Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-09-17


hculd increase with their increased wealth /,
hat when wealth, Intelligence and industry |
we're confined to the whites and the children /
,f white men, that tho power over the tribe 1
should become conferred in tn same hands, |
But that these causes were calculated to pro- |
1uce similar effects upon the Indians, the |
real oborigines,is disproved by every example |
among the thousands which the experience
Of the two last centuries has furnished in
every part OF this continent. TheCherokees
have lost all that was valuable i'm their Indian
have become spiritless, dependent
and depraved; as the whites and their chill
dren have become wealthy, intelligent and
powerful. So long as tho Cherokses retain.
cd their primitive habits no disposition was
shown by the States under the protection of
whose Government they resided to make
them subject to their laws Sich policy
would have been cruel, because il would have
interiered with their habits of life the enjoy
ments peculiar to Indian people and the kind
of government which accorded with those
habits and enjoyments. 1t was the power Of
the whites and their children lmong the
Cherokees that destroyed the an,ient laws,
customs and authority of the trib,, and sub
iected the natives to the rule O that most
oppressive OF governments, an Oligarchy
There is nothing surprising in This result
From the character of the peope and the
causes operating upon them, it cold not have
been otherwise. 1t was this stan of things
that rendered it obligatory upon the state of
Georgia to vindicate her rights o sovereign
ty, by a5olishing all Cherokee government
within its limits. Whether Intelligent or
ignorant, the state of Georgia has passed no
laws violativo ofthe liberty, personal security,
or private property of anr Indian IL has
hDop bo nhiccf oG hnp,.n.,,, ,,l
separate the two classes among them, piviny
the rights of citizenshipto those who are ca.
pable ofperforming its duties and properly
estimating its privileges and increasing the
enjoyment, and the probability of future I'M
pIovement to the ignortnt aud idle, by re-
| moving them to situation where the induce
| ments of action will be more i'm accordance
with the character of the Cherokee people.
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| Morgan Riots at Boston. The leaven of
anti masonry has been Introduced into Bos
ton-into Fanueil Hall, to,, the " old cradle
of Liberty, Judge Dexter, of Michi-
gan, and terrible ferment las ensued SO
much so that the Mayor wa compelled to
allay it by dissolving the Meeting. The
agitating question" Can any man under
the influence of Masonic oahs, discharge
with fidelity the duties of any important of
flee in the gift of the people according tc
the true nature OF our free Institutions
was discussed in presence of assembled thou
sands, in Fanueil Hall, for three days! L
seems that Judge Dexter, of Michigan, ant
a noble Senator of Massachusetts, Nose.
Thatcher, settled clergyman and Morgan
convert, were the chosen champions of ant
masonry the former of whom, with "hcav,
looks, foreboding some dreadful story hang
ing on his tongue" addressed the crowd
with burning eloquence," eliciting big
tears from the swollen eyes, and floods O
sweat from the ponderous brows, of scores
and tens of scores. He made splendid ora
torical exhibition, replete with patriotism
well seasoned with the blood and pulverizet
bones of Morgan, land of other murdered Ma
sons, and ever and anon, gave skilfnl thrus
at the ribs of judges and jurors who had re
garded their masonic oaths and obligations
In violation Of justice TO others who were no
of the ancient fraternity affording abun
dance Of proof that masonry had saved from
the gallows murderers, and from penitentia
ries the most prohigate rogues that ever trod
the earth-all brother masons." The scene
was truly interesting and it is thought that
the address Of Mark Antony over the dead
body OF Cesar was comparatively amere
" flea bite" as the Boston Pop Orator En-
mons would say or, it was SIGH speech as
went greater lengths than the federalsts and
democrats goes, as demagogue Boston clown
club.fooi, would have it, But the Judge was
terribly cut up by our facetious friend John
w. Whitman, Esq. ready writer, felcitous
speaker, and incorrigible wit and humorist
who advocated masonry, denounced setedars
and tickled the audience into laughter quite
uncivil, and finally wrought up the minds OF
some Of his hearers to state of fevernh and
fearful excitement-and a disturbanc, fol.
lowed which canno. be described without Of
Tending decency. The second day the Rev.
Mr.. Thatcher belabored masonry, AMI de-
nounced every thing connected with masonic
institutions; when John w. Whitmau-the
eternal ]. w. Whitman" BanGuo9' the
Parson, and again defended masonry; teliev-
cd there were honest masons and ami ma.
sons, bus rogues enough of both He gave
the Judge several shots between wind and
water, but took parson Thatcher al close
quarters, and assailod him with stink pots >
an efficient weapon used on board the
Shannon against the Chesapeake--an over
whelmed him, and other seeding masons
with their contents, consisting Of /" periured
villains" scoundrels," and " liars! ~ The
parson was only six PAGES off but had no pis.
tolls! The greatest Kissing, shouting, belch.
ing and believing ensued The storm ragged
with unprecedented violence for.three hours
whom the meeting was adjourned to the next
morning at o'clock Next day accordingly
the review commemorative sham fight
renewed, the combatants again engaged, aid.
ed by a MIR Ward on the side NJ mi; mason