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own hand. Tt is a little remarkable it
shottld lmvc been made so Lite, ami some
thin" singular likewise that the General
should dinar on this subject front his prin
cipal partizans including his own aewMft*
per; wo say, his own, bcQ&utef in the
course of judicial proceedings, he has
sworn it belongs to hint. — ib. . Lve-< t
SATURDAY EVENING, Octobkh M8slj>.
'REFUTATION.
A publication replete with misrepresen
tation, under tho misapplied signature of
“Brutus” has recently made, its npponr-
nnee in the Augusta Chronicle, to which,
from its supposed importance, the malig
nity of party, spirit which boggles nt no
means however hose and infamous,has at
tempted to give un extended cirrtdatmn
by issuing it Id a hand-bill—In those who
have been fanniliurized with tho affairs or
may in friccdship towards us, think pr«»
per to bestow.
In giving voluntarily our consent for
tho survey of the land in the late treaty wc
wore ae.tuated by motives of friendship
purely towards you and towards your
people. No considerotion of n morcennry
itnturo could bo permitted to enter our
breasts when it favor was asked of ns par-
ticulaoly by your Excellency mid in be
half of your people. Wc knew i lie great
prepare for immediate removal ,1 j
Stfltfift.Qhnillnfna Hif'iL.L J. _ vliejl
States stipulates for their protection,,
Iho oncroachmon fu
t ie oflnspieuons men of Georgia for the' importance it was to your people to he
last 27 years, however aware they may he
of the recklessness of faction in tho fern
FOR GOVERNOR
We are tcqucstcdTo announce Davit, Beu., as
candidatefgr SheriOTof the County oSCjiallCi,
oite surprize that the object of thut tirti-
, • , • clo is ftumpench the vorncity of a man
We arc authorised to state itwreones- wbose l ug h character the spirit of party,
ted that .any publication which rrtoy np- evcn j n p Pr j od q 0 f its greatest excitement
pear in reference to the Senatorial elpc- and cxtrcmest bitterness, neverdared to nt-
tion may not be attributed to the mdvvidu- mint with difihonor . Nor this surprize
al who is generally reported to bo the an- be diminishcd hy the fact ,h nt this impu
thor ot a piece on the subject, to bo emit- tjftion of falsehood is founded upon a con-
ted in hand bills; as. the author tradiction supposed,or ratherpretendedto
of that communication has,withdrawn the existtn one and the sathe communication
GEORGE M. TROUP.
same and is no further engaged, in tho con
test.
It is not true as hes been renortedhy some ms.
cions persons, that three or tonr pieces in favour
f Doctor Sheftail were handed us for publication
FOR SENATOR
(Do
REPRESENTA TJ VES
m> smr-juBSn
ltcions _
of Doctor Sheftail were handed u's for publication
which we refused. But two oommunicatiens
only were ever offered us, recommending the
of the Governor.
Surejy intentional deception would not
thttsexposfe itself and entrap itself in its
own WHs—Surely an" individual sp, distin
guished fortalentsdlfformatidw; penetration
and forecast, would not thus be deceived
and impose upon himself. To those who
ready to occupy tile country immediately
after our removal from it nnd have with
trup hearts of friendsship acceded to-y’our
request, TUc would Imvo thought it dis
graceful in us^tq attempt to make a condi-
tibhfounded on your wants or desires aprice.
■for our acquiescence. The opportunity pre?
sented it^reslf nqd wc hope tho circumstan
ce will have only the eflreqt to vender our
selves worthy of your esteem and frionn
ship.
I remain you brother and friend,
(Sighned)
\VM. MclNTOSH,
Doctor to the people of Chatham as a fit pSrson „re acquainted with tho life and charac-
-"pt Ceorge RI. TrouiMhi. remark would
i paner—the other we objected to because
it contained offensive passages. We distlncty in.
formed the author, if he would make the a1tertk>
tions suggested to him, the piece should appear-*
to this proposition be would not respond. We
subsequently, however, called upon the author,
and informed him, that we had determined to
publish hia piece in its original shape, when he
gave for answer that be had destroyed it, and did
not wish It to appear-s-henco its non-publication'
in the Republican.
