Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-11-25
RWENHI0AEa
EXTRACTS FROM GOV. GlLMER'S MESSAGE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT GA
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In otseisnee 10 ef iai duty, proes cd 10 lay tsore
you an account OF his Hansss ion, OF the Exe.u,ive
branch 1T The Government, during The pas, year and
TO recommend Tor your a,ion tueh me asuIs,
are dee med ben. fetal TO the s ale.
The resoiu'ioDs Wish were passed imme5at.Iv
previous TO the adjournment OF your lan session. upes
the subsc oil the saiion Of the Chief Justice Of the
Oriea States, were carried into ehee'. The Indian
Tass, paid tho fefs Of he lie according 10 the de.
mand OF he law, which he bad violated. A writ ei
error 10 say he proceedings OF tho Superior
that sa'e had been Toned by the Chief Ju,se and
Ike tie al alton 10 III. Gvsrnor sent through the POI.
Ofso TO tie fiser, whose conduct il was Intended 10
eopo Iehy evincnS the dsro,ion only 10 dis
regard The highest pewers OF the State, but 10 trif.
with its officers by attempting 10 deter them from The
discharge OF what was nseesshily very responsible
and painful duy.
Within few days after ths az, eu,on Of Tas,sls.
letter received from bu Ro's in whish he states
that the Cheokees were about TO apply the Supre
Court oi the United Safes for pur elton 10
the Stale from exercising Jurisdiction them. This
is,er was accompanied oy printed paper ~ihou,
the Cberckes nation against The S.sie Of Georgia.
In previous message to he Legislature, had OK
pressed the opinion that tho ale could not
y with proper respect for It's own sovereign rights,
become party before sny court for the determine ion
OF the question: whether had the Of subje citing
che people VITO reside within 1t acknowledged iimis
TO the operation CT lie lave That opinion having
manned unchanged, 20 official no,ise was taken OF This
proceeding. The Supreme Court however, 10, K jurs.
de,ion Of The case but finally dismissed II upon the
ground that The Cherckees not foreign ma iop
In mixing this decision, ths sourt thought prop to
depart from the discussion OF the particular point before
j. 10 EXPIRE" OPINIONS exceedingly dirsJpssfui to This
Stale, furious TO Its risb calculated TO hwat tho DO
LEY Of the General G)vernmsn, and to keep alive the
exctsme,t which las arisen out OF the conduct Of
Indian aGair,.
The court firms, that could be better eaIeu-
lated to excite m sympahy than the sonduct of cor.
Ea 10 tbs Cherokee; that they have been eoniL usy
deprived OF the lard until tsey At prs,e ut retain no
than 10 FOR their eomoriate subIis
that they form Stale capable Of governing themselves
that the acts Of the government Recognizes ihsm 10 be
Stale, aud it a, he eou bound by those asts
they have the uBque s0nstle and hitherto On
e' gh' 10 the 'aUds which ih,y oesupy, and intimate
10 'hem a' II VIII iedTess their wrongs when tho ap-
plisaon s made In prop,r form.
Permit zoe 10 call your attention briefly TO ihese
several statements Of The euurt.
Aod what DDS has &c orsz done 10 Ito Indian p.o
pie, 20 cal for bis ex rsordinary sympathy Of MI.
eeur! Tbey are Ia the peacosbis possession OF m. sir
oseupaJi fishis. Iarudsfs bave been renewed from
among hem ~ ssvers penal iaw,.-Nons of the bur-
deus II Government have bsen imposed upon Their
Instead 81 being sdus.d to remnant Of land no, ore
than suh TT Tor their comfortable subsistence the,
in ibe Possession Of nearly eve millions OF asyes in
this State sicpe OF which the sborigoss do not sul
iiys,e more hsn hive lboussnd.-They arc indeed be.
soDng moe and more desiIute. Not, hewevey, from
wsDt Of lsDt ou because their usioD 10 unsuisbe
for The io provsmen and happiness OF Indian peope
Is true that tb- Cbsroksss have upqus, able
snd h'hero uIquestoDed right TO the leads whish
they oseuPyi These lands form portions Of iae terri
tory OF The siss Of North Carolii a. Tepnessss Ala.
bsms, and G,eIsis That riiOn which is 10 Tsnnes-
see was eeded by North Carolina 10 the United stes
upon The express condition. that IL should form som.
mon fond for the benefit OF the Union, and be sppIed
10 the payment Of The public debt That portion
whisb 10 10 Alabama, sold The United Slate, by
this Stats, for vslusbe consideration, and before
shempt had been made to sKtingu,b the title Of tho
Indians, or 10 exercise jurifdieioD them. 10 son
sequence Of which SALE u was mide sondiion OF The
admission OF the ate OF Alabama Ino the Union tb a,
should dl,siam all lille TO he IudiaD lands within ID
nDi' 'hs Ooned States declaring by Law that II had
s6e sole snd exclusive power dispose Of the m. The
United s'es ha' Acknowledged that ihis State ia.
both the right Of sol and jurisdi.on over that portion
which 10 wi hip lie limits.
10 dis0I, TO soneeive Of any prooo,I,ioo ,.od;o
10 more absurd consequences, Than that laid down b
the court, that aDy Ipdan tribe with which the oi,sd
sses torms eonirse's, 10 which tho term treaty. mas
be AIMED becomes Dstion capable OF governing ~
sell, and snHted 10 The recognition Of The sourts a,
slsies II would bring into being hundreds Of aes
utterly insspabIe Of ssdeence or exereising one az
H'oote OF National Sovereignty II the opinion Of Tn
souN bs esrFss, then all the territory wbish was ae
qsed oy We original thirteen Provionsl ,vernn IL
otVov' indtn hibss yet The properly Of the abort
giaes because the treaties by which wac ob,sIned
were invalid, no, having been mad. by the King Of
Great Britain, who alone had the power Of ensstse in
70 naIfoueI eompses.
AuethsT dfieui y, equally smbaFFa,sinS svord ala.
OUT Of relations with the Cherokess ChsmssIv.
few yssfs ago, The Uni ed Safes Temoye ed no,,Ion -
That tsies 10 the West Of The Mississippi, and nIssa
hen upon the public land aud have sInes rnsas ssvs