Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1827-02-17
20 vavyen 70 Saturday Nortlng F5rY ~ 1897 No So


" atson, 10 have recourse on this occasio
Of in the first, only 10 the civil proces
is Instructions have accordingly been ri,
Ell by the. Secretary of War, TO the d
!. lsorney aud marshal Of the United State
within the District of Georgia. 20 com
J. mence Fpro.ecesiars against the sur
e veynrs complained of as having violate,
the law, while orders have az The cam
|. time been forwarded to the Agent O
4 the government at once to assure IN,
e indians hat their rights, founded upo,
/ the treaty and The law, are recognizet
} by this government, and wi lbe faith,
fully protected. and earnestly to ex.
hort them. by the forbearance of every
act OF hostility on their part. TO preserve
, unnipaired that light to protection, Sc.
cured to them by the sacred pledge OF
good faith of this nation. Copie. of
these instructions and orders are he, O.
with transmitted to Congress
| In sustaining. at this stage Of the
proceedings, from The application of
any military force. have been govern
ed Gy considerations, which will, trust.
meet the concurrence of the Legisla.
lure. Among them, one Of para,n cunt
importance has been, thai these sur
veys have been attempted and partly
effected, under colour Of legal authoii.
'y ON the state Of Georgia ] hat tie
surveyors ere therefore not tu be view
cd 10 the light of individual and solitary
t'ansgressors but as the agents o. a
sovereign state, acting IN obedience TO
author''y which they believed 10 be
binding upon them. inumations had
been given that, should they meet with
interruption, they would. at all hazards
be su stained by the military force of
the state, in which event, III the militia.
ry frce Of the Union should have been
employed 10 enforce ITS Violated law,
ii coniiIct must have ensaed, which
would, in Itself, have Inflicted wound
upon the union, and presented the AS.
pect OF one OF these contedera'ed states
at war with The rest Anxious, above
all 10 avert this state OF things, yet at
the same time impressed with the deep.
es. convection OF my own nu,y, 10 take
care that the laws shall be cxecu ed. |
and the faith Of the Nation preserved, !
have used, of The means entrusted TO
the executive for that purpose, only
those which. without resor,ing to mill
tary foIce, may vindicate The sanctity
OF the law, by the ordinary agency off
the judicial tribunals.
II ought no', however, to be disgnis-
ed, that the act Of the Legislature Of
Georgia, under the construction given !
TO 1t ny the Governor u bat stats, and |
the surveys made or attempted by his
authority, beyond the boundary secur-
ed by the treaty Of Washington Of April
last, to the Creek Indians, are in di-
rect violation of the Supreme Laws of
tias lad, set fouh IN "a i,eary, which J
has received all the sanctions provid-
ed by the Constitution, which we have
oeen sworn to support and maintain.
q Happily distributed as the sover-
eigh powers Of the people of ,hi. union
have been, between their general and
state governments, their history has al.
ready too often y esented collisions be-
Iwe IL these uvided authorities, with
regard 10 the extent Of their respective
powers. No instance, however, has
heretofore occurred, ia which this cui- /.
son has been urged into conflict Of
.ctual force. No other case is known
% have occurred, 10 which the appii
;aiIon Of military force by the govern
nent Of the union has been prescribed :, /"
or The enforcement OF "a law the viola "
ion OF which, has, within any single :
tate. been prescribed by legislative
'ct of the state. In the present instance
is my duty 10 say, that, il the Iegsla- !,
i've aud executive authorities of the =
State Of Georgia should persevere in =
cts Of encI oachment up"n the terrific :,
les secured by solemn Treaty to the =
nd,a ans, and the laws Of the union re-
nain unalte,ed. superadded obliga- .
ion. even higher than that Of human 7
uthority, viii compel the executive Of I
he UnIIed States to enforce the laws,
md lu ill the duties Of the Nation, by VI
u the force committed for that pur-
,cse to his change. That the arm Of :" :,
military force will be resorted 10 only >
n the event Of the failure of all other 4,
xpedients provided by the laws. u n
'ledge has been gwen, by the forbear- a,
nee TO employ it at this time. Ii is
to the wisdom Of Congress TO =
whether any further act q,
4 legislation may he necessary srexpe- !,
lent to meet the emergency which :,
hese transactions may produce. Lin
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. n