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committco of the whole TT uho and
in d’ t.ii* onlcr ii tin- il a I,r J -i v
ru x
M . O >ugh*. rty, r in the c unini ce
on e si.,-*lc of the ii public, ii whom
w s i rfurred tin* G *v r ior‘i M *ssig‘
it’ *i .;• a l l omp .oy in *)> umntn, tv ;
I i*v • to our relations with til 1 (,’lier ;
nlii 1 iili itiH, .ind Is 1 t Itc resol 11 1 ion
f, i 1 Hie ilm.se of R‘presem lives,
nt-tro’ ting Ilu* <to oiuj'iifrt iiil tie
exprdten ) of surveying m ‘lauds now
i, h occupancy of sml tribe,
seated a report 00 (Ur s ihjoi'U refer
ml <0 them; and also r p rl and a bill
to add the territory lying within the
( h.ir!--red lio ils us Georgia, and it >\\
ie llw* o cup nuy • fihe Gheroki l
dioos. 1 o tint nujji!ru of C'irro'l l)e
lv i:>, ti \ioett, ll .li and 110 • isoool.
and to extend the laws ol tiis State
01 r tii h nne, and to repeal a.il i iwh
a,id ordm in< e> road by (he Coendin*
Indians, and l provide In* the root
p ns ;i in f old • rs set \ ing legal pro
1 \s.s to h iid et ii ,'y, tod to regulate
the fesliruury of Id, ns vvhi ii do!'ll
\\ as re and 1 i.< fir~r tiitie,
Mr. l) iii:;li tv, from the same
c oin nit e, ; • whom was relerreti tit
Talk ftii- i*. dilent i*l tle U. Scales
ton, i'm k Indians, N; . also pre
..;,d a in it nun iirmi; with the
p ,f ‘h ( r neciii Gov rninent to
wel ds Dr: Indians.
Monday. Nov SO.
The bill In authorise t’n survey n!
tic* lauds lately a. quired lv the Uni
led States fir tiie us* of Gc rgia, and
tlic Creel; n ilian f Indians, <\,c. was
lake 1 up and nail * the h;k ial order
•jfth * and • for Wednrsd iy n x(.
To mimd then t of 1820,t0 amend the
tj t t. * enable (eme cov. *ts to convey their
est-e e, and hr c itifirtuing acknowldge
“>• ‘A ner-'t•dare cm 1 3 by I me ro - r's,
p o J 1 1700. * far as >■ ,1 ■.<•* to fern
•*v re oiiiv view tli-ii and .Vi 1: and also
;o Cos able tno wd.’. to inherit the whole
e> a • and her de.cased hwsbm.t
o+4 motion <f Mr. D-u •; city, the
H m-e t iik up nii 1 so ut.an, and the
mane be, ig read a • follows:
. e >iv ii by ih Senate and House of
Re; ire. ••eat itives, l Hat the (..toncra*
h!v -,vtil adj jun due and eai ib<- 12th D
, a ter Hex .
■ 1 . Wottj-d ni-..v- and that toe resolution
he ‘a ilie la'ole. 1 r li), j present Vavs3
na v ■ 04 So the Houv 5 dosed loiaylhe
res u. 0i on the table.
■i'ue liouse then alli ed t > aj->u n, and
on 111 tti n. ol M•. Uv 10, it was agreed l >
im*-*l again at o •*> ioek, f t the parposo ol
M 5 i<ii; g !),11s ta ‘2d mi l .
Wkovk d\v. December 2
Mv H To c u -v lit ngot of pro
jo fly i viel -hi a -(I i t.ii.ii (1 by ;i (bird
n t'-itn.uoi a pv.iy in ex cutiou. to be
t'i.d -i 1 dete.niMi I in Uie county where
tiii’ e. 1 iinuinl e-ides in e.oc the .c : dmant? j
t; ■ in jiosses-ion oi the jToj’ortv at the
l :no i.i'lln 1 Ivy.
Mr r ’o ill— lo alter ail amcr.d the 7;1; j
fee 1 :on of .in act la [t uv.l ’ Cu-the pr.slco-;
tiou of fir estate* ol'nr phiies
m ition of \1: Neal of Newton.
