The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-02-21

as Fort Niagara--and there murdered him in
cold blood-cutting his throat from ear TO ear!
cutting out his tongue, and burying it in the
sand and concluding the heish rites by
sinking his body deep in the lake!
"But the multtudinous waves OF that lake
shall never wash from the souls of those
wretches the bloody stains of that night Of
horror and Of crime ~
In proof Of these facts, the Observer publish
es several letters from members Of the Com
mittee of investigation, who are said, by the
editor, to be as respectable men as any in the
State. The length of the letters precludes
our publishing them. II is to be hoped that
the investigation may result in the detection
and punis hment OF the offenders.
Col. Stone, the Editor of the N. Y. Com
mercisl Advertiser, who is prominent mem
Der of the masonic fraternity, says in his paper
OF that day" We have but too much reason
TO fear that the worst is true, and that few
misguided. heated, deluded, and ignorant ma
sonic aics, have inflicted wound upon
the fraternity to which we have felt it a
pleasure to belong, which it will require years
to heal, and fixed stain upon the character
of the institution, which all the waters Of Nj
agara cannot wash away"
In our Congressional register will he found
an abstract of debate which took place on
the receipt of a message from the President,
accompanied by further documents relative to
the Georgia controversy. As allusion is there
made to former debate which took place on
receipt of the first message. we suhjoin the
following sketch oft, in order to preserve the
connexion.
Mr.. Forsyth Of Georgia, expressed his sat
isfaction that the subject was now presented
to the House in manner which would COM
pei solemn decision on the question. For
Georgia, he said, be protested against charges
being made against her, where not sustained
the facts. He rejoiced that the Executive
had refrainedtro applying the military pow
er, which he had no constitutional right TO do,
but that he had preferred 10 resort to their
civil authority. The State was acting in vir-
tue Of its own sovereignty an authority
| which had never been questioned but in the
State of Georgia. He moved TO refer the
Message to the Committee of the whole on
| the state Of the Union.
X
Georgia supposed that any legislative act
would follow the reference.
Mr.. Forsyth replied in the negative. IF the
opinion Of the House should be given to affirm
the rights OF the State. it would settle the
question. If the appeal be made to the judi.
cial tribunals, it would be properly settled.
Every difficulty had arisen from the interior
ence Of others. The actions last winter in
this city ought to shew that it was the infa-
nous conduct OF those who were here with
! the laJ:ans which had created the difficulty.
Mr.. Webster said he was indifferent as to
the reference. but he was unwilling that an
impression should go abroad that the senti-
ments and expressions of the gentleman from
Georgia received the universal sanction Of
the House. He begged TO remind that gen.
tleman that there was more than one side to
this question that there were two opinions as
to what he called cruel and base, and infa-
nous. All this was strong talking. but it was
not clear reasoning. The gentleman said that
nothing but the interference of the Govern
ment prevented the Indians from going right ;
and then he grows warm on the subject, aud
says the Indians must go to the legal tribunals
1t is with him, hands off for the present let the
law take its course. If the Indians are ad-
mitted to have any rights, there are those in
the United States who will stand forward TO
protect them. II we have made contracts
with them, which confer certain rights, we
are not to leave them to seek the enforcement
of those rights at our judicial tribunals, but to
fulfil the obligations we have assumed. High
words will not teTify -declamation will not
frighten the House into any other course. He
was disposed to examine all rights dispassion-
ately, and none more so than those of the
State Of Georgia. EIe would be frightened
by no denunciation ne would not be dictat
ed to, as to the course which he should pur-
sue at the same time denUnciation and die.
| tation should not produce the effect of reac-
! ton he would not suffer himself to be drlv-
en- TO any act which would ne injurious to the
rights of any. He had made these few re-
| marks, because, on a mere question of refer
ence, an effort had been made, not 10 argue,
but to assume an argument, that the United
States was in the wrong. He had been in
duced to make these observations in order
| that the gentleman from Georgia might un-
derstand that the members of the House
were not to be intimidated by by bold asser-
ton.