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THE FEDERAL 1MOI.
VOL.UME 2—NO. 22.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1831<
WIIOEE NUMBER 74.
EDITED BY
J. G. POLIIILL & J. A.
CUTHBERT.
THE I'NION is published every Thursday at THREE DOLLARS
per annum, in a dvance, nr FOUR, if not paid before the end rf the
year. The Office is on Wayne Street, opposite McCombs’ Tavern.
Ail ADVERTISEMENTS published at the usual rates.
N. B. Each Citation by the Clerks of tiie Courts of Ordinary that
application has been made for Letters of Administration, miiSt be
published THIRTY DAYS at least.
Notice by Executors and Administrators for Debtors and Credi
tors to render in their accounts, must be published SIX WEEKS.
Sales of Negroes by Executors and Administrators must 1* ad
vertised SIXTY DAYS before the day of sale.
Sales of personal property (except negroes) of testate and ; .ntes-
fate estates bv Executors and Administrators, must be adveitised
Forty days.
Applications by Executors, Administrators and Guardians to the
Court, of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published JfOL'R
Months.
Applications hy Executors and Administrators for Letters Dismis-
6t>ry, must be published SIX MONTHS.
Applications for Foreclosure of Mortgages on real estate must be
advertised once a month for SIX MONTHS.
Sales of ie.il estate by Executors, Administrators and Guardians,
must be published SIXTY DAYS before the day of sale. These
Bales must be m oie at the court-ltou.se door between the hours of 10
in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. No stile from day to day is
valid, unless so expressed in the advertisement.
Orders of Court of Ordinary, (accompanied with a copy of the
bond, or agreement) to make titles to land, must be advertised
Til HUE .MONTHS at least.
.ShcjidT’s Sales under executions regularly granted by the courts,
mum be advertised THIRTY DAYS—under mortgage executions,
SIXTY DAYS—Sales of perishable property under order of Court,
must i>c advertised, generally, TEN DAYS before the day of saie.
All order* for Advertisements will be punctually attended to.
*. • Ail letters directed to this Office, or the Eciters must be post
paid to entitle them to attention.
OKN R. WO0TAV respectfully tenders himsel.
to the citizens of Baldwin county ns a candidate for
the Clerkship of the Superior Court at the cnsuingelec-
tion in January next. » Aug 4
W E are authorized to aii nounee Mr. LEW IS J. \V-
KRAATZ a candidate for Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Baldwin county. Aug 4
W E are authorized to announce Mr. RAIN SOM
II. SMI i’H a candidate for Clerk of the Inferi
or Court of Baldwin county, at the next election. Aug 4
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
&.C. &.C.
X.. PERKINS 7 OLD STAND.
JACOB FOGLE
J» ESPECTPULLY informs
Wli
.ire requested to announce the name of Y\'1L-
.1AM D. SCdGGIN, Lsq. as a candidate for
Sheriff of Baldwin county, at the next election for coun-
*ty officers. - Nov K
T E are oB'diorisecl to announce BARR ADELL P.
STUBBS, Esq. as a candidate for Tax Coilee-
i' Baldwin county, at the next election. June 23.
his customers and the pub
lic generally, that he has just re
ceived a fresh supply of GOODS
in his line of business, which add-
ta to his former stock, makes his
assortment as complete as any ev-
ever offered for sale in this place.
