The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12

the story d Z Evargellnc, as re-
m lated by Tong fellow. 1t is I tie
N! - old, old story ofgth ages-tnans
insatlAte thirst for dominion, mans con
q tempt for Justice. The Roinans pra ticed
1t In Judea and wherever the { Roman
eagles penetrated. It was tho policy OF
spain III the Old World and the New.
M England adopted 1t wherever she plant
n ed her flag III either Ind 1t Is the sim
q plest policy5it1a the world-thc tyranny the
81 strong visits OH the. weak, vac vic tis.
6 civilization is guided BY no other lamp
4 than tho survival8of che tittest. Ma both
NJ has a vineyard, hard by tho palace OF
Ahab. Nnboth is a Jezreelite, ana Ahad
III Is king of iSainaria... Ahab covets Naboth' s
vineyard, and, being the II stronger he
vi possesses It, 33 III III q ssS t b 83
i The story Of the Cherokee tribe OF
American Indians IS one of the most
pathetic In history. In the earlier decades
a of the last century they owned the soil
i and Inhabited a region several times the
urea OF the State Of Indiana, that that wa, was
Il Included In parts of North Carolina, Vir-
Einia. Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennes-
y see and G eorgla, How long they had been
there, God knows THAT they hid there
s run Il the race set before them centuries
II before the birth Of Columbus Is certain.
ISL That they were happy there, after the
& fnshin,l8 Of \ their standards, before the
a J3abylonish captivity. " 9 can well inn
\, nEine But soon after the nineteenth
h century had put in motion its car in the
grand chariot race of destiny q thing
II that we boast rs Christian civilization
found 1t necessary to rob these folks Of
a their inheritance. 1t was a simple thing
10 do-trcaties We're entered up, trades
q between guardian and ward disputes be-
4 tween strong and weak. AS q result, by
1890 tho Cherolecs had left less than
s 100000 acres, when they had held dos
rninion over many times that area IS;
They had a government and q constl-
tuition they had d civilization and a press;
they had a language and q egislature;
they had churches dedicated to- Christ
and schools, temples Of knowledge they
had comfortable dwellings they had
ceased to follow the chase as the chief!
& mission Of ftholr tribe, and had engaged
81 In agriculture horticulture and stock
4 breeding. Gt5s al 5Es
They had the treaty pledge Of K the
United States allowing them civilized
pursuit OF happiness. They had the guar
1 antee and the protection Of the govern =
lnent OF the United States, Its Ii army
md its navy. u ty 9s 4. 6 s;5. y n e Ss3
I{fSs But the white men Of Georgia resolved
& to possess Georgia, regardless Of the nat
g,lral and treaty rights Of the red men,
L just as this genera ton OF white men
q down there are resolved that the black
q man shall not be partner in their civil
liza ton except to partake Of the crumbs
that fall from the white man s tables We
q saw the same thing in New England
when some very Christian folks had a.
misunderstanding with certain King
Il Philip and his Pequods. Georgia d ter
mined to abolish the Cherokee establish
rnent and possess the Cherokee lands
4 The issue was then presented to the Fed
Eeral Government, and that issue was.
this: Shall we compel Georgia to be hon
Is est or shall we take the Indians and send
III them & q cross the mississippi 4
1t was agree y to rob the CherokeesS
rather than to fight Georg la. AS q pre-
3Eliminary, the Georgia Legislature enacted
4 laws to Cypress tho Indians, who could
Is not testifySin the courts !; their ministers
of God were forbidden to preach, and
many other petty tyrannles were invented
10 drive them to revolt. The constitu-
3 tionality Of those statutes was tested in
the Supreme Court Of the United States,
and when that tribunal held them void,
y President jackson remarked: "John Mar
shall has rendered his opinions; now let
4 him enforce IT,
Whether Old II lckory said that or not,
ut is certain thai he acted on that prin-5
ciple, and did not make a move to carry
j out the Judgment Of the court. Georgia
proceeded to hold it$in contempt. and the
+ Governor OF that State notified the au-
sathoritles Of the United States that he
would execute the laws of Georgia that
Marshall had declared void by military
force If necessary. y This was not nullifi-
cation of q fedcrals statute. as Calhoun
advised; bit itNwas defiance of the edict
3 Of the Supreme bench of the Federal
q establishment, Just as grave a challenge
Of Federal authority. Ii. sIs M
6SI It was now up to President Jackson to
fight Georgia or persuade the Chero-
KEGS. He chose the latter alternative,
and selected as his agent for that pur-
S pose John T. Schermerhorn, and II he
+ had raked tho country with fine-tooth
comb he could not have got a better In
8&strument for GOWN and fraud and all
y sorts OF rascality, Jackson did not In
tend to cheat them. and he instructed
schermerhorn to deal fairly with them.
y A minister Of tho gospel, Schermerhorn
was supposed to have conscience and
+ to have some conceptions of the accepted
canons Of meum ct tuum. but he was
utterly without principle-that has been
nscertained by an adjudication OF the
United States Supreme bench,
Schermerhorn went among the Chero-
I KEGS in 1895 and drew up treaty that
the tribe unanimously rejected In their
( legislative council. Jackson heard OF
what was going on, and sternly admon-
3 ished his agent that no must BIO just;
but Schermerhorn refused to DO ham
pered In that way, and secured fraudu-
4 lent ratification Of his treaty by intimi-
dalton and bribery.
He issued a call for convention OF the
tribe, though the Cherokee pollty was the
American polity OF representative govern
ment. The tribe held aloof, but OF the
d, 900 Cherokees he got together some 400
men, women and children. TO theae no
d made presents and threats, They had no
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