Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-20
POLITICAL.
(From tia Glcb;.)
JUDGE WHITES LETTER.

IT,
bear upon public sentiment before the Georgia election
AID The election of Senator in Tennessee, which 1t i'm
medately anticipates. will be found at cTg!h III ou7 CO.
lunns. 1t is remarkable that the most extensively cir
culatng prints in Tennessee Of which Mt Bell possess
cd himself Of The control before opening the campaign
against the President and the party supporting hin, II"
lay before thsir readers The POSITIONS which hey um
dertake TO combat We sorry to b. Obliged To say
that Judge White has, in his reply to our statement {"
the public events in which he is Implicated, followed
the exa,nple of the newspapers in his interest, h pre-
srnng partial and perverted view OF nc circumstances
which he proposes to explain We shall pfpcrrd to sup
ply, from documentary proofs the def IS vi The Judges
representation, without the least hope however, that his
friends in Tennessee will favor tho people there,
with full view of that which it is ind;pcn sable to their
they should disguise
We give below from the Globe OF tho 9TH of March,
1873. article which quotes the Presidents message
submitting The Cherokee Trrnty, and Judge White
solution rejecting it, and showing l" manner IN which
this Transaction became topic Of discussion. We ask
why Judge White delayed until this aic hour lis cxpa-
nations of this subject; We ask WHY lie allowed the
Telegraph to declare that inquiry had been made in the
proper quarter, pointing directly to Judge white hun
SELF authorizing the declaration thai J"age Hh'c had
mt d:tcard The truly rctrrrd io' VIZ ask why Judge
White man fond Of E!Htnand rO"nd dcaiing left
to IN 81, right the misrepresentation made OF TINS
matter b. the Genrgu r7rr advocatns his prrensiS
as well Us that Of the Telegraph, made immediately I'M
der his eye and referring directly to him as its spon
sor; And why does he now, when actually engaged III
giving information TO his constituents, afford only
glimpse In inSrad them:
Jadgc White says: that the first occasion, til" In
ti: Representatives were not Chiefs -'w'e not au-
ihorixrG ~ lie nltium t. max" treaty. did moi pre-
tend they had Sucl, aut!"TiIythat at treaty Is cen
tract between iva or NOR, nations that il must have
hc assent o! both parties AZ il wanted the rs
scntia requisites lie could not recommend the rali
cation. NC.
Let any unbiased min, cxaninr TAG Presidents
sarc submitting the treaty. and the tccnIcaiity n the
judges objection, and it will III" how many material
7rt suppressed 10 make up his vircatinn
: l,I'
MA nor the General government lpukrd Upon the Cicero
kcr Tribe asa nation lie knew ila Ii" State laws bad
been rx;rud,d &" the country and had suprra dcd
the authority Of the Chiefs WIG dvcs:rd OF all
trout the ChrrOhrrs, and all power to dispose OF
the country that The Whole oi cct N the President was
to deal with the propc themselves for tic possession OF
the country ley occupied, and that he contract MADE
for tia: purpose with AGENTS sent on y PARTON o. TIC
tribe. proposed the stipv!aunS "c,:c binding only
in The cont!n geicy Of receiving The sanction OF nal>:
t. of the tribe bidding the Territory. There were two
parties 10 TINS 1rcay-a portion OF the tFhc actualy
present and signing for themselves and NJ The aT.nt i"
others on one side, and t:Is Executive u! the United
States the part %! Tie Government 1t was binding
on neither however bot condlni: % ratification ny
minority of those in possession nt The IcrFilTy Is
there any thing cxlraprdiusy in making contingent
Treaties subject To su5>rqicn, ratification by the con
trailing authority Interested i'll II: Certainly not JUS
every day practice among equal and independent M
tons with which the strclrSt diplomacy Is cnoTccc--
and NAV it not be INDUCED with f"ctan Peor, IN
regard dealings with whpm no restriction o; ac-
.ountnbity Is lnpoSuQ, but WHICH reason
! ce dictate
But it. is remarkable the judge takes credit 20 lni
self for bringing about aran tt rcrg STATE ~ things rh
The Lherohrrs which he defeated by the resolution o! his
conucr The former occasion, and which ne uses so
much arrrrnru 10 Justify The President has entered
into the same spuIrtiuns with Ridge and others he
did with Russ and others aud Judge White congrau
atcs himself upon Tic rxpcGicnt he adopted, by reson
ton to ascertain the price the Srnat" would sanction. in
contemplated treaty Jr the lands: LI;s III advance civ
ing ratification treaty not only c"mtIngen but IN
crrbryo and dependent for its final accomplishment
upon the will Of the jriiy OF the same tribe to which
the President referred his first ncoa" treaty with the
Chrrnkrrs and which Judge White cpnirivch 10 ret re.
