Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-08-19

oil the treaty, feelings rather than our iudp-
ments are called upon to decide. To rouse them
the more ehectually, glowing pictures are drawn in
a style o, pulpit eioquence of Il" unproyoked in.
vasions triumphs over the rights of humans
W" mcrceless determinations OF the aboriginal
race" Goihs and Vandals''- Unrelenting con-
querors OF Hspaniola and Mexico'-" Cold
oiooded, deliberate, unnecessary perfdy"-- peril
dious and dastardy inhumanity of Christian Repub-
Leans towards defenceless Indians.'
we will not repeat the coarse and vulgar cpl
'hets which have been literally showered upon the
devoted heads OF Gov. Troup and the people OF
Georgia The conduct OF Gov. T. can, in no way,
affect the obligations of the u. S. TO make such
treaty, or It's validity, since il has been made
me Review contains no argument on the cues
tion OF validity nothing but defamation, intended
10 rouse our passions, and enlist our prciudces in
anticipation OF an expected report on The subject
lhe only material facts it alleges thus stated:
. This treaty was signed by MIn,osh and one
other chet the other Indian signcrs not being chiefs
nor representatives OF towns, and having no ;esal
right 10 sign the treaty on behalf of the Greeks
which they did at the nstigation Of M'In,osb. II
Is strong argument against its validity that with
the exception o. M'Intosh and Etomme Tustun
nuggee, none of the Creek chieftains, with whom
the Creek treaties have been usually concluded IN
pear 10 have signed or sanctioned this treaty, so
vitality important to their welfare. The custom Of
that nation has been to form council of the repre-
sentative chieftains, amounting to about forty or
nifty, and then to negotiate and sign the treaty.
This treaty, however, bears none of those marks of
authenticity. II is concluded at a distance from
s nation upon short notice, and with c~ Of
$4,000 by the treaty, aud who is, besides. made
the agent for the lands transferred
This argument had already appeared in another
quarter; and in the Mledgeville Recorder. the fol-
lowing answer 10 it is given:
z" We know nothing certain as to the relative
strength OF the parties or the grades Of the Chiefs
but IN the absence OF such information which we
had no means OF Obtaining, we have examined care
fully the signatures the treaty made a, the In.
dian Springs In 1921, and compared them with
those to the Treaty concluded a, the same place
in February last. The result of our examina-
ton is, that the first Treaty has twenty-six and
the last has fiity-two Indian signatures. Gen
eral William Mln,osh's is the fir.f Indian sigma
ture TO both Treaties, and the Big Warriors's
| name Is not signed 10 either Of them The last
Treaty is signed by Eight of the Chiefs (nearlv
one-thrd OF the whole number) who made the
Treaty of 1921, to wit;--Gene-al William Min
tosh, Hoahtau or Col. Blue, Etomme Tustunnus-
gee, Chawacala Niece, Walucco Halo, joseph
Marshall Nincomatochee, Ahalaco Yoiioo. The
remaining eighteen Indian signatures TO the treaty
1871, are certainly not known 10 the white people
as OF higher grade or of more importance in the
l-
ed the last Treaty, including the Marshalls, Mil
lefs, Kanards, Tustunnuggees, Haios, Mcos,', SC.
Ihe striking disagreement between these two state
ments as 10 matters oil fact, cannot be overlooked
We do not believe that the treaty OF 1921 has eyer
been objected TO. The commissioners who nepo-
ted the last treaty have always been considered no.
norabie men; they have declared it was fairly made
and we understand they intend to submit 10 the
public an expose on the subject. The compensa-
ton secured to VI Into,h is said to be in consdera
ton OF a valuable pece of property included in the
ceded territory, and TO ~ hIch he had title as an
indiv idual. The Creeks who fought against US in
tine late war, and who subdued by the assis-
lance OF the Mintosh party, were opposed 10 the
treaty IRON the beginning: but the lands o.
which they resided in Alabama were not coded
their opposition disregarded by the friendly In
dams, and we presume by the President and Senate
And 1t has been said that whatever right thew had
IN common to the lands In Georgia, was iorfei: ed
by their conduct in the war, and become vested in
the Georgia Creeks by the right of conquest. But
waving this view, it becomes a question whether
if the lands were partitioned off, the Alabama
Creeks have not yet secured to them their full
share:
Under all these circumstances we repeat i. i,
not premature; is it not UNJUST towards Mr. Mon
roe, Mr.. Adams and the Senate to pronounce this
instrument the offspring of fraud? Are the violent
denunciations OF infurate partizans, sufficient in
the absence of all other testimony to Justify such
a conclusion! Ought we not TO wait further deve-
Opponents! We freely confess that suspicious ha We
been created in our mind, and that we are still
anxious that all the facts touching the bec, should
be fully and learlessly brought out by deliberate
ana impartial investigation. Charges have been
roundy made, and is due TO the character of the
nation that every impntation upon its magnanimi,y
and its justice should be wiped off, either by dis
pe.iing the haze which has been thrown around the
subject. or by ferrting out the alleged fraud and an
huillnS the treaty. We say, as every just man
must say, fiat justitia ruat cGltsm.
If the treaty be fraudulent, and therefore invalid
1t confers upon Georgia rights which she did not
possess before it was made. But who, in the
present Stage OF things, Is authorised pronounce
such decision? What new facts were kno vn TO
MIR. "a TO create this impression on his mind (if il
exsied) at the time he instructed Cen G.. to prevent
the surveys! Ii that instruction grew of such
an opinion, we contend it due TO Georgia, as
an independent state, that the impressions of the
President should have been frankly communicated
to the Goyernor-that the testimony should have
been spread before him. and the for request
ing MN to abandon, for the present, his contem-
plated surveys, should have been explicitly stated
1t these representations had been made accompani-
ed by determination TO enquire into all the cir
cumstances affecting the validity of the treaty. can
any man believe that the Governor, with all his
confidence In the treaty and his anxiety 10 get pos
session OF the land, would have hesitated 10 com
ply! Such an investigation, involving the honor
OF the country, could not, as we humby conceive,
have been otherwise than acceptable to Georgia,
and especially since insinuations were made 10 her
prejudice. But this whole supposon is forced |
and unreasonable. Mr.. Adams was fully acquaint- !
ed with the history OF the treaty. lie was in pos
session OF Crowell's objections to it when 1t was
ratified, and no official investigation of which we
have any knowledge had taken place up to the |
time Gen. Gaines's instructions were issued. We |
conclude therefore, that they were given for other