Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-12-01

AND raE U. STATES
Ertracl, from Gov. 7roub's idss .Message.

magnitude; her territorial ones had
been 50 long neglected that time seem
ed to be running against hem. The
Indians were acquireing permanency
of foothold under the direct encourage
| ment of the United States which would
ryet them like their fixtures to the soil
forever, and twas seen that day or an
hour was Of precious import To her
| whom an act OF limitations might bar
upon the arbitrary edict of a stronger
power.
"When, therefore, in temper not
d,scredi6le ii is hoped, to the Guthor,
those claims were pressed upon the
General Government, it was answered
that every fling bad been done, which
in good faith could be done TO satisfy
the claims of Georgia, and that now no.
thing could be done because the In
dams had said nothing should be done.
An answer so unkind, ungenerous, and
lFnTHLEss left no alternative but TO a.
bandon or s,renuously assert them.
"The rehearsal OF what happened
immediately after at the Indian Spring,
| would only revive recollections of the
same odious practices of the same a.
| gent, Colonel Crowell,e not less dis
| graceful.-From this period is to be la
ted all the mischiefs, disorders and
heart burnings which followed, produ-
| ced chiefly, by the conduct OF the same
officer. But in justice to him il should
be said from this period he is to be con-
sidered rather as an instrument than
principal, as bis own government, look
ing back upon the history of the past,
had seemed to approve his actings and
doings in the gross. and had given every
token Of undiminished confidence in
him, so that from that day thenceforth,
whate yer was said, done or written by
him seemed good in its sight. No evil
| report of him would be listened to; the
word of no man taken against him--all
testimony in his favor eagerly received
all against him promptly discredited
The express will of the constituted
authorities of the State which denoun-
ced him as an enemy to its interests,
disre gar0ed by his government and con-
temned by himself; in sppsi, his single
declaration in the face OF truth, made
| by that government the basis of the
most offensive measures against this,
even to the extreme one OF threatening
us with the sword, and actually drawing
| out regular force for its execution.
"The history of the treaty OF 1895,
and the character OF the events which
followed, will be best learned by the do
cuments and evidence heretofore pub"
lished, and those now laid before you.
The epitome is, that the treaty was an
| untainted withtraud as most other In
| dian Treaties" sc. -
"Mcintosh and his Chiefs had given
their assent to the survey sfthe country,
and this assent to the survey of the
| country. and this assent was seized by
the Agent TO divert the public odium
from himself, and to fasten it on the
Chief Magistrate of Georgia, who had
| sought and obtained that assent. The
| naked declaration Of the Agent to this
effect, unsupported by little Of proof,
was sufficient to command the absolute
credence of his government, and con
trary to all opposing testimony of the
most conclusive character, to warrant
it in charging calamities of the author
| of them ALTO forbid the survey and
to embody corps of regulars to pre-
vent it, and to continue both its offensive
orders and its offensive armament even
after another ofits agents, by false tes-
timony, had proven to its satisfaction
that no such assent was ever given, and
had.announced to moreover what was
not the fact, but what on his authority
| is implicitly believed to be the fact,
that the pacifcation of the Indians had
been concluded and of course order
and tranquility permanently restored;
nevertheless the offensive mandate is
unrevoked and the parade of bayonets
maintained"
"When the United States, by chan
ging the mode of life of the aboriginal
upon the soil of Georgia, caused her
lands TO be separately appropriated for
the purpose oftillage, and gave every
encouragement to fixed habits OF agri-
culture, they violated the treaties in
their letter and spirit, and did wrong to
Georgia"
"Tbe last preisrt Of the President for
resistance to the survey, is the obliga-
ton to execute the sth article OF the
treaty, which guarantees protection to
the friendly Indians. Under that guar
anty the United States passively suffer-
ed MIntosh and his friends to be muir
dered, in the hour of peril no arm is