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have been made without difficulty for
the United States, difficulty have al
ways occurred when the Georgia com
pact was to be fulfilled. But, Mr.
President, coitfii-Aiig this examination
to the Cherokee tribe, look at the
singular facts presented by the history
of the purchases made from them
since 1802. By l*e report of the
Secretary of Wur, of 30th March,
1824. alt the lands purchased for
Georgia from the Chcrokces since
1802, is 995,310 acres; 295,310 by
the treaty of 1817, and 700,000 by the
treaty of the 27 in Ecb 1819; ot about
3,000.000 of acres occupied by the
tribe iu 1802. not one fifth part has
yet been obtained under the promise
of the General Government, it may
tie imagined, Sir, that this has arisen
from the impracticability of making
purchases ti ‘un this tribe. ‘I hey have
been unwilling peaceably to sell on
reasonable terms. What will the Se
nate think of the obligations of truth
and justice in the performance of a
greements. when 1 inform them that
within that period, more land has
been purchased from the tiibe than
was claimed by them in Georgia, foi
Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina
and South Carolina, 8;542*5-40 acres
have been obtained by the succesKivt
arrangements of 1805, 180 G, 1816.
1819. We saw ourselves postponed,
time after time, to suit the convenience
>f other States, without murmur
Complaint would have been justified;
it was not made; we relied upon the
good faith of the Government for a
performance of its obligations in -rea
sociable time. How vainly, we but
too soon discovered. The facts just
stated shew to the Senate that the
Chcroketfs, without difficulty, sur
rendered more land than was claimed
by Georgia. Why the convenience
of some of the States was consulted in
preference to the performance of a sol
emu promise, has never been explain
ed. Hot this is not ail, through the
agency of Gen. Jackson, a contract
Wes made with the Cherokees, by
whit ii their removal from Georgia was
secured; a contract made at their
instance, and for theSparticular accom
modation oßliut portion of the Cher
ukees,’ who occupied tiie Lower
Towns, Ij ing in Georgia, who dash
ed to remove to the West, to continue
the lnmtei *8 life; the Upper Towns,
Jy irg out of Geoi gia, desiring to re
main permanently where tlvy -*!•.
1 his contract was hut partially e.xo
..uted; in the partial execution of it,
ihe interests ol Georgia were aaiiili
fired to the policy of the Fedeial Gov
eminent. ‘The Cherokees who wish
ed to remain, threw every obstacle in
the way of emigration proposed. The,
agent, Mr. Minn, states, in his official
repoit to the Secretary of War, that
the poor creatures wljo were disposed
to remove, terrified b’ heir headmen,
weretifrfcid public! approoch to
consult him, ot* to enrol Iheir names
ns required by the contract. They
crept to his tent in the silence and
dai kness >f midnight, to whisper their
w ishes in d their fears; uniting pru
dence to firmness, l.e was able to o
vcrcoipe opposition, ami his official
statement of 1818, to the Secretary
of War, authorizes me to say that, by
a stiii t adherence to the contract of
1817,justice would have been speedi
ly dune to Georgia.
\\ ithwot appat rot reasonable cause
’!.e ton tract of 1817 whs formerly
abandoned, and that of 1819 substitu
t'd. Ihe Lbrrokces in Georgia, am.
to Ihe whole tr.be was hold out the
idea of a permanent 11 sidem e on the
spot they thru occupied, with a view
to tln ir civilization. This new r
raiigcment led us to believe that Mr.
Monroe** administration was not dis
P"*d to art fairly towards the State.
1 mean not to prove or to assert that
tins iieiirf was well founded, 1 seek to
produce no unpleasant feelings, mere
ly t< shew the simple fact that the be.
lief prevail, and. Under the impression
thai we were suffering by premeditat
es injustice, we quarrelled with Mr.
unroe, m wo would have quarrelled
with any other President. We ex
pressed our opinion in strong terms*
and met the usual fate of those who
dispute with persons holding the pat
ronage and power of Government.