IE■ nlvetl. I'-v.t tin* j nil : aty committee
be h oeto.i to erni n<• into she expedien
cy of a'.teii y; ami .oneoiling the btaute*
“or Uv’ Umitutio. of ct;.o:s, so as to pie
vei.< th“. operation then. .:f. ui cases where
<i I> o-e remove w.thou- the limits of tbs
couuty f v h ot ( she debt as consraefed.
Turn i> y I Hocmeei 3.
• O , motion o 4 >• lb Iv. ‘ter,
iicio ml, ! hat < ’ cotnmitlro on
.be mst u -tKii It'Cl (juire into the
*> .p.li,. \.'.y .-f doptju!X more < llcctnal
t in;.es to m!er ri\ Jl ai. ** > ili! ;‘V >|fi
aee uo'ah/.’ Jthe *otu;n t! I l| blc
l.< ‘k* a ,J ilatumints d.) 1 icir tu.
i. ii Hi e,
Mr. \\ IJ . f Cla k man.* b’ie fo! I <vvN
h 1 ,'i- i. whicli wa- acre* it to.
e join! < t!ei on nee. to
v. horn \,"ir r< Ina il tho {'natsuiet > , rt P" n
O’ tl els rads wish a ii:t td waim. '**
d i ‘nbv li e bmrn.i i , for the po'ilir3i
~ ---- —• <” v wnipunin'i ovncrat’f
randabstruit lleport
let vi* v rave ati hlively ij* and very
< rrlulh fisehai'C'l the (lutes a->igne il
tb m nd all- j a bill, fu* and sluct ox
’• ‘ion tl i;, lieasurv, tie \ find the
> Hi the tiftasory ami ;;l| the pav
** ‘ made Lv th l tr- usurer. |> j- the
P" ll tea >, a . ‘ 1C29, t ;.*e ... j, a .
U'vv with hu report ctj.d ebstnet,* they
therefore beg leave to request that the’
r -me *s re f '> ‘ and bstiaet. with a list
o’ warrants viraw, :, v ,ne Governor, to**
•he ( ,o!itical yea. 1b29, may be taken as
a pari of this report I’hey feel it to be a
pleas 1 ,t duty to staf'*.that the affairs °f
to ,re is i; y are kept in a businesslike
and sa’.sfactory manner, which r> fleets
c e ht on the present incumbent.
I’tir comrnitte have, in like careful and
alien ive manner, s:rictly examined and
compared the report of the Comptroller
tJeneia', and find -aid repor’ to precisely
agree ivr.h tlie amount of, hecks in his of
fice, they therefore beg leave to request
thai nis report and abstract, herewith ?üb
mitt’ (1 may be taken as a part of this
report, aid also a list of defaulting tax
collectors. The committee take great
pleasure in stating to the -.egislaiuic, that
ih * a, tive vigilance of the Comptroller
General has enabled him to collect, during
the lust political year, from and Guttering
t-,x collectors, the sou of gl7 055 90.
t hey state, with pi- asure. that the office
is kept in a satisfactory manner, evidenc
ing (hat its incumbent h not more a man
of active industry, than he is a man of
business. • - J
i’he remainder of the report relates to
the reports of solicitors, to a cc tain tax
collector, and the settlement of a certain
debt fur property at M-icon.
On motion of Vtr. Shorter, the house
took up the report of the committee -of the
whole m the‘‘bill more effectually to en
dow the University of Georgia, and to
provide for the education of the poor,”
which report was disagreement to the
bill.
Mr Iverson moved to disagree to the
report, upon which motion the yeas were
GO nay- 40; so the house disagreed to the
report of the comtmttee. and on motion of
Mr Kchols, the bill was unde the order
of the day for Wedn ‘-day ur-xt.
bill* passed.
To enab’e parties litigant in the superi
or ami info tor courts i- this stat* to pro
*ure the production of wrifen testmumy,
ivh - the amc may be in <he po i session of
|v; o,s not parties to the cause, and resid
ing widvut the county where such easels
pending
In aiidnion to the acts concerning the
goirdian h p of m:nor .
I o pon* nut the mode of t;king the
t"'.iO • V Ilf Ii (1. n. .- > -* • i
V i 4 i\ ‘
U All ft ft.A TOJV DKV 12 1829.
