Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-07-30

is desirons TO retraca lis steps, and ii IS
decislvely ayowed that these Sases ha We n1altera
BY determined TO proceedto the extremity OF strict
execution Of these laws in the fnce of the guaran-
ices OF our treaties. we must meet the then
here as we fluid it. q g 80 ~ ~
Tie message has invited US TO exa inc. = freeiv
and Il am not greatly the decision Of this
ftouse upon the measure now before 1t, " ii involve
pusotion of the country While we have bean SIT
ting nthese seats, deihsratine on this mafter 6r
rather sleeping over it, the intercourse lava have b
come . dead letter in the statute book. while the
Cherokee delegation have been at our door anrio,s
~ waiting TO know the fate of their nation hands IF
proBgate men have intruded Themselves unon stbe;,
people, and seated themselves down upon their lands
snow That this is not done under the authority of
or by the countenance of the horties of
that State, but our agent has informed us thai hes
intruders have taken courage in their arcfessions
from Inc laxity of opinion prevailing in regard to In
olan rlghts state of violence disreputable to the
country exists there. Blood has already been she'd
One of the Cherokees has been slain i'm oman aa
ihc forces OF the Government have very lately been,
sent there to preserve the, public peace and there
are some thousands of awlees adyerturcrs prowlino
through their country, digging for Cherokee gold.
and quarrelling among themselves for tha liven ~
the spoil am not at all surprised that outrares of
this sort have been renewed there They we're To
nave oeen expected, and are nothing more than the
WHICH must have certainly
oweu the least relaxation of the former policy Of The
government The protection which these unfortu
nate people have demanded of u.s. has failed n s,c,ye
them against these evils.
by surrenderiDg the question of soyereigntv t,,a
Executive has, for all substantial purposes virtually
ndoTed the treaties too The Intercourse La wa
OF me Unit Stntes are nuilifed with them For
until TINS was done, the right of these States to
tend their laws over the Cherokee nation and their
country was not susfainable 1t has become neces.
saFy theretcre, FOR those who Justify what has been
done,,to SO one.ep further and deny the VALIDITY Of
t I lh,efcoursa Laws and the Treaties too That
ground has accordingly been taken and rrayelv at
tempted to be sustained Ii it be well founded. in
any principles of our political system there is Indeed
no rec.css for those who have trusted to us we
shah nave ensnared tbom in our tolls. We have all
red Them on to their destruction. These uns,spect
ing victims of their generous confidence in our fsi,,
must be lett to bear the calamties which threaten
them as they can, perish under them They ba We
.ieyously complained of US, and the country has
ueePly lett ne reproaches Of our good faith which
these complaints could have failed to inspire in an
enlightened and christian community The oblira
lions OF our treaties have never been so undersfooa
or dcted upon before. The vents which have fol-
io"ed nave shocked the public feeling and apitaied
the country. II requires no skill in political Science
10 interpret these treaties The plainest man can
ieao your solemn guarantees to these nations and
understand them for himself can tell the gentle
man from tennessee Mr.. Belly that he is greatly
mistaken IN supposng that the excitement which
prevails Is nothing more than pnlnp sensbilitv or
tnat 1t is TO be attributed TO religious fanatics or
rug Pohtcians. The memorials on your tables will
snow you the names of the wnrmest friends of this
Administration. Able civilians and sound statesmen
peieve you to be in the wrong Pious men of all
denominations have been afflicted by what has pass
Gu ahu the conscences OF the purest patriots in the
country have been wounded
In my humble opinion sir Georgia has had M ea s., ~
complain OF the General Goyernmen, of dis
IN e .Iue spirit OF our engagements her, wihou,
lynaung our good faith the Cherokees To say nothing
IT'S or assumed that by the compact of 1907
we mace her what was then considered accepted fair
ior Its surrender We have bur,hene the
treasury with heavy charge from the proceeds of what we
or .he of private claims under
derived rom her Legislature The paid to these
Claimants and to Georgia, millions and quarter of
collars In the execution Of this compact am informed tina,
WIG nave since eStisushed the Indian title within limits
10 more than twelve millions of and at an enormous e
pen c. am ready to any further amount that may
which has always been This is to he done bv trea
very delay which has taken place in its complete ex
10 THIS time Independently of meaning ON the face
OF H. conciusvely show which il has been under
5000 and acted under all administrations There can be
nor any one here who does not feel and
knowiecSe our obligation to faithfully But Missis
sPpi ana ALABAMA stand different relation TO us AS we
extneuish the Indian title lands in these States ;hev he
come me DOMAIN OF the General Government We have en-
general interest OF country requires to be done bn @
nave IN that respect pursued liberal policy towards them We
nave purchaser these States about forty millions of acres
mas been surveyed for sales which have rapidly
SEQ, neuiy nine millions in Mississippi and than twenty
TWO millions n Alabama, before 1927 s5.- -
have been inclined think Sir that under all the crc,u,
stances of the states were admitted into the In;o
before they had acquired sufficient populations and sreupt 70
sustain tner State governments with advantage and convent
1"Se 10 themselves AN not disposed TO complain of IT,
nave chserfuy voed for the admission of them all since
nave mad The honor of scat in House. engtencd
required that we should have dealt generously
ey whose enterprise our immense forests had reclaimed
rom the waste in which they lay and carried with
ana are SUI extending borders free
,suons our laws and hope, virtues There can
De 20 more cheering sight any patriotic man, the friends
ee government every where have confidence
IN me staoiy OF Our institutions, the triumph of that
consons example which hold oft TO mankind OF the bes
sings OF regulated liberty than view the that poll
c winch has planted around ourishng circle of free
bat their early admission into the Union imposed upon
mem me puhen OF supporting independent when
too much exhausted payments public domain
have given rise pressing claims upon
ao mas imposed upon us the duty opursuing liberal policy
wards 'nen which think we have been disposed fulfil no
hoIaDy. ibe great extent Of public lands limits