To the Polls ! People of Georgia, to the Polls!
fuel your motto be Troup and tue Treaty !
suffice as an ample reply to the base cnl
urony.—Hut the sources thcmselvW from
which "Brutus” has drawn his imagined
evidence of the truth of this charge for-
nish its moat conclusive refutation; and
prove it to be as baseless in fact as it is vile
in its spirit and purpose.
The assertion of this waitens that “the
Governor convened the Legisleture for the
ft appear, that the Indian, were entity W al,e « cd P ur P° >eof cnncl J n « * H? ™ ,he
rant until within a week or to that any money hnd
From these letters it folly appears that
the full hnd entire assent of the friendly
Indians, the party disposed to emigrate,
nnd who olonooccupied thd territory re
cently acquired by this State, was given 8
days before the date of the Gov’s. proc
tarnation and nine before it was published
But, says the writer, “ the Governor’s
letter of the 18th April (the very day on
which his proclamation bears date) fur
nishes evidence that the Indians had not
assented to the survey. The following is
that letter:
„..._ r—-r- "I"' 7«4ni'm j ~7" at Broken Arrow, and that these CherokSM,Ridge
Remember, Fellow Citizens, the eervic.es of TROUP, nnd be and V ann, wrote the talks ot the Creeks to Gen.
ON MONDAY NEXT, Fellow Citizens, yon will
have an opportunity of manifesting yourqiatriotism, und your devotion to the best in
terests of our State. We appeal to you solemnly; cnll to mind the services of
GEORGE M. TROUP, rendered in the Legislature of Georgia and in the Congress
of the United States, for a term of twelve years. By his animating and patriotic ex
ertions, he contributed much to imr safety, and our national honor. As your Chief
Magistrate, he bus discharged bis-duty with ability and firmness. He has contended
and still is manfully contending for our best and dearRst rights. To ecapitulate the
.iatc transactions which have convulsed our State would he idle. They must bo fresh
in your recollections.
not ungrateful. Can you be ignorant, that to a few designing men, professing to bn
patriots, friends of Georgia and good order, but in reality being nothing but selfish
and ninhitious politicians,that nil our troubles, factions, nnd distractions are to be at-
tributed? Turn youreyes back to General Clark’s march through life, and you will
find one continued scene of dissipation, intrigue, violence, and persecution. By man
agement he oaee obtained the Executive chair of this State, ath) by management,-lie
hopes again to obtain it. His administration was wretched, time-serving, and cnrrnpt;
you know thilto be true; let principle then, and a regard for the tranquility and best
interests of the State, induce you to send him into obscurity. In. General Clark’s
course you have witnessed* o public virtues. SELF, and persecution to his oppo
nents, ere His only objects—it depends in a great measure, upon you,'•Fellow Citizens,
to put an end to this man’s pretensions—und to-say that principle, intewity and
tranquility, shall triumph over vice, fectio -and intrigue. I
SuWotit then, -Fello-v Citizens, warmly suppn»t (re
TROUP, whose services have been as conspicuous, as his career has been wise nnl
honorable. If you rise “in the fullness of your strength,” wietory mutt crvwn your
Jubors.
People of Chatham County’! Remember, there are two Can
didates for the Senate, up for your support* One of them, is the advocate of Troup,
the. Treaty and State Rights—the other a supporter of Clark, Crowell & Co.
Do you ask us, Fellow Citizens, wbw-this individual is T We answer, Doctor Mo
ses Sheftail. Will you, for the sake of gratifying this man’s ambition*, send him 'to
misrepresent your views, feelings and wishes ? Will yoj^vote for a man who is t'
bitter-enemy of Troup, and the apologist of Gaines?
these considerations before you act—otherwise you may be sorry for it. Should
you voto for the man whom you know to be the advocate of Gen. Clark, you will do
your country, the State and yourselves an injury. Consult your own interest, con
sult your own honor, your own dignity—rally round the polls and give the above
-ticket "a long pull, n strong pull, and a pull altogether."
been paid by Gen. Gaines to Joe Marshal, until
the (act was communicated to them, and they say
they cannot account, why such payment should
have been made. A check drawn by Gen. Gains,
in favor of Marshall for $000, hearing the date of
the famous certificate given by Marshall and Ed
wards, was paid at the Branoh Bank of Darien in
the town of Millrdgeville. Was that the full
price of the -certificate, or only part of the sum
paid for it?
