Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-09


ses OF ms removal and support him wear in his ne w
soodef How many thousands of our own peonle
~" w eI.d'y embrace the opportunity of removing to
tne West On such conditions If the Offers made IN
the iedians were extended to them thev would =.
nailed with gratitude and Joy.
And Is It supposed that the wandering savage has
vzed Christian Is il more affecting to him IN ..v.
tne graves OF his fathers than is to our brothers and
cniiurenf Rightly considered the policy of the Gen.
era Government towards the red man ia n, onI, ~
raj but generous. lie is unwilling to submit 10 N.
Jaws ct the States. and mingle with their population
10 save him from this alternative or perhaps utter An
n'nns.Ion, me GENERAL Government kindly offers him
new home and proposes to pay the whole expense of
his removal and settlement.
IN the contamination Of policy originating At an
eA,y Petoa. and steadily pursued by every admins.
m u withn the present century-so lust to the
states and so generous to the Indians the Executive
reels has right To expect the CO of Con-
g.ess. and OF all good and disnterested men. The
o.es' moreover, have right to demand il. Il was
substantially part Of the compact which made them
members OF our eonfederacy. With Georgia there is
a contract with the new States, implied
one OF equal ALLEGATION. Why, in authorizing Ohio,
sniana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi and Alabama To
form constitutionss and become SEPARATE sta,es did
include within their limits extensive tracts of
.nmn lands and, IN some instances powerful Indian
trioeS Was it not understood by both parties that
tue power OF the States to be nsve With
~. limits and that. with all convenient despatch
.nS oehera government should extiuguish the Indian
'Ie, ana remove every obstruction to the complete
jurisdiction OF the State Governments over the .o;I
rrooaoiy lot one of those States would have accepted
separate enthusiastically il would never have
oeen granted by Congress-had il been unders,o Il
that they were to be confined forever to those small
OF their nominal territory, the Indian title to
winch mad at the time been extinguished
IL Is, therefore, duty which this Government
owes 10 the new States, to eXtingusb as soon as
possible, the Indian title TO oil lands which Con-
gress themselves have included within their limits
w men TINS is done, the duties of the General Cow
eminent in relation To the States md India ne
IN their limits are at end. The Indians NAV leave
the State or not, as they choose. The purchase OF
taer lands does not alter in the least their personal
eia.'ous WIN tue state Government No act IF the
General Government has ever been deemed necessary
To give the State jurisdiction over the persons Of
The Indians That they possess by virtue of their
sovereign power within their own limits in as full n
manner before after the purchase of The India
iandSi nor can this Governncn; add to or diminish
it.
May we not hope therefore, that all good citizens.
ana none more zenlously than those who think the
enuiah oppressed by subsection to the laws of the
states, Will unite in attempting 10 open the ewes
OF those children Of the forest to their true condition
and by speedy removal to relieve them from the
evis real or imaginary, present prospective with
~n!ch they may be supposed to be threatened
Among the numerous Of conpratnl, NJ i'm
INC condition OF our impos revenue deserves spec,l
mention, In as much it promises the means of
eXtingushing the public debt sooner than was antic
Pated and furnishes strong illustration of the prac
teal effects of the present tariff upon our commercial
interests.
The object of the tariff is objected to by some rs
unconstitutional; and it considered by almost all
as detective IN many Of its parts.
The power 10 impose duties on imports or;o;na1ly
belonged to the several States The right to adius
those duties with view to-,he encourae cement 81
domestic branches Of ndustry,is SO completely Incl
10 that power that is difficult to suppose the
eAis'ence OF the one without the other. The States
nave delegated their whole authority over imports rc
the Generai Governments, without limit a. ION or N
'trcton saving the very nconsiderable reservation
fiAr lo,,,- ~
having thus entirely passed from the States the rl1b
10 exercise for the purpose oprotecton does not
exist IN them; and, consequently if it be not possess
oy Inc Gcneral Government. 1t must be extinct
Our poh'ica system would thus present the anomal,
OF people stripped of the right to foster their owl
lndus ry, and to counteract the most selfish and de
s'ructve policy which might be adopted by foreign
nations. rms surely cannot be the this indIs-
must be within the scope of the authority on tn,
subject expressly delegated TO Congress.
In this conclusion, am confirmed as well by Tn,
opinions OF Prcsidents Washington, Jefferson, Mad
mended the exercise of this right under tho Constu
ton as by the uniform practice of Congress the con
tnued acquiescence Of the States, and the genera
understanding ofthe people
The difficulties of more expcdient adjustment O
the present tariff, although great are far from be
ing lnsurmoun,ablc. Some are unwilln TO improve
any OF ITS parts, because they would DESTROY the
whole other fear To touch he object ionable Dol s
1901 ."oec l"ey Improve should be JeOpardicG. | or
persuaded shat the advoca les of these confic,,no
view, views 40 injustice to the American people, and C
their Representatives. The general interest is The
interest of euch: and my confidence is entire that
TO ensure the adoption of such notifications of the
tariff as the general interest requires 1T is only ne
cossary that that interest should be understood
us an nirmty oil our nature mngle interests ant
prudcos with the operation OF reasoning powers anc
attribute to the objects of likes and dslke qua they
90 not possess aud effects they produce The effect
OF the present tariff doubtless ovea,ed both in its evil
NM al emf
price oil cotton and other agricultural products rs asccc
wholly 10 ITS Influence and by another reduced price of
manufactured articles The probability is, that opinior
the TRUTH and that both induced by that nu
e'e OF interest and prudccs TO which have referred Tn,
decrease OF prices extends throughout the world
ennacng not only the raw material aud the
ace nut provisions and lans The cause must
De deeper and more pervadng than the tariff of the United
STATES IL may, IN measure, he attributable to the inc
value oil the precious metals produced by dmnion of the
supply ana an increase IN the demand while commerce ha,
rapidly extended ITSELF and population has augmented The
supply oil gold and silver the general exchange ha
oeen greatly interrupted by civil commissions the counirie
rom winch they are principally dawn part Of the effect
o - douess owing To increase Of Operatives and I'M
p"Vsments machncy But, ihs whole is questionable
whecr Tie reduction in the price Of lands produce and
manufactures has been greater than the appreciation of the