Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-03

and the Consequence is, s,lat 10000 Indisa.
the rightful possessoss Of tho soil thew o.. o.
Ply, must leave their homes aud TIE rrsY..
their fathers, where they have slready ~
rapid advances in civilization, and epcon".Is
the hsrdships sf 5000 miles pilgrin,ya y
the wilderness of the West When oosa.s
by the persecution of their white neiSLhsss
till they could endure it no longer, thev -.
pealed to their Father the President. and
Congress Of the nation, who had '',oI.rl
guaranteed TO them all their reTnsining la
not yet csded," and they expected then en-
peal would not have been liz vain. But y
stead Of atfordiBg them protection, their y,
Their the President, and the Cosgress OF q.
nation have joined league with tdeir opp,s.
sors,-snd thus thoiF last hopes s<s sxlis.
guished.
We fear this win form a dark pavn m 49,.
nations kistory, hsr honor and her olo,r
Confident we are, that if the question 10
been decided purely on it: merits. and n.
Demon of Party had not been invoked ~.
should this day, instead of result Sc r,o,.;
flying, have recorded vote, which worIJ
been looked on with pride by the fresmen ~
future generations. throughout all time 4
mong the 100 Representatives who voted /,
favor of the bill, we find but ono. or at mos,
f,ro, who are opposed 10 the present Admia;,'
tation. Yet among the 90 that voted aga;,,,
the bill, to their honor be il recorded. we,.
25 Administration men. Here then we find
that OF leo Adminlstrato on men more or h,,l
at least 90 voted for The bill, while of 10 =.
II anti>Admlnistraticn men, 90 voted in III.
negative. Is anY further proof wsetinu IA
show, that this most important bill, inyol,;,s
SO many interests, and even the honor ana
faith of the country, has been desided essen.
tally on pat grounds!
Whea NO speak OF the natiCn, we do no,
forget the amendment made to the bill, "that
IN executing its provisions, the faith Of urea.
hes with tho Indians shall not DO violated,
(thoueh strange to say, Sd Representative.
recorded the;r votes in opposition TO tiis
:sns5trnoe Of justicei) For we know that III,
possihie 20 keep within the letter ef q treaty.
according to The forced interpretation whssk
may bs gwen 1t, and yet violate it's slsrit. a,
trsly and eifectually as if it were tisml led
ander foot, or burnt in the market place w.
consider the very posture which the govern
ment has assumed in this matter, violation
OF the faith of treaties. Instead OF falflEss
the 'solemn guarantee" 10 tho Indians, lh,t
their remaining lands shall he forever ssr,,rui
to them, it FIRST ,sirrks OF the encroacbment.
on said lands by the seigbboriag wlate, aad
then takes measures 10 remove the Indiana
contrary TO iheir known viii and oft feoeat.
cd declarations. Congress has refused sven
to institute an trqu9y into the w!stes Of the
1nsians by means Oh special commiesioners
because Trey know that such an ingestiga-
ton would make more giaring the njnstice ef
ther removal. They therefore Withhold al
encoura2 cement or promises of protection to
the Indians Ii they remain, and offer strong
rscuniary inducements if they no: which
leaves them in fact but one alternative, and
sinse they must go, they will of course taks
the money given them, aed make the best Of
the shift they can.
We subJoin list Of tho votes on ordering
the bill to a third reading, arranged accord
ing TO the representation of the differsns
States:
ine.-Yeas-Anderson McIntirs. Nayv
--Butman, Evans and Wingate.
-sNe,c Hanpsswe .--Ayes-Broadhea d, Har.
vey, Hamnens. Hubbard, Chandler, and
Weeks.
.Massachstssfts --Yea-Dwiaht NAYS
Bailey. Bates, Crowinshield, Everett, DAVIS.
Gorham, Grinnell, 5lodges, Reed, Richard
sen, Fsrnum and Kendall
Rhode Istana- Nays-BuYges and Pesrce.
ern'ons.-Nays-Ca hoon, Mailary, Hunt,
Everett and Swift.
Cos'eessteta.--Nays-3arber, Ellsworth.
Huntin gton, Ingersoil, Sto,rs and Young.
.Ntic York Yeas i6-kngeil, Bockce,
B6rst. Cambrel~ng, Craig, Crocheron. De
Witt, EARL, Hoffman, King, Maees, Max.
we'll, Mcneil, Powers, Nerplanck and White
Nays-i5-Arnold Beelyman Childa. Cowle..
Dickinson, Finch, Hawkins, Martindale, Nor
ton, Rose, Spencer, Storrs, Strong, Taylor.
Tracy. Messrs. Halsey and Lent absent
.Netc JeTsey-Nays- all
Pennsyloonio-Yeas 7-Crawfa-d. Ford,
Fry, Gilmere, Ramsay, Scott and Sterigers.
Nays l6-Denny, Evans, Forward, Green,
hernphiil, Shire, Irwin, King, Leiper, Nc.
Creery, Miller, Mublenburg, Sill, Smith,
Stephens and Sutherland
Celas00re.- Yea-Johns.
Maryland Yeas ----Howatd, Spencer.
e5-Spstgg, Browa. Mitchell. Nays-Dor-
sey, Semmes, Washington
Virgtn;a-Yeas l5-Alexandsr. Allan.
Archer, P. P. Barbour, J, S. Barbour, Boul-
din, Claiborne, Coke, Craig, Davenport,
Gordon. Loyal, Mccoy. Rsane, Trezvant--
Nays 5-Armskong, Doddridge, Maxwell,
Mercer and Taliaferro.
NORTH CcrclsHa.-V cas- s-Alston, Carton,
Conner, hall, PottAr, Rencher, Sheppard.
Speight Nays -Barringer, Dsbsrry, Dud-
ley; shspsM ard Williams.
ho@h Cove<iHa,-Yeas unanimous.
Georgia, .4labo",a, Jaississpp, and Ms.
sours-Al yeas.
Ohto.--Yeas-Findlay, Shields Nays 10
- nartley. Crane, Creighton, Irwin, Kennons
%as,el, Stanberry. Thompson. Vance, Vinton'