Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-12-13

subjects were independent sovere's"
and IL these tenants, ct tue license
or the British king. were inc rssat-
ral lords Of the lands where no grant
ed them permission 20 iivet wna'
was the meaning Of that proclamation
ofhi, present Britannia Majesty is
sued in 1858. declaring all pare Ia
scs ofla.ds from the Indians null q
y,il, unless made by treaties held
ua,er the SANCTION Of his majesfy's
.oyernnets;, If the Indians had the
right to sell their lands to whom
they pleased What was the ,neaa'
ing Of boundary lines OF Ameri'an
territories. in all the treaties oil y.
Britain with other European powers
having American possessions, rarfi-
eu!arly 10 the treaty Of i763,by when
| she acquired from france tia safe-
| r,isn,y ami possession Of the Cana.
aas; in her treaty of peace with the
United states in Ass NAY. what 10
the meani,. Of the north western
boundary line now proposed by the
British com mi,sioners themselves, II
il Is the ri.htr:i possession aad go
ysrsiya,y ofindep pendent Indians. Of
! whic! these hsand ,ri,s dispose! IA
! IL, indeed, necessary 10 ask. whether
Great Britain ever has permitted,
or would psrmit. any fsrcisa nation.
or without her censsn', any of her
SUBJECTS. to acquire lands from taa
lad; ~. in the territories oftse HIh.
soa Ssy eoMp my. or il Canada In
formes.y protesting against this sys-
ten, !, is no. against 8 navel psetea-
sion OF the inericau government, 1t
is against the most Solemn acts OF
their own sovcre'sns, against the
roval nracia,natious. charters. AMI
trcxtjes of Great Britain. for more
than two centuries, from the first
), settlement OF North .Snerica TO the
prcscn. day. that the British ileai'
/ eoten;iaries protest.
/ Fran the risor Of this systeM,
I! however, as prsetied by Great
! Britain. and ali tho OTHER f.ur"paa
! ,uwrrs in America, the humane and
| liberal policy OF the United States.
| has voluntarily relaxed. Ace'chrat-
! ed writer on the !sws Of nations. 4"
whose authority British .iari,ts have
taken particular satisfaction in an
! praii.g, after sta'ias, in The most
| explicit mnnacr. the legitimacy oil
| colonial settlements IN America. the
! exclusion Or al rights Of unciyilized
Indian tY;bcs. has taken apessioa TO
praise the first settlsrs &c New Eng.
iand. anil ths fsvnErr 81 Penas, 'va-
MIA, in having purehased Of the In
d.aus the lands they resolved TO eui.
! tiyats notwithstanding their bcing
:, furnished with charter from ther
/ sovereign. u is this example,
(which the United siaies STAGE they
became. 10y their inir pendeaee,' the
.oyere;sns or the Territory. have a.
dop,ed ani organized ia'o a nolitirnI
! srstes:. Under tina, system ihe In
diaas resting ~iihin the United
/ States are 80 far independent. that
| they live under their own customs.
and not under the laws Of the United
| states; that their rights upon the
hand, where they i,hahii. or hnn',
are secured to thea H., boun;iaries de.
! fined in amieablo treaties between
| the Un,tea States aad Themselves
and that whenever thosc boundaries
| are varied. il is also by anieabIr and
| voluntary ircaties. by shich they r..
csiyc from the Uai,ed States ample
compensation for every right the,
have TO the lands ~edeh by them.
They are so far dependent as not 10
have the right 90 dispose OF their
land TO any private persons. nor TO a
| nv power other th IN the y. S'a,es.&
TO he under their protectioa alone. 4
not unler that Of any other power.
Whether called subjects. or by what.
ever name designated. such is the
relation between them and the U.
| States. That relation is neither as
serted now for the firs, time, nor did
it originate with the treaty ofGreen-
Vile. These principles have been
uniformly recognized by the Indians
themselves, not only by that treaty,
but in all the other previous as we'll
as subsequent treaties, between them
! and the United States.
The treaty Of Greenville neither
.,L fram the Indisus the right