Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-12-10

ccaa'ss affords scope where cur young pep
ulsssan may range unconstrsined in heds o.
in mind, developing The power and faculties
81 man insheir highest perfection. These
remove hundreds. aed sIsnos. thousands 81
miles, At their own expense, psfrehzse The
lends they occhpy, and support fhensrlsss
at their new home from fl.v moment ct tlseig
arrival. Can il be cruel IN this Government
when, BY events which itcanuot ~controi, the
Indian IS made Disconnected ia his aneiens
home, to purchase his lands, 70 give him =
new and exp ensive territery. 10 paw sac ex-
pense of bis removal, and support him a year
in his new aboieF How many thousands OF
our own people would gladly embrace the
opportunity ofremoving to the West on such
conditions, Hthc offers made TO the Indians
were extended 10 Them, they would be hail.
ed with gratitude ard joy.
And IS il supposed that the wandering
savage has a stronger attachment to his home
than the settled, civilized Christiani Is it
more affecting TO him to leave the graves Of
his fathers, than II is TO our brothers sad
childrenl Rightly considered, the policy ~
the General Government towards the red
man Is not only liberal but generous. lie is
4 NHN ttftEE 10 SADUfi 10 TUG laws di lttS 3tHA<<<
and mingle with their population. To save
him from this alternative, or perhaps utter
annihilation, the General Government kind
~ offers him = new home, and proposes 70
pay the whole expense of his removal and
settlement.
10 the consummation Of a policy origina.
tug at an early period, and steadily pursued
by every administration within the present
century-so just to the States. and 50 gen
erous to the Indians, the Executive feels it
has a right to expect the co-operation Of
Congress. and of all good and disinserestcd
men. The States, moreover have Alright 70
demand It. II was substantially = part 81 the
compact which made them members Of Our
confcderacy. With Georgia, there is an ex-
press contract; with the new States, ar inn
piled one, ofequal obligation. Why. IN au-
thorizing Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri,
Mississippi, and Alabama, to form constitu-
tons, and become separate States, did Cen
gress include within their limits extensive
tracts Of Indian lands, and, in some instances
powerful Indian tribes VAST not under
stood by beth parties that the power Of the
States was TO be co-extcnsive with their linn
! its, and that, with all convenient despatch,
the General Government should exsinguish
the Indian title, and remove every obsiruc-
ton TO the complete jurisdiction OF the State
Governments over the soiil Probably not
one Of those States would have accepted q
separate enthusiastically il would never
have been granted by Congrcss-had it been
understood that they were TO be continued
/ forever to those small portions of their nom.
, Inal territory, the Indian title 10 which had
at the time been extinguished.
il Is, therefore, a duty which this Govern.
ment owes to the new States, TO extinguish,
as soon as possible, the Indian title to all
lands which Congress themselves have In
cluded within their limits. When this is
done, the duties Of the General Government
IN relation to the States and Indians within
their limits are at end. The Indians may
leave the State or not, ~ they choose. The
purchase o thcir lands does not alter, in the
least, their personal relations with the State
Government. No act Of the General Cow
eminent has ever been deemed necessary to
give the States jurisdiction over the persons
Of the Indians. That they possess. by yir-
tue of their sovereign power within their
own limits, in as full q manner before as after
the purchase Of the Indian laBdtt nor can
this Government add or diminisllit.
May we not hope, therefore, that all good
c~itizens, and none more xealousy than those
who think the Indians oppressed by subjec-
ton to the laws Of the States. win unite in
attempting TO open the eyes of those chill
dren OF the forest to their true eondition, &,
by a speedy removal 10 rclievethem from
She evils, real or uaagihary, present or pros
pective, with which they may be supposed
to be threatened.
Among the numerous causes Of congratli-
lation. the condition Of our inpost revenue
i deserves special mention. inasmuch as il