It Is assarted in the Milledgoville Recorder of
Tuesday Inst, from the most unquestionable au
thority, that two Cherolcees, a deputation from
their tribe, attended at the Council ofthe-Creeks
Gaines, and with his knowledge and approbation.
fall *
INFAMOUS CONDUCT EXPOSED.
No production however extravagant
no libel however false, no tale however
improbable,should surprise us whenemann
ting -from the Clarkfaction. The inven
tive genius of all the warm and violent
supporters of Aim who has b an the cause
of more dissension than any other man
who has lived for the last 40 yearsiothis
vernor ^ late ’ ** P at * a rcqui«ti«n to heap upon
r the head of -GeorgeJVf. Troup, calumnies
base nnd uhfoarided.for the purpose of .di
verting public indignation from the a^s
of their fevotirito. The snpporters* of
Geaernl Clark have not disproved that he
was a participant in the Yazoo
he hail his price,that having received it.he
quarrelled with Genl Gunn because be
had not given him enough of the plunder
Fellow Citizens weigh ,hal he ™^.Wc and industrious in
A writer in the Athens Centincl, under the signature of Augustas, thus con-
■■eludes his remarks i—
We wish not to throw the “ mantle of charity” over the conduct of our favor*
‘Ste candidate—we wish not, in adverting to general Clark, to rake from the ruins of
decayed time, the foibles of his youth, or the errors of hit riper years. Personal merit
should be the only passport to public preferment. Gov. Troup may have erred in
the warmth of his expressions. thc ardency of hia Zeal, und in the energy of his devo
tion to the public good; but his uUfors ure allied to virtue. His patriotism is not of
the servile kind—he acknowledges superiors when the principles of justice are in-
.[noting a speculation which robbed the peo
ple of their property and for a long time
prevented,* disposition of the public lands
these are facts which can d)e established
by documentaryevidencC to-nsbut whi’c,
no affidavit (however expert tl he Genl I
in obtaining them) has yet been furnished
His partizuns in this city have -given in
h handbili which is now in circulation, a
list of natneu, respectable nnd honourable
in our State,the warm aotf active support
ers of our rights, Genl Clarks personal
nnd political enemiesna
fringed—when the laws of his country are viyjated—when the interest of the people !’ e, n ^ u “ e !- v Httem . to U / , ° n
'> threatened—when the liberty of his state is groaning beneath a load of oppression.
II is patriotism may be questioned—-his intentions -misconstrued—his character aspers
ed—but it yemains with the majority to say -who shall be the man of their choice.
Should you promote to the chief magistracy, one who is now courting an alliance with
your enemies, and find, When too late, that you cannot escape the snare of the fowler
—submit—for Submission nnd acquiescence willbe youronly privilege—remonstrance
will be treason, resistance will be presumption—the eagle of power will have laid his
talons on you, his grasp will by-death, his ambition, universal dominion.
•against him by the Georgia Commissioners. He cannot be expected to be as success
ful in this case as in another where he was both the Judge and the Advocate‘s—Augusta
Constitutionalist.
Mr. Everett of Boston wishes, (as may be seen hy tin extract from the Geo/ ‘^^mSScVn^r^viiified than he, by this
gla Journal) to make the Indians within our limits Citizens. If this had gome from
one of oca politicians, we should never hear the last of it. The best objection to his
scheme is that they are npt qualified for citizenship, and so low do they stand in the
- scale of human beings, that our community Would tne as much graced by the
citizenship of so many Hottentots or wild Africans— no. let us send them beyond the
Mississppi, and let the learned Professor exercise his ingenuity in framing a code for
their gradual emancipation from ignorance and harbatism. Is it possible that air in
telligcnt man can seriously think of making citizens of the murderers of M’Jntosh 1
ib,
General Gainos has said that the charge of attempting to break the Treaty,
■which has been nlledged against him, is wholly destitute of truth. The General’s let.
ter to the Governor of.Alabama is a singular one, for in that document it is stated, if
we rightly remember, that there is too much reason for the objections of the hostile
party “ to the manner in which the treaty was made, and that their appeals to the
magnanimity of our civilized countrymen should not be disregarded.” Now what
ever Gen Gaines may intend, if he writes after this feshjon to the President, the effect
of his conduct must be inimical to the Treaty.
