Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-09-24

them the articles OF SALT coffee tea cocoa and other
staple articles of every day use What system that pro-
duces these effects can be good one Let be called
the American System, by any other specous and
deceptive term is not the interest OF the West TO heap
taxes on the poor man VINO his SAT- and his coffee,
and permit wines and silks to pay light duties thereby
grinding the face OF the poor ad favoing the rich
who alone drinks champagnc and dresses in silks and
satins Let every man remember chat under the al.
minstration of Andrew Jackson, those odieGs dsnc-
tons between rich and poor have been disturbed and
broken down. Let it be remembered that the oppres.
i've duties salt, teas, ceiee cocoa SC. have been
greatly modified and that the first day of December
next all the essential grocery articles for family
sumption will be reduced by operation of law IL 10 20
per cent who then, is the friend the people, who light
dcns! rn
INDIAN SOVEREIGNTY
We give to-day the correspondence between Mr.
WIT and Gov. Gmer Of Georgia, relation to the re-
tanner oil the services Of the former gcntl.mAo by the
Cherokee tribe OF Indians, in their contemplated effort
erect foreign government in the heat OF the Unit
States, and to take tor ,ba purpoe, large portion
o. me state OF Georgia. We admire the sa,cs,,ic
cooin-ss o the q vsrnois reply Of III. yra-
"ions limitations OF Mr.. Adams EVA torney Gsner-
a. We agree with him in believing Mr. wrrs pro-
tcuon unnecessary for the safety o. thai State how
over " the off ant philanthropic the intention.
How NJ. Writ and his clients can bring ,heir cause
INTO The Supreme Cour', Cannot c. nor is Georgia
hk'iy 10 allow the qur.'ion be tried with her cou.
sent, or to meet his tribe Of equal terms
70 debae their right, to dismember her territory and
To erecta foreign government within her lmils thus
aooSang her consi tuition at will, and paroning her
soi The aeiators OF this cent? oversy, those no have
iabored TO defeat all the benehcent intentions and
peaceful measures OF the Federal government in bi,
matter by encouraging Il Indans TO mSks such ex-
uaVagant assumptions, and couoselling them 10 dis.
obey the Laws OF ihs state, must NEE, the question
without blinking the consc quences, and he prepared
sustain them to heir full extent, TO the assertion by
the general government, or supreme unlimited power
over state laws and indeed, over the existence OF state
governments.
In what manner the DEGREES of the general govern
men', Tor Remembering psronng the state OF Geor.
ga are to be carried into eff ct, and how isr the safe
y OF the Union will be compr omiscd are ao matter.
oil serious reflection for those who are making up the
We believe the elaine Of the Indan. TO .ov.rei -n,y
wilma state. TO be untenahs, and we look upon the
relations between them and Georgia in that particular
as pure ly municipal concerns, in which The United
states have no more tight TO interfere than in any other
domestic relation. We can ceve no case in which
me Federal government, has tight TO ahr'gate state
lave, not individually repngnant TO the Uped States
Cor iIu ion. There il nohng in any law of Georyis
on this suh &C, unconstitutional per Sc. IL is the ish,
10 egis'a'e IN any case which is sed and denied
By the party, OF which Mr. Writ il the legal adviser;
and his d. ni on their side, ami Tho sertion of The
right on the oher. form tho subance of The eonrovtr
~, "rh which The question OF Indian removal has no
SUBSTANTIAL conneXinr. II il discus ion of vital i'm.
poranc constitutional que stion involving cardinal
Interests, the maintenance subve sion OF state au.
'hori'Ies ia" extent of Federal power, the whole poll
cy OF n'ian legislation aud the of the treaty
making over a" vested in the general government and
exercised with the IndianA All OF ,hase we are cor
woo ed are repugnant 10 the opposition doctrine on the
,bisct.
Party violence, personal hostility 10 GsneraIJ,ck
sen, ard vehement zeal The part OF oee Iitcian
TO husthis own teie n'ors Cor eff bs tie poo
pie, are conioundng most Of the settled pinciplss OF
eons,'uti%n'l doctrine, as we'll as the chief pou's o
cubic psiicy. To elevate Mr. Clay, thsre are par
'z ms who do not hesita 9, cater his exsmpe) to
employ mears and assert o, nions which Inevitable
'etd 10 abcl-h all the cid ldndms, k Of lie constitu
iicn.
In these remarks we have not ref FRED The Indian
hes ia f,.,.s
poicy, excenta remotely and tlnk most nnnsce.sa
flIy connected with these doctrines. Were The right
OF the state 20 leeislae fully negaved by any coupe
tent authority the opposition desires sI the Indian
bill would be, according TO their own vie VS. favor
and bounty 10 the Indians which hey mieh freely
reject, or accep'. 1t wocld be TO nbomanity ia G.n
Jacksop 10 sho Il even 10 the czens oil the .ov.r ign
patton OF Chcrckee., facilities for removing VOLUNTARILY
West OF the Mississippi H. the CONTRARY, the right
were affirmed, and the validity Of tho laws Of Georgia
esfd6fishea by any compstent tribunal .i l-ss could
the Indian bill he termed oppre. sve II tate laws
one fous 20 them, the United States offer them The
rams OF escape, offer them inviolabs asylum and
protection, su'tenance, and wealth in thst YUM. In
oither case the laws being affirmed or denied the In n
dian hill is bounty and mercy hem and (, Georgia
simple act OF good faith Without off ming or deny
ing either, the cf-rs of :he bill are liberal and such
as would promote the interests of the Indian. in
either event
The complaints of the opposition sgsnst the bill are
that u does no. deny the right of Ge0rgin Ia lesfsI1fe
that II Is s' M on HAT head aud !eavsse poin, where il
ought, be, dconnc cted with the general policy Of 10
dan removal which is the settled doctrine of all mar
ties G-neral Jackson did nat aft rshi in the Fed
era power, which he does not believe constitutional
and, therefore, the opGoon vials OF wrath are poured
out upon measure With which that question ia totally
disconnected, aud which, bdt for hi. agency i'm it,
might have passed bout opposition like the many
which have gone bsore it asserting The same
Bali. Republican.
The private journey OF Mr.. Clay to Columbus on
professional business, seems to have been after ALL so
much party affair, that the expenses were borne by
party su scrption! The last Cincinnati Advertiser men
tons that his bill at the Cincinnati Hotel was left I'm
pdd and that paper circulated make the amount
up bya contribution.
IL may be asked" Says the Advertiser) chow we
came TO the knowledge OF these circumstances and for
the satisfaction Of the reader for his sake not Mr.
Clays, will state that last Saturday paper was p,
into our hands, which appeared be drawn up by our
friend Charles mot black Chares for the purpose OF
raising by subscription the above 1862 75 TO paw the
expenses of MIR. Clay at the Cincinnati Hotel The pa
per Is written in the proper hand writing of Charles
Hammond and signed G.. Hammond So with several
other signatures amounting 10 III dollars
"As the sum is not completed, and the bill perhaps not
yet paid, the paper be had proper application
These things would scarcely be worth noticing hut
-unconnected with party, and solely on professional
business. fH
MIR CLAY AND CoNEAUT CREEK.
In bic late Cincinnati speech. Mr.. Clay attempted 10
show Inconsistency In Gen Jack son ~ bavns sign
ed an appropriation for Conesut Creek few DAYS be-
fore be put bis Pei0 on the MaysvilIe bill Although
come what acquainted with the Geostsphy of thi. couu
Try, lie did not know Of the existence Of ,uch stream
until he read the bill"
Now, If Mr. Clay had attended TO the business Of
MI Adams administration, he couII not have lsIed to