Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-09

Iow;ns =. ,hs eu ny him 20 subrn;, 4.
.os'ns as The views which are en,a.. TOE %.
reference ien 10 the subjects which r s"n'1l''a'dh
You state that f" the L.o;,,.,;
In defiance OF the laws Of the U S,, o. Geors,
most solemn treaties existing h. ''a'es and ii.
jurisdiction over your na,ioo "''e Extended
; =; 'sso. hat your nation had had. 81, sH'e Il
IL the formation OF the eonfederssu,0 no voit.
omon, aud has ever been unshac.,.yy Of ii.
laws OF INDIVIDUAL States, becsu,, ;.I with d.
o, mem and shat consequently ,S;; i
Georgia is TO be viewed, in no o,hs. WI, act Of
wanton usurpation Of power. on.. nsat' ih,a
no State, neither by The common ,ane.d 10
land, nor ny the laws of nature" ''"o ID.
10 all this, there is plain ard oh,;
oeoue1o't from the known history Of n. 'n'''
Try During the war Of The ReyoI",; ;ae 'o'a'
na''o" was the friend and ally of Gre,, r D YOU
P"wer which then claimed en,ir. .o Dl an
ty, within The limits Of what eon,, ..''r'st'
thirteen United States By the n0.4 BE
OF independence and subseourn,Iv ~. IT
OF 1888, .lllhe rights of SOVEREIGN, "e 'ha'!
to "re:' Britain, became vested resOe pe'a,'1s
the original States of the Union pN;s"eyh
North Carolina and Georeis, within n', "
territorial limits, as defined & known r. "aas
ton wss then situated. IT. as i, rho ,ouh
have been permitted to abide on v,n s.@l as
from that period TO the present eo ;' Iad'
right soil, and pri,ilee e to HIM., ;"s @
thence to be inferred. that this wa. , ~" n&
more than permission growing on, u t 0as
pacts with your nation, nor is il eirrrm. ,un'
whence now to deny 10 those State, IN. ' ."
else OF their original sovereignty, wv >''
In the year l7s5, 8 years after III. ;,a.,..
de"ce OF the States, which compose hi, unfi, .
had been acknowledged by Grea, Br;,,;.
Treaty., al Hopewell, was concluded with ~
nation by the United States The ,m,t ~.
language it contains Cannot be mistaken. eom,
'mencing as follows" The Commj,,o,s,
Plenipo'en,iaries Of the Unied State, in r''
gress assembled, give peace 10 all the Cb,m
KEGS, and receive them into the favor and M.
lection Of the United States of Americ,
proceeds then TO allot, and 10 define Won, Inv
its and your hunting grounds. You WEIR @.
cured, in the privilege Of pursuing tn. Fam,
and from encroachtnenls by the whites. n,
right however save mrre possessory one i
by the provisions Of the treaty Of Houv,l
conceded TO your nation. The soil ard ,a
use Of il were suffered % remain with "a.
while the sovereignty abided, precisely WHERE
il did before, ia those States within whose hu,
its you were situated.
Subsequent to this, your people w,r. a, II, |
miy with the United States, and waeed
war upon frontier settlements; q dur,bk p,,s
was not entered into with you, unlil 1871 AL
tina, period a good understanding oh .in,,
hostIli'ies ceased, and by the treaty made an!
concluded, your nation was placed under The
protection Of our Government, and guam.
tee given favorable 70 the oc upanc, and po,,a
sion OF YOUR country Blu, the US. always aai
ful Of the authority Of the States, even sha
treating for what was so much desired, p,ia
with their red brothers, forbore TO ofe' agur'
aptee adverse to the sovereignty Of Georgia
They could not do so; they had not The power.
Al more recen, period, to wit, 1902, k
State Of Georgia. defining her own proper lu'
It's, ceded TO the United States all her western
territory upon condition, which was accepted,
" that the Uni,ed States shall at their own Il
pense, extinguish for The use Of Georgia,
early as the same can be peaceably obtalned on
reasonable terms, the Indian title TO all III.
lands within the state of Georgia" She DID
not ask the military arm of the Government
TO be employed, but in hrr mildness and tor
bearsnce. only that the soil might be yIeId"
to her, SO soon as i: could 2eaoeably be Obtain
ed, and on reasonable terms. In relation
sovereignty nothing is said or binled at, IN
compact; nor was II necessary, or even prSP'
as both the parties to the agreement well k'e'
that it was right which already existed u
In the State, in virtue of The Declsrallon
our independence, and Of the treaty oil 10
afterwards concluded.
These things have been made known to ="
frankly, and after the mos, friendly name
and particularly al the making Oh the ''''I
with your nation in 1917, when portion
your people stipulated to remove 10 ine We.
Of he Mississippi; and ye, it is alleged Id ""
communication 10 this Department, 'hs' y"
have " been unshackI,d with the laws OIL p"
viduaI States, because independent OF 'hfm
The course you have pursued Of ts'ao''Dn'
an independent, substantive, government W.
in The territorial Limits Of the State Of n'ols''
adverse 10 her will, and contrary 10 he' Wv
sen, has bern the immediate cause, w1h' y.
induced her, to depart from The foro'Hr f".,
shr has so long prac.ised; and in virtue O. S :,
authority, as a sovereign ind'Pend'n' o' -,
to extend over yonr country her Legl''an.
actmep,s, which she. and every State em0r'.',
in the confrdrracy from 1888 to the psa ...
line, when their independence w'' se1'''
ledgrd and admitted, possessed 'h' pos"; i,