•Among the articles received are the following:
Ladies and Gentlemen’s Gold Patent Lever VVA1CH-
ES; silver patent levers and plain Watches; ladies and
gentlemen’s gold Watch Chains, Seals and Keys; gold,
plated, gilt and silk guard Chains; Cable Chains; Ear
Rin°-s- Finger Rings; Breast. Pins and bosom Buttons;
Beed and Silk P arses; Beed Bags; Purse Clasps ; La
dies Buckles and Clasps; Carved and plain Tucking and
Side Combs; Musical Boxes, Harmonicas, Flutes, and
Preceptors; Silver Soup Lathes; Table, tea, desert,
cream, mustard and salt Spoons; Sugar Tongs, Butter
Knives, Pencil Cases, and Spectacles; Gold and Silver
Pens, Gold and Silver Leaf Plated Castors, Fruit Bask
ets, Candlesticks, Snuffers and Trays ; Steel Snuffers,
Brass Candlesticks and Curtain Pins, Wine Waiters and
Tea Trays, Pen and Pocket Knives; Scissors, Thimbles
ana Needles; Razor Straps, Shaving Boxes, Brushes and
Soap; Tooth and Hair Brushes; Chess Men, Belt and
Pocket Pistols, Percussin Caps and Powder Flasks; a
great variety of Walking Canes, Pocket Books and
Snnff Boxes, and such other fancy articles as are usually
kept at such places. Also,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OP
UmiWABY GOODS.
Special attention paid to ATGH iitxPAIfi iNG.
Miiledgeville, October 20, 1831. i5—tf
ri TIIRKRT & POLHILL
H iVE opened their L-iir OFFICE at the Com*
• a;-.si liner’s Hall in the market-house, Milledge-
vi! ie, Georgia. One of them is always to be found there
ready to attend to professional calls.
They will practice in the following Counties and Cir
cuits:
W jft are authorized to announce JAMLte C« )NE
Esq. as a candidate for Tax Collector of Bald
win county, at the election in January next..
August 25 7
W E are authorized to announce W. C. POWELL,
Esq. n candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns
in Baldwin, at the election in January next. July 28
Ocmulgee
Flint Circuit.........*
w
for Receiver of Tax Returns l’or Baldwin coun
ty in January next. . Sept 15
surgery or the teeth.
MU* WALLACE, •
Surgeon Den tist f rom JV*. York,
H .S uken a ROOM at the Lafayette H aig (Or a
short time,) and respectfully offers his Profession
al services to the citizens of Miiledgeville and vicinity.
Mr. W. performs all necessary, potations on theTee’h
and inserts, the different kinds ol •ilrtifici'.d 1ec.It as thi
natural, animal, and ]K>rctl<iin or “Incorruptible Teeth,
•lr,,ni the single tooth to entire sets.*
Milk* 1 ?<-v'ile, Oet
2t).
1;
NOTICE.'
Chntahoochie Circuit..
Southern Circuit
Middle Circuit.,
f BALDWIN,
j JONES,
CircuU \ PUTNAM,
( \ 1LKINSON.
f BIBB,
\ MONROE,
[HENRY.
...TALBOT.
* 1
TWIGGS,
TELFAIR, &c.
WASHINGTON.
Miiledgeville, June 23, 1831
Ii\W.
H A.RGROYE &. Vv AL1 HALL are practicing La"
in connection. They will attend the Courts in thi
adjoining counties. Z. B. HARGROVE,
TURMAN WALTHALL.
Covington, Newton co. June 23, 1831. 50—tf
LAND FOR SALE.”
T 1L1E subscriber being desirous of remov-
. ing to the Western country, oilers the
j lace whereon he lives for sale—situated
upca the Flint river, immediately adjoining
the Flat Shoals, upon the Merriwether side
of ani il >er. Tojseople who a^e acauainted in lljissee-
ims : suffice u to say that the quality of the land is very
a , superior, lying remarkably level, and so far has proved
o P be very productive. There are upw ards of 200 acres
cleared upon the above place, all of it fresh and undo
TEACHERS’ CONVENTION.
..Til ,] J3 undfraiL-n-xl, sensible of tte m.porumce o.
IV a T, ackers Society, which shall more billy pro-
the advancement of ilie'cause of Education, do. a.
vite a'd TeaAprs, both Tna!" and female to convene at the
December next. r . - ^ ladE> 0 j Clinton,
November 21
OTIS SMITH, of Poured',on,
R. C. BROWN, of ScotLiboro.
A CARD. . ...
