Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-12-08

0eaiings that may support the character
of our nation, and render us respected a.
broad.
Connected with this subject, ! must
recommend revisal of our consular
laws. Defects and omissions have been
discovered in their operation that ought
To be remedied and supplied. For your
further information on this subject,
have directed report to be made by the
Secretary of State, which i shall hercaf-
ter submit to your consideration.
The internal peace and security Of our
contedcrnted States in the next principle
object Ofthe General Governmcnt-Tim
and experience have proved that the abode
of the native Indian within their limits is
dangerous to their peace and injurious to
himself In accordance with my recon-
mendation at n former session Of Con-
gress, an appropriation of half million
of dollars was made to aid the voluntary
removal of the various tribes beyond the
limits of the States. At the last session,
j had the happiness to announce that the
Chickasaws and Choctaws had accepted
the generous offers of the Government,
and agreed to remove beyond the Miss
issippi river, by which the whole of the
State of Mississippi and the western part
Of Alabama will be freed from Indian oc-
cupancy and opened to civilized pop
ulatiOn- The Treaties with these tribes
are in course of execution, and their
removal, it is hoped, will he completed
in the course Of 1882.
At the request of the authorities of
Georgia, the registration of the Cherokee
Indians for emigration has been resumed,
and it is confidently expected that one
half if not two thirds of that tribe, will
follow the wise example Of their more
westerly brethren. Those who prefer
remaining at their present homes will
hereafter be governed by the laws of
Georgia, rs all her citizens are, and cease
to be the objects of peculiar care, on the
part of the General government.
During the present year, the attention
of the Government has been particularly
directed to those tribes in the powerful
and growing state of Ohio, where consid-
cradle tracts of the finest lands were still
occupied by the aboriginal proprietors.
Treaties, either absolute or conditional,
have been made, eXtinguishing the whole
Indian title to the reservations of that
state; and the time is not distant, it is
hoped, when Ohio will be no longer en-
barrassed with the Indian population.
The same. measure will be extended to
Indiana, as soon as there is reason to an
ticipate success.
1t is confidently believed that persc-
verance for few years in the present
policy of .he government, will cytinguish
the Indian title to all lands lying within
the States composing our Federal Union,
and remove beyond their limits every In
dian who was not willing to submit to
claims to jurisdiction between the states
and the Indian tribes be put to rest. 1t
is pleasing to reflect that results SO bcnc-
fetal, not only to the States Immediately
concerned, but to the harmony of the I'm
ion, will have been accomplished by meas
urcs equally advantageous to the Indians.
What the native savages become when
surrounded by n dense population, and
by mixing with the whites, may be seen
in the miserable remnants of n few cas-
tern tribes, deprived of political and civil
rights, forbidden to make contracts and
subjected to guardians, dragging out a.
wretched existence, without excitement,
without hope and almost without thought.
But the removal Of the Indians beyond
the limits and jurisdiction of the States,
docs not place them beyond the reach of
philanthropic and christian instruction..
On the contrary, those whom philantro-
py or religion may induce to live among
them in their new abode, will be mere
free i'm the exercise Of their benevolent
functions, than ifthey had remained with
in the limits of the States, embarrassed
by their internal regulations. Now, sub
ject to no control but the experimenting
agency Of the general governmet, exer-.
ciscd with sole view Of preserving peace
they may proceed unmoIested in the in
teresting experiment Of gradually adj
vancing community of American In
dians from barbarism to the habits and
enjoyments Of civilized life.
Among the happiest effects of the inn
proved relations ofour republic, has been
an increase of trade, producing cores
ponding increase of revenue, beyond the
most sanguine anticipations ofthc Treas
ury Department.
The state of the public finances will be
fully shown by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in the report which he will
presently lay before you. l will here
however congratulate you upon their
prosperous condition. The revenue re-
ceiyed in the present year will not fall
shor, oc ,wcpty seven millions seven hum