Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-01-24

tion,r " Pedee anu prcserva-
oal author says, in the review before US and s,rs
Ie"u,"uuy,-"Eut after all, neither the govcrr,no,
"o' the people OF the United States have INV ;l =,
"oeai from themselves from the world tl,,, ,h.r,
Ipo" 'neir frontiers wretched and forlorp neonIe
en-; ~ ".''. TOT support aud projections and posses
III ing strung Chains uron their Justice and hu,n,n,v
ihese people received our foreiabers in = s;3t -
"'e"usniP, AIDED them TO endure prvaons and snCTar
;,t -: S"' '"eih toproVde for many of the wants
VII" Wh'ch they were surrounded The In,l;a,,v go,
strong ana we were weak and without lokinp ot tho
change which has occurred in any snirt of ,nrb;d ~
leclation but with the feelings of an AFRO ,ccrs,o5
W., 800 great mutations in the fortunes of nations
INDIVIDUALS, we may express our regret that they
nave lost so much of what we have Gained -rh 10y
"ent points of their history are before the world and
49,; 50 uo"n unchanged TO postcriiy. in the revolu
" lie" ages tins fair portion the continent
m,'''n was thel's, has passed into our posscsson
nc oi es's which offered them food and security rJ
e'c "eir cradles their home, aud their graves have
civilization % VIC P'0e'eSS VI
ave have exnguished thor Cou,oI coo
louShed up tue homes of their fathers Their nonu,
.Ion has diminished with arneutable rapiditv These
rioes tiat remain, like tn column of fallen ,e,nnlo
eNhioit but the sad relics of their former sropo,l. ,
many others live only in the names ,vb;ch h,ea = ~,
us through the earlier accounts of travellers and bis,
'a,"s nc causes winch have produced this moral de
yo"' are yet III constant and active operation and
threaten 10 leave us at distant dav wili,out l,;n
proof OF ludian su!fcrines from the Allorfc - % i
inc -N''N''S
,e'se desert winch sweeps along the base oC the Rocky
''o"nt'''s. Nor can we console ourselves with tho
'f their physical declenson has been coun.
'er""anced by any moderation n their moral conIi
non We have taught them neither how IN 1.-Two nnr
how TO dic.n " ''e' no'
thus is all true fact, and view ing these ,eon,
s - 0cc. bn, here are some green spots (bu they
arc 700 lew IN tins da' picture, upon which the ovo If
an 3nertcdn may repose itself! and be refreshed RI,
sun me 0ut ensemble is as true il is nciancholv s
81, Que II" ess TO truth than to those who have
I IN md -.
ADOPTED Tor the rescue of this hapless race and to those
VINO arc cngaged now, the work OF their tin
10 state 'h" the present period is distinguished yer ali
tue r"s NOT Only Tor Juser views of our relations tn
our INDIANS. ana ut our obligations to save them BIN,
for acts of liberaIity towards them Nevc, LoC, Lev
'he sentiment been so universally felt that sometime
10 De cone and done quickly, for their preserva
'o' ana happiness. Ihe present Congress is looked 10
WIN intense carnesncss, this subject Tho ovpo,;
nnent has been made and although c0tnparafiver IttI
mas oee cifecIed, enough has been settle the ones
oh ana forever IN regard not 10 the pracca bifv only
out the JncittY with which these people NAV bc esynj
hcy stand redeemed from the Judgment which ,,,nI
doom them TO level with the beasts of their oyr e.
eSs' ana ourselves from the cruelty of allowino er,
10 DC treated as such. ]! is demonstrated tba, In
dams can be, not only civilized but christiarzod al
many spirit beside SkenandoI,s has orone NJ, ~ ,I.
eaVen prepared for The good and exchange rs viii
ceracss nome for 'c society ofthe blessed; which whilst
II remained 10 tes'y tabernacle covered with blan
Aet was contc'nncd by many, and despised Is tboro
single voice that will be raised against tbe n,uIt;;
non 1" such happy transitions? Or will not all mite in
saving people descended flom the same parents with
ourselves; who smile as we do, and weep too. when
causes oil sorrow or joy arise TO produce these visible
signs u! the human SOUL and Who once lived and 1o,
T'sod IN ms WIDE domain, which theirs and cut of
winch we have been so long driving t4eira
III is no! our intention to dwell uron Ills deonr ;n,
resting SUBJECT indeed limits will not pcrnj, Ms IN
90 more tIan glance at It, and ibis more for tho rur
pose OF inviting the public attention 10 The article he
Fe US Juan Tor The purpose OF contributing illustrations
q II nlVn AAn,
" from the review; but our Limits forbid it, We have
however, few more remarks 10 make. The Rcv;ewo
III cnuTne rating the of the decline Of tese Dor
nhKs mat TO ardent spirits more has been attributed
than should be. Perhaps But we have aI,ya con
dcrcd II the great fire of the forest the nod ,fo :,
as the natives emPhatically term it, which enGames and
ustroFs IT'S thousands; and that to nothing TO so Great
an extent, is the thinning of our Indian popuation ~
tribuablc: should any measure be left pnresortJ
| TO, to save them from lis DESTROYING influence We bo
hove our author himself will dissent from rs hern
our only point OF difference being in the dcfrrce of in
jury which tie Indians sustain by this nernr;nrs
beverage; and this, after ALL is mere matter of mi
MON. -
IS alas! too true eve cannot console ourselves with
The reelection that the physical declenson of our In
dams has been cOuntcrbalanced byn-(a
ian aEneIIoraon Of their moral condition. But - =
cannot refrain from adding the following remarks ms,
received from the (hckssav coontry tonchipg tLo
morality Of the Chckasaws, WHO arc, in comparison
with the Cberokees. for example only In t,o fri,,
of improvement. The writer of the letter from ;,
the following extract is made, land which bears date
10Th Sept last entitled 10 every credit as pIan
tlIrophist, scholar, and divine
i "According 10 information received from white men.
who have long resided among them and from The best
informed OF the natives themselves, their moral condi
ton IS greatly improved within the last io1nf years
Very many Of their old and savage customs are entire
~ laid aside. twenty years ago. the avonrjte riding
horse of deceased person pnt to death and bu n
ed, lest he should die natural deathbe consumed b.,
The yuiture and thus be rendered useless TO his master
in the strange land to which he was ronc Tho orn
the tomahawk, the ppc-and, in short almost or
thing belonging to them put in the same hole rvi,b
them, under the impression that the departed snir;,
needed these things 10 procure a subsistence in lis Sc
parate state. Such things not heard Of in Inc r
sent day very different idea though bv no rocaTs
expanded, respecting futurity, obtains anonr
then:The soul in its separate state is believed ~ he
happy, miserable, according TO their IDEAS of onov
menl and suferng and does not need the meaus neces
sary TO support animal life, as it cannot die. distinc
ton 10 made between The bad and The good and con-
rate nlaccs assigned them.
Again the tender infant, just entered upon the stage
of action, was not secure from the merciess hand ~
her who gave birth defect in any part of its ami