General Clark declares too for the Treaty—but what have bq and his friends
done or said to support it 1 Have the Presses in the State friericl^tq him, given it
at all times their best countenance and assistance, or do they stand up with a sudden
impulse before, the people, on the very eve of the election, and cry out for “ Union
and the Treaty” in a voice and manner evincing thei rdevolion to. the Trenty to be
ft mere lip t service.'
-ib
Tun ideas if not the words of late English and French papers, upon the subject
of the affairs of Georgia, wereprobably communicated by American citizents, with
the express view of influencing public opinion on this side of the water. There is
i express view of influencing pubjic opinion on this siilc of the water. There is in
them every appearance of an eledicincering trick ; but it "will not do { foreign presses
have rarely made any serious impression upon our politics.—ib
It seems that the semi-official declaration of General Clark’s opinions by his
advocate “ Truth,*' who speaks as one having authority, and who, public rpmnur says
is a gentleman of the long robe, known to bo In the General’s confidence, is not con.
#idet ed gufljcient. \Ve have now the General’s political confession of faith under his j
What My you to this pirik of diplomacy ?
running and surveying of tho Indian Coun
try anterior to his having obtained tho as
sent of a single Indian to sueh a measure,
and with having declared in his proclama
tion that he had obtained tho assent of the
Indians to the survey when ip truth he had
obtained neither ihqir direct nor their im
plied assent” and in its support he has the
effrontery or tho folly to adduce the doc
uments which accompanied the very mes.
sage of the Governor to the Legislature
at the opening of the extra session. To
these documents only is it necessary to ap
ply to produce an eatirejconviction of the
falsity of his charge.
The following are such portions of the
correspondence between Governor Troup
and Gen. McIntosh as relate to the survey
of the Territory ceded to Georgia by th.e
late treaty.
fjov. "Troup to Gen. M'InlosTu
EXCUTIVE DBfARTMENT, )
MilledgeviUe, 20/A March, 1825. f
It is important that the territory acquir
ed by the late treaty, should be organized
ns .speedily ns possible consisently with
the provisions of that instrument, atftl not
doubting that your assent will be given to-
the survey,of it before your removal, 1
have dis patched a messenger to yon that
your resolution may lie communicated to
me with nut belay. It is not presumed
that the least inconvenience can result
to you from this measure.
Gen.WIniosh to Gov. Troup.,
Acobn Bluff,,6th April, 1825.
Governor Troup,
Deae Sir: I have recived your leMer of
th$29th, March, by,tho hands of your
messenger, which gnVe me pleasure to got.
On the 10th of.this month the Chiefs will
bo here, when I will.lay your letter before
them; after which' I will inform you
wlmt we shall agree to without deluy.
When this meeting is held, if we argee to
the ruhning of the lands, it is my. wish that
the surveyors should get their support
from the red people.
I am, dear sir^yours with respect,
(Signed) WILLIAM MclNTOSH.
After the Indian Council of the 10th A-
j Gov. Troup to Gtn.WIntosh.
Milledgoville, 18th April, 181825
Dear General— In one of your late letters
you say something about the consent of
the U. States, or if the agent and the hns-
tileb do not make opposition. Pray ex
plain to me your meuning. We have no
thing to do with the United States or the
agent,or the hnstiles .in this matter, oil we
want fethe consent of the friendly Indians
who made the treaty. If we wanted the
consent of tho .United States we could ask
it.
Your Friend, G. M. TROUP.
Now it must he obvious to every one,
that the only object of this letter was to
ascertain the cause of the embarrassment
alluded to, by McIntosh, in the first of the
preceding letters of tho 12th Apiil, and, if
it proceeded from an apprehension oil the 1
port of the Indians that they could not give
their assent without the concurrence of the
United States orof the hostile Indians, . to
relieve them from it by satisfying them that
neither tho United States, who hnd not
any interest in the soil, nor the hostile In
dians,were not its occupants, could inter
fere with a survey which affected those
only who were its tenants. Hence the re*
quest “pray explain; to me your meaning”
and hence theremnrk “we have nothing;
to do with the United States or the
agent or the hostiles all wc waqt is the con
sent of the friendly Indians who mndr the
treaty.' If we wonted the consent of the
United.Stntos we could nsk it”
It was regarded in this light by Mcln
tosh himself who on the 25th Aprilthus
replied—
Gen.tycTnto$h to Gov. Troup.
Creek Nation, 25th April, 1825.
