Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-11-28

this state ot inc proceedings, Gen. Jackson was III
duccd so far to forget his position as chief executive,
ms to write the letter If which the above is an extract,
10 M ITiH IN p rSoI.-"ro II. 4. Wise, Chairman "t
the Committee (" investigate ,OrrnptiVMS ~ Ne E.',
cuiiT D,p.n!mrHiS CHARGE" Does Mr.. Aylrt ap
prove OF such precedent Dor< he 1,aR h, hcl,',s
10 thc wO,Id III" cridcnc, ot GEN. Eack<on Mn, Mr..
Wise ne ''a"ih.y 81 nntpundsi c0lumn'c<!'-
Really, the introduction Of such an extract wouh!
seem pertinent to nothing else. BW !Mr. Ayi" 0d-
mircS NJ. lIi" "Ttncs and dis0rOrs meaning tods-
sail hlm mrM""l,E! BE this III it may, it reused the
energies of MIR, Wse, and he met the challenge OF
Gen Jackson. On many points he made specific
chargcs-many OF them. One particularly w"S n'-
Orcd 10 de inrc~!SahTd See the Journal ol the In
Tss;s"''"s Iss Con" t.sS House of Representatives,
For many ycary Georgia had been urging the
moval OF the Cherokee Indians from her limits. The
United States were hound to remove them, by spu-
atun OF the deed of ccssion by Georgia u her west
ern lands but the removal WIS TO be only byd t'tmy
with the Indians. The United States cmdcarorcd 10
treat with the Indians, and the Cherokee Nation tic
clined to remove. Georgia had exercised her own
State cocrcive measures. She had hung the victim
Tassels-had parceed out the Indian lands by lottery
had resorted to every outrage upon law nnd hl
manity, in word to compel the Indians 10 leave her
borders. When she complained of the savage c"nd'
tion of the Chcrokees, obstructing her settlement
&c, the Indians obtained commission to examine
into their moral social and civilized condition Gen
Jackson appointed Gen. John Mnsun, the brother "l
the present Senator, jas. NJ. Mason, TO cxaHn" ana
report upon their condition. The report was most Ia
vorabe to the Indians. They hud invented an Hpha-
bet, written language had printing press, hcra!
schools and were many "f them families oi substalI-
tial wealth and much enlightenment. living III ample
dwellings,, owning slaves, and large producers OF cot
ton and all of them wrre ns population, peaceful,
moral industrious and as civilized the whites aroun,
them. This was the official testimony, too "I tile oil
| ticcrs of the army Stationed IN Their midst lhry
were willing to have their lands divided III arccary,
and In dissolve their nationality, niiu 10 become Mutt
| rali cd ri
u few of them did remove, an! !nd gone west "i The
Mississippi. This was The state at thing. wh"ii III
| 1855 4 commission was formed by Gen. J"cksun I"
treat with such OF them as would treat for fhtr rCin-
| val--Mr Benton in his Book, PAGE 62i says: :" Ia
| treat with the hn!f tribe i'll Georgia and Alabama
| This is Misrepresentation. Ii was I" treat witlI ihc
Cherokee iriJc Of Indians. Rev. Jn". +. Srlrrncr.
hnrn-whum Mr. Benton cnlls an "cc,lcSi6$'ic --nnI
"Brniamu F. Currr, Of Tennessee, Were the chief M
strumcnts of the negotiation Mr. Forsyth ct l'rnr'
gu was Secretary Of State In the winter oi lS,- 80
| n treaty was negotiated at New Ech"ia-nct with tho
Cherokee tribe Of Induns-not with the h0J tribe
either in Georgia or Alahnma-Lnt riN dJ0w Scrcnt.
| Iodiun< byOwgM from liri 0f ~" N'Ss'SSipp, "hC
hod hti Tie h1bc IN G,"rsin, and rho wcr" 'Md"re"
Ia 90 hack and hc0 at Ncc Ec0'd against hr "o.r$ ~
| 1900 ChcrOh,cS rim rfmH'H'd IN fforgH Ih"'
| this treaty pas mate LySCHEKMERHoRS and trRRIi
WHEN roorcd 10 IIashiueto" m0s tornd 10 rontai'
IN IaproriStoa 10 pay r''0'" o""'H'"d "''im C"'"
"GALPHlN CLAIM"
Mr.. Wise charged that claim specifically to be cor
rupt That il caused this Indian Outrage" in the form
OF II ir,miy, which was d!sav"wel by the tribe ii,
charged further, that such an oppressive course n
that Of bringing back seventy Indians from across t'
Mississippi to vote down lSGUO Indians i'll Georgia, ol
n treaty for the removal Of the $4,000, would ncvc
have been rcsorcd to- but for the fac that the Sccrc
tary of the State Department. Mr.. FORSYTH, wis tn,
agent of The Galphin claim, with II large coutngcn
fee, md the treaty thus forced upon the Indians
more IL get that Ice than from public policy. Mr.
