Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-09-08

always been common thing for weak States To rely
upon the protection of stronger ones w her weak
State acknowledges SUPERIOR it is bound in good
faith to act in accordance with that acknow edunlcnt
bat 1t Is, in all other respects independent of the SUI
peror In otherwords, 1T retains all the rights which
1t does not part with. What is to be understood bv
the Cherokees being under the protection o. the u
ned States will very fully appear in the course Of
this investigation. In the very article now under re-
view, the Cherokees bind themselves not to hold any
treaty with any foreign power" with any Sin.
dvidua State This very material relinuuish-
Ient of their natural rights; but it was supposed to
be counterbaanced By various advantages secured 10
them by the treaty, particularly by the solemn guar
antce III the seventh article which will be considered
in its order.
|. Is now eont 1ndcd by the statesmen of GEORGIA,
that the United States had 10 power to make treaIie
with indians living, as they express it, oithin the
limits Of sore'eg', and Independent Staie.' Thus
according tc the present doctrine General Washing
tor, and his advisors made solemn compact, which
they called treaty, with certain Indians, whom they
called the Cherokee nation In this compact, the u
nted States bound the Chcrokeos not to treat with
Georgia. Forty years have elapsed without any
compliant ON the part of Georgia, in regard to this
exercise OF the treaty-making power; but it is now
found that tue Cherokccs tenants ut will of Geor-
gia: that Georgia is the only power on earth that
could treat with the Chcrokees and that they must
now be delivered over to her discretion. The Uni
ted States then, at the very commencement of our
Federal Government, bound the Cherofees hand and
| foot and have held them bound nearly forty years
and have thus prevented their makinu Terms with
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done at the time Oh tine treaty OF Hostou. Now il
Is discovered torsoo,h that the United States had no
powcr to tnd them at all. If such interpret alton
Is to be endured b. enlightened people in the ni,ie-
teent! century, and 1t, III consequence OF it, the
CheroEces are to be delivered over bound and mana
cled, tins is To be done III the face OF day, and be-
fore Tie eyes Of all mankind, 1t must be expected
that shouts and Kisses OF shame and opprobriu,n will
be heard IN every part of the civilized world Petit
Jogging Is no very honorable business when practised
IN twenty shilling COURT but what sort of petifog-
ytnt ri had
perpctracd in the sanctuary of our dignied Senate
ana by means OF solemn treaties ratified i'll mockery?
the effect OF which is TO dispossCss nation of its
hereditary lands and Government, and TO drive the
individuals Of which it was composed, (who arc cali
ed in the preamble already cited, "the citizens and
members thereof ito drive way these "ctiScns as
outcass and v+gabonds?
But suchSn Interpretation, so insulting to the Che
rokees and 20 the common sense of mankind and so
cruel in its operations, cannot be admitted. Wash
lngton sneither usurper of unconstitutional pow
ef, nor an lnrgueing oppressor; Ellsworth.
and iis fellow Senator's either noviccs or cheats
WILLIAM PENN.