Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-12-19
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l''lshng the most fllsom, and sckening praise upon
''e Presidents M"ssrge, but inlnlges in childish
f nisa*m with regard to the several reports of the
0ecretarcs The report "t the Secretary at War
Is already before readers We shall not stop to
cTNicize on the bad gram'uar of Major Eaton, al
Though 1t Il conspicuous throughout his mastery
paper, as the Enquirer calls il. SINGH passn-
ses as the following, ioquenly occur. at is
with pleasure made known, that the army IS
satisfactorily fulfilling their just engagements to
the country; aud that harmony and proper zeal pre-
F7pts, We shall .nt either dwell ionrcr ,lron the
aaNtra allowances" made to the S@rscom General,
than barely To remark if the Secretary thinks them
as paIpably wrong an, Illegal he says 4e tors We
wonder much, how lie could have continued to sane.
ton them, ua,ir>Congress should ife-c. We
presume that The rno would have Justified the
payment OF the annuity of the si. per cent, to he
Seneca Indians. we pass to the mos, important
part of the Secretarys report wherein he speaks OF
tho Greeks and Cherokees, ond so far it is cou-
sidered AS Suggesting and sustaining the Presidents
policy announced the same subject, it IS worth of
Pa$ticular Consideration. Tie Secretary says:
"As regards the Indian Tribes within oar limits
It is important to them and ourselves, that dc
finite place should be adopted, to MAINTAIN them
people, with all those principles OF c.,urtcsv ami
I'stln, suitable to their coudton, an which may be
IN power to extend Erpericnce p1-ores- i'm,
1niLtin the Si4fcs thea cnlnot eslin Serious dill
culties have threatened 10 arise OF this subject,
and greater ones may in future be anticipated TIE
States ,0iH not coyLreai FIR Msi' iRsts to be occupied
by peope possessed IF sarase habits int ,oho cin
to ererrise the right Of government Independent If
any control, 6nt their otpn."
Here is clear iniuation backed by the Prcsiden,
III his message, that he Indians shall nat 6e permitted
retain ie territorial rights which they nos
Ioy-rights which have been socinay guaranteed to-
them by G :orgia herselfhy the Congress OF the u.
Sby treaties solenInIy negotiated with them, is0ne
by President Jackson himself l-col.frrned by the
y. S. Senate, and made the suprcmt law CT the
land. When we see 1t thus announced, from high
authority, that the most sacred "biigatons imposed
by Justice az: law. we'll as humanity, and honor,
may be violated with i,npunity, confess that we
shudder at the rapid strides which country has
Taken, in the downward plth to per lton. President
jackson has hut to signify opinion, matter
how monstrous, unjust and sanguinary and the whole
tribe of sycoPhants, with one accaiIn, ready TO
shout hosanna TO their Chiettain. The Indians
emigratc, says the Presidents message, or sub
init to the laws OF the STATES, in the limits of which
they are placed. Do onr reniers know what kind Of
laws Georgia has enacted for the Chcrokees-
whatsoever the general government shall finally de-
clare, tint the faith CT treaties and protection OF
their laws, shall longer be regarded? The fol-
lowing clause of an already passed by that State
shall serve n specimen.
CSC. 8. That all laws, usagcs, aud CUSTOMS
made esta bliscd, and in force in the said territory
by the said Cherokee Indians, be and the same are
hereby, and after the first day of June, 1880 de-
ciared null and avoid.
SEC. 0. That no Indian, or descendant of Indian
residing within the Creek Cherokee nations Of
Indians, shall be dc mGd competent witness.
arty any suit, in any court created by the CoustI
tuition OF laws OF this State, to- which white man
may be party"
Under the administration OF this law" says the
eloquent author of''Wllian Penn "a white man
might rob murder Cherokee, in the presence of
many Indians aud descendants OF Indians and yet the
ofEnce could not be proved. Tina; crimes of this
malignant character would be commit ted, is By no
means improbable; but assaults abuses, and vvxa
tons, of far inferior stamp, would lcnd1r the serv-
tIde Of the Chcrokacs ntolcrabie. The plan OF
Georgia is, explained by her Senate 10 seize five
sXths of the territory III question, and distribute it
among her citizens IF a Cherokee head OF Il am
lily chooses to remain he may possibly have his house
ard little farm assigned to him. This is the most
favorable suppoStiUa. But his rights are not Gc.suo
l. lga. lie does keep the land because Is is his
ewn but rcceveslt as boon from Georgia. He
will be surrounded by FIVE white nciehburs. These
settlers sill not oa from the sober, temperate,
and Or!erly citizens OF GeOrria, but from The idi',
the dissolute, the rrelsuG. Many OF them will
hate Indians. aud take every opportunity Of insulting
aud abusing them. Ifthe cattle of Cherokee are
driven away in his presence fhis fences thrown
down and bis crops destroyed; if his children are
beaten, and his domestic Sanctuary invaded; what
ever outrage, aud whatever injury he may cxperr.
Gnce, he cannot scCI; a legal remedy. He can
neither be n party, witness. He has friend
who be heard IN his behalf Not an individual
can be found who has any interest in seeing justice
done him, and who, at the same time, has any pow
or to serve him. Even the slaves Of his new neigh
bors d. Tended by the sclfuterest Of their mas.
tors. But he has not this consolation. He is
exposed to the greatest evils Of slavery, without any
Of its allevatioEs. EveCy aody Is let loose upon
him; and it 10 neither the interest. nor tie inciua-
zion, nor the official duty Of the whit settlers 90
defend him Every body may destroy bis property