Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-08-23
RrCHMoMD, AUGUST aa.

Georgia and the T. States.-The last Mil
ledgeville papers filled with document respect
ing the controversy about the Creek lands. The
most interesting among them are the letters from
the Secretary at War, and the letter of Gov Troun
declining any further official intercourse with Gen.
iaines. In the letter of the Secretary TO the Co
vernon, he says am, therefore, directed by the.
President, TO state distinctly 10 your Exceliencv
that Tor the present, he tcM not permit such en-
try or survey to be made.'' In his orders tn Gen
Gaines, the Secretary defines his duties in this res
pect, IN these words; g Should he (Gov. T0 per-
severe in sending persons to survey the lands en-
braced within the Treaty, you hereby authorised
TO employ the military to prevent their entrance
on the adian territory or they should succeed in en-
.erhs the country, to cause them TO be arrested
NC In our historical sketch, much complained
ofby the Government Journal, we said the Gen
eral Government have either forbidden the sur
veys on the ground, that the treaty is itself fapd
lent, Or that 1t confers rights and creates no oh
legations whatever until Sept. 1885, This .,n
tence is not only garbled and mIsquoted by IN,
Journal, but its correctness is questioned The 90
vernment paper says " the word for hidden is foo
strong" Did that paper mean that aUe had drawn
an improper conclusion from what we had seen. mr. ,
that u the orders were thus " strong,'' they were
improper? The President says g he spiH nor no.
NIT the surveys; and Gen. G.. Is directed g n,
employ the military to prevent them'' We leave
the seryile Scrbbler of the " correction of errors,,
to settle this matter with his employers A paner
so bndly jealous in the cause of those upon whose
favor it lives, that it forgets truth and decencv
may boast, for time, that it is the adniiuistro,
tion paper, but it will not long command the res
pect of intelligent and honorable men. The otbe,
criticisms of that print upon our &C cunt of the mi
gin OF this controversy, might he as easily exposei
as the one we have noticed. But the public car
take no interest In war Of words between two
newspapers. Facts and events have a stronger
claim upon their notice.
Ii IS perhaps not less due to ourselves than 10
the able writer at Head Quarters, that we should>
notice his article in the Journal of the 18th ,,ndo
the signature of Justita. He, like the ,nasksd Wv;
ter under the editorial head of that paper, oue,;ons
the honesty and correctness of our historical sketch
OF the creek controversy. Why that article sbouj5.
have been addressed 90 to the editors of the Na,;o
nal Intelligencer," we are at loss TO con;ec,urs
There are only two probable grounds for such n
course L. That the editors of that paper from the
relation they bear to the federal legislature ought
not to give circulation to any thing At variance
with the views ofthe Executive or of ito f;ond. y
z. That the misfortune which happened TO them ne
thinking as we did on late important election. and
OF committing another slight alteration. has NO.
been entirely forgotten. Perhaps both these rea-
sons have had their influence That the las, has
had It's share in awakening dormant feeling is an
parent from the following remark near the begin
'5 " "1'" PieSe' snail sudiOusly EtIarfl
against any very formal enquiry into the origin Of
the impulse which produced il''--meauieo The
commentator and republication of our article.
Ontil Justltia can convince us tina, a mar, ia o,.y
10 the whole, we shall continue to tbink ,ba, c.
ga has not received what she Contracts, g.. =:
lSOz Altho' she has received large bod;oa ~
land In consequence of the cessons nrocproJ -,
the agreement with the u. S. vet the annowannoee
uhe Inu'ans existed and the final execution NJ ,bo
contract mad not taken place The succosss', 81
o 70 Vi .ie D. are protection as far az tbev oo
against tne charge OF being fsithless Sill The r.
oIcai iac' EXISTS that Georgia has been Dissatisfied
ti'n muse ehorts and the successes that attended
heni' AS one oil the parties to the contrac, Is
he 'nouYht It's execution had been too long nos,-
'oned' sne NADIA right to complain without heinz
'sieu seoIlous. She sold 10 the II. s. the whole
u tne states OF Alabama and Mississippi in con
liberation OF one and quarter millions = E doIIsr
ne payment Of the Yazoo claims and ~. er,;a
ushment Of the indian titles within no. .roaan,
errHorlai limits Why talk about the sums of
u'e " D nave paid on account of this con-
ac'' ~ tnese payments are to be held up to public
IeW' IN q controversy with which they have no
LIE 70 90, why not search the public records and
~ we PuDlc how many millions the II. $. have
eeeVeo LOT the lands they got from Georgia and
ave soio IN Alabama and Mississippi, Justita
QUO oesignedly keep this statement ont Of view,
no YET chargeus with want Of candour!
we can assure that writer that no man in this
'hioh' IS less disposed than we are, to in1smc
y already excited feelings OF our fellow citizens
Georgia" If his soliciiude on this snbjee-
's'"ee'ef VIC TSouresd that his next ef1crt o., %