Wise summoned Mr.. Forsyth; aud there s his cxnmi
tion the journal of that committee, cotcInporan"
almost will; this letter of General jackson 10 Mr.
| Wsc.--Mr. Forsyth admitted that lac had an Interest
| OF Sj0.GOO in the caim-ihat be had urged tie treaty
on the ExccutivC-thut he had clrcli"ueercd with
Senators tn sanction ii: ind hc claimed til,
| right to do nil this, brcu.-c hc wns Secretary
of S;ntc, and IN" War Department (licnc
raj Cds>l was the treaty making power witt
! the Indians. MIR. Forsyth concealed nothing, bu
freely disclosed n!l. al enough 10 cause the claim Il
he stricken ont ui Fc treaty before i; was Sanctioned
bv the Senate THUS, this specific charge was frs
brought to lish; and proved by Mr.. W>c NJ.
| Wise made his report III lSH. Then the W hi-s w"r'
abusing the spoilers Of Van Brrcnsm-s" they CON
,inucd unril 1919. In the campaign OF 1910. the!
welded Mr. Wisc's report with tremendous effect
against the apiiLs."- ears rolled round. In lSii
Mr. Wise went of 10 Bra2il-hc returned in lS4i-ii
1918 he Democratic crctnr III Virginia, Tho
Wings wicldci his report against him III iha
| canvass-Gen'rn mi Tnylor elected, he died. Mr.
Fillmore succeeded; and then was appointed To tn,
very Department, having the y.n"kins power
| with the Indians, walch Mr. FORSYTH had pleaded n
his excuse n""'h" i'"'s'" S'"'""'y-Ar' c"'~
The Gnlph:n c!alm ai;cr having been killed by Mr.
| Wise lifetime before, under Gen. Jackson and
Van Buren, G,rr.in Secretary If State, now pair
by n Wing Gc"rgin Secretary ct War ;-"nd this las
Secretary of T. party which hnl su denounced "Cial
phns' under Van l;urcn aud Jacksnn pocketcd
S9u,r0O instead Of 10000, which Mr.. Forsyth ha'
PROPOSED for his private purse. Whether Crawl"rt
ever paid over any Of it to Frrsyths estate ;his de-
punent saith not
But did Mr. Patrick Henry Aylctt know, when hc
| touched this Passionate letter from Gen. Jack
son to Mr. VS.. p1i lie ,roud INT rr"coi Jact ~hicl
could not Int m.:c Wings Ia chn"kh'
the "Guphins # he FilmorcN administration Di'
he know that Wings m;shiscasiiy show TIM; the
| Calphin claim vsclf cxpnsct in S37-thn il orr
ginatcd in the corruption al Democratic Sccrctar!
of Statc-thnt it WINS kicked out mf the Cheroke,
Forsyth and others were made 40 rue this challenge
| to Mr.. Wise from the sold hero ~ Now, what true
Democrat will say that Mr. Wise did wrong in the cx
posurc! What Que will say tInt he did not vindicatt
himself from H." aspcrsion of being the "author I"
| unfouuded cuiulnnics ~ And what discreet Demo
crut is there ~1k will not say that Mr. L. II. Aylc
had better aln;nIn from raking up old! matters OF cx
cemcnt until le is better iui"rinrd which way me!
tend most-to benefit iijurc the party t" which ht
Processes to belong! "Childrcn ought never to med
die with edge tools ~
Here an aInende honorable is due to the l'mocr1'
| ic pariv. More than n dozen more ARE due 10 Mr.
Wise from Mr. Aylctt.
Notc.-Why did not Mr.. Aylet arrsgn MIR. Wise
for bringing TO light the "INpoI "tp letter Of Whit
uey to the Secretary of tho Treasury upon the Gar
| lQnl committee