•- T r inhabitants of Miiiedgr v.ueand its vicinity, -re
T'kneeMy mtaned, tint on the firs, o Dc=«n-
, vi-‘ Warner will commence giving lessons in Mu-
• -**« *» Mis - w >
XTUs Thatcher.
The Tract of Land contains
premises are a m
an excellent cotton gm
Mrs. Dr. Fort, or
November 24
upon
xtremely good fencing
’""'aao & 400 aches,
with an opportunity of buying cheap, it wan.cu, several
tracts of wood land lying contiguous and adjoining, n
s an excellent stand for a public house, blacksmith s
-hop, and store—situated exact y upon the half way
ground between Greenville and Zebulon. Upon the
unber of stables, cribs, cabins, &c. ami
Terms will be liberal to purcha-
THOMAS N. DUNCAN.
Merriwether roJO b Sept. 1831. 11—tIdee—_
TOWN LOTS*FOR SALE.
iLL be sold, on the first Tuesday m January
% ^ next, in the town of Cuthbcrt, m the county ol
Randolph, a number of LOTS in said town—the «ud-
“ owll being the public site of the county of Randolph.
The lots will be a* .Id on the same terms as the State trac
tions were. OLIVER GRIIF1TH
U WILLIAM EVERITT,
SILAS MOSLEY, \s. u c.
JOHN R. M. NEEL,
HENRY G. EZELL,
November 24 20—-tds
jr-ji. The Columbus Democrat is requested to give
the above a weekly insertion until the day ot sale.
20—4t
CXVTION.
it.ned against trading fir a rm’e
perhaps some cents, and MEREDITH,
shall not pay i - 20—41
Wilkinson co. Nov. zi _—_
KjpICE*
IT rip-sons indebted to the estate of Sarah Jonej
i.iiu . e ** . (Iffpa^cd whl plco^o make
# nf rwisrrs couii«y> f j •
/•- ,mi iw i«viivc *w.»i» «e»-
to present ll.cn. »ul,mil,etn.K-
P r«„bod Uy 1«. p T EPHEN JOXIS,) A<lill , rs .
THOMAS JON.-fc', )
NovcrmborlO
« 1 KOKGIA, W ALTON COUNTY.—Malcom
IJT McDaniel of the 417th distiict G. M. posted lie-
ro. e Lewis S. Moon, Esq. a dark bfown or black v md-
broken HORSE, supposed to be filtecn or twenty >t:a»s
G iq Appraised by Ivlariin-Warren and Littleton Man-
>** “ W ' elve »** vThAHALSON, Clerk.
November 24 20 ~~ 3 _
7TEORGIA, BALDWIN COUNTY .—Mary
Cw^iomas applies to me for Letters of Administra
tion on the estate of David Thomas, deceased:
*' ’These are therefore to cite and admonish all nnd sin-
Ur, the kindred and creditors ol said deceased, to b.
5d
. i n A ‘\vmear at my office, within the time prescribed by
I law, to^shew cause, if any they can, why saidHellers
| should not be granted.^ Given under my hand, this
'day ofNovemlier^lSM^ A _ grEEKE ,^^ o.
November 24
-on*
ri from sen e of the Jud
number of DECISIONS made in
i Tie evnects to enlarge ins Collec-
i ppprnn, h,™ t0
T
4.AW
III! subscriber bos obtaine
U
1 KORGIA, PULASKI COUNTY James
g. Daniel applies to me for Letters of Admimstia-
\
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, GA.
•Miiledgeville, December 1st, 1831.
To the House of Representatives :
Gentlemen,—Having been called on by your resolution ol
this date, requesting me to lay before your branch of the General
Assembly, any infoimaiion in my possession, “in relation to the
Cherokee nation, and which might have an influence on the poli
cy of the measure of the immediate survey and occupancy of the
Cherokee lands, which has not heretofore been communicated,
together with any views of the Executive, upon the subject,
which that Department may think proper to make known;”—In
answer thereto, I submit the following, as the result of long re
flection, on the important subject referred to.
