The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-13
Cherokee Nation.
MESSAGE OF TIE PRINCIPAL CHIEF TO THE NATIONAL

COUNCIL.
The Fayettev lie Independent brings US the annual
message Of John Ross, the principal CHIEF Oh Tue
Cherokee nation. to the National Council 1t is
concise, well written paper, and would serve as
model to good many of our officials. he says Una!
the year which has elapsed has been one OF maniiod
blessings the seasons have been propitious to the
tlers Of the soil and the footsteps OF pestence ana
fa nine have been far removed from their borders.
He alludes, in appropriate terms T, tue demise OF
Richard Taylor, Assistant Principal Cmei; Jonn r.
Boot, a member of the Executive COuncil and Capt.
John Benge, Of the Sequoyah district. he ailudes
to the murder of Andrew Adair and his son, George
w. Adair, and gives history OF the circumstances
connected with it; and then urges further eglslaton
for the suppression Of mObs and unlawful assem-
blages. He says that the late delegation to wash
ipgton failed in their mission to sell to the govern
ment the neutral land" SO called; and ne protests
against claim set up by Thomas l.. Cllgmaa, on %
halt of the Cherokees who remain In North caro-
lima, to certain interest in the proceeds OF SAID land
in case it should be re purchased by the United
States. This failure leaves the finances at the nation
in an embarrassed condition. One paragraph Ii OF
importance enough to be quoted entire:-
You will have learned through the public prints thes
there bill before Congress to establish new terri
that bill failed become law yet the recollection OF
the events which led to removal from the east M the
Mississippi river to this county, and OF the fact that me
Indicated for the proposed territory OF Nc
b aska would if established encroach on the lands o.
the Cherokee may sel swAken in minds serious A.
prsh enhons to future que. and security. But
holrg we do the yepea of the govern
m.nt and the pulaons of solemn treaties that the
lands Of the Cherokees shs be embraced within
the limits of any State Territory, wit lout their
sent not be supposed that such
our rights would be deliberately and Intentionally
made by the gov. rnment Iwo lid suggest however, tae
opriety of entering solemn protest against yuoh
ion of boundaries Of any State Terri would
any degree contravene the rights guaranteed to the
herokee patton by the OF the United States
He proposes the establishment Of a permanent
agent at Washington; speaks Of the temperance re-
formation as having progressed to a gratifying ex
TENT and in this connection refers to the extra0rd
nary jurisdiction assumed by the United States
District Court, held at Van Buren,, Arkansas, for
sraigning Indians charged with giving or selling
intoxicating liquors TO other Indians within the In
dian country The jurisdiction thus set up is not
only Of recent finding, but it strikes directly at the
root of the vital privilege of sefgovernment. The
right to regulate trade and intercourse among the
Indian tribes is vastly different from that of regu-
lating the intercourse of tribe within ITSELF The
latter right have yielded by no treaty, and there
should be some adopted to test the cause and
relieve our citizens from the annoying vexations to
which they are subjected by being seized by the
United States Marshal, taken from their homes ex-
posed to the inquisitioDs of Grand Jury, and to
trial before the United States Court for alleged often
ces of the most trivial character"
Education Is meeting with increased favor among
the DeODle.