Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-27
from IN occasional Coyrespondens

WAsHISGTON, May 10, r. VI.
! Mr. Siorrs, Of yOgr State. has Just coaelu
( dsd oae oftho abiest speeches, which have io
many years been made upon Tie iloer oil ih'
House Of Representatives. He occupied tn'
| attention OF the House, in Committee Of the
| Whole, lust four hours. lis speech was
I regular straight forward, without repetition
end withous proliyity en- any topic. ~ was
! clear. arpgaaentative unanswefabie5 and very
/ powerful New matter O. great importance
aEL great interest WAS produced; particularly
an extract from the Executive journal Of 'he
Senate, from which tine injunction Of secrecy
has beea removed, and which discloses the
solsmn and deliberate oniiion of President
Washingtos's Cablnet in 1898, on the precise
questions SOW Gat3tcd.
An Indian war was impending; regocls
tons with various tribes were to DO attempt
ed; and certain principles were fixed by the
Cabinet as the bssis Of treating with Indian
tribes generally. As one # these principles Il
was agreed, that The lndi4as sbo1ld be DIS
tnctly informed that they were acknowledged
10 be the rightfd owners aud sovereign pro
,si,-iof, a. Eurn oi ui@!f izads rs had rot
BccE coded by them 10 tina r,..tes: that
tl'sT were acknowledged, also, to possess tie
perfect right OF selfgeFerBments that thGs
might retain their rights 81 soil end soSe
reIgnty forever; and ta4t tie United States
claimed sothns mors than tive right or pow
er OF pro-emptloa Thensvsr the tadlaus should
DO willing to sell.
At the close Of his spsech, Mr. Storrs eE
pressed M earnest wish, (and | think hofe)
that the Executive would arrest tha Pres5Et
conr.a OF measures; that be would intsrPoae
10 save the faith OF the natoa, and thus con
suit MS true aud permanent glory.
In most eloquent passage near the close,
Mr. Storrs expostulated with his fellow mem
bers, on their responsibility to their consutu
ents; TO the intelga.t and enlightened PARK
of the community, TO the wise and good Ct all
countries, whose voice viii control the 0pin
ions of mankind; to the great family Of ms
items; TO ths friends and the enemies Of re
Publican Institutions, and TO postelitv, whose
Judgment viii be pronounced upon thcfs
uuinfuencad b. the party clam
ours or tho ysnal presses of the present dag. I
He declared IL the NEST solemn B'ann8T
that, although he had not contributed re s'o-
Yate the Pres lcnt of thu Unitad States to
his present high station, and although tho
chief ma gistrate was slectsd 10 administer tae
laws under the constitution, and rot 10
place himself at0rs It, yet it would he less
calamity fop HIM to become dtsiefer for t9s,
than for Congress TO sanction Shs present
course of measures. in regard 70 the Pllghtsd
faith of the country. IN toe Same connection
be added, that, in his Judgment tho violation
Of our sacred engagements with the Indians,
nonhrmed, as they have been, would do mora
to impe4s the canse Ct freedom In the world,
than could be done by all the armies OF all the
nona!chs in Europe FOR century.
If this spoo.h coril BE- printed immediate
", iust Is it was doIwered, It ceuid act bat
have an effect on thu decision Of thu pro.saS
question. 1t is immensely important that 1t
should be in the hands Of voters, especially is
he State Of New Ior1.-.N. ]. jour. cf Com