It is believed that a crisis has arrived, in-which we cannot per
mit the course of our policy, in relation to the Cherokee part of
Georgia, to remain in its present perplexed and extraordinary con
dition, without jeopardizing the interest and prosperity, if not the
peace and safety of the State.
Circumstances within the recollection of our whole people, im
periously demanded the extension of the laws and jurisdiction of
our State, over our entire population and territory. This step
has been taken, and cannot be retraced. The State cannot con
sent to be restricted in the exercise of her constitutional rights.
It is now too late for 11s to theorize on this subject; we are called
upon to act; the public functionaries of the State stand pledged
to their constituents, and the world, to sustain the ground which
they have taken. It is our constitutional right, and moral duty,
forthwith to interpose, and save that parto'f our State from confu
sion, anarchy, and perhaps from bloodshed.
The question of the right of the State to jurisdiction seemed for
a time to have been settled. Our laws were in regular, unmolest
ed operation over our entire territory: our rights appeared to be
no longer controverted; and the responsibility for the existing
evils was devolving on ourselves.
But new and unexpected difficulties are arising out of the imbe
cility of our own measures, & the selfishness of some of our citizens.
It has been thought that some of our most distinguished citizens have
thrown almost insuperable obstacles in the way of a speedy termina
tion of our Indian difficulties. The laws heretofore enacted, for the
maintenance* of the jurisdiction of the State over that portion of
our territory, and for the government of all persons residing there
in, it must now be admitted, have failed to accomplish all ihat was
desired and expected, by the friends of these measure s. The de
fects of our laws have been evinced by their practical operation.
It is believed, that any attempt to establish a salutary, civil gov
ernment, over a country containing nearly five millions of ac res
of land, while destitute of the materials to administer the law,
must, from the nature of things, prove in a great measure abor
tive. A few thousand half civilized men, both indisposed, and in
competent to. the faithful discharge of the duties of citizenship, and
scattered over a territory so extensive, can never enjoy the ines
timable blessings of civil government.
Whatever may be the nominal character of our legislation, we
cannot govern the country under consideration, with honor to out
character, and benefit and humanity to the Indians, until wc have
a settled, freehold, white population, planted on the unoccupied
portion of that territory, under the influence of all the ordinary
inducements of society, to maintain a srood. system of civil
Our government over that territory, m its present condition, in
order to be efficient, must partake largely of a military character,
and conseouently must be more or less arbitrary andoppressnem
its operations. If the present system be continued, it is important,
that ample , owers should be afforded to the Executive, to reflate
the conduct, and centred the operations, of the agents employed
to administer the government, m that part of the Siate but it is
doubtful, even with this power, whether any vigilance and energy
on the part of the Executive, can wholly prevent injustice and op.
presshm being committed on the Indians, and at the same time
maintain the laws inviolate. ,
• If Georgia were at this day to relinquish all light, title, .
claim to the Cherokee country, what would be its situation. I he
impotencyand incompetency of the Cherokees to maintain a r. g-
ular government, even for a few months, perhaps lor a few weeks,
would at once be demonstrated. The country would 8 P?e* 1 jf
over-nip, chiefly by the most abandoned portions of society lrom
all Quarters. The gold mines would hold out an irresistible temp-
totiohtoaii such characters. The existence alone oftlienchgokl
mines, utterly forbids the idea of a state of quiescence on this all-
en 'Ourtue S s&i and motives on this question are stifl —
derstood, and often misrepresented, by ?hose a Astance In
order to appreciate our policy, onr true situation must be under
stood I will not attempt to enumerate the wrongs, embarrass-
ments,
wrong, in their construction of the sacred text; whether or not,
their conduct can be reconciled with their professed objects, it
cannot be denied, that possession, actual or constructive, of the
entire habitable part of this continent, was taken by the natives of
Europe: and that it was divided out, and held by them, originally,
by the right of discover} 7 , as between themselves, and by the rights
of discover} 7 and conquest, as against the aboriginal inhabitants.
