Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-12-18

eaening them the arts Of eivzst aud the doctrines
OF christianity, we have une xpecedy found them form
ing, In the mijSt OF selves, eomIunte. caisng
to DO Independent OF and rivsls OF sovereignty
within the territories Of ths mcmbers OF Uu,on.
This state Of things requires that remedy should
provided: remedy, which. while 1t shaii do justice
to those unfortunate children Of nature, may secure TO
tho meubess Of confederation heir rixhts,f sove-
reigniy and oil soil As The outline al pr CT 20 that
effect, the vsws presen eli in he Rp,rt OF the See
r-,.ry Ct War are recommended to the consii- ration
I Of Congress"
\ And ,ho question up, whether this s'rem.
edy" l. 10 b. adopted by the present Administration
| after II be, teeDTecoinmendei by Mr.. Adams! she
son, what they commended In hin WHISTLER there
be any Thing 20 netr, aud outrdgeoui forards the
inddns fhsmssves a. to call for the clanorous repro
baton has eeivsd from the tact Gus parizsn. of Mr.
Clay when II can be sh-wn that his elan lot colo
nzng the indians TO .hs West Of the Mississpp) il.
not new; but that Il has been approved by jeff ,son
| and recommended by Monros and Adams-wheni
can be shown, that 1t Is calculated 10 eserv. the 10
dams themselves from tho annihils ion to hch they
are doomed under their present eisenmsanc mus
not The People ascribe the excessive Glamour o, the
day 10 the vioe OF party opposition, OF fanatic
l'the emigration OF the Indians, then. new idea |.
very lar rom it, Scarcely bad Mr.. Jstersoa received
me news OF he acquisition Of Louisiana, than this hu-
name AID polite scheme suggested ice to him. VIVA,
does that great man say in bic letter to Gen. Gates Of
Ioly H. 1898 - accep, with pieasu Q. and with
reciprocae your congratulations the ACCT
stion o: uisiana: for IL IL sutj of mutual con-
Erstuaun as it Interests every man OF the nation
The territory acquied as II Includes ALT waters OF
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the arena Of the United States. ard the pare l. not
Inferior to thu old, in SOIL climate prouc iour aud i'm.
poftant communications. Ii our Culture dispose Of
u win the wisdom W. hays right to exp-ci, they
may make II the means OF tempting all Indians on
the Est siie Of The M.sissipp, (, the Wes
AM oil cnnden irg, iisesd OF scattering population"
Mr.. Monroe when Pres Of the u. s. in 1924 ,ay.:-
The eordi ion Of the ahori ines within our limits end
especially those who are within the limits Of any Of
me S'@tes msuts likewise particular atenti n. Expe.
rience has shown. that unless tho tribes be civilized
they can nevsr be Incorporated into our system in any
form whatever /; has likewise shown that ia the re-
guar augmentation OF our population, with the en-.
sion oil our settlements, their stu alton i'll become de-
plorable u their ex'in ton l. not menaced Some vel,
digested plan, which will rescue them from such ca
families: IL due to their rights, TO the rights Of hums
ny, and % The honor OF the nation Thsir civz ,ton Is
indisp nsable TO their safety, and th, can BIS accom-
Ps . only oy degrees. The process must commence
with 'he infant state. through whom effects may
DO wrought on the parental. Dficulties OF the most
serious character present themselves to the attain
msnt Of this very desirable re suit on the territory on
Which they now reside. To remove thsm rom it by
force. even with view to their security and hap.
pine'.. would be revolving to humsRity, aud utterly
unju.iihaSle Between the limit OF pr, States
aud Territories and the Rocky Mountains and M xico
there vast territory. which they might be invi-
tsd. with nducemons which might be successful. Il
10 thought, that territory should be divided into dis,
ttics, by previous with ths rites no resi-
ding there. and civil goverDm. nts be established In
eAeh win schools for every branch o;ns,ruc,on 10 Ill.,
rriure acd N the arts OF cviiize fe that all the
tribes nov within limits might grad uay be drawn
there The execution Ct this plan would necessarily
oe auen'ed win expense, and that not Uncomfortable;
but II is doubted whether any her can be devised
which would DO less liable TO that obi sctiop or more
likely to succeed.
