Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-06-23

ton of them is other lands, acre for a.
ere in fee simple-the money is given
expressly for Improvements abandon
ed, losses suffered by removal, and to
defray the expenses Of removal. That
portion of the Tribe which will not re-
move, is to share it with that which
does remove. This, to be sure, is no
concern of ours-but you will see by
the letter of Gen. Chilly Mcintosh, that
if,his construction is persisted in, the
consequences may be Of the most de-
plorable character-a gross breach Of
treaty on the one side, consequent re-
fusal to comply on the other. Power
enough on the one to force compliance
ON the other, weakness, innocence,
wretchedness, and woes innumerable.
Permit me, to add, that there is some
thing strange and inexplicable in this
conduct of the General Government to
the Chief Magistrate Of Georgia. On
the Slst day of March last, my appli-
cation to the Indians for permission to
survey the country, and my intention, il
that application succeeded, to convene
the Legislature, were made known to
the President. Although one commu-
nication at least was subsequently re
ceived from the War Department., not
one word was said in objection to the
survey. If any had been made, l would
have discussed it calmly and tempe
rately; and if in the result had found
myself in the wrong, it would have
been question whether for other OBJ
iects an Extra Session should be called.
Now that you are assembled, and in
the progress upon public affairs of deep
est interest, it is attempted most unex-
pectedly to cross and embarrass you;
but the Legislature is not 10 be fright
ened from its duty by an angry look
| invite you to proceed therefore in the
course which you have taken, and keep
ing strictly on the side of right, and
within the pale of the Constitution and
the laws, you will, under the most ad-
verse circumstances find the most
cheering consultations. You cannot
thus proceed without the countenance
and support Of your constituents, and |
doubt not they will be readily yielded.
If it be possible, which do not per-
nit myself to believe, that certain
person filling certain station, stands
in the way Of the peace and harmony
which ought ever to subsist between
this and the General Government, and
on this account valuable interests are
endangered, that person will retire in
stantly, and with much more pleasure
than he ever occupied that station.
(Signed) G. NJ. TROUP.
T. p. .7ndreics, Speciol .qgeat, to Coz. Troup.
Mlledgeville, Georgia, May 5lst, 1925.
SIR-I have the honor, to send you
herewith, dispatches from the Secre-
tary of war for your Execellency, re-
ceived by me on the goth inst. at Wash
ington.
presume YOU will be informed, by
the dispatches now handed to you; that
have been appointed, by the President
of the u. States, to examine into certain
implied charges against Colonel Crow
ell, the Indian Agent, contained in your
Excellency's letter to the President OF
the instant, as we'll as others of di-
rect and specific character, made by
Chilly Mcintosh and other Chiefs Of
the Creek Nation at Washington
To enable me to perform this delicate
and responsible trust with effect, have
the honor to request that you will be
pleased to furnish me with any char
ges and specifications which you may
have TO make against the officer refer
red to, accompanied by an! evidence in
your Excellency's possession relating
thereto, or references to the sources
whence such evidence may be derived.
Having also instructions to lose no
time in an effort to restore the Creek
Indians to state Of tranquility, (the
President having in the mean time, as
your Excellency mas been informed, Ia
ken prompt and energetic measures to
provide against every event or emer-
gency,) and knowing the great anxiety
of the President of the United States
and of the Secretary at War, to consult
the wishes Of the people Of Georgia
and of your Excellency, in relation to
the unfortunate disturbances in the
Nation, | have the honor to request al.
so, that you will be pleased to favor me
with any information or suggestions
which may enable me to fulfil, if pos
sible, the object Of my visit; assuring
you at the same time, thar they shall
receive all that respect and attention,
to which, coming from so high asource,
they will be so Justly entitled.
Should your charges against the A
gent (or any information which you
may be pleased to possess me of de-
mand it, have to inform you that
shall exercise a discretionary power
vested in me, (unless the excitement
among the Indians forbid it, by sus-