We were abused and calumniated by
all those who hoped any thing from the
administration, as the price of their
industrious malice*
XLte memorial* of tho State Legisla
ture to the Executive were disregard
ed, and the memorials of the Cherokee
chiefs, praying that no further appli
cations should he made to buy lands
from them, was sent to Congresp; and
finally, a message from the President,
connected the compact with Georgia,
with his project of Indian Western
Government. Against this disastrous
conjunction, considered a* an indefin
ite postponement of justice to the
State, we raised our voices and our
hands. The right of the State was
defended by committees of the House
of Representatives, and so far sustain
ed that appropriations were made for
a further extinguishment of Indian
title in Georgia. Under the first
appropriation, ncgoliou with the G’he
oktes was opened—it failed. Under
the second a contract was formed with
the Creeks. ‘lie; incidents and re
suit of that contract are well known.
1 will not dwell upon them unless
compelled to it. I have no wish to
revive the remembrance of disgrace
ful transai lions, not lo indulge unman
ly triumph over our defeated adversa
ries. It is well known, Sir, that in
those Creek disturbances, the Cher
okees, with a view to find support for
their own pretensions, were active in
tertneddlers.
CABINET.
IVAItItJKJKTOJW JXJJS'E 26, 1830
Wc have been informed and,
the information is derived from
good authority, that the most
powerful exertions are in oper
ation, by the Clark party, to
carry the elections next Octo
ber- Letters have been writ
ten by leaders in Milledgeville
t > their friends in the several
counties of the State, And
why these exertions? To ena
ble a fuv: ambitious and design
ing men to monopolize the
principal offices in the state.
Thus the great mass of the
Clark party are made tools to
subserve the views of a few
leaders. The Clark party
j should open their eyes to the
machinations of such men.
There are many men belonging
to the Clark party, for whom
we have a great respect, and
who, if they were not blinded
by prejudice, and led astray by
the designing, would abandon
a party which has not been of
any benefit to the state, for the
purpose ofjoining and co-oper
ating with the republican party,
in maintaining the l ights of the
state, and in promoting its best
interests; for to disunion a
mong us must be ascribed the
delay in obtaining justice from
the federal government, and
the obstacles which have been
thrown in the way of internal
improvements in Georgia. We
shall hope for the best. The
Troup party should be alive and
wide awake—their opponents
are in the field—they must be
met and conquered^ ”
[communicated.]
For the RURAL CABINET.
Well; preparations are mak
ing for the election campaign
which is to terminate in October
nex'; every candidate, and ev
ery friend, is mus
tering his forces, in order to
meet the enemy in proper time,
equipped and accoutred, “as
the law directs.’* For Con
gress numerous candidates have
been announced or spoken of
besides the present incumbents.
Will the contest be a warm and
close one? We believe not.
7'he present delegation will as
it should be re-elected. They
have done there duty in Con
gress; they have succeeded in
procuring for Georgia the pas
sage of a bill which will relieve
us of a great public burden, and
place the Indians in a better
situation than the one in which
they are placed. If our mem
bers of Congress have done
their duty; if they are capable;
and qualified for the station
they occupy; why change them,
and send others, of whom we
know nothing, at least in point
of ability and devotion to the
best interests of Georgia,
and the democratic principles
taught by Jefferson? 7’hose
gentlemen that heve been spo
ken of may be good men, but
they have not been tried, and
the crisis at which the nnlitirai
anairs ot this country have ar
rived, demands that we should
have in Congress, men of tried
principles. General 7homp
son has been tried; Mr. Wilde
also; Mr. Haynes also: Judge
Wayne, Mr. Foster, and Col.
Lamar, also: and Mr. Wilson
Lumpkin has been tried also,
he is a good member of Con
gress, which shows that th re
are men of some usefulness in
the Clark party, who deserve
the good will of the republican
party.
In opposition to our present
delegation, who have been an
nounced and spoken of?
