Southern telegraph., 1836-01-01

every aspect, therefore, IN which ] can
view the subject. am impressed with the
imnoFlance Of an efficient organization Of
the militia.
The plan Of removing the Aboriginal
PEOPLE who yet remain within the settled
portions Of the United States, to the country
west Of the Mississippi river, approaches to
lis oohsammatiOn. Il vas adopted on the
most nature consideration Of the condition Of
this race, and ought to be persisted in tillI
the object is accomplished, and prosecuted
with as much vigOr as a just regard to their
circumstances viii permit, and as fast as
their consent can be Obtained.
All proceeding experiments for the inn
proyemen; Of the Indians have failed. It
seems now to be an established fact, that
they cannot live in contact with a civilized
community and prosper. Ages of fruitless
endeavours have, at length, brought us to a
knowledge Of this principle of intercommu-
catiAp with them. The past we cannot re-
call, but the future we canprovide for. In
dependenuy ofthe treaty stpulatiOns into
which we have entered with the various
tribes, for the unsufructOry rights they have
ceded to us, no one can doubt the moral du-
ty of the Government of the U. States to
protect and if possible, to preseve perpetu-
ate, the scattered remnants of this race,
which are left within our borders. In the
discharge of this duty, an extensive region
in the West has been assigned for their
permanent residence. 1t has been divided
into districts and allotted amongst them.
Nv have already removed, and others
Rparing to 90; and with the exception
mall bands living in Ohio and Indi-
exceeding fifteen hundred persons,
ahd 0f the Cherokees, all the tribes on the
east side Of the Mississippi, and extending
from Lake Michigan to Florida, have enter
cd into engagements which will leadto their
transplantation.
The plan for the removal and re-estab-
lishment is founded upon the knowledge we
have gained of their character and habits,
aad has been dictated by spirit of enlarg-
ed liberality. A territory exceeding in ex-
tent that relinquisedS las been granted to
each tribe. Of its climate, fertility, and
capacity to suppdstNan Indian population,
the representations are highly favorable
To these districts, the Indians are removed
al the ex e of the United States, and
with esd supplies of clothing, arms
ammunition, other indispensable articles,
they are slso furnished gratutously with
provisions for the period of year after
their arrival at their new homes. In that
time, from the nature of the country, and
Of the products raised by them, they can
subsist themselves by agricultural labor, if
they choose to resort to that mode of life
IL they do not, they are upon the skirts OF
the great prairies, whore countless herds of
buffalo roam, and short time sutlices to
A.. adapt their own habits to the changes which
a change of the animals destined for their
food may require. Ample arrangements
have also been made for the support Of
schools. In some instances, council-hOuses
and churches arc to be erected, dwelliSs
constructed for the chiefs, and mills for com
mon use, Funds have been set apart for
the maintenance Of the poor. The most
necessary mechanical arts have been in.
! trod1ced, and bIacksmiths, gunsmiths, wheel.
wrights, millwrights, &c, are supported
among them. Steel and iron, and some.
times salt are purchased for them, and
ploughs and other farming utensils, domestic
animals, looms, spinning wheels, cards, &c.
are presented to them.
And besides these beneficial arrange
ments, annuities are in all cases made
amounting in some nstancUs, to more than
thirty dollars each individual of the tribe
and in all cases sufficiently great, il justly
divided, and pradentlys Is nded, to enable
Them, ID additiontheii exertions, to live
comfortably. And ~ stimulous for exer
ton, it is now provided by ,w, that, sin all
casesef the appointment of interpreters, o.
otIiefpersons emplyed for the benefit Of the
Indians, 4 spfefernce shall be given to per
sons of Indian descent, if such can be tounC
. Who are properly qualified for the discharge
Of the duties.n
% Such are the Engagements for the physi
cal comfort, and iorthe moral improvement
Of the Indians. The necessary measpre
for their political advancement, and loA thei
separation from our citizens, have not beeI
neglected The pledge of the United State
has been given by Congress-, that the coun
try destined for the residence of this people
shall be forever ssecured and guarantee
to them" country west of Missouri An
and. Arkansas has been assigned to ths1
iato which the white settlements. are not
beRushed. No political communities ca
be formed in that EXTENSIVE reglon, exceF
those which are established W the Indian
tlIemselVes, or by the United States fo
them, and Nhh their concurrence, "A ban
rieFhas thus been Iaised for d Fir pratectio
: against the, encroachments 0i our,citizen
and aFding the Indiausgas far-as' Possible
from those evils which have bronshtthem
ssfheir present condition. Summary author
has been given by law to destroy all a