Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-03

subject well calculated To sNr,ic feelings nj yeis
different chuactcr with the comments al the I;ieb
mand Enquirer on the a. ubsl,nary" Of John Ross,
aud tie Cherokee nation, Of winch he is the saga
+ eons, enlightened and statesman like Chrf Tley
absolutely, seems refuse 10 surrender their rich
aud highly cultivated ltnds,-to abandon their
homes, their schools aud thcr tcmplrs-to renounee
the blessings OF civilization, winch they Just be-
smneto enjoy aud to apmeoiate,-lhry are 10th 10
Give up all their improvements Tor mere song
1nd 70 be driven like lock Of sheep, out into the
wilderness, tnredecm new county, OF perhaps 10
fcuogradc to the savage state again.-metcy because
the agents OF government present To them i
piece oil parchment, lurporng to be u treaty, su,
rendering lhcr Lands and agreeing remove West
Of the Mlsslssippi-a treaty formed not with John
Ross OF any other accredited agent ofthe Cherokee
nhron but with Ridge, the head of brbcd few, whose
gnatnfcs 10 tins fraudulent deed OF have been
bought with beads and whskey-a treaty. tue right 10
make which denied IN tho outset e the ne eniia-
ton, and is opposed by nineteen Menteths of the
Cherokee nation Aud vet Gen. Scott Is to be
sent 1t the head ol some 5000 troops, to cxpcl ,hs
Mtctched remnant OF noble race from the lands held
by ttlc olderthan pMchmeuts or deeds Aud the
then expulsion shall be effected with the least pos
able v,oleuce--and dat ,fany OF them shall be nur
detcd IN the process, OF If any OF them shall feel
the bayonet puck diem a. they move with slow aud
unsteady step from the homes OF their lnancv-
why they must attribute il, not 10 the cruelty OF the
oppIessoi, but to the obstinacy of the oppressed
We denouneo the partition Ut Poland, aud 10 tins
day invoke curse upon the uipe league OF dcs-
pots by whose violence and treaehcry she was botted
homtho map oil nations. What are we better If we
tolerate tbs deed of pelddy and outrage What
are we better dian spectators aud national robbers IT,
under the ptcteSt tatwc have acquired the Chcroz
hce lands by uoaty,-Mhen ne haoW that that Treaty
WIS made by mcuw who had no authority to negotiate It,
aud Is IN opposition 10 the known wishes ofnincteen-
teen twcntlchs of the nation, we send an army thth-
er 10 rNpc diem by force into the wds of the
Wes There eau be but Gne answer To the qucs-
ton. Why if Gen. Scott, Willie he was command.
ing ouriorces on tie Canadian t,ontier had a'sumcd
the right 10 negotiate with Great Britain, and had CO.
dcd away large tracts of territory bordering ANA
da, hIs rght TO do would have been ustas perfect
the right of Ridge aud his paly 10 sell the lands of
tie Cherokee nauon--and the clam OF the BRUSH
rested upon precisely the Same ground as does our
clam olhc Lands whehthc government has sent Gen.
Scott TO sclae, II Il arais. Il may, indeed be sad,
that policy aud the tranquility OF The States in winch
those Indians are located, require lheir removal
Wcplacc it upon that ground Justify the act by
the necessity which prompts H. II there be such he
cesslty-thoush that is alway the tyraut's pie a.
bnt Tor Heavens sake, do not outrage the very
loims OF Justice aud the very name of Ilunanity by
holding uplhs infamous trcay IN justification Of this
act Of spoation-a treaty which is hnownto be frau
dnrnt, from its inc ,piion TO It's closr-a treaty more
dsgracelal to our national character even dian the
outrage which it is adduccl to Justify.
G >" Blddlc and the Bminss" were formerly /
buscd in conjunction by Gen. Jackson. Yet til,
Balngs IRE nov sending us specie by the million
Have obey been bought upl Has Biddlc been Out,
bid by the Government
u What does the London Morning Herald
mean when II says thai the speculation OF sending
bullion to the l.. States has hilcl'l Has II beer
discovered that specie cannot be )orccd out of il,
natural channel, by another experiment.!
u 1hr good people Of New DIRK have been un
usually excited by the arrival of the two Enclisl
steam ships II is but Just however, to Ame,
con enteprIze, 10 say that the lsl steam ship wnlcl
ever crossed the Atlantic was the Savannah
which WAS built aud owned IN New York, and sailed
from that port to Liverpool eighteen years ago
50 that tie praecabIty Of navigating the ocean b,
steam, which some persons seem to llinl, has nov
been for the FIRST time demonstrated was IN ilci de
monstratcd long ago,
& = The "Grca Western" steam pack is of 32C
tons burden, about the tonnage of our second cas