The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-07-29

4 SuSstiuii uuiiilS tlit iul' StsSipH Oh Nofl
gress, that of MIR. BATES, of Massachu
setts,is conspicuous, both for the force o
it's arguments & the beauty of its style,
We extract the following truly eloquen,
passages from his speech:
Mr.. Speaker, there is not an act OF
Georgia since Oglethorp first planted his
foot upon the site of Savannah, when duly
considered; there is not a resolve, ordi
nance or law Of Congress; there is not a
treaty of the u. 5. with the Indian tribes.
that does not tend to establish the fact. that
the IDdisns are the proprirtors ofthe lands
and hunting grounds they claim, subject
only 10 the restriction upon their right of
alienation. You might have put the ques.
ton TO every man in this nation. or child on
the frontier, and he would have told YOU so.
until the legislation of the States. aided by
interest, instructed him otherwise. What
then becomes Of the tenancy at will-at
suference, as asserted by Georgia? Not
one act, law or treaty that does not estab.
Iish the fact that they are sovereign. Sir,
when were they otherwise? In what field
were they conquered? Produce the proof,
but be 1t what IT may, il is all controlled
by single, undisputed, admitted, fact
here is the nation, until this INVASION Of il,
still sovereign.-Thcre is no tradition that
has not been lost in its descent, that it was
ever otherwise than sovereign. The pyr.
amids Of Egypt upon their own broad and
solid foundations are not beitor truth of
themselves than the Cherokee nation is of
It's sovereignty, Sir. the emblems Of il
80 IL ttts 4
now inhnblt Georgia, and all who ever did,
where IN the loins of their European an.
cestry, and the bird that bore them aloft
IN the skics-,hc region that clouds never
daIkencd-was not more the king of birds
than The Cherokees were tho lords of the
country IN which they dwell, acknowledge
ing no Supremacy but that of the Great
Spirit, and awed by no power but his; ab
solnie, erect and lndomitable as any crea.
tures upon earth the Deity ever formed.
Sir, you cannot take n step in the argu.
mcDt towards the result con,endcd for by
the friends Of this bin, without blo,tinc on,
a treaty, or tearing seal from your bond.
give 10 the bill u connexion which it has
IN fact, whatever may be said to the con.
trary, with the decision of the States to
which II is subsidiary, and with tho decs.
ION OF the President, that tho Indians mus,
submit 10 remove. Now, sir, say YOU are
bound To protect them where they arc, if
they claim II at your hands. That YOU will
violate no right of the State in doing il:
and Will violate the rights Of the Indian
nations by not doing it. That when the
L. ). IN consideration of the ccssion orland
made by the Cherokees to this Govern.
meni, guaranteed to them the "remoinder
OF their country forever" you meant somo.
tbing by 1t. Sir, 1t is in vain to talk upon
this question:; impossible patiently to dis
cuss 1t. lfyou have honor, it is pledged;
II you have truth, IL is pledged; if you have
faith, IT is pledged-a nations faith, and
truth, md honor! And 10 whom pledged?
10 the weak. the defencelcss, the depcn
dent Fidem .3ngforum in. /oeqere eieginlus,
they say to you. Select your faith and no
olhcr, ,--yon would not have it otherwise, - |
we roposcd our confidence and trus, in you, |
and you alone. And for what piedged?-
wherever you open your eyes you see il,
and wherever you plant your foot you feel
It, And by whom pledged? BY a nation
IN It's youtb-a Republic. boasfu oilts lib.
eriy; may il never be added, unmindlul Of
its honor. Sir, your decision upon this sub
lect is not to be rolled up in The scroll Of
your Journal and forgotten. The transac
lion OF this day, with The events that it will
give rise to, will stand out upon the can.
sass in oil future delinea,ions Of this quar-
Ier Of the globe, putting your deeds of glo
~ IN the shade. You will see il every
You will meet it on the page Of
history, in the essay Of the moralist, IN the
nj fha "a -. - \ Z
VISION OF the poet; you will feel it in the
sting OF the artist; you will encounter il in
he indignant irown Of the friend Of liberty
md the rights Of man, wherever depotism
las not subdued TO its dominion, the very ,
ook. You will meet it upon the stage; ,
'ou viii read it in the novel. and the eyes
If your chidren's children throughout all
will gush with tears ns they
un over the story, unless the oblivion OF
mother age Of darkness should come over I
he world, ano blot out the record and the Z
1emory of it. And, sir, you will meet il at G
he bar above. The Cberokees. IL they sre {
zen cannot submit 10 such laws nnd such i
egradaiion. They mnst go. Urged by
,ich persuasion, they must consenf 10 90. 4
YOU will not interfere IN their behalf the o
esult is ineyi,able--tbe object will be- ac- ri
omplisbed. When the Cherokee takes "
40 last look of the cabin he has rcared--of n
10 field he has cultivated--of the mound p
nat covers the asbes Of his fp,ters for uD ~
nown generations. snd the bones Of his 81
,mily and friends, and leaves all 10 be de. "
,crsied by the greedy and ob,rusive Dor 81
erer--Sir, I viii not venture upon do ~
.rIption Of this scene Of a nations exit and
sile. will only say would not on. Sc
,un,er the secret. silent prayer that should CO
breathcd from the heart ~ ono ofthese ~
lferers. armed with the energy tina, faith B'
ld hope would give IL, If there be God IN
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