The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-06-13

upon the Grant be fixed at a rate which,
whilst II makes the Grant essentially a de-
nation and takes nothing from The paekels
OF the peerest of our citizens, but What vii
be paid without Inconvenience or COM
piaint, will At the same Time bring some
Til Z into the Treasury IN all of the Ge-
neral fund appropriated ~ THESE object.
To this the proceeds IF the Fractions
and of any reservations you may think
proper 10 maxi, will importantly conlri-
butte.
Having advocated the present system
from the beginning there has been no rea-
son to change iheopi ion formed oft. Men
and the soil constitute the strength and
wealth ofnatious, AID the faster you plan,
the men, the soont r yol can draw TN both.
No new country has been peoplcd faster
than the territory acquired from time TO
time by Georgla- none more rapidly I'M
proved by the most established modes and
customs of Improvement. The specula-
tlons by which its principle las been vita
ted, it is our b0nnden duty Ia discourage
and repress they defeat the very end Of
It, because while you contemplate the adj
vantage OF the pour, the SPECTATOR preys
upon the necessity of the poor aud %fattens
on il.
Having f%oreseen thai troubles might arise
IN the Indian country from the proceedings
at Broken Arrow, and the Indian Springs,
l sought an eatly opportunity after the
hrstlndlcati0us ofihem In dispatch my Aid
de-Camp, Col. Lamar, into the Nation.
With a talk Tor that portion of HE Tribe
which hid menaced Mcintosh and his
friends with injury. This duty was per-
formed entirely TO my satisf . ion, as YOU
will perceive by the report of Col. Lamar. !
They professed the most friendly senti-
ments towards the " hites and toward Me
~lnt0sl, and gave assurance that they were
meditating harm Ia neither. Ii is believ
ed from +, cent information, that they acted
in perfect sincerity and good faith, and hat
the recent departure from 1t was the re-
suit Of the active and malignant i%ntrrfer-
ence Of white men. In my solicltade for
the peace and happiness Of this afflicted
race, who wee about ~ leave us To try
new fortunesin a distant land, | issued the
proclamation Of the 21st If March, which
immediately follow ed the ratification of
the Treaty, and thus transcended the obi.
cations enjoined by strict duty.
Having their own pledge thatthe peace
should BIZ kept among themselves, | " isled
to see no interruption of II by the Geor-
CLANS, and honorahly for them. there has
been none. verify believe, that but for
the practice of Evil minded white men, the
entire nation would have moved harmoni-
ously acrossthe Mississippi. The massacre
of Mcintosh and his friends is Ia be attrihA-
ted to them alone. That chieftain. whose
whole life had been devoted In Georgia as
faithfully as Il his own Tribe, fell beneatl,
the blows of the assassins, when rrposing
IN the bosom of his family, upon the soil
of Georgia the soil " hich he had defend
ed against a common enemy and against his
blood-which he had rtlinqnished
forever To our Just demands, and uhirh he
had abandoned to our present ust, only be-
cause we asked il, So foul a murdrr per.
p~ctrated by a foreign force upon our terri
tory, and within our jurisdiction, called a.
loud for Vengeance. 1t was my settled
purpose. having first consulted the govern
ment at Washington, To have dealt o0t the
tull measure Of That Vengeance SO that no.
nor, humanity Justice, being satisfied, what
ever stain may have been left upon our
soil, none should upon the page Of our his
tory.
But the Representatives Of the People
were about to assemble, " no would bring
with them feelings and sentiments oorl,s-
pondlns TO the occasion tempered by a
deliberate wisdom and Il sennd discIrtipn-
the task is cheerfully resigned to them, and
whatever in the last resort they will-that
will he done.
The CONSERVATION ard alarm which I'M
mediatcly followed the death of Mcintosh.
rendered necessary measures Of precantion
as we'll for tine securities of tie frontiers, rs !
for the protection of Friendly Indians, who
deserving their homes fed with their wives
and children, before the hostile party, and
presenting Themselves destitute"and de-
trnctlrss at various points of The frontiers,
asked bread of our humanity, aad protec-
ton of II aims, The Qnarter-masfers
were directed 10 supply the one, and our
General, ordered To afford the other, and
both at the expense of the United States,
Of which they had due police. The orders
and instructions To M4j Generals WINNER
Iy, Miici, and Shorter, with the cores
p udence &c. are laid before you.
The United States government have
been again advised Of the earnest desire of
the government Of Georgia that the line be-
tween this state, and the state Of Alabama
should be run and marked. The United
States answer 10 the last request, that il
is a concern of the two states c~Xclusi, ely,
in which the United States will not inter
trre. On the former occasion, as you will
remember, the general government declin-
ed a participation, and upon the allegation
singly that the state Of Alabama had not
given her assent. The state of Alabama
had in fact given her assent, aud had sought
with much solicitude the concurrence of
Georgia. Very recently her former rcso-
%Intjons upon this subject have been r~escin-
died, and Georgia is left free TO run the line
with or without her cooperation, as she
may deem best. The correspondence with