Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-22
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Agreeably 10 our promise, we this morning Law
betore our readers the very interesting Documents
ana o'ier statements, which shed some light upon
tie embarrassing relations prevailing between
The Federal Executive, and the State of Alabama
we most earnestly besecch both parties TO prac-
Use all the mOderat!on which it possible for Them
to exert. IL blood should be she'd i'm this uubnppv
controversy TO what fearful responsibility will the
real agSressor be held, by the present and all future
times! AS we learn from the Correspondence be-
tween the Secretary ut War and Governor Gavle,
me parties are not agreed, either about the facts or
the fdO OF the case. The Governor contests the me-
curacy OF the information which the Secretary has
obtained, and also nterprets the Acts of Compress
in very different sense. is il not therefore tho
duiy OF the Secretary, under these circumstances 10
pause IN Inns movemcnts-dspatch or three most
Intelligent commissioners forthwith to the Creek
CouDtry-ascertaln the real character Of the Eafyu-
ders as they are all called and the Justice of the ON
plants which are made by the Indian Crecks-con-
Ter with the Governor of Alabama, upon the best
houe ol removing these complaints by the agency
oil tie state Laws-aud at all events, take time for
completing the surveys and selections of lands
ana perhaps OF adjusting all disputes by the nepocio
tons, now said To- be OH foot for REMOVING ,Lo
Creeks TO the West of the Mississippi? We know
oil no event, which would cover the friends of orr
l. edcral institutions with so dcepa gloom, as the
actual collision between the federal and State ati-
inorilies III this instance, and the shedding of the
blood of our fellow citizens i'm civil contest he
tween the troops of the u. States and the Miltia of
Alabama. Here is President of the United States
who has distinguished himself by his manly yindi-
cation OF the Rights of Georgia in the case of the
Cherokee Indians We should expect from him
course III relation to the Greeks which may
manifest ms strict respect for the rights of Ala
bana.-liere also is the Governor of a State
who has avowed himself one of the most decided
opponents of Notifications, in the whole South
ern country. Who better calculated to settle this
dispute than these citizens to respect on tue
one hand, the sacred and inaenablc Rights of the
states, III relation TO State jurisdiction over the In
dian tribes; and on the other to- avoid all rash and
hasiy recourse 10 violent measures against the agents
oil tic u States? We put it freely all, that if under
such favorable circumstances direct issue should
he made up between the two if blood should he
shed III this civil war; how much would il crafty
The enemies OF our federal system, who predict that
ibo tnacline is too complicated to play freely and
That The parties must inevitably clash with each
other and what disconsoalioD would it not impart
TO the real friends of the Repubicl
we confess we are not pleased with tie state of
lbIngs IN Alabama, they are exhibited in the ia
pers before ts-but we will not yet permit ourselves
10 despair oil moderate bearing in both parties and
happy issue to this most unexpected contest IL
has burst upon us like flash of lghtning-afier the
Storm IN South Carolina had passed by We shall
rejoice if vanshes without doing any further mis-
chief