Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-10
HsapYs EST'EeI.
CIIEROKEE TREATY.

CHEROKEE TREATY
We enabled state, upon authentic inlorma-
ton the conclusion of treaty between the T. States and
the Cherokee Indians, by the stpulaons of which they
have agreed to remove beyond the Mississippi Although
Ross has not signed the treaty the terms liberal
that we entertain doubt of its reception by the great
body of the nation, and It's final ratification by the Sc
nate. This is contamination devouty TO he wished,
it will at once relieve not only Ceorria but North
Carolina Tennessee and Alabama from the ANNOYANCE
OF am Indian population. For the of this nca-
sure the country is greatly indebted the pcrsevcrng
efforts of Gov. Lumpkin
The of Gen Jackson upon this question is too
well known TO require comment. From lSl7 at which
time he concluded treaty with the Cherokces for all
the lands they occupied in Georgia, which treaty was
arrogated by John c. Calhoun Secretary of War he
has been uniformly in favor of the removal of the In
dams and of the right of the States over the country in
ucstion-NLledg crde Standard.
TO the Cherokee Tribe Of Indians East Of the Mississippi
Rirer.
My Friends have long viewed yonr condition with
great interest. For years have been ACQUAINTED
with your people, and under all variety circumstances
IN peace and war Your fathers were all known TO me
and the regard which cherished for them has cQnSet Inc
to feel great solicnde for YEAR ZION TO these feel
ngs, growing OCT o. tormer recocctons have bcen adj
ded the sanction of official duty, and the relation i'm
which, ny the constitution and laws, am placed towards
you Listen TO me, therefore, your fathers have lis
tened, While communicate TO you my sentiments on the
critical state of your affairs
You are placed in the midst Of white population
Your peculiar customs which regulated your intercourse
with one another, have been abrOgacd by the rreat no
liIlcal community among which you live and you are
her
cIuzens OF Georgia and Alabama-You are liable TO
prosecutions for offences and civil actions for breach
OF any of your contracts Most of your people are
educated and liable TO he h~o III at all
Tines with their white ghbos. Your yong n,enl are
acquiring daIts olihtoXicaiion. With strong pass
ana without those habits OF restraint wh CHI laws in
cucate and render necessary they frequently driven
TO excuses which must eventually terminate i'm their
rum. The game has disappeared among YOU, and Won
must depend upon agriculture and the mechanic arts for
support And yet large portion of your people
nave acquired little or no property in the soil itself or
urfIc la Of o,,-l
tnl to them. How, under these circumstances can Won
live In the country you occupy Your condition
must become and worse, and You will ultimate
Iy disappear, many tribes have done before YOU
vi al! this warned your people, when met them in
council eighteen years ago then advised them to sell
out their possessions east Of the Mississippi and TO re-
move TO the country west of that river This advice
have continued to give you various times from That
period down to the present day and you now look
back and doubt the wisdom OF this COUNSEL Had Won
ihen removed you would have gone with all the means
necessary to establish yourselves in n fertile country
sufficiently extensive for your subsistence and beyond
inc reach OF the moral evils which fastening yonr
destruction Instead of being divided people as YOU
now are arrayed into parties bitterly opposed to each
other you would have been prosperous and united
community Our farms would have been open and cu
hvaed, comfortable houses would have been erected
the means OF subsistence abundant and you would have
been governed by your customs and laws and re.
moved IRON the effects Of white population Where
you now are you IRE encompassed hy evils moral and
physical, and these arc ieariully increasing
Look even at the experience OF the last few years
what have you gained by adhcrng TO the pcrncious
counsels which have led you 70 reject The liberal offers
Inade Tor your removal! They promised Won an i'm
provcment in your condition. But instead Of chat every
year has brought increasing difficulties How then
place confidence in the advice Of men who or
misleading you for their purposes and whose as
surances lave proved from the experience vnar
to be utterly unfoundcd?
have no motive, my friends, to deceive you lam
sincerely DESTROYS to promote your welfare Listen 70
me, therefore, while tell you that YOU cannot remain
where you now arc Circumstances that cannot be- con.
Iolled, and which arc beyond tie reach of human laws
render impossible that you flourish in the midst Of
aciviiizcd community You have but one remedy with.
IN your reach: And tlat is to remove TO tho NVs and
JON your countrymcn, who are already established
there And ihe sooner you do dis The sooner you viii
commence your career OF Improvement and prosucrtv
number Of your brethren, who have been dccgaicd
py mat portion o. your people favorable emigration
have repaired 10 this place is tic hope of bcng able 10
make some arrangement which would be acceptable &,
me Government OF the United States, and which would
meet your appreciation They do not claim the RIGHT of
making any arrangement which would be binding upon
you; but have expressly stated that Whatever tlv d
would be utterly void unless submitted TO and approvcd
by you. .n,i.., ,.
and an arrangement has been naoe ,cIicb rn.bt
and trust VIII be- entirely salisi3oi,, ., ~ , ~
senate Of the United states have efaen III, o;,,
s,e ee @ u your possessions, and l value is en-
suIed 70 you ~ Tue arrangement which Les been orc
pared MIR. John Ross, and the party who - PSs
mm, expressed their determination II accent I -
as ,hey were concerned, such SUN as &c s. 80
might consider just, and promised to recommend a
support the same in your general council Tbe st;I
tons contained ia ibis instl umcnl are drio,cd ~ f
sion Tor the poorer class Of your people 10 provide inc
removal OF all, aad to lay the foundation Of .rb social
shu Pohucai establishing s 10 your country as viii
IeeluST you happy and profp"ious people WIZ then
smou1 any honest fln lnonr you object 20 rcn,oyoi5
me Cl'ltcd states have assigned to you lcfr and tx
ensiVe country with very ueclimate adapted tn vonr
haDtS, aud with all The other nators advantages which
you ought 10 desire or expect
shall IN the course Of short fimct appoint commits.
sloefs ior the purposc Of meeting tc Whole BODY orvo
people in council. They Will explain fo yor ,, i,
offered 10 you. '"' wiz" are
These stpulatons provide:
Isl f"r an addition 70 c country already assioned
70 you west M Mississippi, and Tor the conyc,.
ulce on nc wlioic bj patent in Zee simple; and
as2 lot The security of Che necessary political rigbt
ana Tor preventing white persons from trcaoassieg
"a, OF tnG payment Of tIe foil value 20 each ndivi
aaal, OF his possession in Georgia, Alalama Nar,i
Carolina and Ionnoasee .'''"
"a For the removal at fho ov,or,c - IT, ,,.. /
states, Of your whole people, for their s,,l;s,e,.
'''' "'''' meg "nfsl ia their new country,