Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-09-08

cIr on dCmand. rs 10 all such notes he was for.
hudcn to reeeiv" them from and after the POI, day
OF February, 1877. ASro the note, Of bank, which
were PAYABLE and paid on demand in specie, the
resolution was moi merely p"rmissive. 1t was
compnlSorv and mandatory. lie was bound and
is Yet bound 10 receive them until Congress inter
irrcs.
Mr. Clay anmadvcrted upon tho conduct Of
the present administration towards the Indian
u'hcs. II had hccn productive oi fraud, violence
aud injustice. by treaties or pretended treaties
made with them, both the United States aud the
Indians had been 1riaudcd out of lards Of inn
mcnsc value, underline forms ol reservations, which
had gone 10 en-, ch individual spectators Bv our III
treatment OF them. they are eoadcd INTO mel, Of
desperation aud then the svmpathc, Of the white
people, are appealed To on account OF lndan de-
pIcdaons. The object of tins policy, is, 10 re-
move them from one side OF the river, where lhrv
are surrounded by the whites, Ia the other SIDE,
where they will soon hr again surrounded by the
whites And before TIN, process of removal is
completed, whilst IL Vet in progress the states in
whose neg hhoIhood, wesi OF the Mississippi they
are placed, are calling upon the General Govern
menl for protection against the danger OF Indian
hos,li,icS. Already two regiments Of Dragons
have becu raised permanently for that purpose,
and nj the last Session bill passed the Senate To
augment the standing army hv an addition oi four
thousand men, and the ehei arenmrn, urged for it,,
was the concentration oi the Indians west Of the
Mississippi. Ihnsa permanent cI,arsc OF great
annual amount fastened upon the country, to
carry ont tins policy. Taking IN view the cost of
Indian treaties OF Indian Wars the consequence
al THIS policy, and other expenses, Mr.. Clay be-
loved that the cost Of this removing policy, would
not fall much short of fifty millions OF dollars be-
fore il was finally executed.
lie spoke of the Cherokee treaty ratified at
the last session OF Congress-. No vote of the So
nate, since he had been member, had given HIM
more pam excited more surprise. Gov. Carroll OF
Tennessee and Idrson Scherme,horu {, d,scracc to
the pious and honorable profession OF which he
was mcmhcr) had been Jointly appointed to treat
with the Cherokee nation, composed, according to
report of the Secrctal, Of " ar of about Is 900
souls. Governor Carroll could no, attend and the
whole business fell into the hand, of the ParNon
exclusively. The Chcrokccs, IN general council
IN September last, appointed a Committee To
trcat.-W lih them he did not treat Instead of
treating with lhcm, tor the purchase OF the
Cherokee country, he made proclamation tia, he
would at specified day and place, within the Che
rOkcc country, treat with any OF the thCroNrcS
who would attend and trca, with him and that
all who did not attend should be considered assent
INC and bound by the treaty which he might con
the command Of the American ne totiator, were
employed 10 coax aud co,rcc the attendance of
the Indians.-On the day appointed ont Of the
eighteen thousand, some FIVE or six hnndrod in
Guiding men, women and children, on. presented
themselves, and MANY of these formed no part of
the ChcrokecS east of the Mississippi alone having
the right 10 sell the Chrreke" country. With some
seventy or eight, Indians, he patched upa treaty
and sent II To Washington. II was submitted nv
the President TO the Senate. And II had not been
there many weeks before the almost united voice
of the Cherokee people wds rIised against II. Me
MORALS, signed or subscribed with the marks OF
upwards OF sixteen thousand ChcrokoeS, were laid
before the Senate, DENYING the Indian authority
upon which the treaty negotiated, and solemn
ly protesting against IFS obligatory iorcc upon the
Cherokee people. In spite OF these memorials,
IN spite OF all the opposition which WAS made by
himself and others 10 the ratihcaflon OF snch trea-
~, it was ratified AGAINST the votes OF fifteen S,na-
tors, that of his colleague and himself being OF the
number. Aud thus the Cherokcc', people who
have been always friendly to the United States,
and who represented AT Washington by dele
gates as civilized, as orderly and decent in their
appearance members of Congress, are ,iript
of their cnira country, aud the people OF the Uni
ted States subjected TO the payment OF five
millions SIX hundred thousand dollars. 1t is proper
aud lnSt 10 mention that one Senator who voted
ior the ratification OF the treaty (and others are
believed 10 have acted under the SINE imprcssion)
declared in his place, that he did not believe the
"A treaty and that he voted for II
brcause he apprehendcd the Cherokces would be
exterminated by the whites iinot removed. Mr..
Clay had believed that no consequences, however
dcporabe could Justify the ratification ofan lnstru
mrnt as a treaty. which was deficient in the essential
requisite of the concurrence of two contracting par
ties But he believed, also, that these consequent
ccs might have been avcrlcd by the proper exercise
of the lawful aut ority Of the United States.
Mr. Clay said, that he had gain and again warned
his countrymcn OF tbr danger, illustrated by all his
tory, ofclcvaing to the Chief MaeiStracy, man
possessing no other than mere military qualifications.
lie never had contcndcd or thought it improper to
place at the head of public afiai,s, citizen who
united to Il knowledge of the art OF warand eAp'II-
cncc in conducting it the requisite attalnmenls Tor
civil administration. On the contrary, such uni
on of qualifications constituted great re- common.
dation of the person in whom il might be found.
was desirable that the first officer OF the Republic
should if pos siblc be intimately acquainted with,
and have experience in every branch of admin
istration, civil, military, naval, and diplomatic.
The wider the circle of his know ledge, the better for
the country, if it be united with virtue nd integrity.
We have now had seven years experience of
the administration of Chief Magistrate who
gress assembled That the Secretary ofthc Treas
ury be and he hereby is required and directed to
adopt such measures as he may deem necessary, TO
cause as soon as NAV be, all duties, taxes, debts or
sums Of money, accruing or becoming payable to
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