Litchfield enquirer., 1830-12-16

N p;slnIiye action of the Federal Government.
 i, wns . leading object with the famers of the Com. situiOn keep as separate as posshle the action Ot inc Legislative and Executive bFRnches of the Gov ernnent. To secure this object, nothing is more ea- Seutin than to preserve the lurneT lrOm the tenp.Aa
 ons of private interest," and therefore 90 @ direct the patronage of the latter not 10 permit such tempt- lions to be offered. Experience abHndantly demon- stva,es. that every precauon n this respect t valu ble safeguard Oflibery, and one which ny upon the tendencies of system incme me to th'nN should be nude ttll sIrOmger l was tOr thaa reason that in c0nnexiOn with amendment ct the C0nssl- tuition, removing all intermediate agency in he chO'ce of the Presdea recommended some restrictions up' on the rc-egibilty of that officer, and upon the teN1G of offices generally. The reason still exists; and renew the recommendation, with an Increased conh- lence that it's adoption will strengthen those checksoy which the Constitution designed tO secure the snde., pendence of each department. of the governmemt ann promOle the heailhl and equitable administrator ot all Ihe trusts which it has created. The aReWl most likely cOnifavene this design Of the Constitution !S the Chief Magistrate. In order, pa ticulary, that hs appointment may ns i"r as possblc be placed beyond
 the reach 0f any improper infuenccs ln order tInl he may approach the solemn responsibilities OI tue hIgh- est office the gift of free people, UncOmmitted lC any other course thar tie src, line of constitutional duty; and that the securities for this. Rdependcnc6 may be rendered strong the naase o power, antt the weakness of posscssor will attfSf cannot too earnestly invite yoar attention ,5 'hs pr"grely ~ pr9 noting such amendment Of the COusEuiion as WiIp | render him ineligible after one term OI service.
 It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress tIat the benevolent rocy of the Government steadily pars sued Or nearly thirty years, nrel0r tu the setnOVa* l of the Indians beyond tho white settlements. is np< proarling a happy comsnInmation. Two importa"V movaI at the last session of Congress and il s eIiev ed that their example will induces.hs remaiMns tribes also, to seek the same obvious atsvantagcs.
 The consequences Of speedy removal will b0 iftl porant to the United States, lo individual States anb to the Indians themselves. The pccuniary advantages which it promises to the Government are tue least of it's recommendations. 1t puts end to all possible danger of collision between the authorities of the Ge- neral and' Snte Governments, on account of the IM dans. k will plhce dense and civilized populations in large trncts of country occupied by Q few age hunters. By Openlng the whole territory hetweeW Tennessee on the north, and Louisiana the south. tO the settlements Of the whites, it will incalculat,y strengthen the souhwertcrn frontier, and render the adjacent States strong enough to repel future invasion without remote aid. It will relieve tue whole State of Mississippi, md the Western part of Alabama. cfIn dian occupancy, and enable those States tO adyanr0 rapidly in population, wealth, and power. 1t will se- Epasate the Indians from immediate cOnact with settle menis of whesT free them from the power of shs States; enable them to pursue happiness iR iAnir owN way, and under their own rude institutions wiIl retaFd tue pvogress oG decay, which s esscning their n1m- bers; and perhaps cause them gswdually, pnder the protection of the Goreremen, aud through tie inau ence of good counses, to o .he, savNge habits, and bero'hu .n interesting, civilzed and ChrstiaD community. These consequences, some. of lhsm s'N execution of the plan sanctioned by ConRresSut loir last session an object Of much soliciiuhs. ...s.
 Toward 'Ae ahorgines oi the counsryy no oas enn
 indulge nlore irieMlly feeling ,ha a.yself er wcsd go further iM attempting tO veclan them tsBn heiv wandering habits. aud make them u hnspy aasl pros porous people. ! hssc eMieayossH to impresa ui"n them my own solemn convictions Sf tke hMlies anl powers Ol the General GOvrFnment W vsiat0R tO the State aatAorieS. For the justice oc the laws passvh ers they are not responsible to ,lis Government, AU individually we may entertain and exprepa opinions of their nets; but, Governnrnsr wa have Tlitie
 ght to control then as VIC have to prescribe lasS e foreign nations.
 WHh full understanding or the subject, tNs GAsaA taw and ChckaSaw tribes have, with grsnl nnnnisniy presented by the net of Congress and have agrsediu remove bsysnd the Mlssissipp river. Treaties aats bee" made wish them, which, h duo season, will bS treaties, they were made to understand their true con. d'ton and they have preferred maintaining their in dependence in the wesiern Arrests to submitting to the laws "i the States in which they now reside. These treaties, being probably tho Inst which will ever be made wii them, are characterized by great leraiiy O" the part of inc Government. They give tic Indian. IIbcra' sum ih consideration Oi their removal, and comiOriahIt subsistence their arriv nl nt their homes. ifii be heir real interest mainiain sepa. rate existence they will there be "t liberty 'o do ." they would nnavoiaby have bssn subject in Alabama l an.l Mississippi.
 Humanity has oacn wept over the fate of the ahori. zines of this coun,ry; and philanthropy has hesn lOng b'sy employed in dcyising means to avert m. Dwt ms progress has ncvor fer moment been arrested; nns Gno % "y ono h"r' m many powerful ,rne, d:nprssr,a race, aud 10 tread Om tho graves of extinct Raii0Hs, eSclt"s melancholy reflections. But trne philanthropy tue mum t0 uNcee vlCesluUe0, u JOee the extinction of one generation to make room l0r nn other. In tho monuiHents and for,resses of aH uM- known people, spread over the extensive reg0ns O6 l the West, we behold the memorials of n once powcr- fu racr which was extermnnied, Or has disnr,,eare
 to make room for the existing sAyage iribea Nor is there any thing n this, which, Mpon compse view of the general interests Of the human race, s 0 be regretted. Philanthropy could not wish see ihis 1 continent restored to tho condition in which it vas found by our ldrcGIhers. What good man wouid pre- fer country covered with forests, and tansed by lew thousand savages tO onr extensive republic, sHd-
 od with cites towns, and prosperous farms; enl,el- Ished with all the Improvements which ar can devise, or industry execute; occupied by more thAn twelve millions of happy people, and filed with a lhe bless ings of liberty, civilization, md religion?
 The present policy of the GovcrXmenl is but con- inuaon of the same progressive change, ny miier now constituting the Eastern States, were annihilales 0r have melted away, to make room for the whites.-
 The waves Of population and civilization are rolling | io the westward; and we now propose to acquire tho countries occupied by the red men Of the South aad West by fair exchange, and, at the expense Of the United States 10 send them to land where their ex. istencG may he prolonged and perhaps made perpet- l na Don,iless it will be painfHl io leave the ersves of their fathers; but what do they more than our n- cesors dd. or than children are now ,loingf To better their condition in unk nOwm land oUT oreE. 'hers leu alt that wNs dear ip earthly objects. Our children, by thousands, yearly leave the land of their bIrih, o seek new homes in distant regions. Does ha- ma"iiy weep at these painful separations from every thing. animate and inanimate, with which the young