Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-06-06

to the construction Of that part of the treaty which
speaks OF the point the Chattshouchee from
which the dividing line is to he coniesses that
he apprehencs there is 4" an evident misnomer'' in
the articles OF the compact and asks for the CO.
vefnor' sideas upon the subject. -Gov. T. propos-
es the meeting OF the Commissioners to be at For,
Mitchell on the lst Monday in June; and frankly
gives him his opinion upon the boundary, as fol-
lows
" The Creek river Echee {" being the frs.
considerable stream on the Western side abose
the Cussata and Co,cetd totpRs') il a stream or
river which is easily identified as the Chat,a-
hoochie itself, at least among the Indians. The
Indian towns referred TO adincts accident.
TO establish the Identity of the Uchee, least there
should be any other river of that name emptying
into the Chattahoochie on the Western side of it,
Those towns in the process of time might have been
removed & to the neis hborhood of Creek or River
called Uchee, and that creek river found too TO
empty into the Chattahoochie tine Western
side OF II, and thus have given rise serious con-
uoversy as to the identity OF either creek or towns
But as it is known that the same towns as de-
scribed in the articles occupy The same place. now
as In 1902, Il that now as then, you will find Uchee
and the towns close together, whether the towns
be above the creek or the creek above the towns
the identity of the Creek Urhee is sufficiently es-
tablislied for every purpose of The Commissioners
The relative position of the towns to the Uchee
might, with their limited Typographical know ledge
OF that day, have been easily misunder stood and
mistakenly the Commissioners: bui after all, whe-
Their the town be abOpe or beio,u the creek, the
great bend must be above it-a sip of the pen
might have substituted the word abope for beiotp
and beio,o for above. But it would require a con
vusion of nature to change the relative positions
OF the Uchee and the great bend first above it,
The next question will be to the identity of the
great bend thereof, on the Western side next above
the Uchee. The solution of this question mos,
checrfully leave, az l am persuaded your Excel.
lency will, TO the observation and judgment of the
Commissioners themselves"
Gov. Nj. promises to give his ideas on the mat
ters; but does in the course of this correspon-
dence. He wishes to know whether the commits
sioneTs can proceed without the cooperation OF
the U d who are parties IN the transaction.
Gov. t. expresses the greatest desire to have their
concurrence; and states the following views of
the efforts made by eorgia TO obtain it:
TO the first formal application on this subject
made by the Executive of the State under the au-
h"rity ofts Legislature, the President of the Uni
ted States answered, that they were not bound by
the articles OF cession TO the line that il was
the right of Alabama and that Alabama had not
given her assent To the second invitation on
the same subject the President answered, that il
was matter which concerned Alabama and Geor-
gia only, and with which the United States Go
vernment had conslitutonally nothing 10 do. By
reference to your own records you will see that in
the first answer the President committed mistake
for not only had Alabama given her consent, she
was foremost in asking the assent of both Georgia
and The United States. In the other answer whilst
the President di-clams for the United States an
acknowledged BIZ every body else, the right
OF Georgia and Alabama TO run the line al plea
sure is distinctly admitted. 1t was after this dis
tnct admission that the Executive of the United
States threatened to prohibit the running of the
line by force, and actually drew out their regular
Troops upon the Frontiers to prove that they were
not in jest and it after this too and very re-
Gently that the Executive of Georgia. sisnified his
desire to have the cooperation of the United States
provided their views in relation to the subject
should have undergone change
Gov M. replies; and states:
"I have written TO the Secretary at War, re-
questing the appointment of Commissioners and an
Engineer. Should it be thought necessary 20 pre-
serve the interest of the United States in the prac-
tical operation of running the line, have inform
ed him that the Commissioners on the part of both
States would meet on the first Monday in July"
He then proposes to Gov. T. to delay the sur
vey accordingly till that period.
Gov. I. acqnIesces cheerfully in the proposition
and here ends the first chapter.