The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-02-08


thp musl leroeious aud uncoDpromlsirg
cruelty, eeating neither age nor sex, when
Ir.ritfd IN rs.,pnas far fanciud wrongs, or
lighting for the possessions OF Their fiahers,
and the Inheritance uf thar ebildfrn -
Naen we fead of their crurliie--- OF their
llndiseriminallug massaetes ot the ine With
the sword IN his hand and helpless and
h.fsnerless WOMEN and children, We forget
Iihe wrongs which have driven them Ia this
course, aud The impulses which goad Them
To action. We do not consider That The
lhumanizng influence of civilization and
christianity have never operated upon tbtf
minds aud that they have been dtiYeu by
The avnrce and ambition ofthe whites from
ihr borders of lhr Atlantic tn the very
eAtfrmilirs of onr western and southern
boundaries. Where is the warllke race OF
Narragau.et, " hich 81 often followed kng
! Philip t. the field Of victory, when the
first migrants tom Britain drfrnuded them
of the territory which they had possessed
/ from time " whereof the memory uf man
runnelh not 10 the contrary 7" Exterml-
mated. Where are Tue DelawaIes, aud the
Miugoes Driven from the land OF Logan,
they have no longer leader whose spirit
stirring eioqnrnce ean excite them To deeds
nfa high rmpriZe,p nor warrior whose
realstless valpr en- protect them FROM in
dignity and aggression. Ihn lofty spirit
- hirh thgy derived from " mature and ~
ture's God has been totally subdued--lhe
fire Of their race has been exlingulshed,
aud, surrounded by whites, they exhibit
melancholy example Of physical proslra
ton and mental dcbasemrnt. II is only
where The Indians have rrtrrntrd ny the
footsteps AZ the white man has advanced,
that they preserve portion OF that SPIRIT
Of resistance which once made them such
valuable nuxiliarlrs and such Formidable
foes. They will every day lose portion OF
this spirit, 50 long rs they continue In he
nominally incorporated with as, without
possessing an iota ofci'il rights, aud indeed
without knowing their value or apprecl
atng their importance. II would be con-
trsdirtlng the evidence of our experience
Ia deny 10 the AhorigInes the possession
If the uohlest qualities. II we have occa
,lonally seen wrong directions given To
heir genius, and seen their vnlor exerted IN
he worst causes, that ls no argument
galnst the proposition; but Is rather m
QdueemrOt 10 operate on uF more inroibly
Q prevent recurrence of the evils OF which
w complain, using every eSertnn To civil
~ them, and Introduce among them the
,rts al social life. Who WAS ever Drawer
ban Philip and Tecumseh ? Who ever
walled the eloque0ce of Logan In has
,wn emphatic language, " mol one The
anne undisciplned yalor, and the same
inhitorel rlnqnence yet exist among them,
md, though II he smnthered fire, II never
an be- qurnched We owe to these red
enauts of the forests reparation fee the
and. " hich superior strength has wrested
rom them aud We have it now in our
power Ia make II 1t were better, too, that |
f, we're done speedily, by adopting the |
,nnrsr recommended by President Monroe |
-.f0r We alreS'dy see an inhumane spirit |
,erN adng the slate of Georgia IN relation
q those who dWtll within lis limits, hich |
breatens, if not their speedy, their event
IA! exterminntiop, The people of that
tate complain that they are never free
rom sudden ineursipns on the frentlers,
md suddtn sruptioas III their We J bosom,
% long az au Iudan foot presses their
oil and they appeal t00ur sympathies by
eferliHg Ia the dreadful scenes of masss
re aud slaughter which unpe0prd such
.rg" portion Of their territory during thr
nurderous war of 1919. Let ny, then, if
We can, in pursuance .oi Mr.. Monroc's plan,
,eaceably remnse them to country where
hey Will be safe from intrusion from our
elves. and be- dcharrod by distance from |
nttudng upon us, and in the mean time do !
very thlnS to ci,ilize and hnmaulze them
~ educating theel aud inslrnctug them IN
iushandry aud other useful branches of
domestic economy. We may thus measu
ably repair the wrongs of which our an
.estors were guilty though all our rxer
IONS aud all our charities cannot complete
Y eXplate their offences, or" wipe the foul
tain from their dlshGnnred brows' -
Tie The House Of Representatives. fthe U.
States.
Being deeply impressed with the opinion,
that the removed of the Indian tribes from
the lands winch they nnw occupy within
the limits of the several States and Terri
tories, TO the county lying westward and
nothwaTd thereof, within oar acknowledS
ed boundaries, is OF very high Importance
~ our mon, and may be accomplished
on condl'ous and in manner to promote
the interests aud happiness of those tribes,
the attena ION of the government has been
long drawn, with great solcitude, to the
object. For the removal of the tribes
within the limits of the State of Georgia,
the mnii,e has been peculiarly strong, arts
log tram the compact with that State,
the United States are hound 0
pxtinsoish the Indian title To the lands
within il, whenever ii may b" done peace
ably and on reasonable conditions. In
the fulilmrnt of this compact, ! have
thought that the u. 5. should act with
generous spirit, that they should omit
nothing which would comport with Ii
raj construction of the Instrument, and
likewise be in accordance with the just
rights of those tribes. From tire view
which have taken OF the subject, l am "a