Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-05-31

ton had laid before tho President a proiec,
Tor new Treaty bond OH removal and ccs,
Sion. The letter gives tho Delegation
their final reply. II offers them conces.
sions of n very liberal nature, in the hone
and with the understanding that il will re-
concile the whole tribo to removal. Itdms
not grant all that Ross requires. hut it pro-
poses, with The assent Of the States or Genr
Sia, Alabama aud Tennessee. to pmlong
tho time allowed for the removal for lwn
ycaIs, and to give the Indians all the ncces
>ary protection, meanw hilr. and even to suf-
fer them to manage their own removal in
their own way. under certain restrictions. -
ii oilers to gran, the Cherokccs Il patent. in
pcrpe'uty, for their new country West of
the Mississippi, which the Government al
ways contemplated granting TO the emi
grant tribes, and agrees that no territorial
or other Government shall he enforced over
the Chcrokecs without their assent. II
consldersa 4 further sum for the expense of
removal, aud the payment of arrcarages
AMI annultics under former treaties, and
the continuance of annuities granted by the
treaty ot 1919, for two years, provided
| congress shall assent thereto, l.u, it rciu-
ses to allow sum for the Cherokee county
IN addition 10 the s million fund stipulated
in the Treaty.
Me,srs. Clay and King of Alabama.
| Cuthber' of Georgia aud others, expressed
the greatest surprise, regret and Indignation
al TINS movement on the part Of The Execu-
uvc. They said they had not been consul,-
ell III 1t, and utterly condemned it, as iniu-
rIous tn their States, and we'll calculated to
provoke protracted and bloody war with
The Cherokccs. They said event. had been
| brought about in this matter, of which the
Government had n" knowledge, by the mur
dcrs lately committed bv the Chorokccs,
i'll the 'nsuSatIon "f the pretended chief Of
that nation, with whom this ncgocatior
lad been opened; AMI they moved the Sen
ate that the States concerned would go on
forthwith TO- execute :hc treaty, whatever
might be the course Of tho Government in
regard to it. They said that the States
| immediately concerned would never as
sent to any delay and hut for this treaty
Georgia wcnld nor have waited so LONG for
their removal. They spurned aud repudi-
a'cd The document and would not agree
| that II should ever he referred. MIR. Wen
>Icr said that II was the prevailing opinion
IN The country that the treaty was frau,lu-
lenilN obtained This was his own oui,,iou
us expressed at the time Of its ratification
here. Ii, as the Secretary OF War propos
ed, any thing could be done to lessen the
injustice of our proccrdurc, he hoped i,
would be done. liza litlc money was all
that was wanted for this purpose. he was
willing to gran,it. Mr.. Calhoun said that
the Secretary of War wished to make the
removal easier and more speedy by prevail
ing upon the Indians to assent to il. To
remove them without their assent would he
difficult. If five hundred thousand dollars
would persuade them to 80, after . reason
ably delay, he trusted il would he given.
me matter was laid aside for the prescut.
The same message was discussed in the
House and referred 80 the Conmi,rce on
Indian affairs. Most of the day was spent
III the consideration Of the subject Of the
Presidents message in relation to the or-
cupaiion by Great Britain of the territory
Of the U. States OH the Mississippi. Mr..
Adams says VIC favc twenty eight degrees
OF tha, coast that we may, aud probably
must, fight for; and he is for occup wing it al,
once.