Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-07-26
With great respect and esteem,
G. Nj. TROUP.
Maj. I. P. ANDREWS, Special Agent.

MAJOR .4ndrews TO Goyernor Troup.
Greek Agency, Flint River, June 18th 1925.
Sir-I have the honor to acknow-
ledge the receipt Of your excellency's
letter Of the 18th inst. accompanied by
a copy of the evidence against the In
dian Agent, taken before the Commit
tee of the Georgia Legislature. have
not yet received an official copy Of the
documents promised in your letter OF
the 5lst May, and take the liberty OF
urging your excellency TO furnish me
with them as soon as possible. avail
myself of this opportunity to call the
attention Of your excellency, in an es-
pecial manner, to the necessity of fur
nishing the Agent of the General Co
vernment, as speedily as possible, with
any additional testimony which you
may wish to offer against the Indian
Agent: l hope 10 get through the ex-
animation of the evidence offered and
to be offered by the Agent, TO rebut that
with which have already been fur
nished, in about three weeks: The ur-
gency, indeed necessity, of having any
additional testimony which may be Of
fered against him, by that time, or as
soon thereafter as possible, will be APP
parent; as fair examination must
form the wish of your excellency as it
does that of the President and Of the Sc
cretary of War.
have to acknowledge also, the re-
ceipt of your communication Of the
l4th inst. which was handed to me at
the moment of my departure for this
place from Milledgeville; | am perhaps
unfortunate, in entertaining different
opinions of the matters to which it re-
lates, and particularly as to the impor-
lance, the justice or necessity OF sus-
pending the Agent under present cir
cumstances. After an attentive exam
inalion Of the testimony taken by the
committee, and some already shewn TO
me by the Agent, and as no speclhca-
tons have been presented, did not
think that the suspension was demand
ed on the grounds contemplated in my
letter of the 3lst OF May, and by the
government. ! did think the determi-
nation of the General Government and
Of its Agent, being, as your excellency
has very Justly remarked, "the ascer-
tainment of TRUTH" that the presence
or absence Of the Indian Agent, at any
place or under any circumstances,
would be immaterial in the fulfilment
Of that determination. l had a hope
also that as your excellency is seen to
speak, in doubling language, of all guilt
in that officer in your message OF the
Sd inst. being after the date Of your
charges against him;-that as he has
been acquitted generally of one Of the
charges, by the adopted report of the
Legislature;-having still the appalling
influence and power of the Executive
and Legislative branches of one Co
vernment against him, and that too, on
testimony avowedly erparte;-that he
would not have to complain during his
trial, of any acts on the part of another
which might appear to partake OF OPP
preston. Your fixed opinion as to the
necessity of his suspension, and the
manner in which that opinion is COM
municated, will compel me to that
course, in courtesy, and to convince
your excellency and the people of Geor-
gia, that the General Government is
determined not to suffer even suppos-
ed difficulty to be in the way, and to
leave no course untried which may eli
cit the free unbiased testimony of all
persons: this even towards man who
has not been, so far as the investiga-
ton has been pursued by the authori-
ties Of Georgia, uniformed of the ma
ture and cause of the accusation" or
confronted with the witnesses against