Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-28


language OF Scotlnntss dcsparing patriot
almost afraid to know itself II cannot
Be called mother, but our gravel"
lt has been asked with some emphasis and appa-
rent surprise ny the Indians of the Cherokee ma
ton do not accept the offer of the General Govern
ment-as the Chocta VS. and Chick saws have done
and remove to he aRd5 provided for them beyoud
the Mississippi? And the profound Head of che War
department thought ne had placed the subject in an
unanswcrabIe point of view, and urged an lrrefr-
table argument. when he observes in his report on
the subject OF his negotiations with the Indians at
Nashville that thousands of poor families would glad
ly accept the same offer that is made the Indians
And the enlightened Che: Magistrate of our conn
nv catching the Inspiration of the learned Secretary
repeats the luminous idea and reasoning in his folio
message Now the morality of these astutious states-
men shallow and contracted as their Iooic is fee
bic and tallacious. Do they for a moment marine
that the Indians such ninnies and dos as to de-
scrt their homes of plenty and ease, and relnouisb
their Fertile fields, and suspicious climate uad what
is dea!er STILL the tubs of their fathers held sacred
by the most tender recoectons to encounter difficult
ties and pTivarions, thousands OF miles and
tind perhaps last sterile sO and an Inhospltabe
climate; As wet! might we suppose hat Mr. Eaton
and his distinguished patron would exchange their
exalted Offices u Washington to become oyerseerst to
rich Virginia Farmers. As d1l. as Mr.. Secretary Ea-
ton provcr5laly Is, he must have known the faIacv
OF his owu reasoning, and used it because he could
find none better to oir Desperate must have been
the shifts Cf himself and his lustrious exernpar to
resort to such silly and ridiculous arguments But
although the unlrttered Indian is destitute of the
lights Of literature and phosophy,* and undlscplined
in the arts of elegant and ornate compositions and of
course in these particulars inferior 10 both the gram
matical Secretary and Rhei orica Presdent-yet thew
evinced themselves superior to The allurements
of their profound and Gazzng logic. But 1t must be
confessed that the danger formidable when thew
had TO combat the combined intellectual forces of
their great father and brother.
Whatever may be the success of the application of
the Indians TO the Supreme Cour OF the i. Staes---
trust IN Gcd there is yet n sense Of Justice in the
great body Of the people, and a redeelinr spirit in
the Constitution that Will protect them from insult
and secure heir rights think angurs well to their
cause that Tie question brought in the shape is
before the enlightened body of Justices of the bench
Of the Supreme Court AID yet more favorabIy that
they are represented by counsel of the popularity
talents and c0qUence o. The distinguished friend of
their misortGnrs and advocate Of their wrongs Will
ham Writ, Eq do n,ost dcyoutly hope that Is
may seem consistent with the Law and Constitution
OF Our land gan' the injunction they ASH s. stay the
iawlesSs rcspass"s and oppressive interference Of the
state and people OF Georgia the lands and per--
sons Of he haraased and prosecuted Indians
Wes'moreIand v. Jan. 10th, 1884. LOGAN.
his remark made of the Indians generally the Cher.
oHee nation There Chiefs PEOPLE who have
made considerable Announcements polite literature and pos
Peensons that way, imagine who 10 write puleT En-
slish than Nj. Eaton
d parted his life, Tuesday last. alter linncr
ing aud painful illness, which lie bore with manly
fortrtuGa and Christian esiguatio u, Mr.. JAMES II
MAHN. III the G9jh year Of his age
At Gambler, Tuesday the 9TH Instant Mr. Nixon,
u q! ff N - III ~