Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-13
areu of this great na,iou-I am doubly Crate.

full.
Under your auspices as lee islature. I trust
tnose measures will be matured which. with
the divine blessing on the wisdom of Your
councils, Will accele rate snch total extinction
OF ignorance, that not one uniRstrucfed child
viii III future times be found within your Dor
der.
My exer,ions require little repose. At one
clock to-day SHALL avail myself OF the privi.
ledge conterred-for wacli 1 now make &c.
acknowledgements, but feeble ones they are,
compared with my feelings.
Ia fact, the n,aiins of INV recepton at Wash.
in.ton. and by Congress, has been sucli'as to
eiidear The country 10 the which has given birt tn
10 men, who knew 40 we'll how to love and
~ trend us children. | rejoice TO see motives
IN action which give serenity to it's future
fr".tects-wbich consecrate the atmosphere
III winch citizens of the world may braathe-
o. ha'low the ground on which lie irea.ls.
WIN high consideration and gratitude to
The Honorable House, OF which thou art the
Speaker, aud my trus ,cSpecI To thyself,
L remain thy Obliged and grateful friend,
JOSEPH LANCASTER.
HARRIspuRG. (Penn.) Feb. i.--Joseph Lnn-
caster, the celebrated founder of the systen,
OF education that bears his name arrived III
misplace yesterday.
Inc House OF Representatives have been
I,ncipaity occupied for week past with the
quite desultory until on the third reading
Yesterday, when Mr.. Trevor and Mir Forward
delivered their opinions at length againstit.
Inc important feature of the bill is, the autho.
rity given to the Governor 10 declare, by pro.
ciamatiou, the charter OF u bank forfeited,
when 1t shall be certified to limb "a jHdge,
before whom proof of the fact has been given,
t''nt IT refused to pay specie for iisnotes. Brc-
AetS and shaveis are not 10 have the bcuefit
oi this law.
I'liis morning Mr.. Coulter addressed the
House in favor OF The bill, when the question
Was taken on its passage, and carried-Yeas
6j-Nays %. The bill, il is supposed, y i'll
pass the Senate. [Chronicte.
CHEROKEE wOMEN'S ADDRESS,
NASHVILLE. Jan. GA letter from the Che
Iokee nation states" Ii is too well known
the patience of the CherOkees was completely
wora down ny attention 10 the governors
communications; respect and friendship for
the United States induced them To bear pa
tisntiy the fahAues of his eXCelrnCys talk.
l'he Cberokees held d cnnncil. and before it
was broke up, the women made an address to
the cInefs aud warriors, in tie presence of his
eXceiiency; but do not know that he felt
himself insnlied by it; if ne did, whose fault
wasi. " hat business had he at the national
councii held by the Cherokee nationi What
right had he 10 iuiru5e there2 How conld he
sApect to effect inn possibilities Enclosed
sead the womeps address il is genuine. II +.
WAS signed by ten respectable Cherokee wo-
of the governor"
CHILDREN We have called a meeting among
ourselves 10 consult on the different points
laid before the national council With painful
feelings we have heard the proposition to
bring our nation TO such narrow limits in our
own country. The land was given MS by the
great spirit above, 10 raise orr children on
and 10 make support for our rising generation.
We therefore petition our beloved children,
head men and warriors, to hold TO the land to
the last and support our common rights; we of
the Cherokee nationwere the first settlers here,
and therefore claim the right of the soil.
Whe We were young our country was vast
and extensive but by repeated sales, il has
become circumscribed TO very narrow limits.
Our elder children encouraged the mauutac.
turing of cloth. the education of orr children,
the benefits of farming every thing they
desired we attempted to do /; but after taking
their advice, they want TO hurl us 10 the west
side of the Mississippi to bring ms back to
a savage state again. We are too much eniight-
eued TO consent TO this, and therefore unani.
mously join our meeting to hold our country
an common as we have heretofore done. Some
of our children have become christians--we
have missionary schools amongst us, we have
heard the gospel in our nation, we have ENJOY:
ed some of the comforts of civilization and
the pleasures of enlightened society, aud we
hope III few years our nation Will have the
different branches of learning Taught among
us il is therefore cruel to stop our progress,
and drive us back to d savage state. There
are few white men, who have been raised to
something from nothing among us, who are
at the head of the project 10 drive us off from
the land of our fathers-they have made their
fortunes among us, and now turn against us
they might az well throw their wives and
children into the deep, az do as they have
doue-we think very hard Of them; they
are the ones that ought to be our friends, and
in tue time of need they are our worst enc mics.
We particularly mean MIR. Starr he is the
worst eneRiy TO our nation-he is going abont
like a rambling wolf seeking whom he can
ceSour Governor M'Ninn, it you have any
use for a bad man, take him into your own
country W. have none for him here. il lie con-
ducts in that way. Signed, &c.