Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-09

nt tie mCmoIia.ists that il should DC presented
10y him. business had prevented hts answering
tn" l. ter nnmcdiatrly, as he had intended to do,
declining tn. honor conferred on him, aud tho
n' moral had cons QucEtly come or, directed 10
ms cars. Under thccc circumsant cS, he ieit IT
hlS duty To present the msmur:ol To the House,
ana he had uso considered II bl> duty to move
is reference to y Select COMMITTEES. FIR thus.
he had :wo reason,. He was well aware that
SUBJECTS of a similar kind had gone TO the Com
m'tce on Indian Affairs, and his first idea had
beer, that that would ba the appropriate COM
nnutee, but, in addition to the preceien's cited
by tho Chairman Of the Indian Committee, tMr
BEii. smother had occurred of more recent
| date. When IN res0lut offered by the q
tiemon from Georgia, Mr.. CLArro>,l in refer
cree To the United States Bank, had been pre-
s'utcd to the House. IL had been propnscd I" re-
Ter II 20 4 Select Committcs, al'ncugh full and
! cJnuete reference of thst whole subject had
been previously made !" The C"mmttee of Wavr
! and Means. " ich committee had rep rtcd n hi
| rccha rtrriny Tic Bank. Notwithstanding that
reference, the gentleman from Georgia wished
seccr committee and that for a resolution which
wen, 10 nculpatc The Bank of the United s. ates
and proposed TO make tho conduct of that insti-
tuition, in sonc sort, the subject Of criminal in
qn'ry There something in the present
memorial of al analogous character. 1t prefer
red pllint ogainst ORC Of the Statcs-.and
that the very Safe from which had proceeded
! the memorial sguinst the Bank. An incident
! which had recently taken plac. in another part
of the Capi,o', the Supreme Court Room,) pre-
scented TO that House and 10 the People of the
United State, the subject OF this memorial with
n solrmnity which had never before belonged 10
| it. Possessing all confidence IN the Committee
on Indian Affairs, 1t had still appeared TO him
more appropriate. under these circumst ances, 10
move fer select committee. He had no moro
! 10 say
| Mr.. WAYNE stated, that for the vcry reasons
given by the gcn'lc mon from Mass achuscits in
favor Of referring the Memorable Select Com
mto", such reference appeared TO him iucxpe-
dlent, especially tho reaS on which had rcspec,
to recent decision Of the Supreme Court. The
memorial went indirectly to reproach the State
OF Georgia with the course she had pursued re
spccting the lndi,ns within her limits, and also
with he operation of her laws upon particular
individuals. If a decision had been given by
which those laws OF Georgia were declared TO be
unconstitutional, with what proprIc,y could the
House now act on the Memorial before it, be-
tire the subsequent course of Gaorgi. should be
knowI' He understood that mandate haG
gone to the court below TO correct its errors; the
reasons on which it was founded would som be
aid before the public; and thou.h Dir. w. did
not believe that 1t was the wish or design of
the gentleman from Massachusetts TO throw
INTO the scale Of pu bic sentiment decision of
OF an elaborate report from Select Committee:
yet such it was maj iicst would be- the conse-
qnencc OF the motion he had made. WHY should
such Ct mmittee be rsscu' Was it for Sc
l-ct Committee of that House to investigate
what the Supreme Court nigh, have donc,-
C"n!d it add any thing to what the Court had
dom? Before the House passed on the memo;
rial. 1t "ngtt to have the opinion of the STU
p'sne Court before then thew might see how
Tar the action of that Court had fallen shor,
and in what respect it needed did from the action
~ mat House. He put 1t to the House, whe-
'hcr such reference as vas proposed would be
respectful either to the General Government mr.
10 Sovereign State' To give through the
report Of the Committee an HxpARTr statement,
of what were the laws Of Gecrgia-of what had
hitherto been donc-and of what ought vet to he
done in reference 10 the Indians within her IL
nuts! lie trusted he had said enouph TO
show that such measure would be IMPROPER
But If farther legislation was needed he would
give the House reason why the memor ia
should be sent to the Committee on Indian Al
fairs That Committee had the interest Of tho
Indians, rs we'll as the interests of the United
states in reference to the Inaians, under its pc
cular charge; and it was for Them TO inquire
whether Congress had done all in the way eff le-
grsation, which it ought 10 do on that subject.
and if any thing further was wanted, that Com
mrtee night present it to the House in the
shape Of Jaw. or of report. As one cf the
Representatives. from the State of Georgia, he
was opposed to the appointment of a select
committee.
Mr.. CLAYTON Of Georgia, now said that
1t was not his intention 20 cffer any dsrespec, to
the gentleman who introduced this memorial
as he bel eyed there was no one who cherished
towards him higher degree Of vcnera,ion; vct
he fit himself at liberty to say what he was we'll
convinced the people of his State would saw,
al
hat the gentlemen who had drawn ND and pro.
scented that memorial were doing what they ha d
no right TO do-werc meddng with what did
not concern them, and were acting mperti-
| Dcntiy in the presentation of such n paper Ue
was almost afraid 10 trust himself with such n
subject, representing rs he DID half million OF
the FREQ people of the United States, and know
ing the Greal Ddgnity Which they had lately
received in the pronouncing of a decision which
ne hoped and believed would be resisted wit
the prompitude and spirit which became Gror
gans, and which he was very sure never would
DE executed TIL Georgia was made a hewIino
wilderness. AS to the memorial, Georrio
would treat IT as It deserved; with .oycrcign
! contempt; and for himself he did not care whc,o
It went, though he should suppose the most prc.
per reference would be to the COMMITTEES nm
Foreign Relations, since it seemed nDw In no
! settled that the CherokceE constituted an indie
pendent foreign kingdom. The gentleman had
referred to his resolution with rexnoct to rho
Bank, but there a clear difference no, veon
this and the question-it wos expressly doclo
red in the charter OF the United States Rank
that when It's affairs were examined by the
House, that task should be pnrfo med by Sc
iect COMMITTEES. This was the reason wbv he
had moved that his resolution should be referee
to such a Committee, although the gentleman
from Massachusetts, had said that the two cases
were similar, yet HE should say God forbid TINT
Georgia should ever pnt herself on Coo,;n,,
with the bank of the Uticd Srhtcs, and wher'
ever she was so treated he should always repeI