The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-08-15

AIDS ofthe Greek Indians within the Iinits
OF Georgia, as "early Us the sumo could peare.
zt,y be obiaiucd on reasonable terms W..
beg the readers attention to the pheaseoloey
IT the sentence. As earlyas it could 8, peace
ably be obtained - Has not the general 60.
yernment used its utmost exertions 10 corn.
! ply in good faith with this agree meai Did IL
not appoint Commissioners to treat with the
! Indians Did they not treat with ABOUT one
tftteb Of the nation, while the other f,,,y-
mines fietts absolutely refused 10 participate
in tue negotiation, and are consequently not
hound by the provisions OF the treaty : Did
not the treaty, thus. in our opinion, unfairly
negotiated. receive the ratification Of the
President & Senate And would il not have
been carried into effect, bat for tie fact that
the Creek .fstion was opposed TO IT. aud there
fore it could not be peacea6iV" done. The
General Government never did, aud We hone
never viii agree forei5ig to drive this IN
happy remnant Of a once high-spiriled people
from tho inheritance of their ancestors, en-
deared 10 them by the tendercst recollectous
and the finest feelings, 10 crafty the ambiti,
| on and avarice Of the people of Georgia. It
is not 6oQsa TO do il by the compact itself,
under which Georgia claims aud il there
fore vii not--must not--undGr the penalty
of rendering itself aud tue milton oIious in
the eyes Of civilized world. What Hav-
ing already taken possession OF nearly alt the
Continent, and cooped up its original owners
in narrow spots, where they are beginning 10
ameiofale their condition aud exalt them
selves in the scale OF being, hy adapting the
manners, and copying the arts OF civilized lie,
and where they had hoped to bury them
selves by the sides OF their fathers, shall We
deny them this scanty bounty, aud chase them,
like beasts, to Il distant land Forbid ii, jus.
tice Forbid it, Humanity!
Not content with thus placing the foot of
the conqueror on the neclts of an indepen-
dent people, Cfor the Creeks are us iudepen-
dent as ourselyes,) that Qnixoic politician,
Gov Iroup, intends To violate the trea,
ty, under the sanction Of promise from the
traitors to their country who made II, by ha-
wing the line run u the lands surveyed before
the time it prescrbes. The ratia1t Goyernor
of Georgia will do this piece of injustice,
'COSt uHHE u Httb Anu DtCtuNt 'iti
by authority Of the General Government,
tells him he cannot cooperate with him, and
President Adams warns him that q IT must be
done on his own responsibility" tue Enqul-
rcr affects to feel much Indignation Why
Why, forso3th, because ii is ga threat OF for
chile resistance to the execution of law of
an indeuendeut state within its own limits -
sit SO How is it that the Greek nation,
V hich has never yet ceded lis lands nor its iu-
ri.dicton - the state Of Georgia, (or II it be
contrnded that il has, ii will not DO contend
cd that the surreptitoHs Treaty has given it
power get TO take possession,) we ask hon Is
H. that il Is thus by "A dash of tue pen, made
to be part Of the " Independent state Of
Georgia. The Greek nation, whatever it maybe
a few months hence, when the DISCRIMINATING
Gov. I. shall have passed over il, marking his
path With desoiaton. Il his footsteps with the
blood oil the defenceless, unrcsisiing natives,
is now free and Independent as the United
stAte3-and the Legislature OF Georgia had
no more rightto pass such law, nor the CO.
vernon to carry it into execution. than New
York has to pas, similar one, q GOV Clinton
to execute H. "''h relation 10 0"'''"' u"'
less, iadeed, poWer Is right
1t the ind'a" '''' h'' oe'" eN'''su,s"ou "
their landS IN o'ner ''''e'' an "'' u '''l ''
" during the last ten years does this afford
any evidence (as the ENQUIRER would insinn-
ale> Of a disposition on the part Of the Gene
80, =, .,.1.n,'en, % ,lsfr,n5 GEORGIA, Surely
not the. the charge will be equally Just
against Mr. Madison 3. Mr.. Monroe as against
Mr.. Adams, the Grat of whom will, at leust, es-