Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-05-28
POLITICAL.
From the Washington Globe.
BklEF VIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATION Oh
ANDREW JACKSON.
III. INTERNAL AFrAIna

Ill. INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
After this view OF the results of the administration of
hhurew jackson In the foreign relations of The United
States, we propose take similar one of his con-
duct OF the internal affairs Of the country which are of
general aud permanent interest In this field OF his du
TIES Also his uniagging public spirit has been rewarded
with signal success il has been directed by principles
the accordance OF which with the spirit OF our ns-
tuuons cannot a TO be regarded az the uneqnvocal ind
cation OF mind endued in eminent degree with the
qualities Of the practical statesman.
As in the former in this branch Of the subject will
be impossible, within the limits have prescribed TO
ourselves to much into detail Our remark. must be
conined to those measures which affect the general in
eres's OF the country those OF less prominent nature
although perhaps not less valuable illustrations of the
character of the administrations must be left 10 the reco
ecuon ana Judgment oil the people, guided by such lights
as accompanied their publication and gained them at
The time OF their occurrence, sufficiently general APP
probation.
Indian Relations.
In this division of The subject shall first consider the
state OF our relations with IHpIANs and the
measures adopted TO improve them. Among the diver
shed ana interesting subjects entrusted TO the Executive
there is scarcely OF great Importance which liza.
presented greater difficulties than this Whatever may
IRON time to time. have been said by fault finders hone
or ny those abroad who envy the rising greatness and
character OF our Republic, is the less tina, the
conduct oil every administration of the governments from
us establishment to the presen, day, has been invariably
Influenced IN relation to Indian Affairs by the most h.
pnane and benevolent feelings towards that unfortunate
race Every thing that promised 10 improve their cond
ton or TO afford redress for the injustice which our ances-
tors following i'll the footsteps of civilized towards the
aoogincs IN every quarter of the globe, had done them
has, with honest and nnremttng ZEAL been attempted
ihese efforts have NOT however, attended with the
success which they deserved They have on the con.
trary, done but little beyond dcmonsa tinc the fnity of
all attempts to reclaim the red from his savage state
by introducing him into common society with the
whites In such condition il became obvious that the
Indians were doomed 10 gradual but certain extinction
Although, therefore, the pursued by the Govern
ent was dictated by feelings OF humanity, all rejecting
men perceived that it pted to their character
BESIDES rendering their condition more affecting
bad served TO excite domestic discomfort and foreign
to he dy
abundant sources OF contention between the Federal and
State authority.
These considerations called for change in the polcv Of
the Government and that adopted after the fullest cons
Iteration was their removal beyond the Missspp where
IL was believed that they might be proteced without be-
ing exposed TO that moral and ysca deterioration which
had been found TO attend their former relations with the
white man. Provided in this region with extensive
territory with ample means of and with the
opportunity OF enjoying them exempt from causes which
nave operated juously, it may be hoped that phIan-
,hroPy VIII here employ itself with better success and
ha heir march 10 degeneracy and decay, NAV not ONLY
DE arrested but turned 10 the opposite direction 9Th
and moral improvement.
IL this policy did not receive its first impulse il was
certainly greatly promoted by the repeated comuunica-
tons which made TO the Government by Cen J,ck
son whilst he was in the Army Paraking the general
SENTIMENT Mr. Monroe noticed the materin hi, last an
nuai communications and again made the subject of spe
cai message TO Congress the close his
tie then freely adverted TO the deporabe effects of the
continuance OF the Indians in their wilnn the
limits OF tho States and earnestly recommended their re-
noval OH just aud liberal terms unappoprated ter
fIoTy III tnc w est anu Northwest a ud
SADLY necessary TO arrest their degradation avert he,
speedy determination The advantages TO the Indians as
well as 10 the United States which We're anticipated from
TINS measure have been often 10 REQUIRE rene
ution here. The proposition hailed with the Iyeest
satisfaction by every ghtemed friend of the Indians
received Tie sanction OF the whole country, has since
been regarded as the settled policy of The Government
But every exeriion OF the late admins ration TO make
etectual was unsuccessful The negotiation OF the IN
Dian Spring treaty, although intended 10 be very eectual
III promoting this desirable object, accomplished bu little;
whether we regard The of the removals or the
terms upon which they were recommended the Indians:
and this Treaty the only practical step since the
adoption of the policy which dictated it, that deserves 10
be noticed, untilwc come down to the administration OF
Gen Jackson.
forts OF the late administration consequence not less o
DC regretted We alude TO the alarming extent 10 which
The relations between the Federal Government and the
state oil Georgia were involved by them; and which il is
wen KNOWN excited great socitude home aud cncour
aged hopes Abroad with regard to the stability of ns
tnuons Ii s not our intention TO examine here the me-
rlts oil Tins controversy the which led TO the
failure OF The OF the administration i'm
OF The audabe objects which governed lis course in rela
tion to The ln'ians Their indisposon 10 remove was
u1uouess' IN great degree, attributable TO the hope
which they cherished Of being permitted TO occupv their
lands without being subject TO the laws of the States with
in which they stuated--a hope which is known 10
have been encouraged and kept alive by citizens of the
United States, either mised by false views of humanity
or prompted by selfish aud sinister motives, private and
political.
The exten, 10 which the eposterous notion prevailed
that the diieren, Indian Tribes DO regarded as
Po'"S" "l'Ihh inc otatcS possessing
reign authority and independent OF the State and Federal
Governments is most extraordinary; and will in few
years, strike every as altogether iucredjLle
Even assuming That The engagements from time 10
ne entered Iuto by the Cove with tie Indian
tribes stand upon the footing treaties between in.
dependent nations. and that the language EMPLOYED in
some OF the stipula ions implies this relation the claim t
sovereign authority OIL the part Of The Indians was not the
less untendhe, situated they were. No rule in the
law OF nations is better established Than a which allows
nation That has entered into treaty with another te
spldtors OF which, from moral ply causes can
not be executed without destruction its welfare 10 re-
tease self IRON such produce Effects runols or to
modify them make Them consistent with lis nara
mount duty 10 itself This rule is but the extension 10
communities OF the right OF clipresefvation which be
longs 10 individuals Tested by IT, il obvious from The
uH~ inpTdetcdbihiy OF The existence of the various In
Dian Tribes az independent communities within limits of
The States, that The Uued States were bound Ia resist
such claim, even it had the sanction of treaty But
II is not believed that Tich is the footing which the
relations between the United States aud the Indians were
even designed 10 be placed, which the language EN-.
ployed in their various intercourse since the revolutionary
war would counenance, ii correctly interpreted.
Although the attempts OF the Indians within the States
OF Alabama and Georgia 10 this claim were met by
Mr. Adams and his Cabinet with lust sense of its inn.
practcaby, yet the annunCiaOn Of their views did not
produce its abandonment TO effect ibis aud TO carry the
settled policy OF the government into successful practice
II was obvious that experience upon The subject and
steadier hand wanting Fortunately for Tie coun.
try these were supplied 10y the election OF Gen Jackson
whose intercourse with the Indians had afforded
mites TO acquire practical knowledge OF their character
and condition. which few have enjoy red aud which he had
wen improved. BY The unvarying union OF strict Justice
and iuhcxble hrmness which had marked his Department
whether employed 10 dispensing the aVors Of tie govern
nent s retbuge power and by the proofs which lac
OF his familiarity with their ,ns;,