Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1828-11-15


the poor CherOkccs IN establishing Constitutional
Government, which they vanly gincd would com
mand the respect il not the appreciation Of me
'ch,cs has drawn down upon them the wrath uf tho
Governor Of Georgia. We are 10, sure hut Gov
Forsyth Is right i'll his views, but the hardship 10 the
Indians, does not the Ices OF thu, account:
Tl,e solemn promise OF tho l. States in 1902
to remove at their expense the Indians from the ter
ritory OF tho state is vet to be performed. OF tho
wish and determination OF the Federal Government
III all its Departments 10 fulfil that promise as
rs practicable, we 've repeated s,,sirarces. The
policy heretofore pursued towards the Indians tho
mode OF ohccting The purposes of The General Gov
erntnen by contracts with the chiefs OF the In nn
Tribes, with the Government created nv tI,usc
chiefs, - still persisted in j. trrr any Indication
tHat caanec is contemplated. In this State i, is
Nell known that without change OF policy, the Gov
crnmcnt OF the United States cannot, by q contract
with their government, remove the ChcrolSnrs Tho
rulers of that Tribe who have sincc IL, venr tG1G
systematically devoted themselves TO lctcat any NJ,
tempt to purchase out their permitted occunation of
eur lsi'S auvo, rs last Resort, adopted cons,iiu-
tional form OF Government. iy this instrument, the
annuity paid TO the tribe By the United states and all
The individual rights and privileges of individual Che
rokccs contrcllei-a Government profssing to hr
independent is st up in dctarcc Of the authority of
the states of Georgia, Tcnncsscn \ abaIn, mud
North Carolina upon the territory and within the Ill
rlsdicton ot those States. The CherokCcs hac h",n
indeed tardiy informed by the Chief Magistrate of
the mon, that this attempt will make any change
IN the relation in which they stand TO the IT, Stn:rs
The new Government, however, continues rriSno;
cd to exercise ITS power and seeks TO strengthen it
sell ny comforting CitizcHsp or dCniZrilShl, pon
sch white mechanics as choose 10 incorporate with
tnclh Hero Wltilu territory UPON the land rn,-
ing part Of our sovereign property is Government
exercising authority independent of ours and drna-
honnzing citizens in order TO strengthen Itself in
IT'S opposition to our WILL This state of things can
not No endured. If the United States are unable net
mg on the policy TO which alone they choose To nd
here, to indicc the Chcrokcrs remove and unwiI-
ing 10 Fnhlcatc uur right the persons and terri
tory within our sovereignty, III the only practicable
mode, our duty to the people ind to poscry rndirrs
that We should act. Of the right of the General
Assembly all things within our territorial linn
It's on general prime les, doubt cannot be entertain,
Cd Is there any thing i'll Constitutions in the
federal compact TO which we are a party, or in our
rotation 10 the Chcrokccs inhabitants of this State
winch ln1pairs, in respect to them, our sovereign
rlghG In the State Constitution there is no lr,ta-
'ion OF the Legislative power over the Indians within
our territory. In the Federal Compact sacred in our
eyes, to the provisions O which have ever looked
with veneration, and which will be the last TO inn
pair, the only clause which can be tortured to bear
upon the question Is that which gives to Congress
the power to regulate ccinmercc with the Indian
Tribes" To tho Cherokecs within the State we owe
protection, and 20 us they obedience. In no in
stance SINCE te adoption of the Constitution of the
u states has tine authority of State exercised over
the Indians within Its limits been disputed or disrc-
gardcd"
In regard to the Tariff, wc are happy that the Go
vernon OF Georgia has had the good sense 20 detect
and the frnacss TO expose that most puere. pcrni
'ious, vindctive and ridiculous Of ali schemes, to
counteract It's operation By State tariff upon Anne
rican manufactures and products. Mr.. Forsyth de-
MICS the eonsitutionn!ity of State Tariff and its eff
scacy were is constitutionality undoubted So idle
an imagination entered the heads of would be
nd I1y
Gov Giles. Of newspaper celebrity have the credit
of having been the Invention OF this precious notion
Of taxing Kentucky hogs and horscs--and to Drove
the motive which prompted the invention and the
suggestion let it be observed that if Ohio aud Ken
tucky vote for Jackson, we shall hear TO more of
this hog aud horse tariff. Such are the statesmen
rho nov rule Virginip-so limited their views go
merely personal their motives and their ends.
"Before concluding this address already 100 lorg
Hlhough mnny sub. cts Of Grns' interest hat nirS
b. properly introduced are excluded have tho vGry
irksonle task 10 perform, of rcmaTkng on an act
passed U: tho last CcnTryss-thc Tariff OF f829--au
ret when has il!e the whole southern country with
resentment uad dismay. The wishes the relnon
sJrnnccS NJ the people and their legislatures in the
Southern States llvr boon d-ruzr--;I; the interests
Of whole section OF thc Union reel sly sacrificed
tor the benefit Of class Of persons recently snr,
up among US, TO whom grant after Grant Of snor;ai
favors has bcen urnrovidcr;ly made since the cos of
the late Under the protext IF raising revenue an
act has been passed conessedly protect rnanuac-
lures by destroying revenuc--to diminish the prbc
income without lessc'ng popular burthcns: the effect
OF which, must be TO enrich few villages and small
Incorporated Companies AID to rriu States rnd corr
muntles. An act 50 strangely framed as To be rr-
ceptablc to one, end passed not because there was
majority OF Congress who believed it lust end wise
but be Else neither Of the great rs4tics who arc nov
struggling to make tie next President was willinr In
toke the responsibility Of Rejecting it, for fear that
Kentucky ond OHIO western Maryldnd western
Pennsylvania, and western New Yorl: inirl,t vic,
the rejection Of rs sin uron their lavorin cfndi-
date Looking uDDn il gross pervcrson Of pnvor
- indcfcnslblc Oh principle uudrr cry government
- destructive 10 tlic agricultural prosperity or the
So'thern, wholly injurious 70 the commercial inter-
ests OF the Eastern and Middle States and fats1 IN
the maritime power If the Union every horeft and
honorable effort IS dcmanded from us 6y the people
70 ensure its repeal and TO shield them from its niu
rious effects IL Jas been imagined tbqt these oh
iccts may be effected by state legislation Is Tins
truc' On the most mature reflection nm convinced