Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-03-28

Cutollhe' But here again there was conn
terpoise Tor at this very moment, and Tor
sometime previous, Georgia was and had been
setting of defiance and tran,plnp mon The
lave Of this same Union, as ali the world
knows and you dare not DENY And there i,
good reason TO believe that yon was some
thlng worse Than mere passive looker-on--.
mat you was well pleased, and that Georcjs
knew II too for without some intimaiion of
connlyance on your part, che never would
have dared 10 have taken the first ste d in tbat
long march OF injustice, persecution, and saw
age cruelty towards helpless ard inoTend-
ing people, whom you, in your Inauguration
oa'h, had virtually sworn 10 protect TO the vi.
most OF your power. That you possessed the
power, ol course none will seriously deny -
ann llat you was not backward 10 exercising
that power when you saw fl, your bilcgcrent
attitude IN relation 10 South Caroljna above
alluded 10, ls evidence ndubinble. Tbougb
] know, when the Cherokees intt,a,ed Won,
protection against Georgia, 10 GET rid NJ
their opportunities, you pretended Won had
not The power TO protect them. Among other
| lavore projects Of yours, one wBs 10 accom-.
plsh the removal Of all the aboriginal inhabi
tants between the Atlantic md Mississippi 10
/ me west OF that river, during my administra-
tom And every body knows BY this time.
that when yonr brains were fairly delivered Of
n project such little distinctions ns cons,itp-
ions, laws, justice, humanity, or the national
welfare, were overcome with an ease and fa-
I cility peculiar to yourself That YOU locked
upon the savage injustice of Geor9ia towards
the Cherokces with satisfaction, from the be-
lief that it would facilitate the accomplish.
| rnent OF your project so far it related TO
The abor1gines in that section Of The Union,
there can be little doubt. | know you dis
claimed all right or intention Of using coer-
Give means 10 drive them off; know YOU said
1T was not that did ii ) but if you think gil
by such impudent disavowuls 10 deceive the
tribunal oil your co.eAisting iellow-m men; OF
II, with your babituo captiousness and AFRO
gance, you deny the jurisdiction or compotcn-
cy OF the tribunal Of the people 10 try YOU for
the cruel injustice which YOU have inflicted,
and permitted others 10 inhct, upon the rem
nunt of that race, who but few wears since
possessed the fee simple and sovereignty of
this widely extended country, you cannot os-
cape brow beating posterity; you cannot es-
cape that tribunal before which you will in
evitably and shortly be summoned to appear.
where the plea OF convenience or expedoncy
will avail YOU nothing aganst the cry of the
/ oppressed where your insincere professions
and protestations, instead of counterpoisine,
will be cast into the same scale with your deeds
OF injustice where your earthly glory will
call forth no shouts-from thoug htless and de-
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self conceit and ntimidale your Judge; and.
where even tho victory OF n, Orleans will
weigh in the balance lighter than the rsintest
sigh from the bosom OF the least of the many
| thousands who have received injury al your
| ha ndE.
The crime which South Carolina threaten
cd, bears no comparison in its enormity TO that
which Georgia actually perpctrated. She pre-
mcditaed refusing further submission 10 the
revenue laws Of the country. II was bad o
Gough--it was notification. But Georgia did
more and worse than this. She not only
/ threatened to, but did actually uuliry the laws
| Of the Union. Sho CONTEMPORARY spurned
the mandates Of the Supreme Court Of the
| United States, and insultlngly defied lis pow
err, and denied its jurisdiction asserted alter n
mature deberation and you upheld her in ii.
| She tore 10 tattcrs and spit upon n solemn
treaty, law Of the land, whereby theGovern-
mcnt of the United States had pledged itself,
+ for raiuabie consideration, TO protect the per-
! sons and propertv-to protect in all their ri shs
| against every aggressor, the tribe OF Chero-
| kee Indians. And with cupidi'y Absolutely
liendish, she parceled out their territory, divi-
ded the spoil by lottery, and forceably drove
them from their homes, from beneath the roofs
which they themselves had erected, from tho
( spot whore for unknown generations the bones
OF their fathers had been deposited and YOU
| Andrew Jackson, President OF the United
States, with solemn oath yet warm upon
your lbs 10 faithfully defend the Constitution
and execute the Office entrusted 10 your care,
You remained passive you looked on even
with compacency your arm hung lisllesslv
by your side You who, when il suited your
purposes, could abuse delegated and exercise
undelesated power, had no power then
by a sincere, even though late repentance,
you may ward off the penal retrihution of tho
Great Eternal But another generation, devoid
OF that omnscient power which can penetrate
the art and there reading your contrilion for
bear 10 execute the sentence which has gone
forth against you for this your blacklist sin Of
OMISSION will write in famous upon the same
tablet that is bloted with your fame
II is rather unfortunate for that fame that
al and previous 10 the juncture here referred
70, the stae OF South Carolina was opposed
10 your admnisiration,-she was your political
enemy and some Of her leading citizens we're
objects OF your 5tteres hatred while on The
other hand Gcorein was your friend Now,
in defiance of tho precept against uucharitu-
bIeness, many people will persist in whispering
their suspicious, that your opposite treatmen,
Of these two states under circumstances COM
! pIetely analogous, was in conformity 10 that
! fundamental article in your party creed which
enioins the rcwarding ofyour friends and pun
ishlng your enemies.
One Of the las, and most memorable events
which has added 10 the porrcntious gloom Of
your disastrous administrations is the expung-
ing portion of the Journal of The United
States Senate. IF this act was not directly an
act Of yours, it is matter Of general notoricty
that II was the result your intreatcs, threats
and commands, with the superadded hopes of
reward. For the violence done the Constiu.
tion of your country by expunging an undispu
ledly genuine portion of the Journal Of the