Hie lelcgraplv—Extra, con
taining the It yesifients Message,
which was delivered on Tues
day, ttie Bth. ilist, arrived in \u
gusia on Imrsday last at a lit
tle past 13 o’clock, P. iVI. by
express irom Washington City,
The indefatigable ropri tor of
! the Globe Hotel, Mr William
Shannon, had a line of fine hor
ses in readiness, stationed on
the road, between ibis and Au-
each five mile a part.
It left that city at to t mutes
past 13 1* M. and arrived in
Warrenlon at 5 minutes [last 3,
where it met a line of horses
furnish*'M by the enterprising
mad contractor Mr. Knox, of
Milledgeville. In an instant it
was off, like an arrow, on its
course for N. Orleans, in which
city it will he rend, without an
accident,, before 10 o’clock this
<!a> We regret verv much that
we are unable to tiive the Mes
sage entire, its length will
not admit of it—we insert, how
ever, that part most interesting
at piefont, to the (ieorgian.
Extract from the .Message.
r J lie > and nlttrjwr destiny
of tlu Indian <ri**r within the limits <>f
podip ot nur States, have bermne ob
joe’s of nich interest and importance, !
if h s lonu !’en the p<i|i< y ~1 G- vern 1
i. ! *i n to in trod in r among then thej-rts
ot civilization, in the boye of gradual ’
1v reclaiming’ them from a wandering
life. This policy lias, however, been
•o 11 pled with another* wholly ineo.n
paiible with its Aucrese. Professing
a desire to civilize and settle them, we,
have, at the same time, lost no oppor
tunity to purchase iheii lands and
thrust them further in the wilderness.,
By this means they have not only been
kept in a wandering state, but been
Iml to look upon us as unjust and indif
ferent to their fate. Thus, though
lavish in its expenditures upon the
subject, Government has constantly
defeated its <wn policy/ and the Indi
ans in general receding further and
further to the West, have retained
their savag habits. A portion how
ever, of the Southern tribes, having
mingled much with the whites, and!
made some progress in the arts of
civilized life, have lately attempted to
erect an independent Government
within the limits of Georgia and Ala
bam a These States, claiming to be
the only Sovereigns within their terri
! topics, extended their laws over the
Indians/ which induced the latter to
call upon the United States, for the
protection.
Under theso cir umstanres, the
question presented was, whether the
General Government had a right to
sustain those people in their preten
tions? The Constitution declares, that
“no new State shall be formed or e
rected within the jurisdiction of any
other State,” without the consent of
its Legislature. If the Genereal G>v
eminent is not permitted to tolerate
the ere* tion of a confederate State
within the territory of one of the mem
bers of this Union, against her consent
much less (ould i allow a foreign and
independent government, to establish
itself there. Georgia became a mem
. her of the ’Confederacy which even
tin ted in our federal union, as a sove
reign State, always asserting her
i loim to certain limits/ which, having
, been originally defined in her cnloni
ial charter, ami subsequently recogni
zed in the treaty of peace, she has
ever since < ontitiiied to e?<joy, except
as they have been t ircumserihed by
tier own voluntary transfer <f a par
tion of hei territory to the U. S’ Ates,
in the articles- of cession of 1802, Al
abama was admired into tie* Uni-m on
the same footing with the original
States, with Uoundari<s winch were
prescribed by Congress. There is no
c onstitutional, conventional, or ! gal
provision, which allows them less
power over tho Indians within their
borders, than is possessed by Maine
or New York. Would the people of
Mnine permit the P uobscot tribe ,to
erect an indep ndent government
within their State? and unless they
hd. would il not he the duty of the
General Government to support them
in resisting sue h a measur.e? Would
the people of New York permit each
remnant ot the Six Nations within
her borders, to declare itself an lode
pendent people, under the protection
of the United States? Could the In
dians establish a separate republic on
each of their reservations in Ohio?
And if they were so disposed, would
it be the duty of this Government tit 1
protect them in the attempt? If the I
principle involved in the obvious an
swrr to these questions be abandoned,
if will follow that tlie objects of this!
(jovernt: ent are reversed; and that it
has become a part of its duty to aid in
destroying the Si .{es which it was es
tahlished to protect.
Actuated by this view of the sub
ject, I informed the Indians inhabiting 1
parts of Georgia and Alabama that
their attempt to establish an independ
out government would not be conute
nam ed by the Executive of the United
States, and advised them to emigrate
beyond the Mississippi, or submit to
the laws of those States.
