The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-21 00:00:00

GEORGIA AND THE CREEKS.

The American papers furnish the following letters on
Treaty affairs, from the Secretary of Vl'ar to Governor
Troup and General Gaines. They will be read with
MUCS interest:--

Departritent of War, July 21, 181
Sts,—Your letter of the 23th of June, addressed to Major Van,
deventer, has been received : the answer to which has been inns,
tionally delayed till the result of General Gaines's interview with
the Indians, at Broken Arrow, should be received, ea tits pea
sident had anxiously hoped, iu the acquiescence of the Indians to
,the treaty, to have found the necessity of replying to your ic..
quiries entirely obviated. But as the communications from Gene.
ral Gaines. recently received, have entirely destroyed that hope p
ieply has become necessary. The Indiana, to the number of f
including a great majority of their Chiefs and head men of the
tribe, have denounced the treaty, as tainted alike with intrigue and
treachery, and as the act of a very small portion of the tribe,
against the express determination cf a eery large majority, a 4,.
termination known to the Commissioners. They urge that, t,
enforce a compliance with an instrument thus obtained would
become either the justice or magnanimity of the United States,
tinder which they claim to take shelter. These are allegations
presenting a question beyond the cognisance of the Executive,
and necessarily refers itself to Congress, whose attention will bt
called to it on an early day after the next annual meeting. elev.
while the President, acting on the treaty as though its validity
not been impeached. finds, by a reference to the eighth article of
the treaty, the faith of the United States solemnly pledged u,
protect the Creek Indians from any encroachment tilt their re,
I moral in September. 1826. Ile, therefore, decides that the en.„
tering upon and surveying their lands, before that period, wood
be an infraction of the treaty, whose interpretation and execunoc,
should it remain um:am:lied, are alike confided to him. I sin.
therefore, directed by the-President, to state distinctly to your Fa.
cellency, that, fur the present, be will not permit such Catty, oc
survey, to be made-
The pain the President has felt in coming to this dechtios
diminished by the recollection that it interferes with no duty in.
posed on your Excellency by the laws of Georgia, as a discretion
is gi.en to you by the late law of the Legislature in prescribisg
the time when tire lands embraced by the treaty shall be surveyed.
I Under all the circumstances the President permits himself to hope
that you will acgniesce in. his decision. As General Gaines bet
been in communication with you on this subject, anti as it u the
wish of the President you should be in posseuion of every rue,.
e he may find himself constrained to take thereon, I am directed
,to enclose to your Excellency copy of General Gainer's toxin.l doss of this date:

I have the honour to he your obedient servant,
(Signed) JAMES BARBOUR.
Ilia Es. G. M. Troup, Governor of
Georgia, Milledgeville.

Department of Weir. July 91, ins.
Sir.—Yours of the Sth instant has been duly received, wills the
accompanying documents.
1 ant .directed by the President to express his regret at the
failure of your efforts to reconcile the Creeks to an aciuiesceace
in the Treaty made at the Indian Springs, as it was his Coeers
desire to have seen it carried into effect. But the determined op.
position of the Indians to the treaty Itself, on the alleged grounds
of intrigue and treachery, on the part of the portion of the tribe
negotiating the treaty, as well as the smallness of their number.,
from which they argue hs invalidity and their solemn appeal to
the justice and magnanimity of the United States, creates such an
obligation that we should at least pause before we proceed, or
permit others to do so, until these allegations can be thoroughly
investigated, and their effect decided by the proper authority; the
more especially, as the eighth article of the treaty gives till Sep.
tember of the next year before the treaty is to be carried into
effect, and guarantees diens from encroachment till that tin's. It
is in this posture of affairs Governor Troup insists that he will
survey the lands. A collision by overt acts between the I:secutire
of the Union and that of a State, is so against the theory of the
Constitution, and so repugnant to the feelings of the Presideut,
that he would determine only, under a solemn sense of duty, to
do an act by which so serious a result would be produced. If
Governor Troup should, however, persevere in his declared par.
pose of surveying the land against the repeated remonstrances of
this department, it will present one of the most unfortunate treats
which have yet occurred in our history. Its possible occurrence
has induced the President to weigh with the deliberate circumspec.
don made necessary, as well by its serious consequences as is
high responsibility. His decision thereon has been made and
transmitted to t4overnor Troup in a letter of this date, a copy of
which 1 enclose for your information, and by which you wig
learn the line of conduct which the President has prescribed to
himself.

r' It Is still devoutly to be hoped that Governor Troup will ab•
stain from any act that may make it necessary to have recourse to
the steps suggested; yet should he persevere in sending persons to
survey the lands embraced within the treaty, you Cr. hereby
authorised to employ the military to prevent their entrant.* oa the
Indian territory, or if they should succeed in entering the country,
to cause them to be arrested, and turn them over to the judicial
authority to be dealt with as the law directs. I hay* only to
add, that I have transmitted to Governor Troup a copy or dui
counnonication.

I have the honour to be. &e.
JAMES BARBOUR.