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


Thought fit to give, at moment when it VIII he impos-
sibc to reply and bring the state of facts to
bear upon public sentiment before the Georgia election
and the election of Senator in Tennessee, which il inn
ncdiatey anticipates, will be found at length in
lumns 1t is remarkable, that Tire extensively cir
culatng prints in Tennessee of which Mr. Bell possess
cd him self the control before openinD the capaon
against the President, and the patty supporting him,
yer lay before sr readers the positions which they
ucitakc TO combat We sorry to be obliged To say
that Judge White has, n his reply statement Of
The public events in which Inc is implicated, followed
the example of the newspapers his interest by pre-
senng partial and per vried view of the
which he proposes TO explain We shall proceed sup
ply from documentary proofs the defects of the Judges
representation without the beast hope however, that his
friends in Tennessee will favor tbe people there
with full view of that which it is Indispensable to teir
canse they should disguise.
We give below from the Globe OF the OH of March
1885, article which quotes the Presidents message
submitting the Cherokee Treaty, and lodge Whites
solution teJecung IT. and showing the manner in which
this transaction became topic OF discussion We ask
why Judge White delayed on this late hour his expa-
nations oil tins subject We ask why hc allowed the
Telegraph to declare that inquiry had been made sin the
proper quarter pointing directly Judge White him
SELL as authorizing the declaration that J0dge Ihue lad
m0t defedfed TIE treaty referred 10? We ask why Judge
White so fond of . plain and round dealing left
II to us to set right the made of this
matter by the Georgia paper advocating his petensons
well that of the Telegraph made immediately un.-
der his own eye, and referring directly to him spon
sor? And why docs he now, when actually enpaqed i'm
giving information to bis constituents, afford only n
glimpse To mislead them?
Judge White says that the first occasion, the In
thorIzed by the nation to make treaty did not pre-
tend they had such authory'that "a treaty Isl con-
tract between two more natlons-tat ii must have
"the assent of both particshat " it wanted the es
sental requisites, he could not recommend the raf-
cation &c.
Let any unbiased mind examine the Presidents mes
sage, submitting the treaty. and the sechneality OF the
Judges objection and will be how many material
circumstances suppressed to make his yndicaton
The Judge knew that neither the Government of Ceor-
gia, the General Government, the hero-
kee Tribe as ga nation He knew that the State laws had
fhe "A
the authority of the Chiefs who Invested of all con
trout over the Cherokees and all power dispose of
the country that the whole object of the President
to deal with the people themselves for the of
the country they occupied and that the made
ior That purpose with agents sent by position Of the
tribe, proposed the stpuatioDS So become binding o@y
IN the contingency of receiving the sanction of najor
~ of the tribe holding the Territory There were two
parties to this Treaty. portion OF the trbe actually
present and signing for themselves and the o0en for
others, side, and the Executive of the United
States the part of the Government IL was bindnn
neither however but condition of ratification by
majority OF those in possession of the Territory Is
there any thing extraordinary in making contingent
Treaties subject TO subsequent ratification by
trolling authority Interested in it? Certainly not Ills
every day prachee among equal and independent
tons, with which the strcest diplomacy is enforced
and may 1t moi be indulged wiih our ipan People, liz
regard TO dealings with whom restriction or ac-
countabty is imposed but that which and JUS
tce dictate
But is remarkable the Judge now takes creds to him
self for bringing about again Me rery Of things aeh
Me CRerOkecs which he defeated by the resolution of his
committee the former occasion, and which he uses so
much argument TO Justify The President has entered
into the stipulaons with Ridge and others as he
did with Ross and others; and Judge White congrat-
lates himself upon the expeent lie adopted by resolu
ton to ascertain the price the Senate would sanction in
contemplated treaty for the lands thus advance piy
nag ratification to treaty not only contingent but
embryo, and dependent for lis FINAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
upon the will of the majority Of the tribe which
the President referred his first nchoatc treaty with
Cherokees, and which Judge White conrvedt get re-
jeced, Notwithstanding the expostulaons Of General
Jackson with him personally, urging means of OBJ
population Judge White has lis He will
no longer insist that treaty cannot be made wisout
signature OF John Ross, or those whom he may con-
slider chiefs will lc coniend prcslne that the
majority OF the nation cannot give oblg tiOn to
tract, but that 'the 'ehoie nafiOn the Chiefs or
persons authorized by the whole nation, alone give
validity 10 such agreement
So much for the contingent treaty which Judge White
was so prompt to receive when first made and the re-
newal of which he eager facilitate after Prcsi
dental prospects began TO open him and be found
important to propate the favor Of Georgia
Judge White adverts his course ON the erppng-
ing resolution. Here again we must complain of the
of that figure of rhetoric which is absolutely mad
mlssble in fair argument-the SUPPRE SSIO VERB
The Judge again puts the whole before the Peo-.
pie as if ne had moved to strike the word "expun
cd, and supply it by the words g scinded reversed
repealed, and declared null ana void He orgetstlat
he also proposed TO strike the very gist of The ro
cecdg-the all-essentia feature necessary yelaore
Me Stigma "YaSuy thea on me Presdcnt in proposing
to strike out the decaraory of MIR Bentons re-.
solution Judge White now, in his exncncy before
his constituents speak Of sthe sigma uDiuslv xed ON
the President but he fails tell them that he moved TO
strike ont the very terms which implied that fact-o
strike out the declaration that the condcmnatory resou
ton OF the Senate was unjust, Uegai and unconsfita-
ttoHm, and thus by the strongest implications left the
inference TO poseflty, that il Just Isya md coasf
tHtOH6t. IL 10 tie remarkable That dis point
should be passed over in Judge Whites explana sio in
asnnol as he wei remembers fla u became the great
ana only Inc ut separation between himself and the
friends OF the President this subject lie knows that
Mr. Benton agreed 10 sacrifice the rne Parliamentary
phrase TO satisfy has sctuples and him in the
SENATE, and pressed KAN 10 permit the reasons 10 siand
consideration S. tern ,,,
which he proposed 10 relieve MIR. Clay from the shame
OF having his resolution disposed Of in c way that all
great violations OF the rights and wefire Of the peope
--Qnsiancc The of Wilkes, tianpdcn and The war
resolution Of Massaeusets)- haye ever been treated
Wh'n visited las MI Clay panic resolution has been
most justly by the indignant reprobntion Of great and
enlightened country resolved to brand forever and
ton, and the ioIlas of tic Goyernment--strikn0 down
at The best interests Of society and aajntpg the
patriotic Representative Of nation engaged in their
defence.
But Judge White is not content with snppyessiso n
most important fact in the history Of his caseo sustain
as presented he asserts positively, and without quail
hcauon what he viii fed is rot eopioSmable 20 truth
and that too the material point Involved in the
stand he hns t3kea brfofe the public lIe SAYS
" The word 'eSpnnge ncans 10 crrse yi8 olt CON
Gel or otherwise sesboy at pay y tic JOurHai that
a caRnot De ssed"
If an order made 70 'expunge The resolution it
must be blor out. IN fae The order must and will be
executed, and so ARE THE PRECEDENTS.
We asseT, that TIE Parliamentary History ~ the Ii
brary VIII show that in The Of the Earl Of STAFFORD
the order Tor expungng net executed 90 de-
1t was read forty years after and an order made to
restore nncI tho