The English colonies and plantations were settled and governed,
under various charters, commissions, and instructions, issued by
the crown to individuals or companies; aud notwithstanding that
the paramount sovereignty was reserved in all the charters, to the
mother-country: yet in the grant of the absolute property in the
soil, there was no reservation of any part of it to the natives; who
were left to be disposed of, as the proprietors might think fit and
proper. - - .
- Humanity, and the religious feeling of the early adventurers in
America, connected with the consideration of the power and im
mense numbers of the native races, and their savage mode of
warfare, laid the foundation of the policy adopted in this country,
towards the Indians. The practical ^comment, to be found in
the acts of all the governments of North America, evinces
very little regard for the elementary doctrines of theoretical
writers on this subject. One of the expedients resorted to,
by the early settlers in this country as a fundamental prin
ciple o£ policy towards the-Indians was, to appear to do noth
ing which concerned them, either in appropriating their lands, or
in controuling their conduct, without their consent. But instan
ces have occurred, and will again occur, in which the interests of
civilized communities have demanded, and will agaid demand a
departure from this seeming-liberal policy. It is believed that
many of the acts of the colonial, as well as of the state govern
ments, will maintain the great fundamental principle, that within
the territorial limits of the Colonies or States, the ancient posses
sion of the Indians conferred on them no rights, either of soil cr
sovereignty.
The rigour of the rule for their exclusion from these rights has
been mitigated in practise, in conformity with the doctrines of
those writers on natural law, who, while they admit the superior
right of the agriculturist over the claims of savage tribes in the
appropriation of wild lands, yet, upon the principle that the earth
was intended to be a provision for all mankind, assigned to those
tribes such portions as, when subdued by the arts of the husband
man, may be sufficient for their comfortable subsistence. The
General Court of Massachusetts, in 1633, declared, “ That the
Indians had the best right to such lands as they had actually sub
dued and improved.” The government of that Colony at the
same time asserted its right to all the residue of the lands whhin
its chartered limits, and actually parcelled them out by grant, a~
mong the white inhabitants ; leaving to these the discretional-} 7
duty of conciliating the Indians, by purchasing their title. The
General Assembly of Virginia asserted the unrestricted right ot' a
conquefor; and at the same time conceded, what the principles
of natural law were supposed to require, when, in 1G58, il en
acted, “ That for the future no land should be patented, until
fifty acres had first been set apart to each warrior, or head of a
family belonging to any tribe of Indians in the neighbourhood.”
No respectable jurist has ever gravely contended, that the right gf
fte sovirev r h!y,~or V*Tate m which such lands are situate. It is
believed, that no title to 'lands, that has ever been investigated, in
anv of the courts of the States, or of the United States, has been
admitted to depend on any Indian deed or relinquishment, except
in those cases, where grants had been previously made to individu
al Indians, to hold in fee simple, either by the state, or colonial
governments. .
With all of these facts and examples before us, taken in con
nection with the extraordinary state of our Indian affairs, will any
citizen of Georgia hesitate, upon the question of advancing
receding l To stand still, will in effect be, to recede—to recede,
is to abandon our rights, and tacitly admit our incompctenc} to
non upon the estate of Rebecca Daniel, deceased
Tiisc a-c therefore to cite and admonish all and sin
gular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased to ap-
; t iuv office, within the time prescribed hy lav., to
Sic v cause, if any they have, why said letters should
s.ic.v cause, 11 y j hand, tlus 17tli day of
md others a nwncer 01 ) not be granted. Given unaer my ,
H 8 expects to enlarge Ills Col It c- jf ovcni ber, 1831. mr’TTTTR r c o
„ —111 miflimcze. to IDREPII CARRUTlxElVO, c. c. o.
