Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-05-02
Greeti&fne 331pers.
CREEK TREATY

OAN'-N%iN i IKE. ~ Ii.
. Inc injunction of secrecy having hee, =,
by the Senate. from its proceedings nm tho Cr.ol,
Treaty, aud the documents connected thr.,,i,h
we are, through the pollteness of a m.mher ot
The Senate, enabled to lay the following in,crss,-
ING papers before our readers.
70 The SeHa.e oftAc L. States.
WARRINGTON, 3lst J,uuqyy. 1926
'rahsn'It' herewith, to tire Senate, fer their
CONSIDER alton and advice with regard 10 it's ratit-
G.t.'o"' treaty concluded by the Secretary of
war; duly authorized thereto, with the Chiefs aud
Iieaoiriea of the Creek nation, deued h., ,Lo,,,
ana now IN this civ
1t has been agreed upon, and is presented 70 N.
consideration OF HE Senate az \ subs,i,u,A -. ,b
treaty signed at the Indian Springs on IN. Io,b ~
eoruaTy las. The circumstances under ,,LioL
ths received on the 81 Of March last, your alyice
anu consent 20 us ratification, are known to YOU.
II was transmitted to ne from the Senate IN ,b
5ih March, aud ratified in full confidence rieltaI
ID The ADVICE and consent of the Senate MI. =
tirm belief founded on The Journal Of the Cor,r,i.
s!oneFs OF the United States and on tho ox,ra,.
statements in the letter of one of them NJ ,b Ic,I
FEBRUARY, to tie then Secretary of War thar ,ha,
Ie, eon'iuueu win large Majority of the Chiefs
.: 'he OrSe- h"u"n and with reasonable prospect
oi !nmeta'e aciuiescence by the remainds, III;
expectation has not merely been Il; .,,,,,o:,I
The HFst measures tor carrying tin. traat,, into
t!on had scarcely been taken, when the I,.o ,,,ii
pal Chiefs wGo had signed il, fell victim, ~ 10 nv
aSpera,ion OF Inc great mass of the nation. and
their ia'n'!ies anu dependents, lar from being able
20 execute t'fe engagements on their part fled for
me s"ie'y' ana subsistence from tie territories
which they had assumed TO cede To our n,,
Get, in this Fugitive condition, and Will, .,.;
Iis on the bounty of The United States tho, ba,o
been found advancing preiensons 10 receive ov
cilsively 20 themselves, the whole oil The sum. -;
puid'edhy me commissioners of Tie United States
In payment for all the lands of The Crecl, -.
which were coded by the terms OF the treaty A.,
tney nave claimed The stipulation OF Tie eiehtb or
Gle, that the United States would :. n,olo.s ~
emgratng party against The encroacbmer's Le,;,.
~, and Imposlons of the whites and of atI LII :,
az an engagement by which the United STAT.
bound TO become the instruments of ,L.; 49,
geance, and 10 inflict upon tic ,naio,i,,. of -
Creek nation the punishment of Indian retrib,,;r.
20 sratify The vIndictive fury of an impo,ent aud
helpless minority of their own tribe ''' anu
In this state OF things, the question i No, -,
ther the treaty OF the I2h of Febrn,r n
or shall not be executed So far az Tho
states were, or could be bound by it. 7 have heea
'snXiousIy DESTROYS of carrying il into execu,io,
tHif, like other treaties, its lliilment ds,s,,, 49,. =
the will, not of one but of both the parties -,
The parties on the face of the treaty are tho H..
ied states anI NE Creek nation; and, however,
tsesirous one of them may be TO pive !, e..
q .ff,
PARTY refuses 10 perform it's stinuIatin,s a.i
disaTows its obligations. BY the ref,s,l 'or
the Creek nation 10 perform their na,, If ,l'a
treaty, the United States are absolved fro,, III ~,
engagements on their part, and the aIterra,ia ~
''''' ~ eI"e' w resort 10 measures Of war to
secure by orce the advantages stipulated N ,b.n,
IN Tue treaty. or 10 attempt the adjustment of the
interest by new compact I'm tho rrac.1.. w
dictated by Tie nature Of our instiu,;ons -
tbe sentiments OF justice and humanitv ,ybi.l H.
occasion requires, Tor measures of peace the 30,
~ herewith transmitted has been concluded oil =
submitted to the decision Of the Senate Az, ~,
H'ustI"S every eh"ri IN our power 10 obtain the
Scq1iescehce oil The Greek nation to the treatv nj
sue i-'h OF February, entertained, for some time
Ws nope 'Dst lhelr assent nigh. at least have been
gwen 10 new treaty, by which all their Isnd LII;
ne state OF Georgia should have been csdo1 ,rji,
hfs also proved inpracticabe; and, al,l,,mgb ,bs
eAoePIcd portion IS OF comparatively small amour,
ana lpPortdnce have assented TO its evcs,,i.
SO lsr ~ % place it before the Senate onI f..
conviction, that, between il and a resoy, -, 80
ioTciDle expulsion OF the Creeks from their babi,a
was 10 middle term. o'a' 'nsie
y Tie dspriaiion with which the tres,o h..t...
2hclnde9 consists OF the principal Chiefs ~ J,o
;y''en' aOie rot only TO negotiate, but ~ carr
n euect tbe sjpulatons 10 which tbev 80
~ fnere is deputation also here finn ,,c
,..t party which undertook to cootract cor 49,.
U.a Naauon % The treaty Of 18th of Febtuarv i,,,
.I5 hINbcrs ri which, according TO the ~,
aI by General Gaines. does not exceeJ f,,,'
- S They represent themselves. indeed. g.
~ "0e numerous, but, whatever ,heir.nn,rtoy
Icy Ds, 'Nir interests have been provided for +,
,e "e''y NV submitted. Their sIbsefin,oos f., ~
.o.Iu Siso Aye been received blt for unressor,Gi
,..',i,ns ISed by them after al the arrangr
1, va ,,e Eesty had been agreed upon, and
"'y have been, . tho fsei,ry win wbicb 'i's b