Dear^Sir: t received your Excellency’s
Request yesterday,, dated the 18th inst.
and hereby state to you that my only
meaning was not to act contrary to the
stipulations made between our^ nation and
the United States Govcrment, and wc. ; do
give
ctrlators
Thcgencra! being a»sociat/if %ith .4hesc pri , McIntosh addressed tothe Governor
men is the only disgrace which has ever following letters:—
Gen. WIntosh to Gov. Troup- ~Extract
dated
them for-it -is astonishing -that the name
of Crawford, Cobb, McIntosh, Greene,
Harris Forsyth and Rabun should be as- Lock Chnn-Tnlo-Fau, or. )
socinted in any way with ClaVk, names which he Acre Town, April’ 12th, 1825. )
and hi. faelion Wbranded with every ha,e po- „ rh b h„ w ..ver, at some loss in
litisal act feet could disgrace them a.-tnen, and ■ ’ e
politicians. Gen. Greene died long before the making my mind, and must confess to
raud was practised; Gen. M-’lutosh was dead; you the embarrassment, I have labored
Cobh «nd Torvill were mere boys; Ha'rriiwg* as under. E ver ^ince the President of the
Kras'S^™.’.'™*
Major Andrews is defending himSelf as we learn against the charges brought « ,Iour " J! " ! - ! - 1 — 1 l -^ =*
is of being distinguished, in the company of mongsL-us, we have universally considered
Yazooist—It was hoped that the factionist* would it our duty to consult him on al| important
have allowed Crawford to esc ape, and not bolster j matters that telate to the General Govern-
falsehood hod exhausted tlieiir resources against OF state, considering him the legal nnd
iM« .H;»iin I M.i.i,pri individual." proper orgnn through whom all official
very party—^The prrisence 'Of Clark Would have
heen an exclusion of Mr. Crawford, for he slwayg
believed that hecuuld pot breathe an atmosphere
>o impure as tliat m which'the general moved and
flourished—But electioneering tricks and-false-
made with our nation and the Unjted
States. ' .. -Vv ’ * VvHiif
E» u*e<f.g.'n*t Troop will] “ Sy.'boW.M,
not succeed—Clark got 28,000 acres ol the peo. A ^ nt °* Creek JNu * , ® n » aad
_ t 28,000 acres ol the peo
pie', laud' and quarrelled because' he could not
gel more—Troup exposed the frand and defeated
the speculators—Clark took $15,000 of the peo-
pies money to bhy a trenty with the Indians,
Troup has righteously gained lands trom the same
Indians, and has not expended a cent of the pub
lic treosure—Clark says thut the General Govern*
ment can annul any treaty, and even deprive us
of all of our constitutional rights. But be not
surprised at Clark’s eels they are in unison with
his character; he took Dinkins forcibly after he
had been acquitted of an allcdged crime antf
took him under a tree to hang him —he forcibly
turned out of the secretSfy of States office G*f.
amroond who had fought and bled for us and H *
was covered with wounds,' because his health re
quired an absence of a few Weeks from his duties,
and Hammond Was not one of his worsbippersr-
He is a man too vidictiveand prejudiced to rule
over iis—let us then vote for TROUP THE TREA
TY AND STATE RIGHTS,
Guilt cannot blush. Falsehood smiles at detec
tion and says its all fun
It is falsly asserted in the band-hill published
itthifc City by the adbearents of Gen. Clark “that
after the Treaty was made, merely to haveg a pre-
fence for wiling tho Legislature, he (Governor
Troup) obtained $2,000 of the Commissioners to
bribe McIntosh to survey the lands; 1 ’ this is one
of the base Iriqks, that the friends of Clark hste
resorted to, fat.the purpose of practising decen-
t ion.~.The hand-bill men know the tale not only
t o be unfounded, but grossly malicious.
myself, and not having any confidence in
bin advice, I have determined to nct ac-
coding tothe dictates of my best judgment,
which |csult in the determination to agree
to the request of your Excellency ip giv
ing my consent, and in behalf of the Na
tion who signed the trenty, thejr dbnBcnt
that the land lately ceded to the United
Sta'fes, at th.e Indian Springs, mby be run
off ami, surveyed whenever you may or the
Gcneral Government think proper to do
hereby absolutely, freely and fully n ....
our consent to the state of Georgia,to have
-the-boundary belonging to saS state su-, ^^0^ oftffi^Egc a, of the
vcyed at any time the Legislature of Tt l nnn , b „ vn , aft,
Georgia may thtnk,proper which wnsceded
nt the late treaty at the Indian Springs-
signed in behalf of the Notion and by the
consent of the chiefs of the snnqq.
