The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-08-25

sell fna3ithFfl Tue pfffHl9aiAH 20 survey rs
merely eeHdifipnai. Bn | eo1lend That
ueilhff ben. MeIatosh nor lis sas-ai
Chiefs batl any right IA give su"h permis
son FIR ihe treaty, : 40 matter llpw pro-
egad, iad beeame alas 81 tilr land -
pratisons could not, thereto ., be changed
er fsnsered imperative iy any cUrresapn-
denee ar RaY aahsraaeat agreement be
tween your lsSerliinty and any part or
tie whole uf the adisideais ef cue af The
contracting parties, without The consent OF
the other. ite lffaiy nlkes il our daty
10 p,pteci The ladi-us against the whites,
md ~ aillefs 10 protect ltirn from the
= hifrs. ifis ureessar ADD prnpee tai ~
SHOULD paiatain the ~ al Inc ofdrinnfisa-
fioa hriWrcn THEM aud tie whites. am
charged with thrif protection. 70 ace9n-
plish tbis impoftaut duty, my fret object
has bfeu ~ faite eiIretual measures 10 ore.
tcai al iirreeurse between them AID the
.liiirs, excepting only such ~ IS sanction
81 by the laws oil The u States.
You say, F." that very veil kno@ TINT
from tn Late rttnis which bat- TRANSFERRED
under The eyes Of tie Commissioners 81
Georgla, the oath eta Governor al Gcursia
may ~ permitted 10 PISS fbr nothing, AID
tha' any .agaboud 81 the Indian country
tnty be pat IN feqnislflon Is dlscirdlt him
but | assure Jen, sir, u that oath should
not Neigb sing feather with yoaf gov
ernlneul, ii viii weigh with tine people 81
this state, who, 80 Ear as | have hn Iwle1igc
oi their history have pesg yet refused ere
drnec - lac VOID oil their chef magis-
rate
TO this apparently very serious, bat cer-
tninly very vague eharse, cannot ander.
tnke 10 reply untll you ID me tire favor 10
give me s9ue specification ut The matters
Of fact 10 which yaH have reference. | viii
however, take tbs oeeasioD 10 rrtnlflt,tha
whatever statement yon may have received
~ support Of TIE i4slanbli1a apparsatiJ
contained ia your irltcf, that have called
IN question, ar ever pat any pcrson ~ re-
QUESTION to call IN question The oath or
word IT il governor Gl Georsli, daring his
continuance ~ Office, y wholly deslltute OF
truth, | hive, indeed, hriiryrd, aud have
expressed Ia you my hclct, that you have
been greatly deceived by persons in whose
honuf You placed rril'ncr, bat who were
unworthy o. your confidence.
But am by - means disposed 10 yild
even my ttrlt assent 10 the high .tnnrd rule
Of EoSli5h law which your remarks ust
quoted cali 10 mind that the " klng can
do 10 wrong" Trath i, II divine atii-
hufr, and the foundation Of every virtue
e" Truth II the basis Of all rxrellrncen
1'his iorsli nahlr ma-al trea sure. trath, is
Ia be found ia lhe cottage az sail - - tie
Pni7rc, al the plough ~ we'll IA II thc eff
rial bureau Of STATE. Many Of the unfu1ta
uair wanderers Of the wilderness aud It's
hprlrrs are az firm Notafies nt truth as any
men have ever kuoNn. Some uf them
who have heen unfortunate, aud whnse RI.
gaid tn truth and hpnesty iadarrd them
10 give up the last dollar, Justly due to their
creditors, had they regarded meery alillle
more aud truth \ little less, might have
tdacd Jm hrHdca, and now, instead oil be-
ing reduced To the condition OF de pissed
poverty. would Wautpn ia the lnVurle3 Of
plandcred wealth. II is IA longer possible
ia America 10 make irremrn hrlrve that
q he h'ngo or he ,eho governs, " can to no
trgougo
The eniightened eitjzcn1 of the Repuh-
lie have long since found it 10 b. fruilcss
10 look for Angels IN tn, form Of men, to
so, crn lhetn, S. know foil we'll huqv to disco
minute between the hi.sb QHre, and tar man
Who fills il. Your Excri'ency will doubt
not, always received degree 81 respert nrn-
partoned n least To that which You ure
wont 10 heslow on other men in Office
more than this cannnt be expertrl, less
than this would oot hpiust. That "a great
part of the citihrns of Georgia ARE n gaaa
imOas, ust. generous, and chiyalric, | we'll
know aud that they are Disposed 10 dn
jasticr 10 their { hlcf magistrates, am =
qaally ean,lnerd. Nor can | doubt that
they will do equal Justice 10 the Ua,ted
States IA ell rs 10 their state officers.
rely upon the wisdom, and jastlcr, and pat
IietIsm. of al least nine-teliehs ef thnsr
with whom have the pleasure at an ae-
Qpantance, many # whom a5c ouitiyators
nf the land, to which class, IN tins aad eve
~ other state of the republic, | look up
with crniidtut pirasare aud PRIDE, IA they
tnrn the alamaniae pillars OF the tnion
against which t. empty vaporlng paper
squibs of the lltiir and the great dema-
sogee1. Of all countries, may continue to
be hurled for hundreds of ceHturirs without
eRdaugtring the B9tlc edGce; this beloved
monument of American wisdom, AID talar,
dnd virtue, viii silnd mistaken, whrn the
dlslnrhers Of lis iefautle reposr viii he r.
mcmhcrcd o0ly I" he pitied or pxecfatrd.
The good, people of Georgia, am well
aware. are anXlpu, Ia obtain possession of
the land upon thrlr western border hul
they would abhor the idea of rrauduleat
or lawless means being rcsnrtrd Ia 10 treat
TOR, or, after treating, TO obtain possession
Of II before the time authorized by Treaty
and Am convinced that the President 1t
the Unitcd States - rs sincerely DESTROYS
rs any upright citizen Of Georgia can BE-
that the Indian claims 10 the hnls within
her limits should he speedily rXtmguished
and tia! the Indians should remove there.
from as soon as they can ipstIy he reqoirrd
10 remove. But he owes them proffctioa
aud Justice.
ttls not to BE- denied that there is in Geor-
gia, az we'll as in every ether state,
snnll class of men, VINO, like the iIoly