Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-08-06

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peace-to st'pulate on points invoIvnc 81 ,s 90
qualifying the sovereignty of both nar,;s na o.S1s
sessed generally of political attribule an 1
-. aho altogether absurd their appos;n
" SUBJECTS, Ii nothing more than '.mere narra' 80
stately forms, then this long practice of the Ts -"
tne Colonies, the States, and the Federal Cn."'
menn w indeed proves nothing Words no longer
.lean what words import, and things are NOT -
they are But these treaties have heer oi wnss
upon us something quite substantial, il the TIM
vi tnein Ih'nge as firmly settled as these are not
TO De easily moved This most honorable portion Of
our history is not to be obliterated bv aash f ,h
pen. From period not long anterior to the revoin
zion In England, there are numerous Indian tre,,;s,
t9ade by the agents OF the Crown, as we'll a. ,h.,
Ooonies. These were doubtless made with the fun
appropriations and IN many instances under instrc,;o
OF ADVICE from the Crown officers They have No.
a.eu upon ana acknowledged, in way that nuts ali
question as TO their obligation at rest The Cropuu
Ooionies round 1t 10 be to their interest to take
ena, courses the motives which led to it were On r;s
ahd are quite ebvnus, even to a CT ,eless reod. -
our history AS long ago as 1884, we find Zee
nitlve treaty made al Albany, between Lord Efioa-
gan of New York, with The Five nations az noa ae
the Chiefs said TO them that occasion. thu, ~shS
treaty had spread SO far in the earth that r.. ,o,
would reach through the whole land, and if the
rrench should tread upon the soil anv yvharo ,ho
Indian nations "euld immediately fell i Thao
kePt this treaty faithfully, and the Colonies Owned
their security Tor many years. il. Shortly before
our revolution, the principle may be considered to
uyoyt
CLAIM to be invested with the capacity to contract in
that way, as qualified sovereignties. The docr,nea
heio In ne time OF Henry VII and the Stuarts uoro
completely changed before the declaration of InSe
;Ssos IN the 9th of April, I77s, General Gaze
lssueo ut New York, by order OF the Kins."a nro-
ciamation. fully RECOGNIZING the obI;aat' ply pU
Crown under It's treaties with the Indian n.,,on ~
DO not mean, sir, 10 be understood 10 saw ,h, ~:
acknowledgment of qualified sovereignty wonId h. 80
oeen admitted by the British Government to the FIJI
ten. tina, we nave carried since. We found it so
Tar settled at the period of our Independence That
we openly adopted it as the public law for oprselos,
w nave ever since placed our relations with the In
dams on that footing and they not to be ds,u,b
ed now on any fancifu hypothesis AS to their riuht
to- the soil, however, that was long before soIenDI
settled in practice, and has remained On f., J
period too long to be questioned New Rnr
and Is held under fair and no est purchase fyon,
me natlVes. very small part of it was ever
Claimed by actual conquest Pennsylvania and
view G fork were acquired in the same way Mr..
Jefferson says IN his Notes, speaking for VIRGINIA
That the lands Of this country were taken from,
Iaem oy conquest, is not general truth as ia arm
posed find In our historians and records reneataa
proofs OF purchase, which cover considerable mart
o. the lower country, and many more would doubt
Tess De found on further search The upper countrv
we knoW. has been acquired altogether by purchases
made In the most uneXceptionable form -, Tbera !.
not foot of land now held by Georgia. for which 11e
cannot produce, from authentic history her title b,,
purchase from the Indian nations. This system. sir.
was conscientious in ITSELF and founded in rood morale
We may here stand up boldly like honest man he
tore all mankind. am not wiling to blot ont tbesa
iaifest pages OF our history. / will not consent that
these proud monuments Of our countrys honor shall
Or defaced l would not darken the living light of
INA. glory which these illustrations of the justice of
our have spread every page Of their his
tory Tor all the Indian lands that avarce ever dreams
OIL anu all the empire which ambition ever coveted
(Speech b be contiaued.)