7 ? he only one regularly an
nounced is Mr John Billups, of
Oglethorpe county, a young
man of tine promise, who, by
and by, will be a useful member
of the community, and a good
politician and statesman. j
Os those spoken of, Col.
Warren Jourdan is one. 7'his
gentleman, to be elected to
Congress, will have to bargain
for a seat there, as he did for,
the speaker's chair.
Mr. Eli S. Shorter connot be
elected, notwithstanding the re
commendation of certain polit
ical leaders of the Clark party
in Milledgeville, with whom he
is particularly intimate, and
with whom he has exchanged
acts of kindness ,
On the Clark side, Judge 1
Schley, Dr, Fort, Judge McDotu i
aid and John A, Cuthbert, have
| been spoken of. None of these
gentlemen will” do, ~~They a t
belong to the latitudenarian
school, they would not fee]
no conpunction to sell, by trea
ty, the state of Geoigia m
Great Britain or some oilier
power. One of the four once
publicly declared, that the fed
eral government had the power
to sell any slate ot the Union;
It would not do to send sud:
men to Congress as Georgia is
at this time most obnoxious to
northern politicians andpbihm
thropists? the north, cast, and
west, might combine, and, \v. b
the assistance of our deU ga.
tion, should Messrs. Fort,
Schley, Cuthbert, and Mcßon-*
aid be elected, convoy awav
our good state of Georgia, and
all the people therein, to the
Emperor of Monornotapa. No,
no, this would not do. After
all considering, our present de
legation have done well: let us
continue them, say we,
t We shail retuni to 11 \ls sub
ject.
Copy of a letter from CcuconJ, data
9th in?t.
•‘The House have just made choke ts
Mr. Hill for Senator. Thu votes were ;;s
follows:
Whole number, . . . • 220
Necessary for a choice, . .. lii
Dinsrnoor, ... 1
M. Harvey, . . .1
J. Mason, . . . 2-
Siilina . . . 3’
J F Parrolf, . . c
Irkabod Bartlett, . .in
Woodbury, , . 22
Geo. Sullivan, . . 50
Isaac Hill. . . t ! 7
The Senate is con°idertd perfectly sale
and will concur to morrow.
IMPOSITION.
Pedlars are now swarming abroad with
silver wart and jewelry finished to ..pptai
equal lo the best kind, yet of so brsc u
quality as to be of little value. Many a it.
imposed upon widici’ch articles, particu
larly spoons f u .ic!es, which the.)
; are alloyed so much that they can be i.{V
forded at a less price than the bare.un
wrought silver of the same weight v. u and
cost if made pure A pedlar sold a largo
quantity of such spoons in this place'..
short time since, both to traders and p i.
vate families. But the ftuud was soon
detected, and the pedlar waa glad to es -
cape a prosecution by refunding the
money and receiving his articles back
again. Fh’l3 he was allowed to do
satisfying those of his inno
cence, and that he bought the articles
thegmanufacturer, supposing them to be
good. They contained a third part c
more of copper. Thejewelry carried b\
the pedlars i9 of copper, covered wi ll a
thin plate of gold and is of no value.--
We understand that many country tra
I ders have been taken in with these spooiv
Worcester Spy.
’ ‘ Nashville, June 3, 1630.
TERRIBLE STORM.
On Monday night last, about 11 ok ‘ K fc
we were visited with a dreadful stor .. , f
j w ar *d rain, accompanied with th .cde--
and lightning. One or two houses i , this
town are said to exhibit marks, sup r.< e d
to be the effects of the lightning, vvh f;
was remaakabiy vivid and intense. Ip
Kulherford county, between Nashville ai o
Murfrcesboiough, much injury was dorm
by the wind. Fences, trees, an i cut
buildings were overthrown in the n< <*>}...
borhood ofSearcy‘s and the cotton g;n al.ii
horse mill of Mr. Jones, were entirely de
molished. In Franklin, U T i!iiani=oi*
county, we understand great irjary was
done, especially to the trees.
But the most serious calamity brfcl (he
town of chailotfe, in Dickson county*
where the principal force of (he gale. ?o