Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-09-01
NO. 22.

has been acknowledged and guaranteed
by the United States; nor is there man
50 degraded as not to feel keen sense
of injury, on being deprived Of this right
and driven into exile.
il is under a sense Of the most pungent
feelings that we make this, perhaps our
last appeal to the good people of the u.
States. 1t cannot be that the commu-
nifty we are addressing, remarkable tor
its intelligence and religious sensibilities,
and pre-emnent for its devotion to the
rights Of man, will lay aside this appeal,
without considering that we stand in need
Of its sympathy and commisseration. We
know that to the Christian and the phi
lantrophist the voice Of our multiplied
sorrows and fiery trials will not appear
as an idle tale. In our own land, on our
own soil, and i'll our own dwellings,
which we reared for our wives and for
our little ones, when there was peace OIL
our mountains and in our valleys, we are
encountcrng troubles which cannot but
try our very souls But shall we, on ac-
count of these troubles, forsake our be-
loved country Shall we be compelled
by civilized and Christian people, with
whom we have lived in perfect peace for
the last forty years, and for whom VIC
have willingly bled in war, to bid final
adieu to our homes, our farms, our
streams and our beautiful forests? No.
We are still firm. We intend still To
cling, with our wontcd affection, to tho
land which gave us birth, and which,
every day of our lives, brings to us new <
stronger ties of attachment. We appeal
to the judge of all the earth, who will
finally award us justice, and to the good
sense of the American people, whether
we are intruders upon the land of others.
Our consciences bear US witness that We
are the invaders of no mans nghts--ws
have robbed no man of his tcrritory-we
have usurped no mans authority, nor
have we deprived any one of his unalicn-
able privileges How then shall we in
directly confess the right of another peo-
pie to our land by leaving it forever?
On the soil which contains the ashes Of
our beloved men we wish to live-on this
soil we wish to die.
We intrcat those to whom the forego-
ing paragraphs are addressed, to remem-
Der the great law of love. "Do to others
as We would that others should do unto
1 you"-Let them remember that OF all
nations on the earth, they are under the
greatest obligation to obey this law. We
pray them to remember that, for the sake
Of principle, their forefathcrs were compel
led TO leave, therefore driven from the
old world, and that the winds Of persecu-
ton waited them over the great waters
and landed them on the shores of the
new world, when the Indian was the
sole lord and proprietor of these extensive
domains-Let them remember in what
way they were received by the savages
of America, when power was in his
hand, and his fcrocity could not be re-
strained by any human arm. We urge
them to bear in mind, that those who
would now ask of them cup Of cold wa
ter, and spot of earth, a portion Of their
own patrimonial possessions, on which to
live and die i'll peace, are the descend
ants Of those, whose origin, as inhabitants
Of North America, history and tradition
arc alike sufficient to reveal. Let them
bring to remembrance all these facts,
II ana tney CHHHOt, anu VIC arc suic, uicy
,ciH not fail to remember, and sympathize
with us in these our trials and sufierings.
LEWIS ROSS, Pres. Comm.
james Daniel, Joseph Vann, Dnrid Vann,
Edward Guntcr, Richard Taylor, John
i Baldridge, Samuel Ward, Geo. Sa,m-
/ ders, Daniel Griffin, j.. James Hamii-
/ ton, .9ler. MDaael, Thomas Fore
man, John Iimson,
i w. S. CooDER, Clerk.
/ GoISo-SNAKE, Speaker ofthc Council.
James Bigbcy, Decr-ia-the-,cater, Charles
Il Reese, Sleeping Rabbit, Chu-nu-gee,
Il Bark, Laugh-at-.Mush, Chuleo'cdh,
i Turtle, Walking- Slick, Moses Paris,
/ j. Il. Daniel, Slim Fsllo,o, Situake,
| Dc-gah-ie-l'.ge, Robin, 1ah-lah-doo,
i .Nah-hoo-lah, WhaePath, .N-gah-we,
| Dah-ye-ske.
i Jomy RrpcE, Clerk of the Council.
| .Ntw Echoia, c. NJ July II, 1880.
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