Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-07-13

tbs Legislature of that state, passed in 1892 extending
The state lave the Cherokee Indians took e.ct a.
the frst Of June inst "
Upon thi, document, as upon every thing connected
with the Indian question in Geo, gia the more violent
oil the Opposition presses, have vented their
tons with than their usu al vjrulence Thcy
have opened npon Il the whole vocabulary OF ephe
defamation and sheer abuse would supply the obyion
deficiencies OF fact and argument.
Thus the Secretary OF the Hartford Convention, ap-
pends to the proclamation, series OF comments gu en-
az the folowing: We challenge the annals Of ciyix.
ed nations TO produce legislative act on anv subi,c,
even for the establishment Of an Inquisi,ion n any
such act there be- that committed to writing
that spasscs the foregoing in pure. uumixed uoprn.
eipled tyranny and oppression" The reader will
look i'm vain through this for the proo, nj
This nnnixed unprincipied tyranny and oppre
he will look in vain Tor any jus6 alton OF this gross
AMI shameless perversion OF its purport and effect
perversion the more uujus,ihsbie, because il can no,
proceed from error msappr ehenson, and because il
u evidently INDUCED in from the belief that with some
persons the comments will! no taken for granted with
out reading the proclamation aud without the correc.
ton which such reading would Afford.
Now, what ia the length ar6 breadth Of the law OF
1929, which the proclamation declares to have gon.
into eHsc II aanus the ordinances of the Cherokee
tribe; and places the Indians in all respects. save on.
on the footing OF the he citizens OF the state emit.
tied TO all the immunties AMI subject TO all the ,enal
ties of the civil aud criminal law. The single excep
ION 10 which allude, is the exclusion OF Indian
tmony against white persons exec pt such white. "a rs
side in the Indian territory
with regard 10 the law of 1929 (for the proclsma-
ton IL only incident of that aw) il does no more
nor az much. this state the New. ENGLAND s,,,e.
s"S'nl', North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Sc. SC have
hone Tor thirty years Ii simply extends tho state so.
veregny over the territory Of the state, and nrov;h.
'of the maintenance OF the paramount law. What in
uecu can ne more absurd, or anomalous, than the idea
o. population 'ofhfn state, OF the state
laws AMI authorities, claiming equsl sovereipptv with
me ave passing its local laws in defiance Of and in op.
p'"on 70 Tue slate laws, and asserting all the preroga-
tives o! government of euual power, Who vrenIl
cont>ni Tor moment, that the Indians in this state
nave me slightest authority a. independent local go
Ve'ntnen'! who docs not know that we have exsrcis.
ell exclusive jurisdiction them, by succe ssve en-
aetnen's, for forty years? Who does no, know tina,
we nave annued all the Indian laws ordinances and
-"'J"c,eu ah INC tribes nations 20 the operation of
our state laws and more h,n that by NJ obbiting
'hs sa'e oil their lands except to the state BY declaring
scng by the authority OF ard in obedience Ia
'hsir local laws guilty of MURDER and by MANY obor
ac's more eNclus;vc1n establishing moro exclusive
STATE jurisdiction than Georgia ha, ever claimed or
erc-s@ And yet this principle, recognized establish
~ ana exercised without doubt objection here il. il,
Georgia. unsurpassed s' in unmixed unmincipled ,v
ranny and oppression!-Such is the cant and bypoc;i
~ and inconsistency of the day Such is the moral.
ty or rather the politics. OF that pattern Of sanc and
sentiment, the worthy Secretary of the Hartford Con-
vcntou! W.
So nlfo with regard TO the exception above alluded
TO- ihe exclusion OF Indian testimony against whites
i rule Of the laws Of Virginia N Csroiin, and Ten
nesse" and similar principle is recognised by the
laws al Massachusetts and Connecticut under which
white man il permitted 10 purge himself nv bis own
oa'h, from The testimony OF an Indian. indians no,
converted to Christianity not witnesses in any court
In either OF the states unless specially admitted by sta
'u'e II isJus that II is so, for (as remarked in the
course of the debate i'm the u. s. senste) il i, mpos
he to present 70 them any symbol by which thew
themselves devoted 10 eternal punishment or by which
they can understand the moral consequences of pc i-
ry u their evidence should be falsely given Blu, tho
defamation against the oxcePtion, as well az against
the law, will be appreciated by the fact that this
miIgaion OF the former statute. BY law as old as
me settlement OF Georgia. Indian could not be heard
gfnst any whie person free person OF color
The law OF 1922 far reaxes this rule az tn peru
he 'esunony oil Indians against white persons residing
within thsi r nation. 'S
The truth it, the opposition press are driven 10 their
wis end to lind out of complaint against III
administration. The Veto the colonial trad. the 4,
riff and internal improv m nts on all which m ev bu
their hopes, have failed in abrdng them A sin go poin
Tor successful clainor and Misrepresentation They
nsve resolved, ic their dssi'ution to brine the
in"an question 10 account: Hsncc their gross unfair
meas, and their interruptions perveryions of the suh
Ject Hence their maledictions against GEORGIA for
course OF state policy preci'eIy similar to that which
ese party %saots have approved tacitiy or openly in
hcir own state, and in all the old sta,e, for wears
Hence the9 silence az TO the pracce Of other
snce also their harsh and unmeanne enhets score.
o which they have prepared for the occasion and which
they Apply whenever the subject alluded TO- however
lnapplicao'e and absurd they may be. They presume
greatly upon the credulty of the people if they ina
sine that such apparent pions can be palmed of
successfully upon them.
MIR. LOYALL.S SPEECH
NoRroLK, July AT the request Of sev.ral friend,
Mr. IoYALI has furnished the following aketch of hi.
remarks, made at the Dinner given to Mr.. RANDOLPH
on Saturday last in acknowledge ng the honor done him
by the following ioast
ny N. c. Whit'heah-Our Guest, the Hon GEoRG r
l-ofAtL me ial'hfnI and eloquent defender OF the
principles Of the Const,ution.-He will find in his own
conscious reciude the surest defence against
glamour, and idle aspersion.
One OF the gentlemen politely handed it u for pub.
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