Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-10-11
would be unconstitutional as the constitution did not

would be unconstitutional as the constitution did not
grant the power TO issue bills of credit
Mr.. Gushing, his colleague, who addressed the
House on the subject today, showed, from the orgi-
nal draught of the constitution submitted by Chas
Plnckney, that when that power was demanded, II
had been struck out and refused in the convention
Ii is singular fact and worthy of notice, that the
father OF our Magma Chdrta-that instrument which
has been SO much extoed for its WISDOM was very
indifferent man-feebe in intellect and rather de-
bauched in his habits. He was some ten or twelve
years ago member of Congress from $. c., and no
one would for moment have believed him to have
been the author Of the leading features OF such an IN
strument-and yet he was its father.
The son of the famous Davy Crockett made his
debut Yesterday IN very tart and creditabe speech
and which was listened TO with great attention. The
Senate now adjourn early having, they say, nothing
to do, and wishing to be edited by the races.
THE INDIANs.-The Indians have been exciting con-
siderable attention of late at Washington. Some are
there to sell their handsome have gone complain
that the money due from the government is not paid
up and that they in starving condition in conse
quence The government offered to pay them one
half in bills and one half gold They rejected the
offer. Ofwhat use indeed were bills to them. They
know nothing, fortunately, Of the rag currency-to
them irredeemable promises to pay could only pass
for their intrinsic rag value. In the south the Indians
ore being extirpated or removed into the far west
where they will be again removed as the march of our
race goes onward retaining the forests and the pra-
nes from a state OF nature
We cannot at this moment help adverting to the
ultimate and speedy fate of the Indians the rghtful
lords Of that soil which has been wrenched peacemeal
from their grasp, and from which they will in few
years pass away.
1t is possible, in the march of emigration by the
whites from our atlantic states and from the old
world, that the Indians weud ultimately be driven
into the waters of the Pacific Ocean. An earlier ex-
termination however, awaits them. Wewl explain.
The chief subsistence of the Indian the buffalo, this
furnishes him with food and raEaent and, in many
instances covering for his tent In the and bound
less prares the buffalo abouRds, much to have
secured to the natives ample provisions for future
years. were It not for their acquaintance with the
whites
The buffalo robes or skins have become the great
object of traffic on the part of the whitemen. To
carry on this trade which is done TO an almost ncre-
dble extent the IHdans fast destroying-like the
farmer who killed the hen that laid his golden egg
the means by which they live. With the destruction
of their bualoes their riches depart their resources
vanish This will soon be the case. What will be
the consequence? II is plain! 1t is inevitable that
they must pass away-cither by starvation or acts o.
desperation.
Whether before this occurs the sense 81 their STU
alton which now, from their mprovldent natures,
they are only partially aware of-snd the wrongs
thew have received from the hands Of the whites will
lead them to enleague together TO revenge them
selves or die is matter of conjecture Yet the pro-
liability is that such will be the case. 1t is in the
first place. the natural result Of such consequences.
"The worm will turn when trod upon" and there
are those, and they are many among AS who believe
that terrible reirbution awaits the oppressor unto
death of the red men Of America.
The very act Of our government in sending the
southern Indians to the west and thereby concentra-
ing and adding their forces against day of trouble
cannot but be considered in this light impolitic.
From recent travellers in the west and especially
Mr. Can, who has spent seven years of the prime Of
his life in these regions, learn that already the bs
fao or bison is becoming scarce-nor is il 10 be
dered at, when find in every city, town, and VIII
lage on the continent and not merely here, but in the
old world likewise the buffalo skins exposed for sale
as an article Of luxury for winter clothing.
In few years the buffalo will altogether disappear
With the disappearance of the buffalo will begin the
Indian troubles; they will be in starving state. No
longer able TO purchase PROVISIONS by exchanging
tices Of their own SOIL they must sell their lands
Ill they have no more to SELL if they do not open their
eyes to the full force Of their situation before and de-
spisng the gew gaws and rnkets for which they have
sold like Esau for Of potage their inheritance
turn upon those who have pandered to their fvilous
desires and taken from them and destroyed the subsis
ance upon which their comfort and their lives depend
ed The regions of the far west broad and beautiful
But there will be great change in that quarter be.
fore oag. The voice-the first faint voice-of warn
ing like the dim cloud upon the horizon that presages
a tempest, has been heard at Washington. The In
dams have hitherto been their own enemies by the
petty warfare Of their tribes. The common ills which
they will shortly inherit, may make common cause,
and though war could not but result, ultimately, in
the downfall Of the lords Of the SOIL and exterm-
nation Of that much wronged race-yet would il only
be done by the sacrifice of large portion Of the best
blood Of America
COLLECTORS OF TAxEs-The ordinance for the APP
pointmen Of two additional Collectors for the arrears
taxes caused exciting in both the Board
Of Aldermen and Board Of Assistants. than has taken
place for long time previously Every section Of the
ordinance wa. contested in both boards the numbers
standing upon each division in the Board of Aldermen,
for the section ayes TO- noes s. In the Board Of Assis
tsn,s ayes H. noes 3. After il had passed, and while
both Boards we're In Joint ballot, n commune alton