Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-11-25


o. as mission, when the Governor of Georgia.
appointed commissioners to cooperate with him in
the task OF investigation, well as TO guard the in-
terests of Georgia, the act OF appointment pro-
nonnred 4 usurpation--the commissioners treated
As private persons-every obstruction opposed 20
the procurement OF testimony intercourse with the
Indians denied lhem--the promises given OF a
SEPARATE examination o. the Indians viola,ed-the
word of an Indian chief received true against
the testimony of the whole world the Agent OF
Indian Atflirs declared innocent, II condemned ny
% states of the 2l--and Cherokee chiefs who had
distinguished themselves in the councils OF their own
nation ior hostility To the Interest OF ueoIsa' per
itied to SIT in the councils, and to AID WIN 'neif
advice, and TO dictate the Talks OF the IreeSs,
whilst the CONFORMATION with their enemies soush'
b. the friendly chiefs was refused.
In compliance with the acquisitions oil the same
resolutions I transmitted without delay copy oil
the memorial, addressed by the Legislature 10 Tue
Presideat, exposing the conduct oil me Agent io'
Indiin hrs; and requesting hts re'nSvai rom
Office. The President in this, as in every other
case in which the authorities OF Geogia Rave COM
oaine of the conduct OF his agents, has determined
to refer the subject the consideration OF Congress
"a decision as unexpectedas Unsatisfactory II Is
,hc transfer of matter by the President who alone
has the absolute control over 1t, 10 the Congress
which has no such control. The President has au-
IN ,rty to dismiss at pleasure the offending oicer
III a
willis, The Congress of the United States has no
such power The utmost the Congress can do IN an
extreme case is 10 impeach the officer, II lmpeach-
able, if not, repeal the law creating the othce and
thus indirectly removing the incumbent but without
having any security that he would not Immediately
be appointed to another Office, OF restored 10 the
same office If il should be re-established ID law.
Having submitted in detail a narrative OF the
events 10 which our relations with the United
States have given rise, and exposed the motives ana
principles which have governed the conduct OF the
Executive throushou it is ielt To your wisdom TO
decide upon the measures necessary anu proper 10
sustain the honor and defend the rights and indePen
dence oftne State 1t is confidently believed, that
neither the Constitution, the public laN, or tie
usage OF nations will justify an abrogaion oil The
Treaty and ii is recommended 10 you, therefore,
IN any and every event 10 CONSIDER as heretofore Tue
Indian claims TO the territory AZ etecuIasly eNln-
,,lshe by it, and thatwhe.her the survey be sus-
pended or no,, order the occupation ot 1t ON The
day stipulated in that instrument IN The same man
ner as you would have done III us validity h'S MOI
been questioned.
In the correspondence submitted TO tie Lee
si-lature AZ their hte extraordinary session, will
De found the repeated s inal resolution OF the Chero-
KEGS never to abandon the territory they occupt
within our limits. This resolution may De "ali>iac-
rory 10 the government OF the Onued StaIeS--it
canuot he 20 10 you Having taken theirs, 1t re-
10 be lost Your better iudgn. ent will suggest anu
approx the remedy. Whatever It may he, | re-
commend 10 you 20 adopt, early and energetic
measures for the removal of all white persons and
others, not Indians nhahiting thrt terri org, with
J.s exception only of such a. are necessarily EN-
slowed IN the service ofthe United States, uner the
power granted to Congress 10 regulate commerce
with the Indian tribes By the second article of
agreement and cession, you will find The following
words inserted by our Commissioners out of abun-
dant caution. The United States 60 cede to the
state of Georgia whatever claim, right or title they
may have to the jurisdiction or soil oil those lands
Nothing remained the Indians, therefore, but the
right of temporary occupation orhuniing. Th-
right has been construed literally, that in prac
tice general usufrIctuary interest has been con-
coded 10 them. But this reservation OF hunting
groundss confined 10 the Irdians exclusively, and
de4igncd for their and benefit only. The sol
and jurisdiction being in Georgia 1T was no more Law
ful for the United Safes introduce ether persons
there than it would have been for them TO htve liz
Troduced within the settled limits of Georgia a CO
iony of free persons of color, of indians, or of
white people. The utmost allowable 20 the Uaited
5 ties IL. this respect was the settlement within the
tearrory of such of their own officers as were ne
cesssry to carry into eject their 'ckno" lodged
pO- er to regulate commerce with he indiaas. The
Critel ate5 have nevertheless by permission, toll
Grafton or encouragement, introduced .ere from Ime
dement's, exercised Ownership over the soil, and
cultivated it in the same manner as ii the United
Staes, and OF Georgia, possessed The right of soil
AID jurisdiction; ID rhese very sane persons, az
i is confiden ly believed, have been Chiefly insrn-
mental 20 preventing the indians from leaving The
cOpntry; all such persons, therefore c, are to he con
silered - re,passers aud iLtruder5 upon the soil o
Georgia, I'D reated accordingly. Tbisis he The
or, and practice OF the United States government
itself with regard to its own lands. In every in
stance where the United States have claimed the
sJl and jurisdiction, whether the Indians be IN the
occupation or not, the government has exercised
the power to treat all such persons ire>p'ssers
and ntruders, and an ACT OF Congress authorses
Tie President 10 expei them at the point OF tie bat
onet. 1t is equally competent 10 the government
of this state TO adopt like measures for the removal
Of trespassers her own soil, and for thi, purpose
having made the necessary statutory provision@.lt Is
recommended TO YOU to extend the laws OF Geor-
ia over the country.
You have seen how rights of sovereignty;
shose of The elective franchise OF territory, and iu
ristiction, have been infringed. You ~ill see tn,
-.me rights violated, in the independence, character
and dignity of the constituted authoretes occupied
IL The management OF our affairs
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