Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-11-23
GEORGIA.

The Legislature of this State met az MilIedoevilI.
OF Monday the 9Th inst. Mr.. Stocks was e!ecte,
Presiden, OF the Senate, and MIR. Hudson Speake
of the House OF Commons,
Er'racf from COP. 7Toup's Message TO IN,
Legislature Cf Georgia.
ExEcUTIvE DEPARTMENT, GEonGIA, ,
Medgevle, Nov. 6, 1927.
ELLOW-CITlZENS;
'1n making known TO you the events of the pss.
ins,yesr. II is equally my duty TO communics,,
those which gave pain as those which afEore
pleasure, SO that without ccncealment or suppres.
sion all may be embodied in the history Of IN,
tlHnea ouT successors will take counsel from them
and the experience OF the past will be equally rro
htaole, whether II furnishes examples of good to
be initiated, or Of evil to be pvoided.'
'fBefore the close Of the last Session of the I,e-
g1nsture, hope was INDUCED that The controversy
between the Government Of this State and that oil
tho United States was happily terminating; and
go indeed to all appearances it wss-The surveys
OF the recently acquired territory, 80 long resisted
TAD proceeded with little or interruption-the
fsst OF them were about TO be commpleted-ths
Indian irritation had exhausted ifseifin few de-
nrQnstrations of hostility, and when csmls and
tranquility had succeeded TO excitement and clamor
edd nothing remained 10 satisfy the Indian for his
Imaginary wrongs but iriliDg consideration in
money, the Executive Government at Washinp,
ton seized the occasion fit one to denounce
the Executive Of Georgia as The yiolator of the
uish rights to forbid the prosecution Of the sur
yeys, and TO thresten the employment of military
torce TO coefce obedience to it's commando
menace which, without being unprecedented on the
part OF that Government was yet so IN timed
ana unexpected, That but one reception and one
treatment could be given TO il - The Documents
ht1swith transmitted will disclose the manner of
THAI reception and usatment--The Message of the
President TO Congress, communicating this nea-
sne, lett 20 doubt as 10 its motives add It's obieets
The councils and people Of Georgia were to be
euhdned az all events into arecoeEition Of the
vslidi,y Of the Instrument called the New T;eatg;
oy civil process, If civil process would snsyyef-
by military force il II would not indeed By all
mesns civil of military enjoDedby superad6ed
obiganon TO use the language of TIE PrssdentO
even hlghef lhan that OF human sulhority--It could
not be seen why uHdef government Of lava the
civil remedy might not suffice, bengif not so nromp
81 least ample appropriate; or why II resorteJ 10
~ ell IL should not be exclusively der erdts ~,
The alternative OF q resort 10 the military on a.
lure Of the civil remedy, The resort to both con.
eonen'ly for the redress Of the same wrong, i. mo-,
tho ,beory, add his not been hitherto, the pfsctics
o. ths Government whenever h shall become 40
there will be 40 longer any difference in substance
Dslween out Own constitution Of government and
thai o. TIE most arbitrary and de4poic II toa-
impossible 10 do ", therefore, rotn the uncons;tu-
uonai character ofthe menace, from its snseasona.
Disns'', anh hon the appalling consequence which
nus' lhsYn'oly follow rs execution that The ten,
pH Wieh oiela'eu u vas hostile - Geo. gia snd bent
on her hunhisuOn dsstrurtiuo Tie ro,,ncils
q! trrp1gia could never recede without The mos,
degrading humiliation, from tie pnsfions fsks,
in suppou Of t1s Treaty ol the Iadisu gprr,s
70 was BE pfofes-sd object Of The uepaes H. 60.
dpce that f,eesaOn; and u was Obviously bette,
Tor Georgs 10 run the hazzud Of being s,ricleo
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