Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-08-09


u S. Georgia ceded TO them tie whole OF the coun-
try within the present state of Alabama, of which
they took immediate possession. The immense
sums the u y have received Tor lands sold in Ala
bama the industrious and Intelligent population that
have since Inhabited II, aud he Importance 10 which
1t Is rapidly rising, all known 10 the public
Here then, was contract founded on a valuable
consideration on both sides. What the u. States
stipulated 10 receive they have long enjoyed; and
Georgia has been iInpaien;y waiting for the bene-
hts she anticipated. She has been put off for %
years, under the plea the part of the U. S. tia,
The Indian titles could not .' be pedceably obtained
on reasonable ternis.'' The excitement on this
SUBJECT, and the correspondence betw the Geor-
gia Delegation in Congress and the Gen. Govern
ment, which occurred several winters ago, cannot
have been forgotten by the reader. That excite
ment, however, resulted in the appointment OF
commissioners TO negotiate treaty with the In
dams Tor the cession of their lands and their removal
elsewhere. These Commissioners succeeded in
their mission They entered into treaty with the
Indians, which STIMULATES, that tiey shall receive
lands equal IN quantity and value beyond the Mis-
Tor the improvements they must abandon. IL is also
stipulated that tie Indians shall not be required TO
move before Sept. 1926. This Treaty was solemn
ly ratified by the President and Senate. From that
moment the state OF Georgia claims title TO the SOIL
and expresses wish 10 have it surveyed; SO that
"AS VIC AHuiaIiS tnefe " Ill De moth
Ing 10 do, but occupy and settle the country
Governor Troup applied 20 the party who had made
the treaty, and obtained their consent to the sur
veys. III should be borne iii mind that the Creek
naion Is composed OF many tribes scattered ov er "A
considerable extent of territory; aud part OF them
residing within The territorial limits of Alabama,
who fought bravely agsinst us in the late war; and
whose lands are not included in the treaty. But we
believe all the lands occupied by the Creeks are
held in common.
AT this crisis the principal difficulty have
arisen TWAS no sooner known that the lands " ere
10 De surveyed Than spirit OF dissatisfaction with tine
treaty was stirred up among the Indians. McIn osh
and oners were murdered under the charge Of having
violated law OF the Nation; and the lostilcs, so
called, disavowed the treaty and manifested dis
position 10 oppose the surveys by force. Governor
Iroup asserts that this hostile spirit, existing but
partially before, was stirred up by the exertions
and influence OF the United States Agents station
ed III the Nation, and who politically opposed
TO him. de contends that the treaty was fairly
negotiated and freely and fully entered into by a
number OF Indian deputies, sufficient give i, vail
diiy-and that the title 10 the soil being now vested
absolutely In Georgia, the RICH; survey the lands
follows as consequence; out TO be exercised with
out molestation TO The Indians That they cannot
oe required TO remove until Sept. 1926, is acknow-
ledged on all hands.
Ihe u. ). Agents deny any fundamentally in
producing the excitement among the Indians; they
declare the treaty to have been obtained by fraud
ana c0rruption,and: that the great majority of The In
dams were always opposed it ard tie surveys.
Under these circumstances, Gen. Gaines, and Mai.
Andrews were both sent TO Georgia by the General
Government; the one in military and the other in
civil capacity. What has since occurred must be
familiar TO every one.
We pass over the local and personal causes of
excitement and irritation. The controversy has
txa1a IL. IL.
deraiions. Georgia. although not in fact party 10
the treaty, is benifcially So 1t was made In execu-
ton oil contract with her that ought long since 10
have been complied with. The General Govern
meat have either forbidden the surveys the ground
mat the treaty IL Itself fraudulent, that it coners
no rights and creates no obligations whatever until
Sept 1926; which is mentioned as the most distant
day Tor the removal OF the Indians. 1t is impossible
that the government can act under an impression
that the treaty is fraudulent because its orders
Issued before any investigation hid been had, that
could have inrnished the grounds for such opin-
lon But, even IL 1t were in possession Of evidence
on this point, whence, we ask, does the President
derive authority virtually TO declare treaty null
and void? The right of Georgia 10 make the sur
veys at this time must depend either upon the uea-
ty itself, upon the consent of the Indians Cover
nor Troup contends for the right, upon both these
grounds; and has announced TO Gen. Gaines and TO
the President, his determination TO exercise it cost
iohaf IL DiH:" And he is threatened with ress-
| lance both by the u. States and the Indians What
is to result from this of things we are at loss
to conjecture. We trust that neither party will
proceed TO extremties, and that the peace and hap
piness Of the country will not be sacrificed upon
such question That the Governor will convince
Gen. G. that he ought to disobey his orders is
not more likely 10 happen, than that Gov. T. will
iail TO execute what he has so solemny determined
to do. We confess we are filled with apprehen-
sions for the result. New instructions from WASH
ingon, alone the spilling OF blood, if both
parties in Georgia maintain their ground
The rights of Georgia have been withheld for
many years; she has heretofore had just ground 10
| complain of the Federal Government-but her for
mer grievances nothing in comparison OF her
present. The loss OF IL or ii months in getting
possession of,hc ceded lands, sinks TO nothing by
the side OF the injuries she sustains ildepe1l-
dent state. Her Governor and her Legislature
have been equally condemned and insulted. The
hue and cry have been raised against them, for bold
~ and fearlessly asserting what they deemed their
rights. Every term of reproach has been exhausted
upon them by the sycoI hants of that power, whose
tendency 10 reduce the states to subordinate
corporations, is becoming more and more apparent
every day. The rights OF state, when in conflict
with the interests OF the General Government or
even with the prejudices and feelings OF those who
administer, it have too Often of late been dust in
'he Daiahce On lkls occasion we would separate
the rights OF Georgia as state, from the individuals
who administer her affairs. Making that separs-
ton, how does the matter stand? The Indians
have made treaty, which has been solemnly raif-
ed. Political partizans, determined TO deprive an
individual, who is, for the time, Governor of The
honor of completing the arrangements for getting
possession OF the lands during his administration,
interfere in the matter They busy themselves
among the Indians; play upon their credulity excite
their fears and the inyeerd,e feelings and pre-
iudces By which they are distinguished: and N nj,