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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 the author tradiction supposed,or ratherpretendedto of that communication has,withdrawn the existtn one and the sathe communication GEORGE M. TROUP.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.” lS jpr also M'lnta issent w ,1’Intosli jsli had in vctiad- cl is ulsi Smith, W. Eot it were od of ( the < be heli ing on elflh.ir been he .d inlii* rnlnatioi -d by tb« these I of "B onstitut no exit assent' to co foun hust-taii- jtheaul hrene t bontomi sfuadat 1 the < stracy fcinddi 1 poW< Mad [under Mist isnd be ii bo kvepr flow alt nor tin extrao (lion to its eupon r than ;re» heE item hone. J upon ! Ie gene Iroplatii (lercise 1 have 1 me nent w in' tl lenjoim fcd that lion co filing to Varecu has ily In< i of th 1 idedl (tied t ^to rei ecami llothe git ail I he e 1 its w | of the m'ofir ephyii ■ation c [this lar ht wit ncietv jlamaUr If that t Hhatthi piished I been i the oil nine lof Cri gates ir cuini ,rly line 0] katior eems fwbk umai fresld | the liuiss pber jreii former. I join Bud b per to atic [oiut 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 generalimportauce to the citixens Th, pvish 1 r of wall |%o lutein 1 part the litis [until (irov Teirte ierio Indi, 1 to Ins th [hall itol >Go 1 of hnhc I for i'gei pete find Wil 74 prn loft ps tl I ' ‘if ’ , , , ...- A i fl ■■ .>:#'v:-'--; • r,?AL • ■ ■*< •r.-.r-;- l •ffi