Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-10

aud wounded, and teit 50, because Oh theiI oe'et'
correctly or incorrectly founded, that II there
had been intention to do right, right would have
been done that opportunity was not permitted
The LEGISLATURE was Immediately informed thai
such was now the avow ed intention OF The Presl-
dsnt, and il being understood TO have been equally
the ention of the other parties TO that lns'ru-
ment, il was hoped that every cause OF further
msund er ST udipg on that subject would be remov
ed. IL seems, how ever, that have mistaken you;
and that so far from the President having intended
TO ACQUIRE all the lands, that he, in truth and in
fact did not 20 Intend. II is certain tina, on The
face of the Treaty i, did not appear to have bean
intended to acquire all the lands, because 1t did
not seem to u.s. that all could be acquired by Il,
and il turned that all were no, but when apart
from the Treaty, sought tina intention OF the
PARTIES in matter foreign and ex'raneons to the
Treaty there was some reason 10 believe II was
the intention of the parties % acquire all the land
According to our best information. the Indians
brought to Washington positive instructions 10
sell all an honorable Senator by modification
of the ed instrument, had intended the line
to embrace ALL and il reported TO us officially
that the Senate ratified the instrument called the
new Treaty, with the con6den, belief that all had
been embr ed you had repeatedly informed me
of the desire Of the President TO conform his con-
duct to the wishes and interest OF the people oil
u Georgia when, therefore, in your letter OF the
with of The President TO embrace all the land
within the limits Of Georgia." that every ct
| fort was made to induce them TO agree to
clause to that effect in -" SO many Dords,
which they refused only because - OF their igno.
rance of the direction of the ine;" hat you think
1t highly probable you would have succeeded in Oh
tanning the REIMBURSEMENT, If the dividing line be
| tween Georgia and Alabama had been establish
ed, the more especially, because only wo hum
dred thousand acres Of land had been excluded and
that the President was determined, the moment the
line was established, 10 open fresh negotiations
with the Creeks, for the purpose OF procuring any
fragmen. of land which might have beea LETT with
in the limits of Georgia - came at once to The
| conclusion, which seemed TO me to be IS obvious
AZ it desirable, that the President, like the
other parties 10 the instrument, had intended TO ac-
qurs all. II was known indeed, that subaiterns
of the Government not unskilled in indian di-
! plomacy, enemies Of Georgia and in familiar
and constant intercourse with the hostile Chiefs,
| bad cnntrived that Treaty, and had so con-
trved il, that the new should bear resemblance
10 the old; aud particularly in the feature OF the
new which prescribed the boundary-with them
indeed, it was a settled purpose that Geo ga should
not acquire all the iands-but it no, con-
ceved then that the s'me purpose was either held
! by the President or known to him. 1t s not now
believed, that the President and yourself we're ami
mated by their vulgar passions, or gave counte
nance to their vulgar ntrigues il now believ
ed. and known for the first time, upon the au,ho-
J .i,y Of his avowa, that il was not the inten
ton ofihe President to acquire all the lands ant
permit, me, respectfully 10 ask, why the Presiden
T; lid not 20 intend, Was it that a fragment nigh
De left, and another Treaty negotiated for that frag
men, that field of controversy should be reseIv'
ed, on which the same subalterns should act til,
same parts in qualification of the same passions
TO separate Georgia from the U. States? Impos
| sible No sucn views could have cred into thu
| councils of the President OF the u. States Bu
| what them the moral and political obliga,
tions resulting from The articles of agreement and
cession and constantly binding on the u State,
since the year 1902. at once forgotten or disre-
garded !-those obi atoms made II the duty OF The
President TO acquire, If possible. all the lads.
il true, you say, that the President desired h
acquisition TN so many words, but the indian
refused and asked defined and specific boundary
But, if the Indians demanded only the specific
boundary, why not that specific boundsrl
made to embrace all the lands, and If the Presi
dent desired the acquisition OF all in so man,
,cords, with what consistency il be said ths
| the President did not intend to acquire all! L
| the p esident wished to acquire all IN so mani
| words, the inference was fair that he wished to
acquire all by the specific boundary; and whatever
may have been known or believed about ii here, u
! is not easy to conceive how 1t could have been
|
! not been acquired by the specific boundary.
1t would have given me pleasure, only as il
| would terminate all controversy about IT, TO learI
the resolution of the President to open immediate
a negotiation for the acquisition of rhe fragment
if that resolution had not been qualified by an I'm.
! expected reference TO what the President please
to consider the ub'ful and unsettled boundsr,
| between Georgia and Alabama. If The Presiden
| had been authorized 10 dictate that boundary; i
he had believed that the Unitod States should ha "
been made party TO it; if ne had conceived tina
the arbitration OF any difference concerning i;Se
| tween the two States belonged to him as repre-
| seniing the United Sia'es- then, indeed, would
J the qualification and reference have been We've,
without surrrize. BJr, when the President hat
repeatedly dsclamed the right to interfere in .e,
Ting the boundary; when he had declared again an,
again that it was the exclusive concern OF Georgi
| and Aabam1, and when Georgia had actual; e..
tablished and confirmed il by solemn act of L.
gislaiion, it is not known on what preience th,
validity of that line can be questioned by the Uni
| ted States. II IL were question originally be
| tween Georgia and Alabama it yet remains so
and the United States can IN no proptiety inter
fere, she interfere at all, unless, unask e.
| and unsolicited, she will think proper TO volunteer
her umpirage and do that now, of her mere arbira
ry will, which heretofore she has disclaimed an,
right to do. The President rejects line establish
ed by Georgia as her boundary anticipates a CON
| troversy between Georgia and Alabama; and very
plainly intimaes that If some other line more sa
tisfactory to the United States shall not be settlet
by Georgia and Alabama, measures will not be
taken to acquire the fragment; Georgia has esiab-
lished the boundary and will permit neither the
United States any State oiquestion that boun.
Diary, Alabama excepted. OF what consequence
can it be to the United States regards the acqui.