I have the honor to .be sir, with great es
teem, yours respectfully.
(Signed) WILLIAM MCINTSH.
Ilis Excellency Gen. M. Troup.
“Brutus” will not deny to hjjnself tKfe
possession of less sngneity titan that which
belonged to this untutored child ofNatuee
and if the menni ngof the- Governor Vas
thus striking to McIntosh it surely could
not have been hidden from the compre
hension of this writer who, by attempting
to pervert the language of-the Governor
to a different sense, convicts himself of
calumny at the l)uznrd of his intelligence
nnd impcncheB hit own virtue as well as
nio 'inlnlliinf •
his intellec
It is true that qll that wns wnntmg to
enthie the State to survey the land was
correspondence enouw.pass tn raison to the con8ent of tbc f , 5end)y i ndian , who
“ if the General Government of the
United States have no objection, nnd the
Agent; of the Creek Nation, with the party
he.influences, docs does not make any ob
jection or opposition to running and sur
veying the land, myself nnd tho Chiefs
and Indinns who were in favor of the
late treaty, do not object-—We give our
consent.
Gen. Mcthtosh to Gov. Troup.
Creek Nbtion, April I2th, 1825#
To Governor Troup.
1 have taken the liberty nf-gemling to you
n memrtrial of our Chlefe 'td the Legisla
ture of your State and request the favor of
you to epuse it. to. be laid befor them with
such marks ,of your upporobution as you
exen
the encroachments, hostilies and „
tmns ot the whitesand of all 0 SJ!
tltc period of removal shall nor £2
,o«dS.irttd V .f 8 .p, n “K
(Sco Documents page 111 ti.;
UoiliLwillbeptrccivoilwasdR^lng?.'
benefit exclusively of. t| 10 g"'f
emigrating party, and their as.®
been given to the survey, impo 3c j u „
motion upon the State iu tl, 0ex “
ot thut measure. As soon as their -
wns given all restraint upon tho ’
of this power was removed au d i
lmd the full nnd sole nuthoritvio
the survey, whether the U.Statcs V„i,i
or accorded tlidlr assent. Norcoi
hostile Indinns in^drpnse an objccii
Ims been seen that by tho Troaty J
to their lands passed from the gw ,
Lon, through tho U. States, tothoStl‘
Georgia. As n nation, therefore V
censed to have Any interest in it un 'i
onfy interest that resided in anv
Creeks was that which belonged to
individuals who were the occupant,
nnd who were themselves the emigi
Whenever, therefore, (he fri en d, r
dians gave their consent to the met,!
the state hnd entire authority t 0 „
the territory, without obtaining,
ing the assent of the United States j
the hostile Indians. This consent „
obvious, from M‘I»!6sbV IcttS
12th April, was given by thpm eightd
before the date of the Governor’s ptoci
mntion, nnd that it was intended ns a f u ,
and unqualified permission and authon,
on iheir part is further manifest from i
letter^of the 25th April.
But, says this writer* the Governor
his letter of the 18th April, in vrhicln
says, “ all we want is the consent oftl
friendly Indians,” admits that thot cunsfi
hnd not been obtained, for how could|
want that of winch he was in posseiiim
How contemptible is not this M'
How odious, When designed for tli
ligqant purpose for which it has been
sod. The mode of expression employ,
by the Governor, is thnt invariably uppi
ed by. ua when speaking in reference
the means we have for'the nccumplislimi
of an object which We htive not yet attai
ed—and the consent of the Iodiam*.
and is Wanted as a menns tn the peactibli
accomplishment of the survey. If sn iit
dividual who line in his possession mono
with which he designs to purchase an
ticle were asked for it would he nut r< r
“ No, I want it.” Nay, wheu speakingii
reference to that of which we orep
ed and which we do not want ns the
to nh end, this mode of expression is
ivers&l. Were one to be inquire^ of 1
to his desiro for pence or war, w^ld 1
not reply “ I Want peace,” althnugli he
in the full enjoyment of it. And were t
clonk on the back of Brutus to-be demm
ded hf him, he doubtless would, and w<
lafght he, reply “ 1 want it to cover my di
formity.”
