The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

ernment provided by that instru- ment. Although the attitude of the government might be In obedience to the terms of treaty, 1t was in viola ton of the constitution, which was a higher law" than a treaty. From this post -bellum period in the history of our country--since the adoption of the fourteenth amendment to the con- stitution. by it's declaration of na- tional citizenship, has clearly marked a change in our government from that designed by it's fathers--we can look back to those earlier days Of devo- tion to the constitution as 1t then stood. and to do ample justice to the consistency as well as the honesty of Governor Gayle and others who stood with him in his resistance to the en- croachments of Federal authority.
 Wounds Never Healed.
 While the Key compromise averted A collision between State and Federal authority, the controversy out Of which it grew left wounds of per sonal and political nature that were never healed. There were charges and counter charges of corrupt land spec ulation. The Tuscaloosa State Rights Expositor, in the course of a violent editorial. said: There is a vile spec ulation in the cabinet (Jackson's) or among its menials: they cannot com pete with the settlers and would there fore drive them away. On the other hand, the Washington Globe intimated that Alabama's resistance of the pro- posed removal was actuated by mo- lives of sordid gain on the part of the State officials. This charge is referred to in the correspondence be- tween Governor Gayle and ex-GovT ernor Murphy. In reply to a letter from Murphy. in which he deplored the breach between the Governor and the President, Governor Gayle said. under date of February 24. 1884; My feel inus have had no effect to change the favorable light in which l have always regarded the prominent measures of General Jackson's administration, or his qualification and fitness for the office he fills. but I can never yield to him the zealous and active support which I have heretofore extended. under the charges of corrupt specula- ton and furnishing a combination with nulIlfiers, which were dealt out against me some time since by The Globe. as 1t is understood with the ap. probation, If not at the instance, or the President"
 senator William R. King. afterward Vice President of the United States, also apeared in the role of pacifi- cator between the Governor and the
 
 1884. he wrote the Governor: "As to the publications or strictures which appeared in The Globe. you must not take them as conveying either the sentiments of the President or of any responsible person connected with the administration. The editor of that paper is perfectly reckless in his course, and although it is considered in the country as the official paper. God help the administration if it is to be held responsible for all of Blair's indiscretions.' But 1t was all to no purpose. The high-spirited Gayle could never forget the insinuations from Washington that his attitude in the Creek controversy had been actu- ated by other than patriotic motives, and in the succeeding Presidential contest he fought Van Buren,who had been anointed by Jackson as his suc- cessor. Hugh L. White. of Tennessss-