Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-06-16

Gov. TRorP, Of Georgia, has deliver
ed a very incorporate and undigni6ed
Message to the Legislature, lately con-
vened for the purpose oftaking into con-
sideratiou the misunderstanding with
the Creek Indians in relation TO their
lands-In that message he takes occa-
sion tospeak in harsh terms of the GO
yernment OF the United ) ates; and,
shaving exhausted the argument re-
conmends an appeal 10 arms! And
why1 Because a certain proposition
had been submitted to Congress, uhich
proposition has mol been enacied on, and
the substance of which avoids mention
ling, evidently for fear of exciting a
storm from which great danger is at all
times a~pprehended in that state-a ris-
ing among the slaves-And because the
Acknowledgement advocated certain doc
%trines before the Supreme Court of the
U. States, which doctrines hare not been
pronounced upon by the Courtn The
absurdity to say nothing Of the political
turpitude of the Governors conduct, is
remarkably striking.-If the state of
Georgia were so disposed, it is doubt
ful whether she could send a regiment of
men beyond her borders, without endan-
sering the lives of her womeD&children,
~ ~lessening the guards against the
turbulent spirit other black population!
And yet her governor recommends an
appeal to arms against the U. States! !!
The following are the two last para
graphs of the message:-s
Since your last meeting our feelings
have been again outraged by oficious
and impertinent int~ermedlings with our
domestic concerns. Beside the resolu-
ion presented for the consideration Of
the Senate by Mr.. King of New York
it is understood that the Attorney GEN.
eral Of the United States, wt.o may be
presumed to represent his Government
faithfully and to speak as its mouth
piece, has r,cehtly maintained before.
he Supreme court doctrines on this sub
Iject, which, if sanctioned by that Tnbu-
nal, will make it quite easy for the Con-
gress, by a short decree, to divest this
entire interest without cost to them
selves of one dollar, or Of one acre of
public land-this is the uniform prac
tice of the Government of the United
States If it wishes a principle estab-
lished which it dare not establish for itself,
a case is made before the Supreme
%court, and the principle once settled the
| aof &c fNnunpoec T.1Dr-r IF nn,rrcn Nam
very soon therefore, the United States
Government, d~iscarding the mask will
openly lend itself to a combination of
fanaticks for the destruction of every
thing valuable in the Southern country
-0ne movement of the Congress I'M
resisted by you and all is lost. Tempo
rize no longer-make known your re-
solution that this subject shall not be
touched by them but at their peril-but
for its sacred ~garantee by the constitu-
ltion we would have become parties to
that Instrumental this moment you
would not make yourself YES parties to a
ny constitution without it-of course
you will not be a party to it from the
moment the General Government shall
make that movement.
ifthis matter be an evil it Is u own
if it be a sin we car implore the for
giveness of it, to remove it we ask not
either their sympathy or a~ssistance--it
may be our physical weakness it is our
moral strength. iflike the Greeks and
Romans the momsnt we cease to be
masters we are slaves-we theEceforth
minister like the modern Italians to the
luxury and pleasures of our masters
poets, painters, musicians and sculptors
we may be-the moral qualities howe
yer which would make us fair parta-
kers of the grandeur of a great empire
would be gone-We would stand strip
ped aud desolate under a fervi1 sun
and upon a generous soil, a mockery
Ito ourselves, and the very contrast of
what with a little frmness and foresight,
we might have been. Il entreat you,
therefore, most earne silly, now that tits
not too late, to step fourth, and having
exhausted the argument, to stand by
your arms.
COMMODORE PORTER has pub.
il-l,ed e pamphlet containing the de-