Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-08-13
His Excellency G. NJ. TRoUp,
Governor of Georgia.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, I
MilledgemAe, 25M June, 1925. )

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
1filledgerils, 25th June, 1855
SIR received this morning the
note, which in the absence Of the Sec.
rotary of War, the President OF the u
ni,ed States directed you to address to
me, and in which / am informed that
"the project Of surveying the lands &C.
ded to the U. States by the Creek Ma
ton of Indians at the treaty OF the In.
dian Springs, before the expiration Of
the time specified by the 9Th article OF
the treaty for the removal OF the In
dams, will be wholly upon its(the gov
eminent of Georgia's) responsibility
and that the government (viz. the gov
eminent Of the u. States will not in
any manner be responsible for any con-
sequences which may result from that
measure"-A very friendly admonition
truly. so that whilst you referred your
resistance of the survey 10 the evils al
ready produced by the mere effort on
the part of this government to obtain
permission to make the survey, and
when the fact of that cause producing
those effects is diproven, and it is made
known to you that nobody here, either
whites or Indians, ever conceived such
a thing as possible, before YOU had as
sumed it upon the representation Of the
Az gent as undoubtedly true, and that
your own Agent, TO suit his own pur.
poses, had fabricated it to deceive and
misIead you... nevertheless, you contin-
ue to issue order after order forbidding
the survey, as fyou had predetermin.
ed from the beginning, that under no
circumstances should we proceed to the
survey without your express perlnis'
sion first had and obtained. Nay
more. you repeat this order to Gen
Gaines. who is charged to promulgate
it to the hostile Indians; so that whe-
Their there be any thing obnoxious in
the survey or not, they may seize it as
pretence under the authority, and
with the support Of the United States
to scalp and tomahawk our people as
soon as we shall. attempt that survey,
and that in fact, you adopt for the In.
dams gratuitously, an imaginary wrong
done to them; persuade them even a
gainst their will that it is a real one.
and then leave them to indulge in I'M
bridled fury the most tempestuous pas
sions; and this, presume, is the mean
ing, in part, of the responsibilities
which we are to incur, if we disregard
the mandate of the government OF the
United States. You will therefore, in
the absence Of the Secretary of War.
make known to the President, that the
Legislature having in concurrence with
the expressed opinion Of the Executive,
come to the almost unanimous conclu.
sion, that by the treaty, the jurisdic.
ton together with the seil,. passed to
Georgia; and in consequence thereof,
authorised the Governor to cause the
line to be run and the survey 10 be
made; it becomes me in candor to state
to the President, that the survey will
be made, and in due time, and Of which
Major General Gaines has already had
sufficient notice. Whilst in the execu.
ton Of the DEGREES Of our own consti.
tuted authorities, the government OF
the United States will find nothing bu,
frankness and magnanimity on oul
part; we may reasonably claim the OBJ
servance in like degree, Of these noble
qualities on theirs. When, therefore,
certain responsibilities are spoken of in
the communication of the President.
we can rightfully enquire what respon'
sibilities? Georgia, in the mainten.
ance Of her undoubted rights, fears nc
. responsibiIities-yet it is well for Geor
gia to know them so far as they are me
naced by the United States. If it i:
; intended that the government Of ths
United States will interpose its power
to prevent the survey, the government
of Georgia cannot have too early Of
too distinct notice; for how highly dis
honorable would it be for the stronger
/ party to avail itself of that power te
surprise the weaker. If the govern
ment only mean that, emitting its con
stitutional duty, it will not pacify thu
Indian and make safe the frontier
; whilst the officers of Georgia are il
peaceful ful6lment of their instructions
. connected with the survey, it is impor
tant to the government Of Georgia t.
know it; that, depending on itself fol
safety, it shall not depend in vain: bu
if the government of the United State.
mean, what is not even yet to be be
lieved, that assuming, like their Agen
upon another not dissimilar occasion