the busipess. fa
his own hqnds. Yet in violation of this rifie, it is
j iroved. by the.Document before referred to, that; Mr.
.lohn Crowell was engaged in trade with the Creek
fadians, covering hfa* operations with the name of his
brother, and that he has been guilty of both-, the of
fences above designated. The letter of Sam. Haw
kins, heretofore published, proyes tbat Crowell made
it a practice, in defiance ofthe remonstrance ofthe'
Indians, to pay' them-their anuities, (930,000 per
annum) in bank bills of $100 and $?0, and directing
them .to fas brother Thomas to get change, with a
caution that others wpuld client .them; ami that his
brother usually gave Jive dollars, silver in .ohange, and
the "rest, in good? at dpuble tfie price that Stinson and
M’Intosh sold the same articles for. Itriow remains
to be shewn that this brother and the agent were in
partnership ! ii c
“ Deponent further states, that, some time sine?,
he believes in the year 1822, in conversation that the
Agent had with him, the Agent told the deponent that
himself and Thomas Crowell, his brother, had failed
for a large amount, he believes between the sums of
thirteen thousand and seventeen thousand dollars ;
that he had placed-his brother, Thomas Crowell, at
Fort Mitchell, to^make. what money he could to pay
off the debts afthghrnE; that, at that time, Thomas
Crowell had a conslfictahle stock of goods in the na
tion at Fort Mitchell.” ’
Page 348 contains the deposition of John jJ. Peck,
clerk'to Thomas Crowsll; who testifies that John
Crowell, the agent, first spoke to him to come to the
agency And act as clerk, and although he said, at the
same time that he was not interested in the store, yet
deponent thought otherwise, and has sometimes
thoiight so ^ince; that while be was acting as clerk,
“ the^agent was pqrticular in looking over and telling
him how things ought to be done.”
But the testimony of Henry Finch, found at page
340, is the most pointed, full and convincing upon
this point. He swears that in the year 1821 he arri
ved in the Creek nation with a waggon load of goods,
having previously been informed by Crowell the a-
gent, that lie would be licensed on giving\the bond
and Security required by law. Deponent swears
that he offered the bond and the security required,
but agent, to his great surprise, refused to give nim
the licence, and recommended him to sell his goods to
his brother Tom. This the deponent refused to- do,
and with much difficulty got a licence for thirty days.
At the end of that time, seeing nothing was to be
done except under cover Of the Crowells he propos
ed a partnership to Tom, who referred him to ins bro-
ther the agent. The doponent accordingly applied to
the agent, who immediately arranged the terms of
partnership with him, drew up the arthdes, signed
Tom’s name to them, and advanced his portion
the monet. This partnership continued three
Tho second edition of the first number of the
* American Quarterly Review,’ was to be published^
in Philadelphia on the 18th ult. Two thousand co
pies of the last edition of this work will be barely
sufficient, it fa said, to supply the increasing demand.
Its reception affords a favourable prospect of re
warding the taste and enterprise ofthe editor.
—-—r .
Some of the administration pnnts appear to be
highly incensed at the faereilulity of tjie public in
not believing that Col, Campbell seriously intends
an opposition to Mr. Forsyth for the gubernatorial
chair. As far as’ we have been able to judge of pub-
fic opinioirirt is .decidedly in favour of such an interir
tion on jthe part of Col. Campbell’s friends, though
vacillating between doubt and certainty, whether
the authority on which hfa name was first announ
ced, was not assumed, instead of being delegated. It
fa now well understood by the republican party, that
however settled their, views may be upon the ques
tion ofthe gubernatorial succession,an effort will be
made to rekindfo tha flame of party strife, that has
years, and during that time the agent gave them de
cided assistance in their trade. An instance fa men
tioned. One Drury Spain, a trader in the time of
Mitchell, former agent, had a claim upon the Creeks
for $2,600 for goods credited to them. Tho agent,
Crowell would give him no aid towards the recovery
of this debt, in consequence of which he sold it at a
discount of $600 to the partners, Finch and Tom
Crowell, to whom the agent, John Crowell, imme
diately paid the full amount, out of money in his
hands belonging to the Indians! Thus the fact is es
tablished, that the agent was the real trader, and the
name of his brother was only used as a fraudulent
cover to his operations, and that all the evils intend
ed to be avoided by preventing agents from engag-
ingin trade, were the ready results of this violation
of law and duty. Yet the Agent hasthe approbation
of the President, and of a Committee of the H. of JR.
The same document, pages 400, and following,
contains a curious specimen of the kind of informa
tion sent to the President by hfa agents in the Creek
nation, to rouse his resentment against the people of
Georgia. It is the sworn affidavits of a certain John
Winslott, and his two compurgators, Lemuel B. Nich
ols and John B. Campbell.
