Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-12-15

0rGuRoD8ys anu thOtc Siatfs
vance rapidly 10 population. weslih
power. "a will sepsrst. tho Indian, H..
immediate contact with settlement,
whites; free th'm from the power ..
States; enable them to~pprsue hspn..,.>
their own way. End under their ouur,t
institutions, viii rei3rd The progress of 81,
cay. which - i.s-eninE their hLmb.,,, -,
perhaps cause them gradually under a.
projection az nc Iovrfnmehi. and thTou.
ne 'nnushcs OF good connseIs, TO oaN oa
their savage h,hi'-, and become on inter..t
ing, civilized. aud CLri,tian cammup,,
These consequences, some Of them SO cor
tam, and the rest so probable max. tLe e,,
ptcte execution of the plan sarc,,.,.Jl
Congress at their isst tession. .u ob,.e,
much sole hnde.
Towstds the sboris inies OF tie eouutry,.
one can indulge more friendly feeling jhsn
ma, self or would 20 further in stttmpiir-
reclaim them fron their wandering hss,,.
and make them happy and prospcrUu, rco
pie. . have esd~svored TO impress ur,.
them an, own solemn convictions cf tie "a.
ties and powers Of the General Goserbm,,.
IN relation 10 the State suthoeiiics. For a.,
justice ofths laws passed nv the State. VII.
IN the scope Of their reserved powers, i,..,
7 are not re- ponsibie 60 this Government
| As indi, iduals. We msy eniertsin and {,
press our opinions Of their sets; but, as.
Government. we have as little right toooo
troll them as We have TO prescribe law O.
fore ign nations.
with y full matchmaking Of The srhi,,.
the Choetsw end Chiekasaw titles ha,,
with great unanim,iy, Determined to ava,
themselves of the liberal Offers presented hy
the oct OF Congress. and have agreed 10 re
move beyond The Mississippi river. Ire.
Ties have been made With them, which. b.
due srssop, will he submitted for consider.
ton. In negotiating these treaties. ihty
were made TO understand their true corI-
tion; and they have pre- ferred nsin,aiuu.
their incepe nJenec IN the western forest, 10
| submitting to the laws Of the States in uhi,s
I the, now reside. These treaties being pro.
badly the last which will ever be made ,vii,
them. IRE characterize by great liberal,
! on the part OF the Government. The, give
the Indians liberal sum in consideration m
their removal, snd comfortable sub.isi.nce
/ on their arrival ~ their new homes b,
DO their real interest to maintain q separa'e
existence, they ~ IN ;here he oil Iiberi, TODD
so without The Inconvenience and ve1siiot,
tn ~hioh the, would unsvoidshly have bee
subject IN Alabsma and Mississippi.
/ Humanity has sffen wept over the fate
OF the sboIigines Of this country, and phi
lanthropy has been long busily employ ed
IN de,islng means to avert IL but ITS
progress has never for n moment been
arrested; and one by enc have many pow
eriuI tribes disappeared from the earth
TO follow 10 the tomb the last Of thi. race
and 10 tread on the graves OF extinct ma
tions, exeites melancholy reflection.
But true ph'isntropby reconciles the n.inG
10 these viciss,tudes. as IL does 10 the eI
junction Of one generation TO make room
Tor another. Ia the monuments and lor
tfesses Of an unknown people. .prcad
over The extensive regions Of the We.i
We behold the memorials Of q once pow
erul race, which was exierminai.d. or
has disappeared. TO make room for he
existing savage tribes. Nor - there any
thing IN this. bich. upon compvchen
sire view OF the general interests of the
human race. - TO be regretted Phllar
iropy could not wish TO see this continen;
rcst"red 10 the Condition 10 which il w..
found by our forefsthers What COED
man would prefer a country covered With
forests and ranged by few thousand ~
wages 10 our extensive republic. studded
WIN rhies. towns. and prosperous farms
embellished With all the improvement.
which art can devise, or industry execute.
occupied by more than twelve million. a
happy people, and filed with all the bies
sings oi liberty, civilization, and religion
"
IS but a continuation Of the same prOxres
si,c change. by a milder process. III
tribes which occupied The countries now
constituting the eastern States were an
INFLATED. or have melted away, 10 make
room for the whites. The waves OF popu.
isiion and civilization are rolling 20 The
westward: end we now propose 10 : r. u,fe
TIE countries occupied by the redn-n Of
the south anil 10 r..
and, at the expense OF the United State.
TO send them 10 a land where their e,i,
ience may be prolonged. and pethspS
made perpetual Doubles il will i,n
painful TO leave the graves Of their father.
nut what do they more than DER ances-
ie's did, or than our chilJrrn are now do
ing 10 better their condition in an IN
known land, our forefsiheTs left all thst
was dear IN earthly objects Our children
oy thousands. yearly leave the land OF
heir birth. to seek new homes in oi,sisn.
regions. Does humanity weep AZ these
painful separations f6om every thing. AM
nnA'e and inaninaie. with hicb tie younc
near, has become enIwiaedP Far from,
~ " - rather source Of ioy that Qua
country affords scope where our young
population may range uoeonstsaDsd n
oouy or IN mind, developing the pouev
ana faculties Of man in their highes, per
'Se"on. These remove hundreds, and
almost thousands of miles, AZ their own
expense purchase the lands they occupy.
shu support themselves ~ their hew hont
rom tho moinent ~ n'eir arrival Can
" oe e'aei IN 'his Government. when. by
e'e"'s which u cannot control. the Iad,sn
~ mace uiseon,enied In his ascsest houes
10 uTebass has Lands. To give him a new
"Su eA'ens''e territory, 20 pay the expense
o, ." removal snd support him = ysarin
h,s nc" "bods How many thousand.
% COR o~H people would gladly embrace
VIC opportunity OF removing 10 the We,