iectcd sancn, the representations OF General
Jackson with him personality: urging II as means "i OBJ
tanning certain drivrrancr OF Georgia from her al'al
pouulatiuu judge White has seen !s error. He VIII
no longer insist that treaty cannot be mad" without the
SIGNATURE of John Ross, or those whom hr may c,n-
slider chiefs nor will he contend, presume. that HE
majority Of the nation cann"I give "hg ton to con-
tract, but that 1.-THE riOc n1DH or the thieiS, or
persons authorized BY the whole nation. can alone give
| validity to such agreement w
So much for l,s coatiurrh trc7iy which Jude White
was SO proipt rccciv. when first made, anu the re-
nrwa Of which he cagcr to facilitate, after I'rrs
Dental prospects began TO open on INN ana ne lounu II
| mportant to prnp;!iac the favor OF Georgia.
Judge White next advrrs Ia his course On Tic cTpn"g
iug resolution Here again must complain OF inc
use Of that figure Of rhetoric " men Is Absolutely nn'
| missblc in fair arguncnt--the 9C'l hf"cH'' IN IN
The Juicu again puts The whole case before INC le"-
ME rs if he had moved strike out the word "rXTurg
Cd" and supply il by the words = scimG'd reversed
repealed and declared null ann VOID lie iorsr's 'hal
he also proposed strike Out the very gSl "i The pro-
ccrdur-the acsscnal feature necessary " to rrm0rc
the s.na unastiy fhft IN the President in pT"insing
10 strike ont the dcclaratrry reasons at MI benton re-
solu,ion judge White nuw i'll his rNIarncy before
his constituents speak Of "lhc stigma Justly fixed on
the PRESIDENT st Ii" fails to tell them that he moved 10
strike out The very terms which implied that fact"
strike out the declaration that ;hc c"nrnatory resoiu-
lion of the Senate nnjnSi, WrgG' NM nnt"nH't"-
| ny
inference postcrity that il WIS jn* i'gn ana cO"E"'
tuonci. IT. is the more reiiarkHh'e lhat uiis POM
should be passed over in Judge White explanation; ih
asnuch as he well remembers that II became Tic st''
and only line of separation between himself and the
friends Of the President this sub Jet lie knows mat
Mr. Benton agreed to sacrifice the True parliamentary
phrase to satisfy his scrupcs, and went 10 NM ia e
rnar and pressed him TO permit TIC reasons % s'a,n'
in consideration of accepting judge " hitc tcliS ny
which he proposed to relieve Mr.. Clay from the shame
Of having his rrsu ullon disposed OF ~ INC way ma. a."
rr-a, violations Of the rights and welfare OF Tic people
| -(ins,ance the case of Wilkes: Hampton AND TIC war
resolution of Massachusetts ever been tfca''a'
when visited las Mr.. Clay panic resolution mas 0ren
most justly} by the indignant Reproduction OF great anu
| crr.,I,rn,d counrv resolved brand forever and
| repudialc as precedent, invasion "i iaw-ooS'"'
tom and the forms Of the CT"Yrrnnc nslr'Nn! NV w.,
at once the best interests OF society," ana 'tta''t'".
patro,;c REPRESENTATIVE of nation engaged III theF
defence.
R,,t Julgr Whit, is not content with s"p7rtSS'"y
,,o. ;mpofiant fac, in the history Of his aset sustain
it as presented he asserts positively ana wltn"". q
firatioil what e will lind Is not cohinr"Ho'e -
and Thai too on the material point involved IN lhe
stand he has taken before the pnblc-iic says:
THO word 'cxpungr means to erase, r"' OUT can
ccl or otherwise dsr0y, that part Of the j0""a so Tint
ii cannot be rrad. :.
If an order made 10 'expunge the resolution it
ust be bot,cd out. toc the order must aud will be
executed, and so ARE THE PRECEDENTS.
We assert that the Parliamentary History in the Ii
brary will show that in the case of the Earl of SIai"rd
,hc order for cypununp was mol so executed as to de-