This trio of informe rs, certify that being in a cer
tain “ negro house,” which they describe, on Saturday
(night?) the 2nd day of July in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundfad and twenty-five, they
heard a certain Geoman, of the name of’Williamson
call the president °f tho united States, “an imper
tinent rascal and also at the same time and
place, they further heard the said Georgian, further
call the aforesaid President, “ a damed inssnificant
rascal.” These importantaffidavita are duly sworn
to, upon the Holy Evangelists ofthe Mmighty God, be
fore Thomas Triplett, Esq. sub-agent to the Creeks
(the 6ame gentleman who laughed when he was
sation againsf the General, and ought not to be ex
hibited‘before the public, without strong proof* to
sustain it. These proofs, however, seem to bc%at
hand. The Document referred to contains four
sworn affidavits, which go the whole length of sus
taining the accusation. The first is that of the Rev.
lvcson L, Brooks, (page 373,) who’testifies, that be
ing in Bailey’s Tavern j at the Indian Springs, on tho
nineteenth of July, 1825, he was introduced to, Ge- v
nernl Gaines, who entered into a conversation upon 4
Indian affairs, in the presence of several white peo
ple and Indians, and said that the Treaty of the In
dian Springs w-as a heels-over-head piece of busi
ness ; that the U. States had promised, in it, to give
the Creeks land to the west of the Mississippi for
the lands they relinquished in Georgia, and that
they had none there to give, also that the Treaty
was founded in the deepest fraud and treachery, ana
that every individual concerned in it was damned—
politically damued; and turning to the Indians who
were present, said to them, l tell those Indians the
white people will cheat, them out of their lands, get all
tfatf money, and then kick.tkem to kdl. Of the Gear- j
gians, he said they were;under the influence of iii-^.. «
txiguing politicians, and that Crowell wasH pure anfil
upright man. Michael Watson sWears (page
tfiat he heard Qe.neral Gaines say, in a, public qom-
papy, at tho Indian Springs, that if Gov. Troup. at*
te?iroted to survey the lands acquired by the Treaty
.made at that place, “ that he wouldbe tried for treason,
.and hwigiV also that Troup and his friends were in
triguing demagogues. Christopher B. Strong sweats,
(page 375) that he, heard the General Bay, at the
same place, that Troup and his partizans were de
magogues, unprincipled demagogues, and that he
himself was guilty of treason. Joel Baily swears,
that he heard the General say, at the same place,
that the. United States had promisetf more than they
could, comply with, in stipulating to give the Creilor
lapd west of the'Mississippi, for they had nose there
tq givej aod that he, General Gaines, would get j
hold of the Governor of the little demagogue state of
Georgia, ifhe,,did;not mind.-;
. Now, it mifat b,e admitted, tliat-these decimations,
on the part offGeneral Gaines,-were, as directljtto-,
posite to lifa orders, as human understanding c-itlqj
make them.. - The wholeS^i ries of them was callo?\
fated-to influence the Indians and to confirm and x-J
strengthen their opposition,to that indenlical treaty "
which he,was*ordered to prevail upon them to ac
quiesce in. But there fa one * of hfa declarations
whichxtjquires a morc particular notice; that which
denied, tfiat the United States owned any land west
of, the 'Mfasisgipph - It will be remembered that by
the Treatviqf thefifidjan Springs, the United States,
-besides paying24nur hundred thousand dollars to the
Creek Indians for'thC*laiid which they ceded, enga
ged,, to give theiri; an equal quantity of other land*
west of the Mississippi,ijto wit, about 4,000,000 of
acres, and one, of the main objections made to the
treaty was, that the U. States had no lands in that
quarter to comply With, this promise. It was upon
this story that tile opponents to the Treaty continu
ally harped; on Gen. Gaines’s arrival among them,
whatever might have been his own opinion about
the fact; it was his duty to soothe opposition, and
not to inflame it, and therefore, to have advised the
Indians to rely upon the justice and good faith ot' tha
U. States to obtain for them the land as promised,
or to make them a suitable and adequate compensa
tion. Such was his duty, but his conduct was dif
ferent, and at the very moment that the U. Slates
had twenty times as much land beyond the Missis
sippi as they had promised the Creeks,. Gen. Gaines
was employed in telling them that they had not an
acre! Let dates and facts decide between him and
his country. The General’s declaratiobB were made
in July and August 1825; in the month of June pre
ceding, Gen. Clark had signed a treaty at St. Louis,
with' the Kanzas and Osages, for 100 millions tf
acres. See the Treaties of that year published at the
end of the pamphlet which contains the Acts of Con
gress for the session 1825 -6.—Doubtless Gen. Gaines
was ignorant of this fact when he was making his
declarations to the Indians; but it is equally certain
that the effect of hfa declaration upon their minds
Was nothing the less on that account, and it remains
to be shewn how the President could approve a con
duct so repugnant to his orders and professions.
This is the point of the complaint of Georgia, that
all the President’s agents counteracted his policy
and disobeyed his orders; yet he approved of what
they all did, and supports and protects every one in
total disregard of the repeated and solemn appeals
ofthe legislature and Governor of that! State. Yet
the committee'bf the House of Representatives jus
tify the President in all that he has done, or omitted
to do, in this business. But the affair is not yet
over. The prospect of a civil war rouses a spirit of
inquiry ih all good citizens. The Document just,
published, is throwing new light upon the conduct
of all the parties conc erned. The public ear, so long
abused by one-sided statements against Georgia, fa
now opening to hear the other side. Several news
papers will do her the justice to publish what is now
appearing in her favour; and at the next session of
Congress, her own talented delegation will confront
with stubborn facts and severe logic that posthumous
Report, which was brought in at the last moment of'
an expiring session, and so hastily approved Ay a
bare majority of a bare quorum of the House. *
The Republican Party and thc r National
Advocate.—The Philadelphia Democratic
Press having accused the National Advo
cate of being the “ organ ofthe Opposition,”
and, of course, opposed to the progress of
Internal Improvement and domestic industry
that paper defends itself-by ^ very-gravely
calling for a Shadow of proof that the Re
publican Party are [is] opposed to any of
the great national interests!” Was ever
any thing more modest than this identifi
cation ofthe Advocate with the Republican
Party ? Should Mr. Binns venture to ac
cuse the National Advocated using bad
grammar, no doubt the editor would defend
himself by demanding, with the utmost gm*