American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-17


and become cultivalors Of the soil--implemenls OF
husbandry. and domestic animals, have been pre-
sented them, and all these things have been done
accompanied with professions Of disinteressea So
lictude for their happiness. Yielding to these Temp
taiions, some Of them have reclaimed the forest
planted their orcha ds, and erected houses, not only
or their abode, but for the administration OF justice
and for religious worship. And when they nave
done. vou send yoar Agent TO tell them they mus
surrender their country 10 the white man, and re
commit them to some new des rt, and substitute a
the means of their subsistence the precarous chase
for the certainty OF cultivation. The love OF ou
native land is implanted IN every human bosom
whether he roams the wilderness, is found in th
highest state Of civilization. This attachment IL
creases with the comforts Of our country, and Il
strongest when these comforts are the fruits OF ou
own exerlioDs. We have impaired this feeling L
many OF the tribes oy our own measures. Can ]
be matter OF surprise, that they hear, with unmSet
Indignation, OF what seems to them our ruthless
purpose OF expellng them from their country, thus
endeared They that our professions are 10
sincere; that our promises have been broken thai
the happiness Of the Indian is cheap sacrifice te
the acquisition ot new lands; and when attempted
to be sooihed by an assurance that the country lc
which we propose 10 send them is desirable, they
emphatically ask US, what new pledges can you give
US that shall not again be exied when It is your
wish to possess these lands? 1t is easier to state
than TO answer This question regard to consis
tency apart from every other consideration, requires
a chance of measures Either lst him retain and
enjoy his home, or if he is be driven from ii, alb
stain from cherishing illusions we mean to disap
point. and thereby make him TO feel more sensbly
the extent OF his loss.
Having pointed out the incongrues of this sys
TEN, SO unhappily organized that It contains withln
itself the canses Of its own abortion, proceed 10
review the more modern plans oil removing the dit
ieteat tribes from the East TO the West oil The Mis-
sssippi That this plan originated in that beneso
lence for which lis author IS so distinguished, is
cheerfuy admitted but that It too, is obnoxious to
many objections, fear, is no less true. The 6rsl
objection is the impraclcabity Of It's execution, il
that is to depend on treaties alone Some OF the
Tribes in whose removal we are most deeply con
cerned, have petenpioiy refused TO ahaf don their
native land. hose aho nay be persuaded 10 emi
CRATE, will carry with HE tie same lDte nal euds
which are SO destructive to heir kind, and tor which
no remedy is proposed Different tribes 10 be
placed in luxtapo, ion wilhauts controlling power,
between watch, hereditary aid implacabe hos.ili,les
have ragged, and which not likely to be appeased
til the The other IS exlerminaed. But,
these difficulties surmnunled, in what relation are
they 70 stand to the United Slaess The history
Of every ape teaches US how di, ult il has been to
nsntsit ttanquility between conte erminous and nde
pendrnt Staes, though civilized. How must that
difficulty be ircrcasrd hen one Of The parties is
Savage? Thelts and murders, and numberess
causes Of dscord must inevitably preciptate COLI
sions which cannot but prove ia al to The weaker
pa ~. And the same propensity which has
Quoted The white population to he remote regions
they now occupy, will continue 10 prope the tide
till is arrested only by the distant shores Of the
Pacific. Before this resistless current, the Indian
mus retire I'LL his name viii be more. 1t would
be how yer, worse than useless to waste yodr lime
in multiplying objections to existing plans have
therefore, supposlng il to be within the duty assign
ed me by the Committee submitted the projtct OF a
o with such provisions as think. under all the
circumstances, a. best calculated TO effect The de
sired object.
10 performing The services assigned by the Com
,pitee, whose wishes alone would have been suffi
cient lndacenent on my part to render cheerful
compliance, ! nave further reason-a desire to
CON ly with the requests oil the People OF the Uni
ted States residing IN the neghhorhood Of Indian
settlements. The Department is continually pres
sed With applications, from New York TO Arkansas,
10 adopt measures TO extDguish the Indian titles 10
their lands and remove the Indans. An unavailing
at empt 10 obtain csssion OF their lands is some
times ascribed by the disappointed TO notance, or
want ot zeal some motive on the part OF
Agents employed and new attempts to neg tate
are solicited with unabated Importantly. The OBJ
siinacy Of the India S, arising from their partial civ
izaiion, whose removal We most wish, fully equals
the zeal OF those who wish to procure their lands
and hence an nsuperable difficulty presents itself
Of eIecing, by treaties the object which is so des
rabe, Of putting end 10 this fruitful source Of col
sion.
am not arrogant enough TO suppose that it is
free from all objections. For am aware that no
plan, which human ingenuity could suggest, would
be altogether EXEMPT as the subject Is encompassed
on every side. with difficulties. The utmost ach
OF my hopes is limited to diminution OF these diff
cuitles, bn h 10 number and extent. It is only by
comparison am satisfied that my scheme can soli-
cit preference. submit the outlines of The bill,
the principles OF which the following: