Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-17

az changing the political r-a lou. the In3ats 10 The
Sa'es. or TO the Federal Government To eH,ct his
won'd have CURED he opers,ion of qni,e
primes lie, and The intervention OF tribunal higher
'ban that OF the treaty -makng pow err.
L" iofer from the Of The Government 10 thi,
deviation from the practice which had fore governed
ITS intercourse with the iodisns and the accidental
orbearsnce OF the States to assert their ti.dc,iou
lover them, that they had ndered this porop or
their sovereignty, and that its is usr-
patton, s concedDg too much TO the nsce s.ty which
detected those treaties, and doing violence The
pies OF Government and the rights OF the Saes without
oenehtiine in the a,t degree the Indians. The IN.
aisns thus situated cannot be REGARDED in any other
nght than as members Of foreign Government, or of
mat oil the State within whose chartered limits they
reside u in the term The ordinary legislation II
Congress in relation them, IL not warranted hv IN,
Constitution which was established for the hene6, oe
cur own not OF foreign people: il in the latter then
IKE "tnsr citizens or people resident within the limits
OF me Ssts they are subject 10 their and
control. To maintain contrary doctrine and To ,e-
qnre The Executive 10 enforce by the einpIoymen n,
?, military oree, would be to place in his hands
the couatry--a power which should be placed Ia the
hands Of no individual.
H. indeed. the Indians to be regarded a. neo,,s
possessing rights which they can exercise inJe,anL
OF he Sn'es, much has arisen 10 the ine
oi0'he Government with them. Why Is IL that ,b.v
hsve been called upon TO assist 10 our wars. with ,,,
privilege Of exercising their discre,ion, n an IT,
dep'ndent people, they should such, be consulted
snd advised with; but they have not been Ia an or
der VIII CHI wasissued 10 me from The War Depar,man,
In September 1914, this language IL employ ed. IN
The friendly Iodans sbouid lie kanxed ard
70 cooperate with your cher forces. There appears
TO De some dissatisfaction Rmong the Choetsws:
friendship and services should tie secured Wilhelm d.
lay. The friendly Iodans musi he led and p,id g.,
made 10 night Uhen and tchere their serric,s ,,o,, a.
required To an indePt pt-n, end orey N eople nj
would re- TO be assuming. should suoposr ,.,sS
100 ioiy tone; one WHICH The Government Womb NO,
have assumed II they had nsidpr.d III n, in ha,
Again: by t'rc Cons Ito on the rowe, of sscIsri
beIongsSSciu-iveiy 10 Congress- We have been
engaged 10 war with the Inaan ribes within onr I,
Inn ~ha h.,..
accompanied 10y an act OF Congress debating war
against the tribe which the ct of ter, a..
was the rose cuion OF such hosi-s erd usur,,tior
IN each Case, by the Executive, which tbap
OF the constitutional power OF CoDsre,s9 IL mus bays
been So appteh. nd if these tr bes are TO b. renS
cred as foreign and independ nations
ne steps i3ken TO prevent intrusion uoop I,J..n
lands had origin With The commenc enc n, of our co
vernmtnt, ant became the subject of special Is.;s
non IN 1902, with The reservations which have
neen IN n'ioned ia avor Al The jurisdiction nj
The states. With the exception of South CsroJins
VINO has uniformly regulated the Indians within Ter
Limits without the aid OF the general sovernn,sn, r.
have been felt within all The states Of The .ou,h
out being derstoId To afIec, their rights or n,,n,
The exercise OF heir JUL d;con, VIII, never thew ,yers
In al ua'ion to aud enfo IT, Georgj- thon.h
materially concerned, has. on TIL. ptinclJ- ,,hora
spread her iegi iioD further than the srtIsmsr, ~
her own white citizens until she has ecen,Iy perceiv
cd wIhin her limits people claiming 10 be csnaha ~
sell government. sitting la Legislative coupciI ra,i
zing courts, ard administering Justice To 49,.
such an anona Gus 'nya:ion OF Ler sovereignty she
mas declared her determination 10 exscu,e her own
laws hToughout her own nits,- a step which sa
to have been anticipated by the proclaim a,on NJ l1so
aud which IL perfectly consistent with The la,b ...,;
oil the act OF 1902. According 10 ihs Ianpnsss "a
reasoning oil that section, tho tribes TO the so,,h 81
southwest are no oply sDrroupded by re Elements of
ciilzens OF the u Staes," but are now also rvtin
the ord nary Jurisdiction OF the Individual .a,es Th
became so from the moment The law. OF the state ,vs,.
extended over taem, and the same result G,Iow. III
simiItr determination Of Alabama and NIissi.,,,ni
ihese states have each RTE claim In hahat. 80
'neT poI ion, now, this question, the same a.,
whtch IL conceded 10 the other state, of t,e Uoion
towards this race Of people. enter ain the Linds.,
feelings; aud aiu not sens bic that the yisws hi.h
nave taken OIL their rue ptctes are le,s avo,ab n,
'hem, thah those which oppose their sruers.ion IN
the wes'. Years since, l stated to them mn h.,;.T
ha' " ne states chose Ia extend the Ia Tvs over
1t would not be in the power OF the FEDERAL Goysrn
men,-' prevent IL. My opinion remain. The sam..
and cen see no alternative for them ,,t tina, of tbs,
removal 10 The west, or quiet submission TO the stats
!a"s' ~ iney prefer to remove, TIA u. States agra
70 uelray ih-ir expenses, 10 supply them the means
Of r"hsF oraton, and years support after thew reach
hsir new homes provision too liberal and Find N
deservc the stamp OF Injustice Either course promi.
es them peace and happiness wi let as obspa e per,s
v'Tance III tie EFFORT TO maintain the. SONS IN.
depend"n m oil the state authority, cannot fail 10 re,d,
their condition s'iiI helpless and miserable Snrh
an Effort ought therefore 10 he dscouneoancas h, Iii
VINO sincerely sYmpaEie 10 the fortune ca o hi, ns.,
na' people, ard especially by the political bodies of
The Union, as caculated 10 disturb the barmonv =,
me two governments. and TO eDdanger the raf.t, ~
we many blessings which they enable u. T., snioy
rs connected VI the sut ject OF this in ouirv Jhs
leave to refer TO ib~ onpanyipg letter from IN. e.
ere'ary OF War, encI sing he order which proce,Sd
, - - P'''mrh' ahd itttr from'the Govern.
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