Our conduct towards these people
is deeply interesting to our national
icharacter. Their present condition,
‘contrasted with what they once tvere,!
makes a most powerful . ppeal to our
sympathies. Our ancestors f-umi
them the uncontrolled o
l
the vnst regions. By persuasion ac t
for- e, they have, been mme to reti >
Iron river to river, and from nmu
tain to mountain, until some of t 0
tribes have become x!in< t, and others
have left but re -nanfs to
serve, for a while, t eir once terrikG
names. Surrounded by the uhij,., r
with their arts of ivil z ttion, Wm h,
by destroying the resour <\s of the V
age, doom him to weakness and de >
the fate of the Molipgan, tfie Narrlu
gansiMt, and the- Delaware, is f, <ft 0>
vertaking th- Choctaw, the ( her’ k
and the Creek. I hat this fate sure
ly awaits them, if they remain wi h
in the limits of the States, does n>t
admit of a doubt. Humanity aid ?ha.
tional honor demand that every ff pt
should be made to avert so great \ r ; .-
I amity. It is (00 late to icq fire
whether it w s just in the United
States to include them and their ter
ritory within the hounds of new State
whose limits they could control
That step cannot be retraced. A
State cannot he dismembered by Con
gress, or rcslricte I in the exercise ,{
tier ((institutional power. Isut il ie
people of these States, and of every
State actuated hy feelings of justice
and regard for our national h nor,
submit to you ihe interesting ques
tion, whether something cannot he
done, consistently with the rights of
th States, to preserve this much in
jur* and race?
As means of effecting this end I sug
gest, for your considcrati •1 , (he pro
peiety if setting apart an ample
district West of the Mississippi. ,e and
without the limits of any State or T r
ritory, ow formed,, to tie guarantied
to the ludiiiu (eio s, as long hs t e*y
shall occupy it; each tribe K if g a
distinct control over tfi- por-io’} desig
nated-for its use. Tlier thee ho
secured in the enjoyn ent of govern
ments of their own ■. h iec s:hj--rfc
to no other control from i‘:r. U**hed
States, than su has may be n e .-.-v
to preserve peace on the fronti- r. * and
between the several tribes. There*
tlie benevolent mav end avour to
teach them tfie arts of ( ivi!iz ition, and
by promoting unTou and harmony .
moug them, to raise up m intrr-'sfi tg ‘
commonwealth, destined to p rpi ttiate
the race, and to attest the hum uil.y
and justice of this G iverumrut.
Tnis emigr dioo siruitd b * volatda- ’
ry: for it would fit* as ru I as urj ist
to compel the aborigines to aliand >n
the graves of their fathers, and se.-k
a home in a distant land But tii ‘V
should be distinctly inform-d tint, if
they remain within the. limits of D o
States, they unis’ he su ‘je ‘t t • tiour
laws. In return for their obedience,’
as individuals, they will, with mt
doubt, be protected in r?ie enjoy yj <*
of those possessions whi Is \hoy hr.ve
improved by their indaslr.v. But it
seems to me visionary to sijsp -s * sh it,
in this state of thing-., cl ai ms r *.if !;e
allowed on tra* is f oun-try’ on vvld-'ii
they have neither dwelt 11 >r ui.de im
provements, merely because they ii-ivo
sfen them from the mountai . (,;• pas
sed them in the chare. S *.bmittine*
to the laws of the States and receiving,
like other ri r izens, protection i o their
p and property, they will, err
long, become merged in the in.'.si of
our popul ition
From the Constitu'iviaHsl I lth insfi
extraordinary despa 1- nr
The President's Message, \v!i c’>
! was communicated to b th Houses of
, Congress at 12 o\ lo< I;, o ihe S:U
inst. reached this city yestetday n
little after mid day. Its arrival w..
by express, and we are iudebt and to
the enterprising Mr. Suannox, the
proprietor of ihe Globe Hotel, f.sr one
of the three copies that were rcc i ed
here. The message fg very. | rig
| and \>e may add very abU and we re
gret exceedingly that it was imp-issi
hie to present this morning to one p
rotis; it shall however, be as speedily
published as our arrangements will
admit.
1 tie President congratulates \-
gress upon the general prosperity—*