Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-29
Per,ecution Of The Indian Missionaries.

With ev'fy day report of wrong aud Outrage
WITH which earth Is filed C01per.
We sre as auK lous for the removal oil the In
dams to the country offered them west OF the
Mrssssipp, in exchange for their own, IS any
one can possibly be. We are ANXIOUS for il,
both because ii will rid the State and Federal
Governments, at least for Tine, of most
perpieIlng question, and an exciting Subject OF
dispute, aud because we believe it will result
advanageously to the Indians ihem.elves.
But w cannot believe Tint il IS light 10 take
from tbem. by force the country which they
nh orlted from their fathers and which then
fathers fathers held by b title paramount To
that rendered sacred ia The eyes of civil zed
men bv parchnenis and seals--a title derived
tf"m Nature hnd Natures God" before the
foot,irp OF the white man mad touched these
shores. II is needless, therefore, to say, thai
we mo.t strongly rcprobnIe the tyrunnIcal po-
hey pursued by Georgia. aud i0cirly SANCTIONED
by the General Government, 10 drive from their
homes into comparative wilderness this
"rrtched remnant Of II noble stock, whom we
FIRST corrupted by our vices, and then conquered
by our swords. The hash aud unfreling laws,
relative To the lndihns, indeed, will render the
statule.book OF Georgia as famous TO posteriiy
AS the code of Draco, which is Said TO have
been written IN blood Il that avaricious Com
tnOn~e ah will furnish remarkable instance
Il tue DIVINE clemency, If the cruel wrongs
which she has Inflicted upon that uniortunar.
race be not visited upon her own chlliren, with
fpufioId fury.
But, II the policy Of the Georgians towards
The indians has been outrageously unjust 4 cru.
=, not less so has been the conduct Which they
seem To have marked out Ion themselves in re-
laton 10 the Indian Northumberland p.ace-
able aud unotlending class OF men, who,
with truly Apostolic zeal. have abandon
I'd the comforts of civilized life. aud the en-
d' Garments OF The family circle, in order 10 ele-
waite the modoi character of the uboiig.nes by
winning tG.n irOH, their snperstiious rites
aud 'nsfrnclog thrm IN tho enaoOllng Religion
Of the Bible. Nhaiever may have been the
lmprudencIes OF some Of these Missionaries,
who, under the mnncuce of ms aiken bot
hudable cnthnsiasm. may have peTmnIed their
sympathics tor the children OF the forest to
betray them INTO too warm n vind cation OF
their rights, siIll they are American cliacns,
and, MS such, are entitled 10, the privilege OF
jreemtn, uniit some crime is al least GUcged a.
gainst men. II n be not so, then do we live
under government more Imhec lie iii III that
oi Rome, when Vrrre5 was 5ned before
her tribunals of justice for cruelty maltrealing
the citizens Of tina, Republic. Let, then. the
.t,I ,,, q, r 4
pape', aud read the naTrH,,Ve of the outrages
illc'cd upon several OF the Missionaries, by a
military force of Georgia, commanded by a
Nero IN miniature. He will see that several
American cuzens have been iorcibly arrested
~hlle w the peaceful pursuit OF their Calling
sephrated from their iamilirs--LhAiuaa tegpih.
er like condemned indicators dragged to a
distance, IN most cruel mnnneI--InsuIted bv
those nnieeng gibes aud Iaunts which petty
uranus dressed Iua lntie brIef authority )" al
ways rilti upon iher vioIIms-incnrcPrat d
m prTon-CaTiied before atribunal OF Justice -
aud mocked with the forms OF lual-oud all
ms for no QDtnce and then ask himself, II
sucn outrages ought to be permitted AID vet.
they sre tegdtsed by Georgia, in defiance OF
by, aud witnesses them. without raising even
as voice Ia 6ehaii oil its injured cilizens II this
IS not d case worse than that which elected III.
whitening denuncIations OF Cicero against The
roman Pot onsul then we know not W hat ties-
poI'sm'. And II these acls OF dtsputlc tyranny
are ptTmItted TO he inflicted by IA STATE govern
men upon the clIzens OF The Uol,ed States, Tor
no offence, then our Federal Government is an
'mbec'ie shadow, worthy OF the contempt ratu.
er than the ycneTation OF the peope
We shall only say word respecting the con.
duct OF the quad, who spprrhrnded the Mis-
sonaries and escorted them 20 ia,l lis brutal
~ affords II suitable commentary on the law
ot "hica they were the worthy agents and
their PRISONERS The anofending victims. From
such people only could such II law have e,ua
mated; apeoPle who If we are 10 Judge by this
specimen OF their conduct are more ,pnor.nt
OF the Deity, and have much les. regard for
religious and social rights. even than
The poor Indian, whose untut oreJ mind
Z" Sees God III clouds, and hears HIM IN tue wind -
Bui, we iofbrar to pursue the subject farther
IL will supply the reader with ample refrc-
tons, WITHOUT any stmuant from US aud we
therefore leave il with him.
IL We perceive, 10 the Martinsburg Gaxe,,e. n
Call upon the citizens of Berkeley county. onposed
10 The present administration, TO meet ~ the
Courthouse of that county on the I'm Son
tember next, for the purpose of taking into
consideration such measures as may be though,
proper aud advisable, to ensure the rsnra.e,,-
t"ton OF that Congressional DISTRICT, in the Ma.
''onsi Republican Convention. which is 10 as
sem6le IN the CITY OF Baltimore in December
oei'.-As Richmond, like all hedpv bodi,s
seems difficult 10 be mored on this subject We
are glad that an impulse has been given TO The
bail elsewhere. Tins step will doubtless be fol.
ed up through The State
VI Richard Rush, Esq, has declined an in.
Vi'"'Ion, addressed 10 him by the anli.msson.