Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-04-14

, ezprelsiO laid claim 10 the lands afths cbero-
| KEYS but their legislature had passed ~"
nbol,.hing their government. nbfogat,ng ,he"
laws, aud subssrting thoir nat,nnni cha'-
actef These laws went INTO operation ~
June 1880. The Cherokee lands are 0wned
| by tho nation. AM each individual owns
| nothing but hi4 improvements IN The soil.
When the laws VI Georgia had abolished the
Cherokee nation, the lands, ms their pnihfc'ahs
reasoned Oh the case, we're LETT without an o"-
| aer aud. as they say, lying within thh lmh'
OF thai state, became, al once, rs mug aere'
lici, the property Of that r,poblio. Perhaps
,h. gold. discovered IN the Cherokee noun
tains. has dszzled the moral perceptions OF
lhese good nen. BE that AS IL may, they last
autun,n seriously con,enjed, that the Chero-
KEGS had no right To their own lands aud
havs iheteupon enacted laws, ordering them 10
be surveyed, and yareelled out for distribution
by lo,iery.or otherw,se.amons peorie,who "
they have any tno Ia them, have obinineu "
by ,helr own legislation. When the Cherokee
drlegail arrived In Washington, the last win
ter, aud applied 10 the President again Tor pro-
faction, against the outrsges daily committed
on them, they were told BY HIM, that all had
been done that could be done aud they had no
o'har course but ~ migrate beyond the Mis
sissippi.
President lrom u solemn assurance of pfo'ee.
ton, tos total ds,eriion OF all the rights OF
these nior,uaate people, Who IL hrs ady,sr, -
the keeper of his conscience The Secretary oi
State. The lands, laws. government, the
whole natiou OF cherokses, have been sold by
this hsHrtless Cabinet Mnistcr, TO the infains-
ted politicians of Georgia. To favor aud carry
| into iuli eanct this scheme against tho Shsro-
| KEGS, a most 1sgr.nt IN us,ice has been practi
| sed against all other Indian nations aud tribes,
To which our government owes annu'ties.
| 10 deprive tue Cherokcss oi tue peeoniary
| power of contendng with Gco'gis. these annn'
i,ef, amounting yearly IL more 'ha" So'o,o oo.
have, bv an urde. from III. war olhce, been
dlrsctsd 10 10 paid, not to the nations and
tribes as the several trealiss covenant that they
shall be paid bui 10 the head men, warriors, ~
cannon Indians, in u raieable proportion. la
some Of the tribes there ara more individuals
than here arc dollars TO he paid aud how can
they receive the money from an agent, who
does not know one from another VINO could
| no therefore, safely distribute the Hnnuit'es
without assembling ihem al together nor then
without IA scsle, gtadaatod with the respective
proportions to be paid 10 each grade vi char
acter ia I've tribe In truth, tue project must
| result IN double fraud .one ON our own gov
| ernment, which puts the money nto the hands
vi aEenls who eau never produce any voucher
that he has paid il Overland therefore Will Keep
! thu most oil II in Ia ,ir O9u Golfers and tho
other, TO the Indian tiiDes and nhiions, which,
by this project, can resriye not cent Of Their
6nnui,iss Tor any purpose common 10 tue
whole people. Our conduct is without paral-
lei. WHAT eau be ioand IA tho history of our
own, OF any civilized country, 50 cruel IN prao'
lice. 40 utterly "nhou, tho pale Of any theory
OF moral principle lhis IS not "a question oi
nauouai inleresi, ba, OF national morality aud
CHARACTER. Tho adviser OF these MEASURES
brings a calumny Oh oaf good faith IN the great
forum OF the world AID va must nniess W
grea, national dlsavowsl, stand Condemned De-
tole all mankind.
Go be Coniiaued)