Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-31
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Hetctmf more satsidctoriiy how far they sanction
the doctfines which hive been there assumed. While
the Pfeedens has very Justly said, that il would be-
cruel IS unjust 10 compel the Indian nations to
6bandoh tcs ceuntry, and seek new home IN ds-l
tanf land, he has explicitly stated too, that .they
should bs distinctly informed. that if they remain with
in the limits ofthe States they must be subecttother
laws"-ahd thar s'iH return for their obedience
diyiunls, they will without doubt be protected in the
enjoyment OF those possessions which they have i'm
proved by their industry; Butt he adds, t to
me visionary 10 suppose that in this state of THINGS
claims can DO allowed tracts of country on which
Z they have nother dwell nor made i'm provemenes
merely because they have seen thep from the noun.
tain or passed them in the chase" These. the
doctrines q the Executive inthe words of the Mes
sage They are little short of copy of their origie
nal, and might almost well have read them from
tho Report and Resolutions of Georgia. These arc
doctrines which the United States set up in the
face Of the Treaty of Holstcinr The guarantee Of
that Treaty, sir, was to the Cherokee nation and to
the lands of the nation, and to individuals Now
what, on the other hand, is the palpable operation
indeed, lmay say,he express enacments of the laws
of Georgia bs; TO annihiatc completely the political
capacity, and abolish the Government of the Chero-
KEGS, and reduce them all to- individuals There is
TO be no longer any nation there In tho language of
The Message they to receive protection hereafter
y "like other citizens Georgia. presume-and not
from the u. States The other party TO our treaty no
longer EXISTS The bill before you follows out these
principles and authorizes the President to purchase
theimprovements on the lands OF the Cherokee ma
ton from the individuals who happen to cultivate them
Tor the time being, undet heir ownreguatons among
themselves, and expressly prohibits ony Cherokee
s from re-occupying them afterwards. These lands
then pass to Georgia under our compact. The Exc
cutive hasexpressly yielded to Georgia the power to
accomplish this object by the extinction of the nation
al capacity of the Cherokees under her laws 1t is
an IDLE waste of words TO enter upon any formal
sonlng to show that he has thus assumed the power
to abrogae the treaty itself If he has tide power un-
der the Constitution to do what he has DONE il is
mere mockery and insult to the Cherokees and to
Ia n 4 no froa of uolS
a thing which has any existence. l do not know
9 who he may have consulted who has recommended
to HIM the course which he has fit to adopt with
this ireaty but trust at least, that this illus
traon of our notions of public faith has received
no countenance from that member of his cabinet
who we have been accustomed to consider as stand
ing IN The nearest relation to his person. and whose
dulles have made him the confidential adviser of the
President IN negotiations with other powers.
AT the Threshold fthis inquiry, shall find our
selves met with very grave question, intimately
q. connected with the treaty making power, which
hope those who intend to sustain what has been done
will be able to to the satisfaction ofthe House.
am the more anxious to know. their views of it, as
we nave heard some specious appeals to the friends of
State Rights, TO come forward this occasion and
sustain their principles The alarm has been sound
ed and they have rushed 10 the standard with an ala
GRITTY which leaves us no reason to doubt thct they
have really believed their ayorIte doctrines To he in
Jeopardy fear that theEe appeals have had some
influence upon the question before US. Their princ-
pies, or al least what others have assumed for them
TO be SO, have been pressed into service with zeal
indicative OF such confidence, that consistency reuur-
cd them TO come forward and give their support to
the course which has boon taken by the Executive
with these treaties IS 10 .gs5 ~ "a - -
- u there was any point, on which moro than any
other, the opposition to the adoption of the Cons,i
tuition originally turned, and the influence of which
has been felt by of the great parties which diy
-ded the country, It was the apprehension that the
new government was either too mOnarcbcal in prn-
ciple, would turn out to be SO in PRACTICE Tbi.
aarm too, chiefly founded on the opinion that the
Constitution had provided no adequate security to
the States, by imposing definite and effecual limta
tons on the Execitive power and Executive discre
ton 1t has been a fruitful source of crimina ton
whether gust or unjust, upon Of the parties and
especially upon General Hamilton and his friends,
tnat inc tendency OF their principles, and the mea-
snres which they had advised, was to invest the
PRESIDENT with powers, which must prove fatal to
edtho wholesome influence of the House of Renresen
tatve and destroy the control Of the States in the
Senate. Under these banners battles have been
fought and lwon--and laures have either been mr.
Thought to have been gathered. They have certain
lY been claimed as the rewards of victory and are
even yet worn here as the hereditary honors of the
The question before US does net involve the rich,
OF the President, IN the recess of Congress- to de-
eide, IN the first instance, for the regulation of his
2 conduct' until they car be convened. the mere con
structlon OF the terms of treaty-nOr to determine
the effect of nfactiou of any of its
by the other party There is nothing am6ienons or
OF douotfnl Interpretation the face of the Chcro
kee and Crock treaties, and preence has been set
up that they have been dlsegarded by the Executive
because these nations have not observed them on
their part, and kept their faith with US honestly.
Ihey were well understood originally on all sides
and are framed IN language ha cannot be perverted
There can be no quibbmg as 10 the real intention If
both parties The terms are NOT susceptibIe of Jic
tcrent slgndeations. and the expressions used are
definite and suitable TO the subject matter of them
Is enough, however, that the Executive has no,
assumed to act on this ground and the corpp,in,s NJ
PAD NTH are, unfortunately, ell on the other side
sor are we examining whether the carss frdeyi,
mas occurred under any treaty with third party, by
ena my engagements on our part, operative
power That II IS for the Executive TO determine The
aorogratlon OF our stpUlaions because Georpin has
enacted certain laws for efTectually exeIcsng
nation and their lands. He maintains the rigbt ~
shat department Of the Government to treat the OBJ
legations by which the United States ire bound On
she ace OF me trehes, as annulled from that time