, 0 1 20——51
November 24 — —
lion; and so SOOH • l “ c / .Up‘ ,Vovle in pamphlet form
p: The'obv'ct''c/this’ ,’ndcrtakin? is to awaken among
the neonie a sense of the importance o* a
Court for the Correction of Errors.
T Solicitors, and Members of the Bar,
I DC Jud.- - ’ rc«ne:tliri!y requested to fur-
tliroughov.t the kta. > 1 To w ] l0 may do so, a ren-
nish authentic rcpcg> • . ()f WOV k will be mad<‘.
SO'.iable allowance in t P ‘ . g th(J ob j cct n f the under-
UtUily t iis ?iew’lie solicits Warmly the co-
thking. AndwiJi‘ L a nd-Bench, His situation as an
operation of tnc rs. * m t the work more cheaply
editor will enable him to G P0 LIIILL.
than other perrons. 41
Miiledgeville, Apnl 21, *831.
Georgia, P ulaski county—James
nitjard makes application to me for Letters of Ad-
” ■ • „ nn .1.. rS tatc of Philip Dillard, deceased :
U1 These are therefore to cite and admonish all and sin-
F
proposals
-in V»iil»lishin® m Macon Ga. a Daily newspaper,
^voRd toNews, Politics, Agriculture, Commerce,
&c. to lie entitled, the ^ AT>77
vuvrl/sr MAC 037 TS^juGRAFH.
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One number of the sam operation as soon as the
men, and the press will go into opera
necessary an-angements can m TzLEGI i APH
TSCSSSSSSite
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P<$f$iF r s 7’
'-ular^the ki nd red a lid creditor of said
near at mv office, within the time prescrilied by law, to
shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not
|>e crantcd.
pear at my
shew cause, — ^this 17th day of
November, 1S3 ]q SEFH CARRUTHERS, c. e. o.
November 24 20 5t
O CORGIA, PULASKI COUNTY.-Wright
Lancaster applies to ine far Letters of Administra
tion upon the estate of Elizabeth Daniel, deceased :
ThSe arc therefore to cite and admonish all and sm-
J ffld creditors of said deceased to be
Amt «
Sid mirtertonled. Given undermykand, th.sl7Ji
, c. c. o.
20—5t
Novemlicr, 183 J^ sE p H C ARRUTHERS
Nov 24
1 1 nersons bavin? demands against the estate ot
LL persons ^ T i„ nrv muntv. deceased,
John H. Conger J ate of Henry countv,
quested to rend g^Jc A CONGER, Adm’r.
Novcipbftr 7 ^ - |9—
are request
what I deem, the' impertinent intermedling of
“busy bodies.” Officious persons of various descriptions have un
fortunately succeeded, in inducing our Indian people to believe,
that we are their enemies and oppressors, and m alienating eir
affections from us. These various mtermcdlmgs hastened the cri
sis which compelled the State to the course, which she has taken:
and the day must speedily arrive, when all the heart-burnings on
this subject must be put to final rest. The combined, and com
bining influences now in operation, against the character, interest
peace, and prosperity of the State, cannot be much longer deplor
ed in silent inaction: nor ought we to place any reliance on inef
ficient measures. Unfounded calumny and prejudice, kept at a
distance, may be endured: but domestic and housenoid enemies
produce unceasing disquietude and danger. ...
