Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-31

We republish the following from the Georgia Jour
nal that our readers may have opportunity ofhear-
ing both sides. We repeat that disdain to mako
ms nero party question. "Audi ct altcram par
tenn shall be our motto, and we will not suffer our
opine9s however decisivly made up ON the subject,
TO influence us in this CONTROVERSY. We also repub-
ish u paragraph from the Western Carolincn.--
Some idea may be formed of the Justice the Indians
are hkey to receive from the concluding suggestion
OF placing them the footing OF slaves in courts OF
justice. Deny them the right OF giving evidence, &
they arc at the mere ot any white scoundrel ruff
nan who may choose to rob or murder them. Upon
this we should think there can hardly be two opin-
TONS There is no pretcncc that tho Indian is UNI
worthy of belief oath, the contrary those bcs,
acquainted with the Indian character well know that
they are scrupuously veracious, and more worthy
of belief than the lower class OF whites. The motive
is far different, and coolly avowcd IL is to compel
the Indians 20 reliuquish the lands which now
legally be taken from them. Oh shame where is tsy
blush,
From he Gso,.iu Journal.
RIGHTS OF GEORGIA.
At no period since the confederation of the states
has there been such attacks made against their
crcigniy, as at the present moment There never
has been time since the confederation of the states
except on the present occasion, which ought 10 have
aroused the feelings of the friends of the Union,
and excited their indignation, To the highest degree
as 10 the bold attempts made 20 perry ert the meaning
aud object Of that considerations destroy the nda
mental principles OF the tcdc- and state Governments
TO consolidate the sovereign powers ofthc states and
10 place those powers into the hands of the most dan
gerous enemies TO the federal system adop,o fnr rho
government and well being of these United States.
Some of the northern papers have simultaneously
ana rs u appears, with common accord opened their
batteries against the state of Georgia and the
administration of the general government. They
condemn the measures this government intends 10
pursue towards the Creek and Cherokee Indians and
make II the opportunity to advance and mani ain the
INDUSTRIOUS doctrines upon which we shall remark and
an madvert, and which could they find some o,bc,
ADVOCATES IN TINS country, would produce what
Is 10 be nuch dreaded, the dissolution OF The Union
ne Zcai OF those writers, manifested nrans. tho nre
sent administration and against the prosperity Of the
southern states, has no bounds. They would socri-
ice the welfare Of the Union; they would excite n
civil war that IN the commissions which would in.
cvIiaby ensue. their partzuns might reign !.
not whether 1t should be over an ensaved and Jscon
tented people and over bloody fields and the snoknc
ruins Of their dwellings.
II.
In the National Journal, National Tntcllicencer y
American and New Yo Advertiser, we ind the 6,l.
lowing positions assumed in regard 10 the sovarern
y ofGeorga the lands within her territory pre-
viousto the compact of 802, and within her terrific
rial limits, Is now established and known:
lst- That the limits Of Georgia. previous TO the
compact Of 1902 with the u. States did not extend
further west than the OcmuIrce.
ID. That Georgia mas sovereignty over The
lands occupied by the Indians within her preieadid
territory
Sd. That the Indians are independent nations.
fth. That the government ofthe United States pos
sesses the domanal and paramount power over ali the
lands occupied by the Indians within and wi,bou, tho
limits of the states.
]. When the states confcderated, il was in their
sovereign capacity, having thrown off their alleri-
ance to the British crown. Before this confede1s
hon. they were as free independent and distinct ma
lions, towards each other, as France, England and
Russia, are towards one another. When in that fres
independent, and distinct state, they had their terri
torial limits defined in the charters cman5tinp from
The British crown, which possessed the sovereignty
over them all. The limits of Georgia one of the in
dependent states, defined and established. and
acknowledged by the other twelve states South Ca
rolina included, though difficulties existed respecting
the boundary line between the two states These
twelve states did not pretend to divide with the state
oi Georgia the right ofdomain which the latter pos
sessed to the territory embraced within its defined
ond acknowledged limits. Nor could Georgia pre-
tend 10 similar right to the domain of any one of the
other states. Tho thirteen states, confederated =
They contedcrated free ndepcnG INT, and distnc,
nations. They confcderated for their own benefit
and mutual support. They formed general nov.
crnnent to which they delegated certain movers In
FORMING tins general government they never rchn.
qnslcd The right Of domain, they never coded the
ownership Of portion Of their territory to that gov
eminent After the confederation was formed tho
states remained as they were previous to il. as ro
gards theli respective domain, and the ownership
over all the lands within their territorial limits
The above positions plain, and, we do believe in
conirovertlb!c. They, we conceive DESTROY the no.
siiion assumed by the New York American that The
United States had claims to the territory Of Georgia
west OF the Ocmulgec. The editor Of that print can
npa
that before and after the confederation of the states
there existed any doubt about the boundaries Of Gcor
ga except the difficulties which arose between Geor
ga and south Carolina, and which were amicably
arranged between the two states in 1887.
TIL
But 10 show more forcibly the fallacy Of the posi-
ton OF the New York American, and to place beyond
cavi the right OF Georgia TO her soil as sovereign
state, before and Hter the confederation of 1891 we
shall quote from the articles Of confederntion entered
INTO and finally ratified on the Let day of March, 1881
by the thirteen states, by which the territory within
the limits Of each Of said states is 90 each of thorn