Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-04-03


ca, however i might have been hoped otherwise. We
shall not stop here to depere the infauaon under the in
uence OF which this will be pursued but
10 execute the purpose for which took up the pen
The very respectable Editor oil ths Political Arena (a
Fredericksburg, Virgnia) specializing this subject in
his last number, says ave have arrived at cRrsIs-an
"undoubted and nomentous crisis few DAYS will de-
eide the question of the further duration OF this Unon
We fully concur in the opinion expressed in the first OF
The above sentences, while dissent in part from that
conveyed in the second We trust that the Union will
endure for many centuries, though than State
recy affected by the action Of Georgia in the case before
us we are under the impression that IL will be than
'aIew days before tle question will be decided.
Inc course which we presume this business will take
will state for the satisfaction OF those Who place any value
on our opinion upon such matters.
The mandate Of the Supreme Court is directed 10 the
Supreme Court for the county oil Gwnne in the State of
Georga aud requires OF that Court do release the
Missionaries Who confined at hard labor in the Pen
tentiary under act OF the State OF Georgia which is de-
creed to be repngnan TO the Constitution Treaties and
Laws of the United States. $500
Ii the Court obeu the mandate il IL welt anil M mana
is 10 be said done.
Ii the Court does not obey the mandates application VIII
we suppose, be made TO the Supreme Court at its next
term in this city, (hat is i'm January next) In xcc,t he
judgment, under the laws OF the United States which
provide that in where the State Courts do not
Judgments OF the Supreme Court that Court may issue
It's own process TO carry into effect its judgments
Ii is possible, indeed, that application might he made 70
one oil the Judges OF the United States out of Court for
ndceas co'pas to bring the case Immediately before him.
put the general idea seems TO be- that nothing will be
done towards enforcing the udgmen until the mex meet
ing oil the Court, in this city.
H. finally process issuing from the Supreme Court and
wmch must be granted matter course shall be re-
sisted will be the duty Of the Marshal OF the United
staes Tor that Dstiictto summon posse cotais and
oil The President Of the United States Unnecessary to place
The Army and Militia otthe United States the service
Of the civil authority.
In any event. it will be that the danger from this
source IL not immediate supposed by our friend al
fredereksburg.-.Nat. Int.
GEORGIA.
MEETING AT observation-disclosures previous notice, i
large and respectable portion of the citizens of Monroe
county, and number OF gentlemen from other counties
in attendance the Superior Court of the county con-
vened in the Court House the 18th their
relation the recent decision ofhe Supreme
Court OF the United States denying the constionatv nj
the law of Georgia, extending her jurisdiction over that
portion oil her Territory in the possession Of the Cherokee
tribe of Indians.
On motion, Gen. BENJAMIN II. Rutherford was called
tothc Chair, and Eibrdge g. Cd6anss, appointed Secre
tary.
The object of the meeting having been announced b,
the Chair, and few remarks made by A. H. Chappeli
Esq the following preamble and resolutions submit
ted by General L. Beall.
Among the dearest aud highest rights of lreemcn is the
attribute OF Judging and determining upon these claims of
snty That nation or pcople claiming N be fo
and independent should permit their privileges rights and
mmunites TO be aiudicated away by tribunal usurpng
authority, is inconsistent with national honor national
right, and national dgnty-Thc people Of Georgia claim
TO be, and will maintain that she is free, sovereign and
Independent Staethat shc entered into the federal eapue
as srchthat forming link in the chain of the Union
oil the States she did not dvcs herself her SOVEREIGN
character--hcr sovereignty she retanedtha she con-
ssncd to grant TO the States fedora union for national
purposes, certain rights which acknowledge TO he
hers. These found in the federal compact called the
Constitution Of the United Slaes-A excep those there
specially delegated, she reserved herself Among
those OF her former and sovereign rights and which
she has never coded granted 10 any power or 90.
vernment, is the right of absolute soil and iurisdc-
ton, over the territory within her chartered limits
certain portion oil that territory, amounting to millions of
acres, is claimed by part of the tribe Indians known
as the Cherokee tribehis nation, if there be one is be-
yond the Mississipp) Bandits, outlaws, demagogues
merccnary missionaries and traitors have sought home
and refuge there in violation Of the public laws of the
been kindly notified of our laws advised 10 leave the
territory TO avoid the legal consequences OF an illegal re-
sidencc there)-They have been tried convicted and
are undergoing the punishment prescribed by law
They have appealed TO tribunal for redress, which we
dsclaim has any right oil jurisdiction of their crimes
or over our territory in matters OF that kind A
small majority of the Supreme Court the United States
has assumed TO themselves the right to pronounce mon The
consiltuonalty oil our laws and have decrecd them I'M
CONSTITUTIONAL and their mandate is directed be execu
ted in spite of our laws, rights and beres-and
this decree, too from the very bench which has hjlh
erio said IN relation to the same subject matter that Gcor
gia has all the rights attached her sovereignty within
her limits and which are secured TO her by the I'd Section
OF the 9TH article OF the Constitution OF the United States
and which the United States could not ce,le either nv
their power over the territory their treaties with the
Cherokees and by the treaties compacts The United
States contendcd for The right OF Jurisdiction over
that crrorythat right has long been admitted TO
have passedto GeorgiaThc decree of tho Court seeks
by judicial construction Indian sovereientv
from its long slumber and bring into immediate action
against the States, by extra judicial fiat To this Geor.
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corded that Georgia ,c0s"
From the same bench another hov bce
told that Great Britain before considered
them Ohe Chcrokees) her subjects whene she chose
TO claim their allegiance and their country hers both in
soil and sovereignty and that the orbearance exercised TO-
wards them by Great Britain voluntary, and not from
supposed want of right TO extend her laws them did
she abstain from doing From the British right TO soil
and jurisdiction the right accrued TO by the treaty o7S3
and that right not 10 the federal government but to eor-
gia The Cheokees have been recognized MS hold
ing sovereignty over the territory they occupyhe same
Supreme Court has said heretofore that European disco
VIGOROUSLY asented and executed the right of so.
vereigny well OF soil where the Cherokees inhab
and Is from that derive right there
not an instance OF ccssion of land by an 1udian nation in
which the right OF sovereignty mentioned part of the
matter ceded But the people of Georgia hold that this
question is not debatablehe has been long since
settled by the only competent authority and that upon
dear right the decree Of the Supreme Court to the contra
ry Notwithstanding Our rights have been repeatedly re-
cognzed by the Executive Of The United States these
rights 1t is province well duty and interest as
free state TO support and maintain.
Therefore be 10 Resolved That hold the decree of
the Supreme Court of the United States as extra judicial
that good and faithful citizens Georgia in behalf of
our state rights and state sovereignty will to the ut.
most extent ofour severaly and collectively main
tain and support the stac'agans the execution of said de-
ResOred, That short OF paramount physical force TO
that OF Georgia, said decree shall not be executed
Resofred, That we will bold personal services and
means at the disposal OF Executive at all times
when he may call upon us TO the state from such
judicial despoiism
RESOLVED, That the territory occupied by portion Of