Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-04-27
PRONUNCIATION
For the Dek1s0are Journal.
4, No III.
THE GEORGIA QUESTION.


Of official cdmrnunic II Georgia intended TO
give colour Of dignity to the attitude she has been
pleased to assnme--that OF wrS'nged and Cypress
ed State asserting her rights and prepared to main
tain thena,---her rulers might have found, in an
mails, better models for their State papers than Coy,
ernor Troup has seen lit to adopt He might have
learned something on this head from that yenerated
fountain 81 patriotism and principle the congress OF
'76 who rcprcsenteda people struggling against |
a tyranny quite ~ formidable as that which now
menaces the repose Of Georgia, but who never
thought it necessary to sully the dignity of their
cause by descending to language properly suited to
the tongue and temper of AN enraged virago. Moth
ing petuant, nothing frctful, nothing furious full
minatng markcdthe style Of the fathers of America
they spoke in the language of gentlcmen--how
they acted, this, and every future age can tell
The address ofthe Georgia delegation in Congress,
to President Monroe, dated March 10, 1894, and
that of Governor Troup, of the cath April follow
ing to the Secretary of War, Mr.. Calhoun, in
the most striking of the Georgia school, We
notice them here, as well, because they consti-
tute the first in that extraordinary series Of annoying
and clustering missives which have rendered the
Statesmen of Georgia so notable in our day, as
because, also, we find here recorded, for the first
time, direct charge Of periidy preferred against
the United States, breach Of faith in having neg
lected to fulfil the Stipulation OF the treaty of 1902
by which the U. States engaged to extinguish the
Indian titles within the State of Georgia. 1t might
indeed be imagined from the confident tone in which
his offensive accusation has been urged, and from
the plaintive strain which Governor Troup INDUCES
In dwelling upon g the wrongs Of Georgia. that
until the treaty at Indian Springs in February 1895,
thegeneral government had in no single instance at
tempted performance of the agreement of 1902.
1t will be seen, however, by a reference to authen-
tic documents that the faith of the U. States as con-
cerned in this NATTER has been most honoraby main
tained that the interests Of Georgia have been spe-
cially cared for, and that, too at the cost OF millions
TO the United States.
The message and documents communicated to
Congress, on the 3oth of March 1924, by President
Melrree disclose the following information AT the
period of the treaty of 1902 the Indians possessed
within the limits Of Georgia, 26, 73l 900 acres Of
land--ofwhich l9,578,390 acres belonged to the
Greeks, and 1852, 10 acres to the Cherokees It
fulhlment of the treaty of 1902, seven diflcren
treaties had been held with the Indians, of which
five had been with the Greeks, and two with the
Cherokees By the treaties with the Greeks
14,749, $50 acres were coded for the benefit o
Georgia and by those with the Cherokees, 995,31'
acres amounting together to 10, 745 900, which hat
been purchased by the U. States for the benefit 0
Georgia, and leaving 10, 1856 600 acres still in tn
occupancy fthe Indians.
In acquiring these cessions for the State of Gcor
sia, the U. States have expended in money and Ian
So,qo3 ,os2, 40. They had previously paid tn
sum of 81 1850, 000--Into the Treasury of Georglf
in money. Under the act of March 81, 1924, an
in conformity TO the treaty Of 1909, they have pal
S4,282, 15l ,12a to the Yazoo claimants CLAIM
createdby the act of the Legislature Of Georgia, an
from which the y. States exonerated the State
Georgia, by the treaty of 1909. The total amour
therefore, paid by the United States for the benei
ofGeorgia under the treaty at the periodths charl
ofperfdy was preferred, was 81, 5,945,52
These facts speak for themselves. They triuH
phanty establish the faith and honour of the ge
eral government they prove, in fact, what w
not known before, that the State Of Georgia, HI
been the pampered child, the petted offspring Of Il
parent whom she now boards and defes We a
mex the testimony of Mr.. Calhoun then Secreta
of War, in his report to President Monroe, of Mar
1924, as pertinent and conclusive on this point.
The United States have ever been solicito
10 fulfil at the earliest period, the obligation of Il
convention, by the extinguishment Of the Indian
ties within the limits Of Georgia: most satisfact
tory proof Of which may be found in the number
treaties which have been held for that purpose, /
quantity of lands which have been acquired a
the price paid In fact, such has been the so!icih
Of the governments that but little regard has been
to the price, sohenever 1t has been found possible
tain ccssion of lands to the State The price gia
has far exceeded that zykich has ever been givea
other purchases fromthe Indians.
&C feel satisfied, that it may be asserted with Co
tence that no opportunity of extinguishing the
dian titles, &C on reasonable TERMS has been n
lected by the United States"
The last treaty which had been made with
Indians, prior to the time when the honorable
egaton from Georgia and Governor 'Troup had
tered this denuncation against the government
the Union, occurred as late as january 1921.
the U. States have never relaxed in their efforts
purchase the Indian lands in Georgia. In /;
Congress appropriated Sso,ooo-and in 1928, !
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