Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-09-22
THE CREEKs-and .a,rbo,,o

il friend to toritten Constitutions
THE CREEKS and Alabama
The last Augusta Chronicle makes the follow
ing statement. 1, will be seen, that those in,nacu.
late negoca,ors, the Cherokees, Ridge and Van.
have been reduced in the amount OF do,tceitrs ~ bicL
they had expected: (ttom 10 600 TO 5000 dolls.)
We have seen highly respectable gentle
man from The neighborhood OF the Creek Nation
who informs us, that the Surveyors have gone
out to survey the Creek lands, according TO the
Governors order that the Indians have sent a
reinonsrance against II to the General Government
copy OF which they have also transmitted 10 GO
vernon Troup; and that the Creeks generally, of
both parties, are decidedly opposed to the Sur
veyors entering upon the land before the first of
January He further informs US, that the Indians
had mad council meeting, at which Col. CrowelI
mad been present, and had paid the money to the
Chiefs, according 10 the provisions of The New
Treaty that none of ii was paid to the Mcintosh
party, as the Government had made other provis-
ions tor them that Ridge and Yann had re- eived
$4,000 each, Us their p;rl, and The other members
OF ne Indian Delegation 20 Washington $500
each that Commissioners from the Indians had
gone out to the West, 10 make preparations for
me entire emigration IN january aud that the Me-
in'osh party had been numbered 1T the Council and
amounted to 1870 men, rank and .fle!!r'
~'e i'S' h'ieisa ke5,ser gives he following
agreeable news:
. Georgia and .didbama.-- We learn of a
gentleman arec' IRON Georgia, that an accommo-
dation OF the contested question relative 10 The
boundary line between these TWO ates has been
| effected a. we stated in our last, the Georgia
Commissioners commenced running the line accor-
dIng 10 lhelr construction of the compact of 1902
when they were recalled by the Alabama Con,,nis
soners, and The difference which prevsiI-d yas
-e'iea py thela'ter party asserting The PROPOSE
ton OF The former. So hat The line VIII now he
run from Nicajack on The tennessee river. to the
mos western point of great bend ON The Cba,a.
h"orhle, known as Miller's bend, about 81 miles
above For; Mitchell
! The National lntelligencer uses the following
HrSUme nfHnI I'D HOnineDl The Baltimore
Chronicle calls it a good naiured rap over ON
knuckles;' & is gracious as 10 add tina, there
IS nothing half so grating to an opponents feel
"ss as When ihe truth IS told in good naured
way" Buti- il Truth? That is the oues,ion
The Enquirer, in some observations drawn forth
| by what has been said concerning he incorpors,on
o; company to cut the Canal ofNcaragua, quotes
the phrase 'ineiably stupid as il we had ,pped il
10 hose who deny the power fcongress 10 appropri
a'e money Tor the construction Of Roads and annals
we have not 70 far forgotten The respect due 10 the
Editors OF the Enquirer or.ourseves as to appIy
| hat expression TO .hen.
MOI 20 he misunderstood, we are disposed to
fonca' With he Enquirer in denying TO Congress
ne power to construct Canals, sc. beyond the
limits OF the United States. We do this. willis,
We affirm the interior power II is useless. indeed
TO deny the existence oi 81 hat we see every d,y
~ operation. II Virginia i seriously disposed 10
resisi these ncrOGcaments oil the General Gov
eminent, begun under one President and continued
under two others, furnished from her bosom, nsrsed
in her lap nos Is the time The Dismal Swami
Canal (hOTy bile dictU!) is at his moment the
scene Of 6 encroschmeli. Sound the trumpet
beat the druml Let the forces of the Siste he
drawn QUE 10 repel The outrage! What? Not
word from The Enquirer? No, not a whi-per
We hear much, indeed, i,om The worthy Editors.
about the " encrOachtnents" of the General Go
vernment, but not syllable of the palpabIe fact
that one OF The encroactmenis has actually violated
the sanctuary Of State rights, in the person (if we
mey so say) o.. Virginia herself. The money Of
the United Sta e. las polluted her soil. And
Virginia sCquIescrs!'
The ~. elligencer doubtless intends this as :.
pspable hit:"-- and if it were true, as The b.
Chronicle represents that not scoyd had escaped
from he Enquirer W relation 20 the expenditures
OF none ty The General 60 ye!nment o. the soil
OF Virginia herself, we We confess tie iu.iice
OF the reiort. Blu we ap1eai 10 The Record. aod TO
the fact Itself ior our Justification While we " oud
avoid all ridiculous parade about Our consistency.
WI tONHCtc1Ct3 Gus az tIItfFeSten love Tor lie
Constitution 0i out county; we must plead mt
guilty 10 the ale on. OF The InteliIgenrer.
The fact is,we have opposed b our pen che In
ieIligencer would not have rs take up arn,sO the
extension OF Interna Improvements by the General
Government, whether they were made in Yirginia
or GU Of u. We have opposed the Cumberland
Road the insestitufes OF The u. S money m ,ne
Chesapeake and Ohio anal the running OF the
ne" National Road from Washington to n. Or
leans When it was proposed to bring il
through Rchmond, we held the same Ian
guage' when The oTpofadon Of this Ci-
Is passed their resolutions, in reply 10 m,
brethren OF Petersburg, We held The same language
On this very subject OF the Dismal Swami
Canal, We maintained the same doctrines -t,yics
IN March iast When The bH was pending before
Congress, we expressed our most decided opposi
ton TO It's provisions. On the nth March. AT the
caacusion Of long article on the subject of In.
ternal Improvements, we assured the worthy Ed.
itors Of the Ma intelligoncer that we have seer