Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-08-24

round ns when we enter these halls without feeling
the smart of that rebuke which We deserve and must
suffer for OAR pertidy. These memorials OF their
hospitality cannot be efaced until we shall have d.
ap;atcd these walls, another enemy shall kindly
ntlic, upon lesser disgrace
We came to these people with peace offerings, and
they rave us lands a. increased In numbers
we increased our demands, and began to press upon
them. They saw US hemmlng them in on every SIDE
and urrowing down the graves of their fathers. As
their subsistence wasting away. they remonstra-
ted against as. We deaf to their reproaches.
They implored us to remember their kindness to
u.s. but turned away from them They resisted
at last and flew to their arms. Fierce and bloody
wars followed We felt their power, and If they
had been united, or lad foreseen what We now
doing, should not now he IN these seats. We
again friendship, and established treaties
with them. We pledged our faith, and gave them
our solemn guarantees, that W e would come fur
Their hope that we shall feel it our duty to oh crve
them like honest men.
But we were asked: Will you leave things in their
present condi' ions Will you refnse.to treat with
them, Mo- But if / am asked when wa shall treat,
am ready TO answer Never, sir, neyer,kll they
at perfect liberty, and free from all restraint.
should not consider treaty made With them in heir
present and forsaken condition, morally binding on
them. | will not consent to take advantage of men
IN their situation l slck-heart-sck of seeing
them at doors as enter this hall, where they
have been standing during the whole of this session,
supplicatng us to stay our hand There Is one PLAIN
path of honor and the path of safety because 1t
is the path of duty. Retrace your steps. Acknowl
edge your treaties. Confess your obligations. Re-
deem your faith. Execute your laws Let the Pre-
sident revise his opinions. is too late to be
just. Let HIM extend his hand TO them as brother
AS their great Father indeed The power of the
Government Is at his command. Let hun set them
free. Above all things, win back their confidence
Convince them that they must trust you again as
friends If you will do this, and they free act
without any coercion, am ready to execute any
treaty which they will make with you. But it must
be done peaceabfyiu the true spirit of our obliga-
tons to Georgia. and IN no other way. wish they
were in a condition to treat with us fairly. wish it
for the sake Of Geo ga-fur them and for ourselves
But w'll not consent thai government shall operate
on heir fears. It is unmanly and shonorable. I
will not agree TO nculcate on their minds the ghtes
suggestion that they not TO be protected fully,
fearlessly, g. faithfully They shrinking
der the terror of the calamlties which they believe
await them when this bill shall have passed They
believe that the laws Of the States be ex-
tended oyer them for good 1t is impateria whether
they right or moi i'll his belief. They believe it
to he, for evil and anarchy is there in it's
forms. have too much confidence in Georgia to
believe that she will suffer any vloenceto be commit
ted under her authority But the effect produced by
her laws has not left these people free agents.
These States have right to ask to act under
such circumstances, or if they do, ought to Judge
of that for ourselves. and refuse to act if think
the honor of the government forbds it. Heal the
wounds which you have inflicted and convene their
councils. If they will then treat with you, bring
your treaty here instead of this law. We shall then
Executive. by MY humble vote, in all that he shall
promise i'll our name. He shall have countless mil
lions to fulfil our faith The treasures of the nation
shall flow like water, and the people of this country
Will bear any burden, rather IMAM suffer the honor of
their government to be stained with perlidy. But
for COERCION. any thing like cocrcon-inoral
physical. direct Indirect, will vote nothing
poor scruple will taRe 40 responsibility that
may involve tho country in that taint upon rep
utation, be accessory to IT. No pride of opinion
should influence There no lnnres to be won
ID this field There Is no victory to achieve a
people IN thei situation There is reward before
US but disgrace and the detestation OF fellow men.
If this bill passes they will submit all the injuries
Which may be inflicted upon the Tor i, longer
In their power TO resist They will bear it as long
as men can bear oppression bat they will sink under
1t at last If were In their situation we should
not leave our own country willingly. we, Who are
strong and proud and FESTIVE of restraint, should fly
tn for half what they have suffered already =
We have done it, but had friends sustain U.S.
But the Indian must submit When we have turned
him away from door, lie has friends any
where. Shall we, who boast much of our nstitu-
tons and talk loftily of patriotism reproach him
because he loves his country too well-because his
heart IS not as fnty as we would make it-because
he fingers too long among the graves of his fathars?
But, SIR, if the fiat Is pronounced here-he Will 90.
He must CO. for he cannot stay here and I've. They
will leave the fields which they have reclaimed from
the forest and laid open to the their comfortable
dwellings,, their focks, their schools, their churches
their christian churches which lGe have built
there, and Which now stand where the stake of The
victim was once planted But they will not leave
the graves of their fathers. A whole nation in des-
pair will pousy gather up their bones and retire to
your western forests When they shall have reach
ed its neither skirts they will look back for the last
time from the mountain this beautiful lands of
their fathers and then retiring to the Deeper shades
within, will curse your perfidy, and teach their chill
dren to eXecrate your name. We could bear re
Proach from the proud and the insoent, but there
eloquence in the humility with which these people
plead their wrongs. We feel guilt in the very
submlssiveness with which they approach
1 have viewed this question in all the lights which
have offered themselves to my mind and can see
way TO dispose of it safely but to stop where are
Ito gono farther; but to retract openly honora bly,,
and Immediately Every step advance in this in
justice will sink US deeper IN disgrace. But, sir, to
reject this measure is not enough. We regain
what We have already lost, unless our laws are exc
cutrd We cannot leave seats here and do this
ourselves. Without the corporation of the Executive
we are powerless; and if he wI not pause--if be
will not execute the treaties-if the laws are suf
fered slceDif reason and Justice are slirhted and