Daily national Democrat., 1860-06-16
FAILED.

We noticed, few weeks ago, the fact that
John Ross, the present usurping Chief of the
Cherokee Nation, and who is under the in
nuence of the Abolitionists, had succeeded in
constituting by various maneuvering, a Ma.
tional Council which seat him as one Of
delegation to Washington, for the purpose of
negotiating for the sale Of a portion of the
Cherokee soil, lying along the borders of
Kansas, and known as the Neutral Land
This delegation went, in opposition to the
will of the masses of the Cherokee people
Ross principal object in wishing to sell this
land, was to put money in his purse, know
ing that he would have, by virtue of his po-
sidon, control of the funds. His Abolition
ism is secondary consideration, with him,
to the great aim of all his schemes, towit:
the aggrandizement of himself and family
But his aims run parallel with those of the
Abolitonists, nevertheless. The great ob.
ject of the latter, in comprising the sale of
the Neutral Lands, was to free soilize it, and
snatch so much from Territory ultimately
destined, if not interfered with, to become
slave State. This land being directly on the
borders Of Kansas, would, Of course, be at
once overrun with the free State hordes Of
Kansas, the moment it was thrown open TO
white settlers
The delegation alluded to, went to Wash
ington, but utterly failed to make any sale
of the land. The Federal Administration at
once saw through the scheme and refused to
purchase The Neutral Land, therefore, re-
mains slave soil (the Cherokees being slave
hoders) until such time as a Republican Adj
ministraton may come into power, if such
thing shall ever be, when no doubt it will be
purchased, if offered 1t will be difficult,
however to constitute another national legis
llture in the Cherokee Nation, that will
agree to send a delegation to Washington
favorable to the sale of this land Still, the
effort will be made to give public sentiment,
and especially the sentiment of the nom
shareholders, in the Cherokee Nation, an inn
pulse in that direction. Already has the
Missionary and Abolitonist, Evan Jones,
learned and eloquent, but intrigueing and
dangerous man, organized in the very heart
of the Nation a secret society, whose sworn
business is to eradicate slavery
by running off slaves or voting against the
institution, or selling the land to free soiIers,
or some other method we cannot say At
any rate, it is known that the members are
sworn, on pain of death, to reveal no secrets
and to carry out the bidding of the society. |
1t is a matter of surprise to us, that, in
country so much given TO bloodshed and yio-
lence, this Evan Jones and his Abolition |
crew have not been massaered. The Chero-
who came among them to teach the doctrines |.
of the meek and lowly Jesus, with great
kindness When the first old, fathery
preacher of the Morayian school, held forth
in the pine woods of Georgia (the former
home of the Cherokees) and told the dusky
warriors the marvellous story of a crucifed
Jesus-how good und pure and holy he was,
how kind and benevolent, and free from all
guile-and how, despite all his meebness and
humility, and gentleness and goodness, the
Jews arose and slew him in the wantonness
of their cruelty, a stern old chief Gmagining
that it was deed of the present and not of
the past tines sprang to his feet in the wild
wrath Of a savage, and, brandshing his tom
ahawk aloft, exclaimed: "Old man, lead US
on the war path Show us the murderers of
this good man, Jesusl JJe aW repenge his
death y' Eve! since that half ludicrous, half
sublime outburst Of the savage in the forest,
the Christian religion has had a foothold
among the Cherokees, and the Christian mis-
sionares have been treated with great con-
sideration and respect, for the Indians heart
"leaps kindly back to kindness" aad he
knows his friends. But, the missionaries are
now arousiLg very different feelings in the
bosoms of the Cherokees. They are no longer
preaching the gospel, but Abohtionism.
They are no longer attending to the legiti-
mate business on which they came, but are
interfering with an institution which has ex.
listed for many long years among the Chero>
KEGS, and which is as firmly rooted in their
midst as it is at this moment in South Caro-
lima or Alabama or Mississippi If Aboli-
tionists are mobbed in those States tarred aud
feathered and hung upon trees, sometimes,
what might not be expected from people
who, like the Cherokees, have but Just tanned
the savage in their veins BE assured, they
will not tolerate it long, and there will be a
fearful reckoning with these Abolition mis-
sionaries, if they do not speedily change
their course.