IL has been seen what NJ Adams says upon the ere.
meJy TO which he reers-and now an extract from
Gen Portes's. the hen Secretary OF wars Report 10
snow now lar they both carried their views the hu-
maung condition OF the Indians, ard the territorial
fsh'. o. the Slater; "Notbns be cear to one
who has marked the progress of population and improve
menf and eonversaut with the prime iples of human
az on than that these Indians will not Le permitted Ia
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states by their pres mt tenure for any
fioh IT, indeed they were not disturbed in their pos
sessions by u.s. would be impossible them Ion. 20
sno''t as they have heretofore dons by the chase
their game Is already much diminished a. to snder
Tequ My necessary TO furnish them with provision.
iu order TO save them from s'arvaon. In her
destitute and depioabe condition, and which is con.
sant'y growing hepless it would seem TO be not
only the rieb but tbs duty Of he Government to take
mem under Its paternal care and TO exercise hsir
gu ardianship"
Why, them when Mr.. Adams recommended thi,
scheme, II was received with applause by hi. own
friends. is II now to bo rroscrbsd because IL IL enter
oil by Gen. Jack,or' IL there any poeticaI or poi-
cal justice. In his visitation When Mr. Adams
mended tho emigration OF the Indians no Associations
were formsd-noWilliam Penns or Boston Mssioparie,
took the h-id against him huuders were
from the puiPitno pres clarnon,ed against the pro
postion-no lair lips or rtverend tongues snahe
tho author. Why tbisl Why are all these engine.
now Pu, into moion! l. II ,ba, Andr Jackson is the
President, Instead OF John Quincy Adsm.--and tina,
Henry Clay Is smbi'ious Of the h,nors Of IN, Char.
But u the proportion be not new; IL II has be, q sp.
proved by three OF orr esdensis there any so
revolving IN if character as % occaon sre.con. We
scarcely need quote some former Number o. the Nor,b
American r view-whch decl ires IL 10 be abiv
well ascer'aoed, that they cannot support tho neigh
borhood OF eivI'zaIou-'hat IL would not be essy
10 suorsn'ia'e single act Of vioc nee, lees any
systematically oppressive treatment towards the ssva.
ges In this State, for instance since the time VII, hev
ha thirty churches in the hood Of Boston and
some Of them served by ministers OF their own race
that The Indians Rave either mingled with the White,
and thus been confGunded wi h tho mass, " hcb hss
happened TO so email degree, TO deserve 10
~ mentioned; or, remaining distinct. they have Twin
hied away IN consequences vi CHECKS on IN,
ncreas., no, Implying voluntary oppression on our
part. DRUNKENNESS and other vices OF which the ALI
msnt has been impaired 10 them have thinn.d their
numbers dc'That, TO take measures 10 preserve the
indians, is to take TO preserve 70 much bar
ba'iy, heIplessness and want tine exclusion o. 50
much Industry and ihrif,ines-,-thst personal l. ina
lice should be, or 10 tolerated. but the which We
'or 'hsr end keep up the existence OF large bodie.
OF nall clad bsrbarsns, who will not canno. sustain
themselves by the arts cf civz d lite are la va 10 or,
rent eomior. and improvement from taking tic pase Of
misery and want"
We shrink from this species Of language as cold and
inhuman towards unfortunate and depressed race of
fellow beings We feel for their misforiuneswe would
do any thing which calculated TO abae them-but wa
are conscenously persuaded that the plan Of Enigra
ZION ~ The only scheme that preserve the fragments
OF inc Southern tribes What awful xpe rencs
upon this subject What has become of the nanv
tribes which once roamed this portion Of North
America! Where are tho Moha wks, the Onan,iagoe. &
the Naraganseis? Where, the Cuttatawo he p;s
sasecks, the Youghtanunds; now as strange al
they are babarous to ears' Yet they were tribes
which once dwelt in the land Of Virginia Where ara
the thirty tribes OF Indians whom Mr.. Jefferson emu
nerstes with their places Of babiiaion and their NUN.