Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-12-10

L NutnBtFs ana prIh1rs .luse Than
s.auuany, under the protection of the I:ovr,nn,an,
anu through the influence of good counscis !" ca.
viiiled a a habits, and become an interesting, CT
co. Ch''s'lan community. These copseui,en
- ,somec u Them So certain, and the rest so nrob,hI.
nv C,n. .o"p'e.e execution of the plan sanctione,
| solicitude. ~" "'Jee' Oh muci
Toward the aborigines Of the country no one c,,
woulS % cm1ne friendly feeling than my self, III
,h.i. ~ ,utther IN attempting to reclaim them from
meIt wandering habits, and make them n bannv nm,
p',peaous people. l have endeavored TO irnuress mn
nn,v.rn my own solemn convictions of the duties an,
lowers oil the General Government I'm relation M nh
hu \, aS.norities. For the justice of the laws passed
efs, thew a.e NV w"nint the scope Of their reserved pow
mi ,nSy aIe not responsible to this Government. As
on n 'aruals, we may entertain aud express our opin.
ns Ii,t,, ~, ae's out, as a Government we have
az na,e right to control them as we have 10 prescrihs
laws 10 foreign nations. ~
Win a full understanding of the subject, the Choe.
y" anu Chickasaw tribes have, with rreat unanimi
y, determined to avail themselves Of the ,,heraI nr
.ers presented by the act of Congress. and have ayreed
S,ys move beyond The Mississippi river. Treaties
atV oeen made with them, which, in due season,
MnI oe submitted for consideration. I'm nepotiatiny
Mws 'oa.ies, they were made To understand theiI
tnelr independence in the western forests In snhm',h
li,s u laws of the States in which they noyv re-.
will eye ne S treaties being probably the last which
m y U maze with them, are characterised nv
sieat ,oefaii,y on the part ofthe Government. They
give .he indians n liberal sum in considerati,n n,
,heu removal, and comfortable Subsistence an ,ha;,
arrival AT their new homes. Ifit b.. Their ,ea, ne,
rs' " MAINTAIN a separate existence, they will there
yeSaInns uos0 withaut the inconvenience and
.oA'.ions o wnlch they would unavoidably have
oeeh SUBJECT IN Alabama and Mississippi.
,n munanlty mas often wept over the fate of the abort.
LLmyn VI .nts country, aud philanthropy has been long
DUSTY employed in devising means tn avert il RI,
ns progress mas never for n moment been arrested: and
from the earth. To follow 10 the tomb The Ias, 80 M,
race, ana To tread on the graves of extinct nations eI.
~ .me,ahchoiy reflections. But true philanthropy
.econCies the mind to these vic issitudes. as il does d
'ne extinction ofone generation te make room fur nm.
Tmu.. IN tne monuments and iortresses of an un.
Known people, spread over the extensive regions of
~ &c VIC DtnOIu the memorials nf N pnra p,,.,a.
race, winch was exterminated, or has disanneared
~ an room Tor the existing savage tribes. Nor is
.nioo..u any thihg IN this, which, upon a comprehensive
view ofthe general interests of the human race il 70
&c Icgletted. Philanthropy could not wish to see This
found by our forefathers. What good man ,vouIJ
preiefa country covered with forests aud ranged hv n
, lew u .n., savages to our extensive republic, stud
~ III IIties, towns, and prosperous farms embeI.
iisled with all the improvements which arr can devise
!, Industry execute; occupied by more than twelve
'nes o hDerty, civilization, and religion.
ne present policy Of the Govern
me"t is but a continuation Of the same
progressive change by a milder course.
Inc tribes which occupied the u
'ries now constituting the eastern states
were annlhilated, or have melted away
10 make room for the whites. The
"aveS of population and civilization are
rolling to the westward; and we now
propose to acquire the countries occupi-
ca ny The red men of the south g. wsst
by a lar exchange, and, at the
OF the U. States, to send them to a land
where their existence may he prolonp-
ed, perhaps made perpetual. Doubt
less 1t Will be painful to leave the graves
oil their fathers: but what do they more
nan our ancestors did, or than our
children are now doing To better
thelr condition in an unknown land,
our io~reiathers lett all that was dear IN
earthly objects. Our children, bv thou
sands, yearly leave the land OF their
birth, to seek new homes in distant re-
gIons. Does humanity weep at these
painful separations from every thing,
anImat" and iDaDimate, with which the
young heart has become entwined d?
Far from II. 1t is rather a source of
Joy ttsat our country affords scope in
which our young population may range
unconstrained in body or in mind, de-
SelopIng the power and faculties of man
IN their highest perfection. These re-
move hundreds, and almost thousands
OF miles, at their own expense purchase
the lands they occupy, and support
themselves at their new home from the
moment of thelr arrival. Can il be cru
ell in this Government. when. by events
which 1t cannot control, the Indian is
made dIscOntented in his a~ncienahome
I" purchase his lands, 10 give him a
new anu territory, to pay the
expense ofshls removal, a. support him
a year IN his new abode? How MANY
thousands Of our own people would
gladly embrace the opportunity of re-
moving to the west on such conditions!
III the offers made to the Indians extern
ded to them, thew would be hailed with
gratitude and ioy.
And rs 1t supposed that the wander.
ing savage has a stronger attachment
TO his home than the settled, civilized
christian! Is i, more affecting to him
to cave the graves OF his fathers, than
IT IS to our brothers g. children? Right
iy considered, the policy Of the Gener-
al Government towards the red man is
not only liberal but generous. He is
'S ~ oub'bIt ~ ItUC avs OI the
States and mingle with their populs-
ton. To save him from this ~aIterna-
tive, or perhaps utter aDDihilation, the
Government kindly offers him a new
home, and proposes to pay the whole
expense of his removal aDG settlement.
In the contamination ola policy orr
gInating at an early period, and sleadi-
ly pursued by every administration
within the present century-so Just to
the States, and so generous to the In
dams, the Executive feels it has a right
to expect the cooperation of Congress,
and of all good and disinterested men.
The States, moreover, have a right 10
demand it. 1t was substantially a part
of the compact which made them mem
bers of our c%onfederacy. With Geor-
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