We’feel humiliated at being constrnim
to use remarks thus homely, but when
expression so simple and plain ns thut
the Governor, is attempted to be pern
ed from its meaning, the vindicator of
must,at times.subject himself to themon
fiention of employing familiar similies.
Nor is this the only misrepresentttW
of which this writer is guilty. The nut
deoeption which he nttempts to practi
upon the supposed ignorance of the pt
pie is thnt thb consent of the Indians
given was not given in Council nnd thi
( tlte documents furnislTno evidence that
Was so givqn—A reference to these doc
ments/fvill afford pr^of as conclusive oftl
,rkaV
press.”
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the first article,cf the treaty concluded on
tho 12th Febrtmiy last, which went into
full force on the day of its ratification,
the creek Nation ceded to the United
States ” nil the lands lying within the
State of Georgia then occcupied by said
nation or .to which said nation bad title or
claim.,’ The moment tho Indian title
passed to tho United States it vested in the
State of Georgia within whose territorial
limits the laqd lay, in which according to
the usnges of every European colony es
tablished in America, of every nut ion by
which settlements were plaote d on this
Continent “the decisions of tho highest
judicatory of our country”. See Fletcher
and Peek 7 Cranch. Johnston nnd M’In-
tosh 8 Wheaton,as well ashy the laws
of nalions, the absolute title wns vested.
Nay by the 2d article of tho Treaty of
cession concluded between this.State nnd
the U.S.in the year 1802jhe U.S.ceded to
Georgin"whatever clnim, right or title
they might have to the jurisdiction or soil
of this very territory—(Sep 1 Yol. Laws
U. S. page 490) The very moment there
fore that,tho treaty was ratified the State
of Georgin became invested with a com
plete and uhanlute title to the lands sub
ject only to, tho modification imposed by
tlie 8th article of the Trenty of Indian
Springs which is in these words; "Vfhe-
reos tho said emigrating party cannot
thut in hts letter, of Gth'April,McIntosh said]
“Onthe 10th of thismonth thecAtc/jwill'
here when i will iny your letter befoi
them after which I will inform -you wl«t
we shall agree to without delay. n ' l ’‘"
this meeting is held if we agree to
veying of thc kinds, it is my wish that tl
surveyors should get their support Ooal
the red people.” Here is 0 direct stntfj
ment thnt there wns to be on the 10th
April n meeting or Council of the Chi
befnft whom the .subject of the Governori
application 'was to he. lmd for considers-
tifin and a.distinction, which cannot f j " t
strike the mind of every reader, betwi
w hat the council shall agree to & the indi
dual wish of McIntosh—But the evidence
stops not here. In the second of the letter*
of McIntosh of the date of the 12th «'
April it willbe perceived that he spe?“
invariably iu the plural number; not 111
his own individual name or for InW
self, but for and in the name, of all
friendly Indians. J'In giving voluntnriljf«F
consent for the survey of the' lands in t"
late treaty wc are actuated by motive*
friendship purely towards your people.-
We knew the great importance it *-
to your people to be ready to occupy
the country immediately after our temow
from it,&have with true heats of friendship
nceeded to your request.” Of.i he same date
with this letter is the memorial of the JW
dian Chiefs to the Legislature, tho nj 1
of the signatures to which is that of McH*
tosh, thus attesting that this memorial **•
prepared at the same Council by "| llC
the assent ofthe Indians was yielded to
the survey and eqqally establishing tnj
that assent was given in Council. ™
niemorinl thus commences. ,
"Friends' aod Brothers: Wt the CliiefioJ
Creek Nation who have sold to the United Siw
part of the Country, nnd intending shortly •“
move to a new country, have thought it our
to lay before you this oiirfarewel! address.
Signed by the Indian Ciueh,
April 12,1825.
[She Documents, Rage 80.] , ,
It will also be recollected, by those \v!no u
paid attention to the passing events tli tpf» s V
Hint the deteimination of the lmjinn Chnfs ■
trimsmitten to the Governor by Gen- Ware, *
self prosont at theGonncil, who in tho I'2t' el '
conipanying it says, “I herewith OTfflBM 1 ,™
the resolutions of the friendly j CreekIndians orthos®
who ivero.in favor of the Tl-eoty.,
ruination with ien|>fct to permitting the• 7|
.acquired territory to be surveyed or run
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