The unfortunate remnant of Cherokee Indians remaining m
Georgia, ought now to consider themselves the admitted charge of
our peculiar care: and if possible, *ve ought, as their friends and
benefactors to preserve and cherish them. 1 hey ought not forci-
bWtobedrsimsSissed of their homes, or driven from, the land of
Sr father they ought to be guarded and ^edmfte peace-
able enioyment of a sufficient portion of land, to sustain them witn
jWfSfe, in their present abodes, so long as they may choose
tn remain- and their rights and property should be as well secured
from all lawless depredation, as those of the white man-—It wou e
as cruel as uniust, to compel the Aborigines to abandon the graves
of their fathers: but in the present extraordinary state of things,
ft would be visionary to suppose, that the Indian claim can be al-
lowed to this extensive tralct of country,-to lands on which they
have neither dwelt, nor made improvements.
Principles of natural law, and abstract justice hare often been,
Principles lhe j n(j;an Tribes within the territorial
rSof the states, eight to be regarded as the absolute owners
ciules appealed to; with such modifications, and mteipretationsof
these Dnnciples, as the truth of history has vermeil, especially in
he seuSnt of this country. The foundations of the states
which form this Confederacy, were laid by civilized, andChnsUan
I.on« Who considered themselves instructed in thenature of ther
j . precepts and examples contained m the sacred l ol-
duae.,, hv p ac ,f now | ed;?ef i a * ,h e i )as i s of their religious creed,
fictions Togo forth, subdue, and replenish the earth,
were considered, divine commands, Whether they were right or
sustain our constitutional government, within our own limits.—
Our laws now in operation, for the maintenance oi om authori
ty and the preservation of order, over our Cherokee lands, must
necessarily be temporary: the expense alone of the present sys
tem is a burthen which cannot be permitted to continue long.—
The present state of things in the Cherokee country, it is believ
ed is strengthening the adversaries of Georgia, at horfte ant! 8-
broad In order to secure and protect the Indians, in fheir abode-,
and their property of every kind, under our laws, their individual
and separate possessions ought to be defined by actual survey ;
in accomplishing which it will be least expensive, and most com
patible with the views of the state (as provided by the act ol the
Legislature at its last session,) to survey the entire country.
Until we have a population planted upon the unoccupied por
tion of this Territory, possessed of all the ordinary inducements
of other communities, to sustain our laws and government; our
present laws providing for the government of this part of the
state, should not only be continued ; but ample power should be
afforded, to enforce obedience to their requirements. To eftert
this object, the Executive should be vested with full power, prompt
ly to control the agents who have been, or may be selected, to
maintain the authority of the laws, in that portion of the state.
I never can consent to be considered amongst the number of
those, who disregard the interests, rights, or claims, of the Chero
kee Indians. Georgia would still forbear, if any hope remained,
that her embarrassments could be terminated by negotiation, oi
investigation of any kind ; but the present posture of affaire lur-
nishes no satisfactory assurance of a successfu. jssue to these m-
. . i .Um/'iiltip'c nnH the state would be
the just claims of the Cherokee Indians, to full indemnity and
remuneration from the government of the United States, for all
guarantees made by that government to the Indians, to lands with
in the limits of Georgia. ., t ,
4s a member of the Federal Unions we should duly consider
the obligations of the United States to the Cherokee Indians.^
Whether a treaty or compact be made with one of the states c\
the Union, or with a dependent and subject community; the faith
of the Nation should not be disregarded. While the antecedeid
engagements of the U. States to Georgia, are entitled to precedency
in their observance ; yet, as far as possible, tbe Cherokees should
be compensated for any failure on the part of the United Stale?.,
literally to comply with their stipulations to that people. Ihc
bein^ done, there remains no just cause of complaint. The firs'.
duTy'of every government is, to protect the rights, and promote
the prosperity of its own members. Vet, the rights and interest?
of others, of whatever character or condition, are not to be wan-
tonlv restricted, nor in any case wholly disregarded. But the
its relations or compacts with Georgia,
Union, or the rights of this state as a third party, for the mere Con
sideration of performing an after obligation, or secondary duty t*>
the Indians. _ > .. ,
Rra 7 ardless of the pretensions of others, I yield to none, m ir/
respect, friendship, 'and veneration, for our present, patriol '*