Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-11-17
rur CHEROKEE MISSIONARIES.

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Soc,e have supposed that the recent deleot
r. 3ovrrasr Giluner Of Georgia 10 to be at
,.;hosea 4, the exposition Of the people Oh
,h.t stats 10 the high handed and inhuman
s,casures executed by that individual upon
the Cherokee missionaries, and indeed upon
Iad;.ns themselves Were this the case,
humanity has reason to congratulate Hseii
anon This evidence Of a return 10 sense OF
ipstice and of right on the part oil tAe PeoPie
or that state. But it is very much te DC ieat
81 tlat sncb ia not the case The Oeor-
0;ans have been too eager 10 the indian chase
and too determined in their tone ana uSu'Pa
tions TO relax now that all their attempts W
on Indian wrights are IN course of sheces9'"i
accomplishment It lis not readily to De sup
posed that a people who have passed the raw,
under WHICH imprisoned missionaries are SUI
! feripg. should quarrel with their Governor Tor
| executing jts provisions II is not likely that a
people who have intimidatei the President OF
! the VI S. from the duty whichhswas swoFn TO
perform. and who have carried their systen
Of notification into effect, should hnd iauit
With the Individual who has contributed
much in his official capacity to bring about
such aeplorabe result.
That Georgia should have pursued tne
course she has towards the Indians within
| her borders is TO be wondered at. IL Is mat
ter of astonishment that any people, possess
| ing the intelligence, and protesting the high
| mindedness Of those of Georgia, should So
far disregard not only every precept Of nor-
| al right, butevery injunction Oh posItiys law,
AZ to put into force against tbs remnant OF a
once powerful race provisions so arbitrary
and so destructive Of all the elements Vi So
| cal happiness. But greater far greater
I fnr fba p,ekr ie af
should have been permitted to do these things.
But when il is learned that shs has not emily
been permitted, sut That the Executive of
the union, whose positive and beunden duty
it was and is to protect the Indians M all
their rights against aggression usurpation
from any quarter, has, instead OF extending
his paternal arm to their relief and defence. J
actually encouraged and aided Georgia in the
measures she has adopted and enforced "a
gaiast them; every citizen, whe values the
honor OF his country, and would sustain
ITS plIshtcd faith, has reason to be alarmed at
such an obyiens violation Of executive duty
The Indians have rights secured TO them
by treaties with the General Government,
The missionaries, who have been encouraged
by the laws of Congress to reside aalemg
them ~ order to afford them the means Of
civilization ard the blessings of Christianity,
have rights which It is ne light matter want
only and iDhu,aanly 10 violate. Yet the
President OF The United States. whose sworn
duty II is TO execute the laws and treaties oil
the anon has suffered the Indian terrii orics,
GUARANTEED by treaty, to be invaded, and tho
Indians themselves, whose laws and customs
were also guaranteed to them by treaty, to be
subjected TO state jurisdiction. to which they
have hitherto always been strangers. He
has also sancttcned the enactments against
the missIonaFles--enaetmeE too paipabiy
unconstitutional by removing one Of them
from office under the General GoveInnes nj
for the express purpose that his agency IN
derthe government shoui, not shield hi,n from
their operation, Thus has ha encouraged,
thus has BIZ aided Georgia in these measures.
when, as aIr 4 Hams in hike case did, lac
should have despatched az armed force to
preserve the integrity and the faith Of the
pubic csulpaets with the Indian tribes, and
to prevent The fnfiction of this foul staiu upon
the national escUtcheen
Fsis is subject which IS every where oc
Copying and engaging the pabhc mind. 1t is
roo ohvious and nagrant a violation Of duty
to escape attention or admit OF pallation. 1t
mast and II viii arouse the moral sense Of the
community to Jast apprehension Of It's enor-
nsty and to a proper and decisive expression
of that Judgment which the case in.perious
y demands. - Rep Bon.
! .Hr. Wedier.-Among the petty SANDERS
of The day that have recently been put aloat
by those opposed to the elevation of Mr.. CLAY
to the Presidency, there ia one which we are
happy TO have it in our power to contradict.
II has been industriously circulated hy the
above description of persons, that Mr. WEE.
sTER Of Massachusetts, "had either changed
his views, or had become Indifferent 20 the
elevation Of Mr.. CLAY" la relation to this
story. Propagated for the vile parpose Of Gu
deavorlng to deceive the frlenas of the Wes-
tern Statesman, the New York Evening
journal oil Thursday remarks: -.U5 Cox.
eve feel ourselves authorized by the per
soaal and confidential friends of that @entle
man to say, that every part aud parcel Of the
tsEc is an unprlnciplsd fabrication Recent
events have only tende! to increase he zeal
oil Mr.. WEBSTER. They have operated uD
on him, as they will operate upon every high
minded man, who claims 10 belong to the
National Repusileag party"
A short and comprehensive SERMON - rrens
the Portsmouth Journal of Saturday last:
Newspaper Be1ro,sers Reader, ii You
bsrro" this paper send it right back-as YOU
may feel cheap after you have finished TINS