Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-08-20
SPEECH OF Mr.. STORRs OF N. Y.

I shall say bu little as to TINT prc,euson They
may hare been defeated in battles Their country
may have been o"crTun by armies. We may
invaded them aud sometimes burnt heir t,was and
have driven then, into places of c0nceamen But il is
essential 10 title b. conquest that should have
ercised the right which the laws of wa allow to IN.
conqueror. Esve we taken away their la"ds abol-
shed their governments anu put then, IN Subsection
TO ourlcws If this has been done, land history
shows that it has not it late To say that
there hss been time when might have done IT.
80 Tar from claiming to exercise tins right, we have
closed our hosilltles by treaties ever snce we be-
came independent government, and both parties
were restored to their original condition, except on
points which the treaties provided for 1t must be
considers too, that Chen UP the title of con-
Vaest we seem feel that discovery alone would
not have reached the rights of soil against the native
iDhaban,S, and thought the gentleman from Fen
ness'c felt pressed i'll making his case, when he
assumed that discovery gave the right to follow 1t
up by conquest. The war must al least be lawful TO
sustify tina; tuo in any the Of morality
do mol think that the position be sustained that
because We have discovered any country, VIC
have the right to conquer II. Ii we choose to put 1t
on 'hc ground Of mere force. vii! not say that title
by conquest may be dened, heu the may have
been unlawful. But do not agree that ttis WAS
done on the discovery Of America Osr history docs
not show 1t.
farbcar take mp Of your tine this par
ofthc question, Tor fsar that have already wcaricd
your pa hence Bu, before leave It, ] beg leave 10
call your attention one of the many luminous pa
pers winch have issued upon .his subject, from Inc
u
on our tabeH containing letter OF tn" e5th August
lbs, 20 the Rev. En- Baldwin, Secretary of Board
formed III Inc city OF New Yo-k, for the ''savaiion
OF the lndaus." Tins Board rs pledged IN IFS con
stltuton cooperate With the Fedora Cove
III It's Operations Iran A1iirs." Bus this art-
Gle has fortunately restricted that hasty pledge by
express condition ''at ticle to violate the iars'
o. the Union CfthcSa laws, he Intercourse Acts
and trca les certainly the sacred right
morals Ii replying TO letter communicating %
the President copy OF the constitution ~ this be-
e IL
himse OF ;he occasion to take it upon hlmsc!Fto in
struc the Board t;Ia caaustry by which the Faith
Of our treaties might be impaired successfully The
argument very 6sief add the process quite sunna
~, by which lie accomplished this political absoIu-
ton in behalf do not feel al liberty hazard
the omission of single word That might impair It's
merit or obscure ITS cleerness by undertaking re-
peat it from memory
How the UHted States Government contest
with Georg 10 IN authority to regulate her inter-
nal atFairs' IT the doctrine every where maintained
be irIc, that State is sovereign, go far as by the
Constitution adopted, j. has been parted With to
The General Government. then follow mat
ter of certainly, that Within the limits of State
there bo none others, than her sovereign
power that claim to exercise the functions of
Government. It's certainly contrary to every idea
OF independent government for any other as
sert adverse dominion and authority within her iu.
rsdictonal limits; they are things that cannot exist
together Between the State of Georgia and the
Indian tribes within her limits compact Or agree
ever entered into; who then is yield? for
j. certain the ordinary course of exercised au-
thorty hat the other must. Tho enswer
bcretofors presented from the government. and
which you, by your adoption, have sanctioned as cor
rect, is the only one that con be offered GEORGIA
By her acknowledged cenfeaerative su,hority, may
legally and rightfuy govern end control throughout
her own limits, sss our knowIed5. Of the science
and principle of government, as they relate to our
forms, wrong and have been wholly nsunder-
stood
Nov, Sir, a this may seen, be very clear de-
Uoustration to itr onthor. l do doubt that he
honestly thought it must prove quite convincing to
ell who should have the good fortune to with it,
With your leave sir,
;pn talk word 10 this learned Ticban'
SHOULD like TO know whether it occurred to
hlro, in tho course of his profound Investigations
that the question to be examined whether this
was really the internal affair Of Georgia ONLY or notf
]. would have been better to have proved this concu
sion, than TO have assumed it, He began to reason
at the wrong end of the matter and that is The MIS-
fortune of his whole argument. 1t must strike the
mind of others, too, if the Secretary hiuosclf failed
discover 1t, that the powers which Georgia has in
fact, parted with to the General fovsrnment must
be exercised within the States they cannot be eH
eEcised any where Yet Georgia remains an indie
pendent government as to all tho sovereignty she has
reserved Whai More u there iii hat paper but n
iargon Of words? Adverse authority -eEerclsed au-
thority--conederate authority | G?sb to hold the
government OF my country respect IF can,
but ashamed to find the Justification of one of
It's measures pu forth IN such paper as this from
one OF the Executive Departments. trust that he
answers fer himseif only, when he speaks Of our
knowiedge Of the principles of our govnrnmeus,
aad then will agree, that If we Judge from
this paper, he knows very little about them
We are less iustifable in applying the principles
which have been led to the Indian nations in
Aiauama and Mississippi. Before these S ates were
erected they the territory of the United States
The jurisdiction in the General Government
There we're State rights in existence there We
had soismniy guaranteed to he Czech nation all their
lands. and recognized their sovereignty under various
treaes These States have bui recently been ad-
tsc1t m fhp IJnIOu OF thp don't. coi1
in his Message, 1T is TOO late to inquire whether it
was lust in the United States incrdr them (tbe
Indnn naons,) and their territory within the bounds
OF new States. whose limits they could control
Tha, step cannot be raced. a State cannot be
disincmb-red by Congress, or restricted in the ex
efclse OF her constitutional power. 1t is not denied
here nor could II have been that while this was The
territory Of the United States il was ctmDe;en for
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