Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-08
HAYWOOD'S
HISTORY OF TENNESSEE
[CoNTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.

CoNTIN NUED FROM LAST WEEK.
The President ordered treaty to be
held with the Creeks, and he directed
inquiry to be made into the causes of
dissatisfaction which they had mani
Tested ever since the treaty of New
York, by the numerous and distressing
depredations which they had commit
ted on the southwestern frontiers.
Those on the Cumberland River, he
observed, had been so frequent and so
peculiarly destructive as to induce an
apprehension that they must have
originated in some claim to the lands
on the river The cause he proposed
to trace, whatever it might be, and the
commission, said he, will he instructed
to inquire into the causes of the hos.
tilities to which he referred and to
enter into such reasonable stipulations,
as will remove them and give perma-
nent peace to those parts of the United
States. He nominated as commission
ers, Benjamin Hawkins Of North Caro-
lima, George Climer of Pennsylvania,
aud Andrew Pickens of South Caro-
lima. This nomination and appoint
ment was made on the 25th of June,
1895, and the commissioners made a
traety in behalf of the United States on
the one part, with the king, chiefs and
warriors of the Creek nation on the
other, which settled their boundaries
and all other matters in difference and
restored peace. 1t was dated on the
Goth of June. 1896. But hostilities were
suspended in 1905.
About the 3lst of July, 1875, wagon
road from Knoxville to Nashville was
completed 80 far that wagon with a
ton weight had then actually passed
on it, and the commissioners had
entered into a contract for its thorough
completion in the month of October
in whose hands ample funds were pro
vided for the purpose. A day or two
before this, two wagons arrived al
Knoxville from South Carolina, hav'
ing passed through the mountains by
way of Warm Springs of French Broad
so that wagon road may be said to
have been then opened from Georgia
South Carolina, North Carolina and
other Atlantic States by way of Knox
vile to Nashville. Torrents of popula'
ton were expected, and actually be
gan to flow through these channels
and It was now confidently expected
that the new census would show Q
| population of at least sixty thousand
inhabitants.
Man continually prays to be at rest
from all his labors, but such is hit
restless temper, whether it be his lot
to live in small or large communities
that no sooner is he relieved from dis
quietude in one quarter, than he begins
to search for new troubles in another
no sooner is an external enemy paci
fed than instantly he looks internally
for some one to whom he may oppose
himself and give employment to hi'
active powers. Accordingly symptoms
of political and personal disunion now
began to checker the face of affairs
Monies had been placed in the month
of May in the hands of Col. Henley tc
pay for the military services, which
had been performed by the people o
Tennessee, and some Misunderstanding
arose, in regard to payments claimed
by virtue of powers of attorney. Col
Henly did not like to pay to applicant'
with powers, for in some and indeed in
many instances, such powers might bt
forged, 80 as not to be detected by hi
inspection, in which case he would
lose the sum paid to the applicant anC
have to pay it over again to the true
debtee. This produced some sensation
and caused the Governor to state tt
the Colonel his opinion upon the sub
ject, which was, that payments should
be made to well authenticated powers
aud at all events to those who applied
in person; suggestions were afterward
made that everybody was paid, excep
Gen. Robertson, but that no monie
were retained for the satisfaction o
his services. 1t seemed as if two par
ties, hostile to other were already abou
to be formed in the bosom of the coun
try, which might thereafter give dis
turbance to the community as we'll a
to each other. But the truth is tina
such differences are not to be regrette,
by the great body of the people, thougl
sometimes hurtful to the parties cor
cerned. For like strong currents O
wind upon the face Of the waters whic
by putting them in motion render ther
salubrious, whilst stagnant water
become putrid and injurious 10 health
so in politics where the noisiness c
faction is hushed by despotism, or to
/ much confidence in those who govern
I whilst the public doze, corruptio
creeps in, and in a little time by tn
combinations which it forms become
too potent to be removed. He wh
knows that the town bell will rim
] even upon suspicion of his motive
will take care not to give cause fC
alarm by his conduct.
At the close of this eventful year tt
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